Since Ryland was born, you wouldn’t believe the amount of television I’ve watched. There isn’t a heck of a whole lot to do all day and all night long when you’re feeding and rocking and playing and talking with a baby. It’s hard to read or concentrate on much of anything these days. I tend to nod off to sleep every spare second I have and TV makes that much easier. I also use it to keep me company. It’s just me and Ryland most of the time and as much as I love the kid, his conversational skills are a bit lacking. It makes me feel better to have the TV on, like I am less alone. This whole week, Spike has had a CSI marathon. Constant episodes of the show. I had never seen it before, so I started watching it and now I’m crazy addicted to it. <\/p>\n
I’ve also started watching reruns of Roseanne on Nick at Nite. That show was really funny. <\/p>\n
Let’s see, what else do I watch? A lot of shows in syndication, a lot of Discovery Health and TLC and loads of stupid shows and movies no person should ever have to sit through. But what can you do. When it’s 3am and you’re breastfeeding, your options are limited. My friend Gina, who also just had a baby, suggested I start renting tons of movies and I think she’s on to something. Of course, she probably has a decent hi-fi setup.<\/p>\n
I wish I had a big gorgeous TV and satellite and TiVo and surround sound and all that fancy stuff. I have a crappy TV that makes everything 10 times darker than it should be, lousy basic cable with stations that don’t come in very well, and my DVD player is the playstation, which has tremendously terrible sound. But it’s all free, so I should just shut up already and be happy for what I have. Still, a girl can wish, can’t she?<\/p>\n
What else can I bitch about? Oh, I know. The appalling lack of electronic music here in Tucson. I’m not surprised, but it’s still very disappointing: the record stores here have the weakest electronica sections I’ve ever seen (if they even have an electronic music section at all); no good DJs come to this neck of the woods EVER; and you’d be hard pressed to find a club that actually plays decent trance, not just those cheesy hybrid concoctions of dance and pop that most people consider “dance” music. I really miss Avalon in Boston. I’ve been looking at their calendar and I’m missing some great shows. And Wilco will be playing three Boston-area shows this fall. THREE! So far, the closest Wilco show to Tucson is in Los Angeles. The music industry hates Tucson, hates me and hates my baby.<\/p>\n
Not that I have the time or the opportunity to be out and about and going to shows. So I guess I should be happy.<\/p>\n
God am I tired. I maybe might be dead, I’m not too sure. My eyeballs are like two rocks wrapped in sandpaper. It amazes me that I’m able to function on three hours of sleep. That’s just about what I average a day. Yesterday I drove to my breastfeeding support group and I found myself drifting off at a red light. That freaked me out and kept me awake, but I should probably avoid driving right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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