Oddly , this is pretty much the argument I used to have with Andy, about living alife directly rather than intermediation into other people's lives. (Oddly also, we seem to have stopped having it.)I actually spend very little of the week staring at the TV on my own - i do use it as background/company while I eat, play with the PC, work etc. I only WAAAATTCHH probably Dr Who and Lost right now, and used to with the Apprentice (and yeh, Green Wing.) So about 4 hrs per wk? I see a lot of people, I work a lot, I walk, i swim, I go to yoga (not enough), I cook and play with cats and do LJ and listen to music & sometimes even read. Is this so different from ye olden days? One thing that always strikes me while watching period drama is how DULL it is - all people have to do is play games, eat too much and gossip. Of course that's the UCs - the LCs would just have been working, shagging or sleeping, one assumes..
Also it isn't really all staring at boxes of the same kind - talking to someone via LJ or email really does feel different to me to passively watching TV. And talking to someone about what we've both watched on TV or done on LJ is absolutely fine. It may be hermetic, but no more so really than discussing our 10 favourite books (or 10 best shags.) ata North london dinner party. I'm not totally convinced any more that I get more cultural diversity or stimulation out of going to theatre or other arts than TV /Film either, frankly: so much theatre is incredibly fossilised these days.
If what you mean really is that we aren't doing enough with our BODIES then yes, I agree. But I am trying and so are most my post-30s, equally interlektual friends; A has taken up rowing, C running, S plays tennis practically every nights at the moment. This isn't just fitnes (tho it's significant all are female) - it's also a gut feeling that we live via our bodies as wel as our brains.
In the end diversity isn't what gets us through our lives really - it's companionship, however repetitive. (discuss.)
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Re: you call this heterogenous
Date: 2006-05-17 11:02 pm (UTC)Also it isn't really all staring at boxes of the same kind - talking to someone via LJ or email really does feel different to me to passively watching TV. And talking to someone about what we've both watched on TV or done on LJ is absolutely fine. It may be hermetic, but no more so really than discussing our 10 favourite books (or 10 best shags.) ata North london dinner party. I'm not totally convinced any more that I get more cultural diversity or stimulation out of going to theatre or other arts than TV /Film either, frankly: so much theatre is incredibly fossilised these days.
If what you mean really is that we aren't doing enough with our BODIES then yes, I agree. But I am trying and so are most my post-30s, equally interlektual friends; A has taken up rowing, C running, S plays tennis practically every nights at the moment. This isn't just fitnes (tho it's significant all are female) - it's also a gut feeling that we live via our bodies as wel as our brains.
In the end diversity isn't what gets us through our lives really - it's companionship, however repetitive. (discuss.)