Thursday, June 16, 2005
Jeff Ferguson - TV Zombie
Within the last couple of years, I am becoming quite infamous for this bizarre habit I know I've probably had all my life.
Whenever there is a TV on somewhere, I get drawn into it like a moth to a flame... to the point where the rest of the world just melts away and I'm lost in its warm glow. There doesn't even have to be anything interesting on the screen... I'm gone. Sometimes I think if there was just a screen full of white noise static, I'd stare at it like the little girl from Poltergeist.
And trust me, I'm not even much of a TV watcher... honestly. I have a very small handful of shows that I follow and even then, if it weren't for TiVo, I wouldn't even get to watch those. But for some reason, I just can't turn away...
It's gotten so bad that when I go to restaurants that have TVs around, I have to sit with my back to the screen or I'm just a waste of a human being when it comes to conversation. I went out with some friends last night after seeing Batman Begins, and while we were waiting in the bar, I fell out of an active conversation because a TV was on... and it was for conversation of a sumo rodeo or something that I know I have no interest in whatsoever!
The worst is when I'm at home and someone I'm dating wants to talk... and I'm not just talking about serious talks, but anything... just catching up on our days or whatever... I literally have to turn off (or now pause, thank you TiVo!) the program or I'm really not listening... sad.
I'm just glad I don't work someplace where there are TVs on during the day or I'd never get anything done...
Jeff @ The Gag
Whenever there is a TV on somewhere, I get drawn into it like a moth to a flame... to the point where the rest of the world just melts away and I'm lost in its warm glow. There doesn't even have to be anything interesting on the screen... I'm gone. Sometimes I think if there was just a screen full of white noise static, I'd stare at it like the little girl from Poltergeist.
And trust me, I'm not even much of a TV watcher... honestly. I have a very small handful of shows that I follow and even then, if it weren't for TiVo, I wouldn't even get to watch those. But for some reason, I just can't turn away...
It's gotten so bad that when I go to restaurants that have TVs around, I have to sit with my back to the screen or I'm just a waste of a human being when it comes to conversation. I went out with some friends last night after seeing Batman Begins, and while we were waiting in the bar, I fell out of an active conversation because a TV was on... and it was for conversation of a sumo rodeo or something that I know I have no interest in whatsoever!
The worst is when I'm at home and someone I'm dating wants to talk... and I'm not just talking about serious talks, but anything... just catching up on our days or whatever... I literally have to turn off (or now pause, thank you TiVo!) the program or I'm really not listening... sad.
I'm just glad I don't work someplace where there are TVs on during the day or I'd never get anything done...
Jeff @ The Gag
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Something That Made Me Smile
Comedian Mitch Hedburg, who tragically passed away back in March of this year, provided me with one of those moments where you smile at something not just because it's funny, but also because it makes you feel good. For starters, bless XM Radio for having two comedy channels and playing him and a bunch of other comedians that just don't get enough attention in regular circles.
Anyway, what he said was, basically, he was eating some yogurt one day and apparently the yogurt company was having a contest that he did not know about, so when he took off the lid of the container, it read "Please Try Again". Not knowing that there was contest going on, he thought that the yogurt people were just being encouraging by telling him to take another shot at whatever it was he was doing.
He finished the bit by saying, "Dannon Yogurt - Fruit on the Bottom, Inspiration on Top."
Yesterday, I was drinking a soda and the lid read "Please Try Again" and I just smiled and thought of Mitch... thanks, man.
Jeff @ The Gag
Anyway, what he said was, basically, he was eating some yogurt one day and apparently the yogurt company was having a contest that he did not know about, so when he took off the lid of the container, it read "Please Try Again". Not knowing that there was contest going on, he thought that the yogurt people were just being encouraging by telling him to take another shot at whatever it was he was doing.
He finished the bit by saying, "Dannon Yogurt - Fruit on the Bottom, Inspiration on Top."
Yesterday, I was drinking a soda and the lid read "Please Try Again" and I just smiled and thought of Mitch... thanks, man.
Jeff @ The Gag
