Video killed the televison too

My goddamned tv broke yesterday.  Grrr....  Google searches are telling me it's a blown capacitor, even my tv has more fun than me.  I think I'm gonna crack it open and see if I can replace it myself, get a buddy of mine to do the work, I don't know shit about motherboards.  Probably not going to do the repair route, because spending $500, which seems to be the average, on a product that will probably break again seems crazy.

That said, I don't know if I want to get a new one either.  I'm at a crossroads here where I do NOT want to continue to encumber myself with "stuff".  At least not now.  Who am I fooling, I like some bullshit, but for now, I'm interested in getting leaner and meaner, more mobile if you will.  Dropping $1k on an electronic albatross is not that.

The flip side of that is sad too.  This TV was the thematic icon for my journeys.  I put myself in some crazy debt after college (who didn't) and in 2000 I made some dramatic turnarounds, financially and personally.  I dug myself out and when I made the choice to buy a condo 4 years ago, I paid proud cash for that tv.  It was the first thing I bought for this place.  It's a symbol of my independence and yet it does that by keeping me shackled to the couch.  Yes, I see the conflict there.

So, as someone who looks for signs, sees portents in events, this is telling me something.  I think it's telling me to get off my ass and go places.

MotD: Up

No fooling, this was the movie I was watching when the TV crapped out (see above soul searching).  If you've not seen it, it's the Pixar brilliance of a man whos life flew by and he never realized the one dream he had since a boy, live in Paradise Falls in South America.  So, he ties balloons to his house and  floats the house to South America, like anyone sane would do.  He has a stowaway in the form of a young wilderness scout and hijinx ensue.  It's the things we collect that weigh us down and I think there's a reason why this is the dvd that broke the TV's back.