Score!
I love my PVR.
As I recently mentioned to a friend of mine (I believe it was highandrandom), sometimes at conventional giftgiving times I get empty boxes. This is not my parents' way of telling me they're not going to give me anything, or Santa foregoing the conventional lump of coal to tell me I've been a bad girl, but kind of a promise that something is forthcoming... although it could be quite awhile in the making.
So, last Christmas, my brother and I got a joint present: and empty box which our Dad explained was 'standing in' for a PVR. However, for practical reasons (ie, we live 300 kms awa from each other) we required individual ones, and last week, my parents came through: When my family came to visit last weekend (to see said brother off for a three-week tri to the UK), they brought with them my Christmas present. My little brother helped me set it up, and come Monday night, I used it for the first time to record the second part of the Supernatural S2 finale.
What a kicker of an episode. My favourite part had to be the very last scene, shot looking up from the boot (Tarantino style) at the boys, with Dean tossing in his gun, telling Sam that they had work to do, just like back in the pilot. Awesome! The real question is, with what has happened in the last two episodes, what happens come next year, or more specifically, next season finale? And how do you write and produce a season of episodes when the entire viewerbase is just waiting to find out what happens in one year's time?
And I can't wait to use my new gadget to keep tabs on a few more shows... :)
Going back a few days, on the weekend I attended naginata (two new students, and one returnee to MBK, who kicked my bum in shiai-geiko!) and my Sado group took part in a chakai (tea event or tea party) with some people who study a different style of tea. Because I had to leave early to go to the airport to see my brother off, one of my sempai offered me the spot as guest that would have been hers during the first ceremony. That ceremony was performed by Yuko, who made "thin" tea and served three small sweets. As a guest, I tried to sit as still as possible, but by the time it got to one of the final sections of the ceremony (I know it sounds crazy, but... inspection of the tea caddy and wooden spoon) my legs were killing me and I started fidgeting. I felt guilty, but later my sempai congratulated me on sitting so still for so long, so perhaps it wasn't as bad as I thought... and I can sit in seiza for longer than I could when I started two months ago, so that's something!
At the risk of overdosing on Japanese culture, the Japanese store (complete with rock garden and tatami room out the back) where our chakai was held also runs Japanese calligraphy classes. I haven't done calligraphy consistantly since I was on exchange, and I have a hankering to try it again. *sigh*
As I recently mentioned to a friend of mine (I believe it was highandrandom), sometimes at conventional giftgiving times I get empty boxes. This is not my parents' way of telling me they're not going to give me anything, or Santa foregoing the conventional lump of coal to tell me I've been a bad girl, but kind of a promise that something is forthcoming... although it could be quite awhile in the making.
So, last Christmas, my brother and I got a joint present: and empty box which our Dad explained was 'standing in' for a PVR. However, for practical reasons (ie, we live 300 kms awa from each other) we required individual ones, and last week, my parents came through: When my family came to visit last weekend (to see said brother off for a three-week tri to the UK), they brought with them my Christmas present. My little brother helped me set it up, and come Monday night, I used it for the first time to record the second part of the Supernatural S2 finale.
What a kicker of an episode. My favourite part had to be the very last scene, shot looking up from the boot (Tarantino style) at the boys, with Dean tossing in his gun, telling Sam that they had work to do, just like back in the pilot. Awesome! The real question is, with what has happened in the last two episodes, what happens come next year, or more specifically, next season finale? And how do you write and produce a season of episodes when the entire viewerbase is just waiting to find out what happens in one year's time?
And I can't wait to use my new gadget to keep tabs on a few more shows... :)
Going back a few days, on the weekend I attended naginata (two new students, and one returnee to MBK, who kicked my bum in shiai-geiko!) and my Sado group took part in a chakai (tea event or tea party) with some people who study a different style of tea. Because I had to leave early to go to the airport to see my brother off, one of my sempai offered me the spot as guest that would have been hers during the first ceremony. That ceremony was performed by Yuko, who made "thin" tea and served three small sweets. As a guest, I tried to sit as still as possible, but by the time it got to one of the final sections of the ceremony (I know it sounds crazy, but... inspection of the tea caddy and wooden spoon) my legs were killing me and I started fidgeting. I felt guilty, but later my sempai congratulated me on sitting so still for so long, so perhaps it wasn't as bad as I thought... and I can sit in seiza for longer than I could when I started two months ago, so that's something!
At the risk of overdosing on Japanese culture, the Japanese store (complete with rock garden and tatami room out the back) where our chakai was held also runs Japanese calligraphy classes. I haven't done calligraphy consistantly since I was on exchange, and I have a hankering to try it again. *sigh*