the times they are a changin'- but i am not.i do not know how to use an iphone. i am typing to you using a secondhand computer with a processor speed you guys would laugh at. and my friends have those funky digital cable boxes and i have no idea how to turn the damn things on. BUT...
i can dial a rotary phone superfast. i can make mixtapes. i know how to sew by hand. i know how to use a metal ice cube tray. i know how to make candles. i am useful for something...
i lived up the final hours of analog tv service. i plugged my trusty rabbit ears into my zenith and watched the stations fade away. i took a breather to go out clubbing to 80s music, of course. those rabbit ears are older than me. and i got a crystal clear picture with them! ok, well, not hd, but for the age of my tv and since it was free, not bad at all. i'm not picky on that.
we laughed at the setup. it was an analog party. i really dont want a new tv. and no, i dont have a converter box either. the last channel to go was a spanish channel.
i even made a cloth patch with computer printed iron on paper and a sticker reading 'long live analog'. (see image) i hope to have stickers available soon on cafepress.
people are pretty much giving away old tvs like no tomorrow. they're free. in some ways it's awesome, now i can get a vintage model for nothing. i'm waiting on people to toss their converter boxes and i'll just snag one then. i have other stuff to deal with, since the tvs i want have dials and screw in-type antennas. so i need a special converter to hook up my (free) dvd player.
and the video that keeps playing in my head is: the buggles- video killed the radio star
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