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[listersgirl]

I am a little overly excited about the fact that I can go home right after work. You'd think that having just had 3 days off I'd be capable of being separated from the couch for a few hours, but apparently not. Especially considering that the original plan was to take advantage of the night off, and go get my hair cut. It just couldn't compete with the lure of home, proper dinner, and lounging, though.

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vestra and I have decided to make the supreme sacrifice in order to save money ($100 for cable and internet? Gah!) and lose our extended cable.

Which means no more What Not To Wear. No more Clean Sweep. No more late Saturday nights of sex worker documentaries and "educational" sex shows. No more worst videos of the 80s. No more eternal showings of Miss Congeniality (not that I'm all that upset about this one here).

Most of all, no more hours and hours of Food Network. Which, to be honest, is probably a good thing. It does feel a little like we're swimming against the tide here, though - the world is running toward digital cable, HDTV, 200+ channels, recognition of cable shows, and we're dropping back to just the basic networks. The woman on the phone at Rogers sounded a little stunned by the concept.

It's all good, though, thanks to the wonder that is TV on DVD. This weekend included the inaugural watching of West Wing Season 1. *love*

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Completely off-topic, we also saw Garden State, which I also love. Is there a name for that kind of movie? Because that's exactly my kind of movie. I never know how to answer the "favourite kind of movie" question, because neither comedy or drama really covers it, but "movie where there's not a lot of plot, but people have interesting conversations and there's good characterization and wonky filming techniques and clever references" is a little long.

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[emiline.livejournal.com]

People here at work look at me strangely when I say "I don't get the channel that show is on", and then even more strangely when they realize I don't have cable at all. And then again, when I tell them I'm all over TV on DVD. But man, do I miss TLC.

I really want to see Garden State. One day. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[listersgirl]

TLC, HGTV and the Food Network are TV crack for me. I can always tell I've been watching too long when the shows cycle round again. And sometimes, when I'm very lazy, I just let them run again. Shhh.

[emiline.livejournal.com]

When I'm at my parents' place, with their crazy amounts of channels on Expressvu, I'm all over TLC and HGTV (and the Movie Network). I haven't watched much of the Food Network, though.

I've been known to do the same thing.

[listersgirl]

Oh, I have Movie Network lust. That, and BBC Canada. *gimme*

But it's all good.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Sometimes those movie questions have an option for "art films", which to me sounds like it means porn, or more specifically foreign porn from the 70s, but it's close enough for me. :)

[listersgirl]

It's like the check boxes for music - I can never figure out where I fit. One word does not describe my musical tastes!

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Tragically, it does mine, these days. My world is narrow, and also, I am 60 years old.

It's bad when they include helpful examples though, like beside "Classical" they'll put "Charlotte Church, Yanni, Sarah Brightman" and rather than check the box I simply have to kill myself. Why do they include helpful examples? Aren't the people who listen to a particular genre going to recognize the term for it without the help of examples??

[listersgirl]

Erg, I know. They always pick the most embarassing examples. *spork*

[morag-gunn.livejournal.com]

The woman on the phone at Rogers sounded a little stunned by the concept.

This sort of thing has happened to me too. I have cable here because it's included in the rent but otherwise I am anti-cable. People phone to try to give me deals on satellite dishes or fancy cable, and I have to tell them that I don't have cable at all and prefer it that way. They seem shocked at the idea.

Silly people.

[listersgirl]

I work with someone (and remember where I work) who doesn't actually have a TV. She is often greeted with stunned silence when this comes up.

Of course, I get somewhat the same reaction when I mention that I don't have a radio, except on my alarm clock.

I will ALWAYS remember where you work!

[morag-gunn.livejournal.com]

This whole thing has just reminded me that I need to get renting the second season of Six Feet Under.

*darts for the door*

Re: I will ALWAYS remember where you work!

[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

Season 2 has been on my Netflix list forever and I keep restraining myself from moving it up, but now I want to. Hmm....

Re: I will ALWAYS remember where you work!

[listersgirl]

That was what we were trying to rent this weekend! Sadly, many other people had the same idea as us, so we went with West Wing instead, which, luckily, was great.

[sarrabellum.livejournal.com]

We don't have cable either. As a matter of fact, we're so rural that we can't even get cable out here. And we don't get basic network TV without a satellite dish. So I feel you on the TV thing.

And I can't tell you how thankful I am for TV on DVD!

[listersgirl]

Isn't it wonderful? And it must be making the companies plenty of money, because they are released the strangest things these days. Still, I'm not complaining, since I get to have Firefly and Sports Night in my house to watch any time I want.

[starfishchick]

What channel does basic cable go up to?

You can come over on Fridays and watch WNTW at my house - you won't get home until midnight, though!

:)

[listersgirl]

Erm, 28 I think? We'll get all the US networks, plus all the local networks (City, CBC, CTV, New VR). And I think we also get YTV and Newsworld. She said something about 68-71, but I don't even know what's up there!

I will totally be taking you up on that offer sometime! It's more fun watching with someone else, anyway.

[starfishchick]

PBS is up there in the 69-71 range.

Woot.

[morag-gunn.livejournal.com]

68-71 will get you SRC (mmmmm, hockey in french) and I think APTN. And don't forget CPAC! It's all about CPAC!

[idella]

DUDE! CPAC!

Not that I ever watch it. But I love the idea of it.

[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

I (and Netflix) call these types of movies Independent Films, unless they do really well, and then they get crammed into one of those other categories.

[listersgirl]

That's an excellent choice of category. Much less wordy. :)

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

I don't even have TV. I like it that way, but I must admit it cuts me off from roughly 50% of conversation with casual acquaintances.

[listersgirl]

I love the idea of not having a TV, but there's always one or two shows that I am obsessed with, and would be very sad to miss. One day, though, I'd like to go that route.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

There are some TV shows that I love, but it's easy enough to buy them on DVD when they come out. The real reason I don't have TV is my lack of willpower - I'd switch it on for a 1/2 hour show I wanted to watch, and still be agape in front of it three hours later! I get a lot more done now.

[farpotshket.livejournal.com]

*whine* I am jealous of you and everyone else that has seen Garden State. I badly want to see this film but I have no idea when it's going to open in Saskatoon, if at all. But I have the soundtrack (which is terrific), Garden State wallpaper on my laptop, and Zach Braff's blog syndicated to my LJ. I am a geek. A big ol' whiny geek.

[listersgirl]

I hope it isn't a letdown for you after all this! I'm sure you'll love it, though.

(That's one of my favourite things about living in Toronto - knowing that if a movie makes it to Canada, it makes it here. Not that I go to many movies, but I like to know I could, and they'd be the movies I really wanted to see.)