When Sister #4 packs up the cat and heads to Udaho, I had big plans for ditching the Direct TV and going sans TV again. I mean, I did it for like 3 years before, why not again?

Here’s why not:

• I am totally and utterly addicted to Austin City Limits. It’s my favorite thing about Saturday nights. So far I’ve seen The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Ray LaMontagne, and Spoon. It’s easily the best thing to happen to my TV watching since, well, Dawson’s Creek.

• My most favorite way to end a day (this is before I head to bed, read a book, and practice, because that’s my absolute favorite way to end the day) is by flipping to the Soap Network at 10 p.m. for Days of Our Lives, putting the TV on mute, and then reading the soap opera while listening to music, and wasting time on the Internets. Make fun of me if you like, it’s totally fun.

• Two words: Donald Trump. I am a sad, pathetic Apprentice junkie. I can’t help it, I am under the sway of the combover.

And that’s it. Those three things. But I figure it’s totally worth the basic cable plan, right? how much is cable anyway?