At the homefront, we have been having troubles...with the Tivo. Comcast (who I like to picture in my head as a mustachioed villain tying helpless damsels to the train tracks) has changed everything over to digital cable. The switch happened a few weeks back and rendered our Tivo useless. After hours spent on the phone with customer service, in line at the repair shop, on the phone with customer service, sticking coaxial cables in different holes, and on the phone with customer service I was ready to maim someone.
Between Jamie and I, someone has to come out as the mean one that complains at restaurants and whatnot. I'm sure you can figure out which of the two of us that tends to be. So, I complained. I argued. I may have said something along the lines of "Comcast has devalued my property" and "Comcast needs to buy me equipment and provide the installation since I did not elect to have my service 'upgraded'", etc. Eventually, the guy agreed to send over a guy to look at our Tivo box for free.
Of course, the guy comes today, turns on the t.v., and lo, it works. Judging from what has actually been recorded over the past couple of weeks, our Tivo started working yesterday at noon.
At least we didn't have to pay for the guy's visit.
Of course, we did pay for the brand-new Tivo box that's coming (it's an HD one!) because the customer service guy had assured us that the digital cable wouldn't work with our model of Tivo. I've been bugging Jamie about getting HD for a while now...he thinks this was all an elaborate plot. I can assure you, any elaborate plot of mine will not include the personal hell that is Comcast customer service. We just got a discounted upgrade is all. We'll see if I have the guts to try and monkey around with the adapter now that's working in order to install a new Tivo.
At this point, I will not touch the thing until after Glee tomorrow! Glee is back! To be honest, it kind of snuck up on me. But, I will watch. I'm hoping it's not like all those other shows that starts out strong and then kind of falls apart. I think it actually may get better because they tied up all the stupid story arcs at the end of last season and just left room for the fun ones. We'll see though...I've been disappointed by t.v. before.
Still, I have another reason to watch! A teacher from my school is auditioning to be on Glee.
Don't know what, exactly, this means -- will she still be able to teach? They are doing this big "if you're a normal person and not an actor, but like to sing...audition!" push, so I think it would actually be more of a one time part as a competitor choir. Or maybe it falls conveniently within our summer break. With that in mind I say, go vote for Ms. Grinneby!!! Wahoo for a DC Prep shout out! Wanna hear her singing chops? (I think her talents may be wasted on the "Good Morning Song" and "It's Clean-Up Time")
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