curse of the house without cable
kelly | 19 October 2006 - 10:49pm
In case you're wondering why I've had nothing to say about Grey's or ER, it's because I'm not actually watching them. I mean, I am watching them, but in a very belated manner. So far this season, every Thursday evening our television has fucked me over. Every single Thursday. Well okay, so one Thursday it wasn't the tv's fault; one Thursday I missed my shows because we had a flirtian party to attend. Rob forwarded the invitation to me at work that day and I replied, "DON'T THESE PEOPLE WATCH TV?!" Um, no, actually. They don't. Unless you count Battlestar Galactica. (Which, I suppose, technically does count, but...NERD ALERT. I'm just saying.)
But every other Thursday, I've gotten all super-excited about watching The Office. And Grey's. And JOHN STAMOS ON ER! I go through my day all "Woo!! Best day ever! Thursdays ROCK!! Thursdays RULE! Thursdays rock and rule!! Hee." And then I go home and then much later Rob comes home and then we eat dinner and I'm all, "Eat faster! TV starts in 20 minutes!" And then it's 20 minutes later and I'm all, "Wheee, TV!!" And I plop down on the sofa and Rob turns on the tv and it's really fuzzy and black & white but we can still sorta see the actors. I mean, not well enough to recognize them, but it's okay because we can tell who they are by their voices. And so we're watching and laughing, watching and laughing, and then [BLUE SCREEN]. Fucking signal is gone. And we simultaneously groan, but then it's back! And we say, "Yay!" You know, simultaneously. And then five minutes pass with more watching and laughing and then [BLUE SCREEN]. And we groan and wait and then it's back! Yay! But before we can even catch back up with the scene [BLUE SCREEN]. This continues throughout the rest of The Office, our groans soon becoming "FUCK"s and "GODDAMMIT!"s. And then finally the signal doesn't fight back, and the screen casts a lonely blue glow on the walls of our living room. And I stare sadly at the tv, knowing that Grey's is happening without me, knowing that John Stamos is right inside my tv but I can't get to him.
So yeah. I'm behind. No, I don't have anything to say about Grey's. And no, I haven't seen the last two episdoes of ER. Yes, I'm sure John Stamos was sextastic. He's saving the show, so I hear. Wouldn't know it by me, considering I haven't fucking SEEN the show hardly. But no, I don't want to know what happens. And yes, I do think the universe can be a fucking bitch sometimes.
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I heard they were going to rename Stamos' character to Dr. McCreamy to see if that could boost ratings.
sucky. Especially after looking forward to it for most of the/all day.
That makes it worse.
Did you know you can watch full episodes of Grey's Anatomy for free on ABC's website? I haven't yet tried this, since I just found out about it; but I've completely missed about 2 1/2 episodes of Grey's since the new season started, so I'm thinking tonight may be spent basking in the romantic glow of Grey's Anatomy on my computer monitor.
LadyBug - my sentiments exactly. Fuhreee Ti-faux!
I saw commercials for Mr. Stamos on the show, and thought of you. I wonder if that 'very special' music will start playing when he solves a problem, a la Full House. THAT would be awesome.
Is it an actual cable problem, or a rabbit ears type problem? If you're paying for cable, you should definitely be raising a stink!
you're blogging this to spite me.
the tv is on my side.
:)
Do you know when The Office is on here? No? Sunday at 11:00pm! And of course that's if they decide to actually air it that week. Grey's has a normal time slot and ER does as well when it's actually on. I don't think I've sen ER for something like six months. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Australian TV programmers suck big hairy toes.
But really I do feel for you and your crappy Thursday reception.
How many times do I have to tell you that you can come to our house with our cable and our tivo and watch yourself some Grey's Anatomy? Seriously - sounds like we need to start having a watching party. I can probably even still recover last weeks episode - via the recently deleted folder.
I suck. I don't watch either of these but I'm all caught un on Battlestar Galatica though. Oh and Star Trek: The New Generation.
(Pahleeeease tell me you can read the sarcasm through the screen...)
DUDE! You need cable.
i'm just wondering why nilbo hasn't commented yet on how much he loves your tagline for this week... perhaps he's still too busy doing a happy jig???