American Idol’d Out
I keep putting it on… two days a week… a few hours of my time. But frankly I’m bored silly with American Idol. I’m bored with hearing ‘fairly good’ singers and really ‘off key’ singers and I wonder why I continue to watch this show year after year.
Is it because there’s nothing else that interests me? Nothing else does. This doesn’t either. I can’t watch scripted dramas because they’re way too predictable. I’ve told you before that I can always tell who the killer is – sometimes before I’ve even met all the characters on the show. And usually I can tell you what the next person is going to say next.
What’s a girl to do watch?
The biggest piss off of all of this is how much effing money I spend for cable. It’s over $150 a month for my cable and internet. We’ve got some specialty channels in there (like the game network that we haven’t watched in months either), but not too many other than movie channels.
And the movie selection? Not overly impressive. I could choose to watch a movie I’ve seen a dozen times, or a movie that doesn’t interest me in the least, or a movie that was made in the 40s. Those are some options. And I guess the breakdown is $50 for internet of which I spend 80% of my time, and $100 for TV for which I may at most spend 20% of my time if I’m not doing something else.
And when I speak of cable companies, I think of my Rogers Extreme internet connection. Sometimes I’m waiting and waiting and waiting for a page to load. I realize that I’m not on the ultimate of ultimate speeds now because they’ve got a new-fangled higher connection that I could be paying $100 a month for, but I refuse to pay more than the $50 I’m already paying for my internet… especially when I’m disappointed with the ‘extreme’ service that I already have and sometimes reminds me of dial-up, although I can’t remember dial-up that much since it’s probably 10 or 15 years since I had it.
So being American Idol’d out has turned into my rant about the cable companies and the big rip for me to have this $150-$200 service per month (it varies – depending on what I don’t know).
Enough talking. I’ve only got 10 minutes to go watch some crappy ass, pitchy, staring into the camera all the time singers.
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Lyndon, I feel like almost every site I visit (other than something like msn.com) seems to hang. I feel like I’m waiting forever for most of the time, that’s why I’m so pissed at the cost. If this was blazing speed I’d feel like it was a bargain.
That really sucks. Did you do a speed test to see what your averaging.
It’s not perfect, but at least you’ll get a rough idea or the speed your getting. If your not locked into a plan, maybe you can downgrade and save some money. Although that would required calling the ultra useful (Note the sarcasm) customer service dept.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
It’s funny you mentioned Idol, I talked about them today as well
Speaking of Rogers, I recently switched to them as well. Do you find that if you visit a site that’s picture heavy, that your connection tends to hang and it takes a bit to load. I don’t ever remember having the problem with Bell, so I’m just curious if it’s a Rogers issue.