Opinions

I have plenty of opinions. This blog is full of them. Most people have strong opinions about a variety of things. It's natural. What I don't have any opinions about, strong or otherwise, are some of the people that grace the small screen. My work colleagues however, do.

I am literally surrounded my people who consume television with a passion that is incomprehensible to be. My colleagues frequently vent opinions of those who stared in last nights reality/sitcom/drama program with such feeling and critical analysis that I am left stunned by the passion it has elicited. So and so is a bitch. Can you believe what she/he/it did? Last night was the reveal all, I can't believe you missed it. How can they do that? And so on...

And it is not limited to tv. They have very definite opinions about anyone who falls in the famous category. How the act (on and off screen), what they wear, who they date, how they speak etc. They have strongly held views on people they have never met and who they have learnt about from half a dozen films and/or a few dozen magazine articles.

I am not damning them for this passion. I do not judge them as I too have had strong feelings about tv programs, although not I suspect, the depth of feeling my colleagues do. At one stage I had four hours worth of taped shows to catch up on. It was about then, when I considered the "chore" of getting through the four hours, I decided I would enjoy tv programs, but not let them "rule my life". No tv program was going to decide what I did and when. I don't damn my collegues for their passion, but I do not choose to indulge myself.

Of course between family, work and study I don't have much time for tv anyhow. I probably average three or four hours a week (and some of that is Playschool!). So I will content myself with getting a passionate blow by blow summary of last night televisual extravaganza with my morning cup of tea. I may even learn to enjoy it. It's addictive isn't it?