The TV, and other things
So, he did finally show up around 5:30 last night. Everything went smoothly (and, despite his lateness, he really was a nice guy - played kickball with MM while he was on hold with the satellite company to activate the receiver), and we now have HDTV. While M. can’t really see a discernible difference in picture quality (because he’s blind in one eye and otherwise very nearsighted), I can - it’s beautiful.
But the main thing is that we now have TV again, which makes the long, long nights a little easier to get through.
AND we get the “Kung Fu” channel, which shows Asian movies 24 hours a day. One cannot complain here, even if there are a LOT of repeats and “Zatoichi” movies.
Other than that, things go as they go. I up and forgot to do my 15 min. yesterday, but I’m trying to roll with that and just get back on track today.
I wish I were writing better posts. Right now this is essentially a laundry list. Blah.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
ah… one of these days, i wouldn’t mind an HD tv - once you’ve seen one, it’s hard to go back to ordinary tv.
Kung Fu channel? My dad would have loved that channel - when I was a kid, we used to watch a lot of kung fu movies…
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January 11th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
It’s not all kung-fu, fortunately (I’m not really into martial arts movies, unless they’re “Ashes of Time” and filled to the brim with hopelessly attractive actors); besides Zatoichi marathons, they also do quite a lot of HK action movies and Japanese movies (including - maybe predictably - Kitano Takeshi’s “Zatoichi”). There are two other channels, though - Film Fest and World Cinema - that also show Asian films, and those tend to be more varied. It’s great.
January 12th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Man, I wish I had a kung fu channel.
Hey, I just discovered your blog today. Have you thought of adding it to http://tckid.com ?
It’s the most active community of TCKs and CCKs. Lots of TCK bloggers there, they’ll prolly want to know about your blog.
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January 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
And hey! Noggin is now 24 hours a day!
Now, I’m not sure it that is a good thing, or a bad thing.
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January 14th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
As it turns out, Dish Network didn’t sign on for the 24 hour bandwagon, so we’re still 6 to 6 and loving it. I think 12 hours of nonstop children’s programming is enough for this household.
Are we going to be able to see you guys before Germany happens??
January 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Welcome and thanks for the link - I’ll check it out!