Ever since I was little, film has been my grand passion. In my room, I keep a running list of all the movies I’d like to see -- my very own “bucket list” for cinema. Thanks to Netflix, I manage to cross at least one selection off of this list a week. I don’t discriminate against what I watch; from kitschy romantic comedies to the most action-packed adventure films, I’ll pop pretty much anything into my DVD player at home.
To keep up with movie news, I try to read every Entertainment Weekly that’s sent to me. I’m always obsessively checking comingsoon.net and variety.com. I know all about a movie months before it’s released. I simply can’t get enough of film.
Of course, I also read “legitimate” news. My parents drilled the habit of watching MSNBC and reading The New York Times into me at an early age. Now, watching the local news on TV each morning and night is as much apart of my daily habit as my midnight cup of tea.
I’ve grown up in a fairly liberal family, so it’s no wonder that the majority of my news comes from liberally biased sources. I can’t say I get a deep, well-developed conservative viewpoint on a regular basis (something that’s kind of hard to find while living in
While keeping up with what’s going on in the world is important to me, I get my kicks out of pop culture and the news that surrounds it. Usually, there’s not enough time in the week to watch my favorite TV shows. Thank God for TiVo. Now, I spend late Saturday nights catching up with “Big Love,” “Lost,” “The United States of
With all this to keep up on, Facebook takes a backseat. I don’t even have a Twitter. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer my social interaction with my friends to be in person or at least over a phone call.
Honestly, I’m infatuated with pop culture. So, my “media landscape” is broad and far reaching. In a time when pop culture changes on a nearly daily basis, how could you ever get bored?
