Not only do I have to remember to turn the converter box to the channel I want to record a show from, on the day I want to record something, but the reception is crap. It's Tuesday afternoon and I'm home, coughing and sniffling my way through a spring cold. I'm between naps right now and trying to enjoy "The Big Bang Theory" and all my other Monday night favorites but guess what? I keep seeing the picture disappear and a "no signal" message pop up. (Oh, how I miss cable sometimes. Well, not missing the huge bill or the times I didn't watch anything because there were too many choices (what a happy problem to have though)...actually, this same thing is happening with online TV watching...) A few weeks ago I missed all of the dialogue from the opening scene as there was no sound to go with the picture.
Oh boo hoo Sam. There are many terrible things in this world and this is just a minor inconvenience -easily remedied by heading over to surfthechannel.com.
Is it just me or is "How I Met Your Mother" better/funnier this season than it's ever been? This is the episode about the nightshirts, "Lily" sabotaging "Ted's" relationships and what this? Near the end were they actually making us think that "Ted" and "Robin" aren't quite over? Hmm, I'm not sure what to think about that since I'm loving the whole "Barney" loving "Robin" storyline (I'm a sucker for unrequited love story lines. One of my all time favorites is the whole "Niles" and "Daphne" one on "Frasier". Oh, there we go! A show that survived once characters got together)
When actors have colds or are sick on TV -are they really sick? I mean, what's a working actor supposed to do when they get sick? And if they're not really sick? That's acting! This comment because of "Chelsea's" cold on "Two and a Half Men" ...and what do you know, the signal was lost and I didn't even get the whole episode. Arghhhh!
Maybe I should just give up on taping shows and just watch everything online now. My old faithful TV will just become another dust collector in my room. You know, I've had my TV for about 20 years. I bought it the first time I moved out of my parent's house, when I was 18. And it still works just fine. It's not a fancy HD or big screen or flat screen TV but it's always gotten the job done.
OK, enough for now. Nap time again.
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them