Media Medium

I thought about this and I had a little trouble trying to think of "the medium that has changed my life the most". I'm not a very high-tech girl. I still listen to the radio and CD's in my car while most people my age have ipods for every aspect of their life; one for the car, one for the gym, one for work. And while everyone else is buying the newest blackberry I'm trying to find the phone that I can drop the most without destroying it. So after returning from a long day of school and work I engaged in my normal routine of sitting down in front of the T.V. and immediately, before even looking to see what time it was and what was on at that moment, I hit the "0" button.
And that's when I realized it. The medium that has changed my life the most is Comcast On Demand. This button takes me to a seemingly endless library of movies, TV series, new casts, documentaries, and music. And it was at this moment that I realized it's not only a love I have for this medium, it's a bit of an addiction.
On my day off, especially if I've been out late the night before and I slip into vegetation mode, I can sit with my handy dandy TV clicker and jump from watching the newest movies that just came out on DVD to my favorite episodes of Entourage and Sex and the City (back to back) to watching Food Network's Tyler Florence teach me how to make the ultimate lamb chops .
I could go on and on about all On Demand has to offer but what needs to be said is how it's changed my life . What's it's done that's amazing is to help me step outside of my normal comfort zone of likes and dislikes and I've realized there's thing's I'm interested in that I didn't even know I would be. For example, I never would've guessed I would enjoy Discovery Channels documentaries on glaciers and volcanoes. But once I watched, I wanted to learn more, and so I did. It even prompted me to search the internet to find additional information, I'd say the only downfall is that sometimes I find myself in my pajamas all day on the couch feeling nothing but blissful relaxation. But really is that bad? Everyone deserves some down time!