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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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The Plug in Drug
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I've got two phone lines in my apartment. One line I use for voice
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and the other for data. GTE gave me the option of having my phone
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numbers unpublished and since I did not care to receive incoming
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calls on the data line I decided to only have that line unpublished.
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Before turning the ringer off on my data phone I did get several
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interesting calls. One person, who was barely discernible over the
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static, called from Saudi Arabia. Another time, on a Sunday night
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around 10pm, I got a call from Nielsen Media Research.
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I still wonder how Nielsen Media Research got my phone number
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considering it was unlisted--unless they dialed randomly. The call
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came around 10pm Pacific Time but 1am where I suspected Nielsen was
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calling from (Dunedin, Florida).
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The lady from Nielsen asked me if I would like to take part in their
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rating system by filling out a viewing diary for a week. And since I
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have and watch a lot of TV I decided to become a part of their
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statistics. Not to mention the Nielsen people need regular folk like
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myself who clock into their TV like some people do a part time job.
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Hey, the television is a large part of my life and I can relate to
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some of the characters on TV as if they were my best friends. Sure,
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there isn't any feedback but sometimes it's better that way. Give me
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images and sound and I'll be happy as a lark. Add a little laughter
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and various sundry emotions and I'm happier sitting on the couch then
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out amongst the world that can't relate to people like me. For me,
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the TV is my drug of choice. I am addicted and much like an
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alcoholic, smoker or heroin addict I don't want to quit.
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A couple weeks after the Nielsen Media Research called my yellow
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diary arrived. I began to record my viewing habits for one week
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starting on a Thursday (back in October 1997). When the week came to
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an end my viewing habits were around the 25-hour range. Most of
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which was spent watching sports--NFL Football and the World Series
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(Florida Marlins 1997 World Series Champs!). If you subtract sports
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programs I typically watch about two hours of TV a day. Most of
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which is news or news programs like Dateline, 20/20, 48 Hours, Prime
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Time Live, or 60 minutes. But hey, look at the bright side, at least
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I didn't contribute a higher rating to something like "Friends!"
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I believe twenty-five hours is too much television but I think I'm
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still under the US average. In the quest to know more having a
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visual to go with the audio really adds to the experience. And like
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most hard core TV watchers I switch the channel much too often.
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Sometimes I try to watch two programs at once--like 48 hours and
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20/20 or sports and some movie. It's horrible and I hate doing it
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but I can't stand sitting through commercials. Stuff like this can't
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be put in the Nielsen TV diary as there isn't enough room.
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I guess there are a lot of TV viewers like myself otherwise programs
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like Drew Carey, Dateline, and 20/20 could not make it into the top
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ten programs of the week.
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Maybe the best choice is to not have a TV; however, I couldn't
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imagine having an extra 25 hours every week. What would I do? Hell,
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what would we as a society do if we didn't have television? Perhaps
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we'd actually meet our neighbors, participate in more community
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activities, and be more social, outgoing, and friendly.
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Welcome to my neighborhood,
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Pallbearer
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