Cutting the cord

I have now entered into the world of alternative TV consumption, otherwise known as the other cheap meat. After testing my TV habits for two weeks, I found myself tuning in for two of the 14 days. One of which was because a visiting friend had a show she liked to watch. I found that this did not warrant $70 a month or the nearly $900 a year in crappy TV watching.

After going the rounds with the satellite company...."can we do anything to keep you as a customer? you have been such a great long term customer" ......blah blah blah, I finally cut the cord. Funny thing that although I have been a long term customer, and a regular bill payer, only now do they want to do "anything" to keep me as said wonderful customer. Some saying about wanting you now that you are gone comes to mind.

So it has been three days since the deed was done, and the only difference is the fact that I can't engage in drone clicking with the remote trying to find something entertaining or enlightening to watch. Does this mean I go without any and all TV watching? Nope. Like I said above, I have engaged in the "alternative" tv consumption. I have Netflix and iTunes, and today I spent the hundred bucks on a Roku Digital Player that plays Neflix and Amazon video on demand. Netflix has the "watch instantly" option, but rather than go through the pain of constantly hooking up my laptop to the TV, I will just be able to use the Roku like a DVR (without the monthly fee). I figure it was only $30 more for the box than what I would have paid for my month a crap programming. All that in addition to Hulu.com and there isn't much need or want for anything else.

I am all about freedom of choice, and if there is an option out there to do something different, I am usually on the bandwagon. I will save money this way (minus the $100 on the player), and watch only what I want to watch, when I want to watch it. Will I have to wait a bit for the 3rd season of Mad Men to come out on DVD? Yes I will, but at $900 a year....I think it is worth the wait.

I am BACK!!

After a nearly three month hiatus, I have returned to blogging. I could go into great depths as to why I had to privatize my account, but yes it did come down to a stalking of sorts. I have recently befriended an individual that has a past which he would rather forget ever happened. However, as much as one might like to forget the sins of one's past, more often than not we are not allowed that luxury, especially when children are involved.

To make a very, very long story some what short....... I, in being the best friend and confidant I could be, got involved in a situation concerning my friend and abuse between his oldest son and the ex-wife's husband. Being an educated woman, teacher, and soon to be therapist, I guided my friend through this ordeal which included getting the authorities involved and having charges brought against the parental units concerned. I did so out of my concern for the welfare of the child involved, the children that remain with said parental units, and my friend's desperate need to put an end to the constant railroading by the ex and husband. I also helped him retain legal assistance to guide him though what his rights were as the father. I did all of this because I care, not because I have a vendetta against the parental units. I do not even know them, have never met them, nor do I ever care to. I did what was best for those that I care about.

As I did this, said parental units took it upon themselves to make me the scape goat of their own self made problems. Apparently with these individuals, abuse is dealt with best swept under the rug or blamed on others. As they found out about me and my involvement in taking action, they decided to "look me up" and see what they could find out about me. As one might guess, "bindy" is not too common a name, and easily found my blog. They were able to read about me, my husband, and my life. Things became bad. I felt that the best thing to do at the time was to privatize my blog so that my personal stories were not SO easily found.

Three months later, however, I find that these individuals will both get what they deserve, and that they have no control over my life or what I choose to write and share. I did what was best, and did so out of love and concern. I will not fall away into the darkness, hiding from two cowardly individuals who do not deserve my attention much less my action.

I AM BACK!