And in this corner, the coat that I stopped needing approximately half a block from my apartment

How I Know That Fall Is Here:

1. This morning I wished that I had slippers.

2. The nosebleeds have started again.

3. I HAVE NO PANTS.

Seriously, what is it with pants? I'm sure that back in the spring, when it got too hot for pants, I had pants to wear. But now this pair is too small, and that pair is too big, and the other pair has stretched out in weird places. I hate having no pants, mostly because this means I have to go out and attempt to BUY pants, which is evil and wrong.

Also, I apparently own all the world's long-sleeved dark brown shirts, and...nothing else. Which precipitated a shoe crisis this morning, because although I know, logically, one can wear black and brown together, my heart refuses to believe it.

You've got to love those first days of a new season, when you discover all things that went wrong with your clothes last year that you didn't bother to do anything about, because you weren't going to need them for the next 6 months (see also: brown boots that I eventually decided to wear this morning, forgetting that the sole liners habitually bunch up and drive me crazy).

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Last year, after cancelling my cable, I still ended up watching a fair amount of TV - downloading certain things, watching the few channels that I could get. Mostly it just cut back on the channel surfing - there's no joy in flipping channels when you only get 6, and have to get up to adjust the antenna differently for each one.

But this summer, other than SYTYCD, I haven't been watching TV at all. There hasn't even been anything I wanted to download. And although I still have some stuff on my computer, waiting to be watched, I've really lost the habit to a certain extent. And it's pretty amazing to me both how much time this frees up (which I'm just filling with more reading, but the concept is there), and how much easier it is for me to get going again once I've sat down. Both TV and the computer (which, well, I'm probably spending even more time there, sadly) suck me in and drag me into a sort of stupor. But today, because I didn't ever fire up the DVD player, I finished a book and then got up and did my dishes and made lunch for tomorrow, and then later, after reading some more, I actually did some pilates. It's crazy.

Of course, it's September, the new season is starting, and my EW Fall Preview guide arrived today. I don't think TV will completely disappear for me. But it was interesting while it lasted.