Our TV, you perverts.
This will be bad news for the relationship that me and the large-and-in-charge 55" TV have developed since I moved in on June 1st. It will also be bad news for my good luck in betting on the playoffs, which seems to happen more often than not for some reason. (Although, the novice gambler in me says it's probably a good thing that my gambling outlets will be shut down).
It will be good news for someone though - you guessed it: the girlfriend!
From next week until football season starts, yours truly will likely cut back on my sports watching consumption. I guess this is really nothing new - as the NBA winds down every year, baseball remains the only competitive sport in its regular season for a couple of months that I give a crap about.
But with having the new TV, I feel like I need to be watching sports on it twice as much as before. I figure - this TV is about twice as large as the one I have downstairs; hence, twice the sports consumption. Will I watch more baseball on TV than before? I'd say likely, particularly on Saturdays when the lady is at work and the Fox game of the week is on.
With less sports on, Jen and I won't have to argue about who gets to watch the big TV and who has to watch the tiny, puny, pathetic TV in our room (ok, it's just tiny, puny and pathetic compared to the living room TV). So far during our time here, I've had the luxury of many evenings watching the last two rounds of the NBA playoffs while the lady has cooped herself in the bedroom watching her shows. I'll probably end up watching a few of these shows that she watches on demand, like True Blood & Game of Thrones as the summer commences and the sun sets on the NBA.
Once football season begins, it'll be another 17-week tour of duty over at Tim's and his version of the Big 3 - his 70" and two 32" TVs. I can't wait to watch games on the LeBron of his TVs, just as long as it never randomly turns itself off in the fourth quarter of a close game! (Zing - even I can find a time to lamely make fun of LeBron!). Had to get that reference out while I still can - dude has been playing unreal this playoff season.
A playoff season that I've been able to enjoy the past three weeks thanks to the luxury of my gigantic television. Soon, it will be relegated (and hopefully not fall asleep on itself) to several months of baseball and perhaps whatever golf or tennis major happens to be going on at the time.
I can't wait for that first NFL game and first college football Saturday of watching the early non-conference action. Until then, to the TV, I say - it's been nice knowing you. Jen will take good care of you to make up for the times I leave a dragged out baseball game on for too long.
