2 ½ months of suck

The following was written on June 1st but not published.

Our TiVo died.

Did you hear me? Our TiVo fucking died.

I’m not much of a TV watcher. In fact I don’t even like TV that much. But the few shows I do like, I want them when I WANT THEM, not when they are actually scheduled to come on. My life doesn’t seem to work that way. Not to mention the life of my kids.

You see, they see 1 hour of TV a day and it is at night while I am making dinner. There is nothing on at night for children on the BASIC CABLE PLAN at 6:00 pm at night. They could watch nightly news or landscape painting or the Golden Valley City Hall meeting. None of which seem to hold their attention too long.

So, what does that mean? Well, we have several options. However, all of the options seem to cost a lot of money, month after month after month which is not desirable at this time. The last, cheapest and most ugly option is that of having no TiVo at all.

This is truly a conundrum. My first thought is no TV for the summer. My second thought is, where can I buy the drugs to keep me sane for that hour that my children where slack jawed and sucked into the tube for 1 hour? My third thought is, maybe I’m giving too much credence to the television and not enough confidence in my children.
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2 ½ months later….I still miss TiVo.

No TiVo has increased the kids TV viewing slightly. Now they get to watch TV in the morning when we are assured there are kid’s shows and then they get to watch a movie at night if things get too out of hand or my drug supply hasn’t made it in yet.

I have also lost several good hours of my life by watching meaningless shows and commercials that I don’t care about. And after seeing a few ads for the new Thursday night fall line-up we sucked it up and ordered ourselves a new TiVo.

THANK GOD! Thank you Adam. I can’t wait for this season of Grey’s Anatomy and I won’t EVER miss it due to a scheduling conflict.

I LOVE YOU TiVo and I know your going to love your new home.

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