Everything I learned in life, I learned from Mr. Feeny.

I watch Harry Potter weekends on ABC religiously. Apart from that, Glee is really the only other show I watch, with the occasional Pretty Little Liars, SNL, and CNN.
There's a reason television is called the idiot box. The ridiculous drama and impossible storylines keep us potato-ing on the couch into the ungodly hours of the night. Sure, it gives us a break from reality. It lets us point the finger at Snooki and helps us forget our own faults, and it makes us laugh and makes us feel good...until we turn off the TV.

But that's the thing, it only lasts until we turn it off.

I'm not saying TV is bad, or watching it makes you an idiot. Like chocolate and other assorted cavity-creating things, television is only good in moderation -- especially now that we no longer have Boy Meets World and Lizzie McGuire, but The Hills and Glenn Beck. But spending hours watching a screen when the wind outside is whistling your name is when things go too far. We're a society that's revolved its schedule around its favorite TV shows. When the commercial breaks show up, we get frustrated or flip to a different channel. We are THAT upset by a 3 minute break from a show with fake characters, fake plots, and fake lives.

School usually keeps me from having a lot of free time, and though I hate it, I'm kind of glad it's caused me to stay away from the television. There are a lot of better, healthier things to do when you're bored. Reading Harry Potter is one of them.