success!
ok so...i probably bought too many cables (i know i have one left over, and who knows where i got it at this point so i won't be returning it) BUT i now have the digital receiver hooked up to my tv AND an audio input through my stereo so i can play netflix through my tv with sound from the stereo. to do this i had to disconnect the audio feed from my tv to my stereo, there was only one audio input available on the stereo so...but i figure if i am gonna watch a dvd, i can plug that input in, otherwise my netflix movies are now watchable on the big screen without fiddling around with wireless audio (the batteries kept dying in my little transmitter). YAY! i do need an extension cable for my antenna as i do not think it is in the optimal place, i don't get reception on all the channels i was getting in the bedroom...i should also get a second receiver so that i can hook that up in the bedroom again too...
now i can move on to sorting out the stereo in the bedroom. it appears to switch off when i turn the volume up or down, which it shouldn't...gotta look into that further! i want to be able to play records in the bedroom too!
in other news: tomorrow is thanksgiving here in the USA, i don't really like thanksgiving. its a holiday built around inconvenient food items. i mean i (kinda) keep kosher so if i want to go to thanksgiving i need either to avoid the turkey and any meat flavoured items, OR eat the turkey (if it hasn't been basted with butter) and then not eat any of the side dishes which are probably all decorated with dairy items. its just kinda not fun. i become the problem child for everyone, and i don't really enjoy myself. i'd MUCH rather avoid it altogether, but it is SO HARD to find excuses to turn down invitations without seeming completely grinchy. its not really "my holiday" i didn't celebrate it growing up, don't have fond memories associated with it and could happily never celebrate it for the rest of my life. luckily i have a movie screening this year at 3pm, and i am going to my friend dana's house after that for post-turkey dessert and drinks. yay! THAT i enjoy!!
i volunteered to work on friday and saturday (from home) the offices are closed, but as a temp if i don't work i don't get paid, and i'd rather have the money than a long weekend, specially since i need to send my sister and my dad chanukah AND birthday presents next month!
now i can move on to sorting out the stereo in the bedroom. it appears to switch off when i turn the volume up or down, which it shouldn't...gotta look into that further! i want to be able to play records in the bedroom too!
in other news: tomorrow is thanksgiving here in the USA, i don't really like thanksgiving. its a holiday built around inconvenient food items. i mean i (kinda) keep kosher so if i want to go to thanksgiving i need either to avoid the turkey and any meat flavoured items, OR eat the turkey (if it hasn't been basted with butter) and then not eat any of the side dishes which are probably all decorated with dairy items. its just kinda not fun. i become the problem child for everyone, and i don't really enjoy myself. i'd MUCH rather avoid it altogether, but it is SO HARD to find excuses to turn down invitations without seeming completely grinchy. its not really "my holiday" i didn't celebrate it growing up, don't have fond memories associated with it and could happily never celebrate it for the rest of my life. luckily i have a movie screening this year at 3pm, and i am going to my friend dana's house after that for post-turkey dessert and drinks. yay! THAT i enjoy!!
i volunteered to work on friday and saturday (from home) the offices are closed, but as a temp if i don't work i don't get paid, and i'd rather have the money than a long weekend, specially since i need to send my sister and my dad chanukah AND birthday presents next month!