The subtitle on my journal has always been “In the world, but not of it.” I have always felt that way, just slightly out of the mainstream. And something happened the other day that really brought that home to me.
As you may know, I do not have broadcast TV coming into the house. I do not get the newspaper. I don’t listen to the radio. The only way I really know what is going on in the world is when I open up my internet service and see the headlines on the homepage, or when I walk into the breakroom at work, and catch a minute or two of a news broadcast.
As for what’s going on in the world of entertainment, I’m even worse. And this is what happened. I was on-line somewhere, and one of those annoying little quiz ads popped up, urging me to “Guess the Celebrity!” in order to win a free laptop or some such thing. (Yeah, right!)
Well, the thing is, I looked at the picture of the celebrity, and I looked at the three or four choices of names they gave you…and I was completely clueless! I didn’t recognize the pic or any of the names!
Now the point of these little quiz ads is supposed to be that they ask you something that is so damn obvious there’s NO WAY you can get it wrong, and then they get to say “Congratualtions, you won!” and then you feel so warm and fuzzy inside that you are easily drawn into their sales pitch. (I would imagine, anyway—since I have never actually participated in one of these things. I’m really big on the upper right hand X).
But I could NOT for the life of me answer the question that was supposed to be so damn obvious. Not a clue. hehe
And you know what. That’s just fine by me. Because I don’t feel my life is any less fulfilling by not knowing whether or not that was P Diddy or Hot Diggety Dog, or whoever else they said it might be.
Happily Oblivious.
hi from donna
i cant remember……why dont you have broadcast tv in your house? i still cant picture myself doing that, cause i live for the news and all its sensationalism ! (what else do people do while eating dinner?)….lol
i guess not knowing every nasty detail of world events could be refreshing, and could also allow you to sleep better. … hmm. …. well, i’ll think about that later, cause i gotta go,……..uhhh, the…uh,…evening news is on soon……bye !!! love ya !!!
Re: hi from donna
We had TV but weren’t watching it much. Down here you can’t get any reception unless you pay for cable or satellite, and I got tired of paying for something we weren’t using much, so as an experiment, I had the cable disconnected and we found that nobody really missed it. Still don’t. When I need to know things (like whether or not a hurricane is coming in my direction!) I go on-line.
Good to hear from you again! I know you must be busy with your new job. I’ll write for real sometime soon. In the meantime, take care! Hope all is well!