Can I just time-shift myself?

[c9]

I'm guilted into an employer's-time entry by primary_suspect. Therefore, a rant on television.

Note: I know the answer is get a DVR. So please use your commenting privileges for saying something else.

Last night Prison Break came back. Well actually, it came back a week ago, but I missed it. But I remembered last night. But the details in that show and the fun is seeing the whole season, so instead of watching, I downloaded the episode I missed from last week. Of course now tonight I'll need to download last night's episode.

Sunday night was West Wing. I didn't watch it because I was watching last week's episode. I had missed last week's episode, so I had to download it, but then I forgot to watch it, so I had to watch the old West Wing while the new West Wing was actually on TV. Then I downloaded the new one yesterday. I think. I better check tonight.

Yesterday I was working in our Toronto office, so I took the 100-minute train in. I quickly burned a CD of stuff to watch, thinking I could watch TV on the way to work. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying close enough attention, and I burned two episodes of Arrested Development instead of one West Wing and one Arrested Development.

I downloaded all the episodes of Arrested Development because there are some I haven't seen, and that show also is best served in order and complete.

Tonight I have rehearsal, Thursday I have rehearsal, Saturday I have the Halfway-There-Cast-Party, Sunday I have rehearsal, and by next week I may be further behind on watching new and cancelled TV shows.

I would write an update about work, but it's remarkably similar. Just replace "West Wing" with "Microsoft," and "Arrested Development" with "professional development planning" and you're almost there. :)

Comments

[rebelprince26.livejournal.com]

actually, the answer is not to get a PVR (hey, Canada!), but to not be addicted to television watching. what's going to happen if you miss an episode? is the world going to explode?

i'm not a big fan of television. so if i miss an episode of one of the two shows that i actually watch, i'm gonna be ok. :)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am *definitely* not an addicted to television person. The full list of shows I am willing to sit and watch is pretty short, and the list of shows I would schedule around is umm... 0 shows long.

I don't mind missing episodes, but serial drama (Prison Break) or extremely detailed comedy (AD) is just more fun if I know what's going on.