I Will Be Morally Superior!
Peoples, thank you so much for all your support and encouragement and links and Christy, very huge special thanks to you! Thank you for not laughing at me for being so scared of living without tv. Thank you for not telling me to get a life, which is what my father used to say any time he'd catch me watching MTV.
Merry, I actually don't own any dvds at all. It may sound kind of strange, but I just ... never bought any. I own VHS tapes, but no dvds.
Anon 11:29, I have called my cable company when tv has been out and they are *terrible* with customer service. They are outrageously difficult to reach when you call them. Numerous times I have called when they should be open only to reach their answering service. They only call me back if I leave a message saying I have a question about paying my bill. Not even kidding. They had a monopoly on the area I live in for years, otherwise I'd have originally gone with Comcast.
Meeksie, Nicole is as good as her word.
Fianna, Fianna (I think it sounds best said twice) you will never believe what happened! See, the time I went to check out the dvds, I went to the main library figuring they'd have a bigger selection what with being 486 times bigger than the little, cozy library down the street from me. Imagine how disappointed I was that despite having an ENTIRE ROOM dedicated to dvds, they all sucked. However, today I went to the little library down the street and decided to look at their dvds. Imagine my surprise at all the awesome and wonderful choices! I am so excited about this!
I can do this. Really, I'm going to be okay. I can be morally superior. I can casually say, "Oh, I don't watch tv... though that does sound like a cute little show." And if there is a television emergency, please go respond to the doorbell. It's me, coming to watch something important, and I'll thank you during the commercials!
Merry, I actually don't own any dvds at all. It may sound kind of strange, but I just ... never bought any. I own VHS tapes, but no dvds.
Anon 11:29, I have called my cable company when tv has been out and they are *terrible* with customer service. They are outrageously difficult to reach when you call them. Numerous times I have called when they should be open only to reach their answering service. They only call me back if I leave a message saying I have a question about paying my bill. Not even kidding. They had a monopoly on the area I live in for years, otherwise I'd have originally gone with Comcast.
Meeksie, Nicole is as good as her word.
Fianna, Fianna (I think it sounds best said twice) you will never believe what happened! See, the time I went to check out the dvds, I went to the main library figuring they'd have a bigger selection what with being 486 times bigger than the little, cozy library down the street from me. Imagine how disappointed I was that despite having an ENTIRE ROOM dedicated to dvds, they all sucked. However, today I went to the little library down the street and decided to look at their dvds. Imagine my surprise at all the awesome and wonderful choices! I am so excited about this!
I can do this. Really, I'm going to be okay. I can be morally superior. I can casually say, "Oh, I don't watch tv... though that does sound like a cute little show." And if there is a television emergency, please go respond to the doorbell. It's me, coming to watch something important, and I'll thank you during the commercials!
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posted by Green at 2/04/2009 11:06:00 PM
6 Comments:
We're here for ya honey.
You always amaze me Green, and I can learn much from you.
Hang tough, as you always do, and as Jennie says: "we're here for ya..."
David
In case you haven't heard, the legislature has just delayed the implementation of the digital conversion. This means you should be able to get some channels with the rabbit ears until June. Meanwhile you can send off for the coupon for the converter and save for a digital antennae. Speaking of saving money, do you have a cell phone, land line or both? You might consider a cheap limited cell phone instead of the landline.
Re: library DVDs -- you can search the library catalog online at sfpl.org and request any item to be delivered to your branch. So if there's something you want to see, but it doesn't matter when, check that out.
you go girl!
I saw a story (I think on CBS5) about a guy who makes digital TV antenna's out of recycled materials and gives them away for free to poor folks. Might look into it.
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