To learn and to laugh

As school has evolved into the monster that sucks up the majority of my free time, TV has less and less of a place in my life. Long gone are the days when I had nothing better to do on a Sunday than lay on the couch and watch House marathons. Perhaps this is for the better. Regardless, I now must ration the time I spend watching TV on the programs that I deem worthy. The wonder of technology has made it possible, thankfully, for me to miss these shows during the week when I am all but drowning in textbooks and catch up on the weekends without missing a beat. Over the summer I was blessed with at long last acquiring a Netflix account, and the rest is history. I watched very little actual TV via the television during the summer months and am interested to see if this trend continues. 

I don't think that the average person is listening because they have invested very little in the subject. The Emmy's, at face value, are a night to honor excellence in television production and acting that many Americans have enjoyed for the better half of the previous year. Their favorite actors are up nominations. The shows that stole their hears could take home the big prize. There is a sense of connection. The Nobel Prize in Physics, wonderful. Thrilling, really. But I don't have a flying hoot of an idea what accomplishments in the past year are even up for the prize. The impact of the Nobel Prizes may be much further reaching than that of the Emmy's but with little invested there is little reason for the nation to be plugged in. Additionally, the Emmy's are a the pinnacle of TV culture. All the television royalty gathering under one roof. Television people are in the business of being on television so I hardly find it astounding that the event set to honor them is televised and put under a microscope for the world to see every sequin and bow-tie. The Nobel Prizes are given to the elite minds of the world. I have a hard time believing that the elite would even care for the spectacle.