hey girl hey

if you get that title reference, you watch just as much tv as i do. not something to be proud of.

i am watching tv as we speak (or type), actually...a little ANTM action. I DVR'd it (i don't own a tivo, so I can't be all cool and "tivo" things) and was fast forwarding through the commercials....and then i found myself fast forwarding through the actual show....because....oh yeah....i just realized that it kind of sucks.

why am i wasting so much time watching suckiness?

i usually use the "i can't turn my brain off" excuse. meaning, when my brain is just churning and churning with all of the things i need/want to do, i turn on the tv so that i can sit there, mindlessly, hypnotized, lazy. it turns my brain off.

well, after reading a bit more of "a new earth" by eckhart tolle, i've decided to limit my television watching to one hr/day. i think that means i'm going to have to give up a few shows i've been watching (haha, won't be too hard to give up anything involving quotes like "hey girl hey"). I would ALSO like to limit my internet use to a few hours a day. I am on the computer all the time. It's where the majority of an indie artist's "business" takes place. From now on, I think I will designate a certain period of time every day that I can check my email and operate myspace. But that's it. None of this "i'm playing my guitar but then i hear my email ping, i mmmuuuuussssttt cheeeeckkkkk emmmaaaaiiiiilllll!"

seriously, that's what the voice in my head sounds like.

or as eckhart would say, my ego.

oh, egos.

I have a show in Boston on Friday! let's all get excited!

love on a lobster,

Lauren