Saturdays throughout the ages

Age 12)

On Saturdays when I was twelve I didn't watch too much television, I had friends I could hang out with for the whole day.  It was really awesome, I thought that was the best year of my life.  I lived in Anchorage, Alaska and I had tons of friends that lived in the same neighborhood.  So a typical Saturday was to go outside and play catch with friends or just sit and chat.  (at this time I couldn't care less if I played video games or not)

Age 13)

Saturdays when I was 13.  Well at that time we were living in the middle of nowhere without a decent internet connection.  I did go swimming in a nearby pond in the summer and I did watch movies sometimes.  Not any friends living in the neighborhood though, we had to drive into the city to meet with friends in the PE group.  Finally, Christmas came and the family got a Wii!  I played it every Saturday.  On my thirteenth birthday my mom actually let me play the Xbox 360 for the first time in years.  However, I was only allowed to play the Xbox on my birthday at that time.

Age 14 - present)

Just a few months before my 14th birthday my mom let me play any video game I wanted for a whole Saturday (at this time I became addicted to the Xbox).  About three months after my 14th birthday my mom made the most devastating decision of my entire video game life.  I was not allowed to play M games anymore!?!?!?!  Earlier in my posts I said I love Halo.  So I begged my mom to reconsider her rash decision, but she held fast.  Instead I begged her to let me play Halo, she agreed to only one hour.  Ever since then I have been playing T and E games with Halo all day Saturday.  Until my mom made another devastating decision.  I can only play one hour of video games per week period.  NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
I could not believe my ears.  I asked her to repeat what she said, it was true.  I could not only not play M games anymore, but I could only play the Ts and Es for 1 HOUR!!!!  (at this time I was addicted to playing Call of Duty 3 and Halo 4).  So I have been doing this for the last 2 weeks and it has been horrible.  Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse.  WE ARE NO LONGER ALOWED TO WAATCH SHOWS THAT AREN'T MORALLY EDIFYING!!!!  Thats like all of the shows we were used to watching.  Now we watch a TV show called Little Men, and Little House on the Prairie, and little this, and little that, and little blah blah blah!!!  There was one good thing about all that though I found "Dowton Abbey," this totally cool show is about a rich family living in England in about 1912.  Very interesting conflicts and characters.  My mom thought it had some moral edification, so I watch it.  I am currently on the seventh episode of the first season.


Well as you can see my TV life has been under attack.  I raised my white flag and now I must play 1 hour of video games, watch moral movies, and count down the days until I move out and can get my own TV and Xbox.

Thanks for reading,

Dane