Monday morning musing
This morning, I stared into the shaving mirror while performing my daily skin irritation ritual, and remembered someone at Technicon referring to me as one of the con’s “elder statesmen”. I enjoyed the compliment… but it’s still a little weird trying to think of myself that way.
Didn’t get to stay in bed any later than 9:30 or so this weekend – too much to do! Happy weekend, though. We were celebrating Starr’s graduation from nursing school at the top of her class! I think that excellent things are ahead for her.
My Dad drove up to see me yesterday, and I’m planning to go see my Mom and my sister before long this summer. There’s been a bit of distance, because of how wrapped-up I’ve been in myself lately, and I’m really looking forward to re-connecting with them all this year.
The living-room TV’s flipped its power supply, and we’re down to watching Good Eats on a 12″ portable we had in the bedroom. I was looking at getting an AppleTV in a few weeks, but I suspect I’ll be putting that off a bit. One of the reasons I’m so far behind on my TV watching is that a lot of it’s on the computer, and I just don’t think of my desktop Mac as a media center – more of a creativity, communications, and gaming support device. TV programs are for relaxing in the living room – so, really, that makes me a perfect AppleTV customer. (Another reason I’m behind is that I usually have much better things to do than television. Even really good television. I’m almost to the point of cutting things I like from the DVR schedule that I know I just won’t get around to watching. People keep saying things like “you should start watching Heroes!” and I look at my backlog and think “yeah… next year maybe!”)
Dave S. will be running his Marvel Super Heroes game tonight. I haven’t been able to attend since March, and I can’t wait to catch up with everyone. For the last sessions, I’d had to finish at work and fly right over to arrive fashionably late; with my new schedule I can take it a little easier.
My outlook’s not too bad for a Monday morning.
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I think what those people meant to say was, “Demote any inferior television and watch Heroes now.” I doubt you’d regret it.
DVD releases of shows are good for that. Don’t take up HDD space on the DVR, can be put in whenever.
Plus, DVDs don’t require cable or even broadcast access, and so are perfect for folks who don’t have them (my apartment. The two TVs, three when we change roommates, are strictly for video games).
Know what you mean, though. There are so many other things one can do with 24hrs in a day than watch TV.
Personally, I’m waiting for Heroes to come out on DVD before I even think about watching it. I knew I’d never get to watch it in sequence, so I actually made it a point not to watch it at all until I had the complete set.
Yay Starr! Nursing programs are a bear, and coming out at the top of the class is something to crow about.
People around here who know me know that they are NOT to call me on Monday nights unless either a) the house is on fire, or b) they themselves are on fire. For me, it’s 24, followed by the DVR recording of the night’s Heroes (because it comes on the same time as 24), and then it’s lights out …
On a side note, for my Monday, jury duty sucks. I was immediately disqualified by the defense attorney when he found out what I do for a living (it was a drug-related criminal trial).