WEDNESDAY

Friends aren't much help. I am just beginning to

notice that no one talks about anything but TV. No wonder the habit is spreading. Even tiny children are affected by their mothers and sisters.

If only I could tell the world how marvelous it is to be rid of TV. It is like living in a new world. My mind is wonderfully alert, all my senses alive again. I notice every little thing, the ticking of the clock, the cracks in the ceiling, the kitchen tap dripping, the creak of every loose floor board. Can one hour of TV harm me? Now that I have broken the craving completely - would it be all right in moderation?

THURSDAY

What the hell did I do before TV. I've been trying hard to remember. All I can recall about my child- hood is sitting in front of the fire getting my knees mottled, and in later life I used to loll in the armchair counting the flowers on the wall paper. I think I am going mad and, 'War & Peace' is the most boring book ever written.

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FRIDAY Can't take much more of this. Took myself to the pic- tures to see "Gone With The Wind". Very good like watching the "Forsythe Saga" at one sitting. Somebody must help me. Isn't there a TV anonymous organization anywhere?

SATURDAY

Worst day of the week. Raining nothing to do- no where to go. Reading 'War and Peace' is mak- ing my eyes ache. My health is deteriorating. It's the strain. I'm on edge, tense, nervous and bad tempered. Surely one evening of TV can't hurt. I haven't for a whole week doesn't that prove I can do without it.

Supposing I keep it down to one night each week — every Sat- urday, beginning now. I'll go and get switched on. Nothing but wavy lines, the vertical hold is gone. Can't get it repaired until Monday! What to do instead?

I think I'll go upstairs and dress up as a 'Woman.'

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