Turn off the flat screen

 I can't exactly recall where I heard this comment today but it struck me really hard when I heard that. I think it was on NPR somewhere but it was about males older males not doing anything just hanging out watching TV. The question was males don't have enough association with other males or other individuals to make their lives interesting enough to go out and do something. The reason that rang a Bell with me was that the last couple of weeks I've been making a comment about hanging out and watching Netflix instead of going out and doing stuff. Granted the past couple weeks the weather's been rather rotten and wet and cold keeping me from going out and doing stuff but still it started making me think was I falling into that group of individuals they were talking about and it's true I don't have a large group of individuals that I hang with. I've indicated over the years that I've been rather envious of my friend Alan Kimball and his pack of paraplegic Buddies who also have a basketball team called the wheel and Utes and I've always be raided them a little bit because all they ever did was sit around and play ball but now I realize these guys are the Smart Ones because they have something to do something to look forward to. Even if it's playing ball and games once a week then going out and drinking afterwards. It may not be my most coveted ideal but at least they've got something to hang on to and something to keep them away from the front of the TV screen. I hope what's the weather clears up I will be out there doing more and enjoying the bus system in the weather as much as I can. I don't want to feel like I have to feel guilty now every time I watch my flat screen whether it's a movie or whether it's the Jazz basketball game. Again I have been getting into watching movies and some of them the same movies over and over again and I don't know if I do that as a time user upper or what. However I do recognize that the amount of time that I spend in front of a flat screen robs me of things I could be doing that I should be doing even if it's reading. I don't know if reading is any worse than wasting time in front of a flat screen but it seems like I'm doing something semi physical when I'm reading a book. Hopefully my Regiment of working out on my arm bike for 200 minutes a week and my weekly the semi weekly meeting with the assist ink people also count as me doing something and keeping me focused and primed. The ideal solution of course would be employment or a job of some sort or maybe more volunteer stuff I don't know anyway someplace where I have to be away from my apartment and out on the system somewhere during the day or the week. I don't know how many things a person has to be involved in before they are not in this mail only lonely syndrome but I certainly do recognize it and I think I need to start combating it more...