Ch-ch-ch-changes

Yesterday morning at 10am I opened my door to a man in a blue jumpsuit who wrapped up my cable box and walked out the door. Yes. I disconnected cable. For the first time since my parents brought the illicit product into our TV room, the year I was introduced to MTV's Real World and the E! Entertainment Network, I have no cable. From now on, the Coylenerny family will be reading more books, listening to more music (oh wait, we don't have a radio) and yes, watching Law and Order on primetime rather than in syndication. It's the end of an 11-year love affair, one that had to end when I started to pay the bills on my own.

So how did I spend my first day without Celebreality TV? With a nice walk to the Library and Dunkin' Donuts, followed by a nice day spent in bed, finishing one book after another, pausing only to make and field phone calls that took advantage of FREE MINUTE WEEKENDS! And the evening? Without my marathon of L&O, L&O: SVU, and L&O: CI, I returned to the pleasures of a simpler time. Pretending it was the 90s, I went to Blockbuster. And rented a movie. My weekend was positively Amish.

Then it was off to the forgotten borough of Staten Island for a lunch with my Grandmother's cousin and his daughter. Because if there is a DROP of shared blood between us I will sniff you out and haunt you for life.