Cable

I don't have cable. For the past 10 years, I've either managed without a TV, managed with broadcast television, or, in the past two years, managed with a 2 disc per month subscription to Netflix. And it's been fine.

But sometimes I crave a Real World or Ab Fab marathon, or non-stop cable news even though I know all of it is garbage. This craving has become especially intense over the past week, when our national political scene has become an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show." I can only imagine the fun Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are going to have with this election season.

But I think it boils down to the fact that I am cheap. $50 - 80 per month is kind of steep, especially when I could spend it on something else or hoard it for my post-clerkship vacation. Speaking of which, the job search has begun anew, and it feels like a repeat of last year so far.