Cable is a beast.
Sep. 8th, 2004 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teddogI mean... URGH!
THE RED GREEN SHOW SEASON PREMIER IS ON THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY. Hindsight is 20/20 airs one week earier. Watching these is a NEED, not a want.
In many fans, I am a sad fangirl to this series. It's side effect of, well, many things. My late father was a fan since the Smith and Smith days, when Red Green just a minior character. He got me into the Red Green Show back in season one. How many online fans have been around that long? Most of them smarten up and get out. I did leave the fandom at one point, around season 9, but I came back for season 13.
I don't want to say it's a big part of my personal life, because it really isn't, other than Rick Green being one of my few heroes. I just really enjoy watching the series. In my troubled life, Red Green is just one of those things that's always there. During the rough times of the school year, I made time to watch the 6:30 pm reruns on Comedy Network. Can-Con comfort food for a stressed college student.
Problem is Shaw Cable. Shaw used to have a deal where college and university students could get full standard cable for $20 a month. It was a pretty nice deal and everyone was happy.
This year they jacked the price to $40.
JP already cracked and ordered the cable for the increased rate. If I get cable, it'll cost $320 over the school year, as opposed to $160.
This made me sit down and wonder... "What do I really watch on TV, anyway?"
I watch the Simpsons, like everyone else it seems. The series has been sucking for years, but it's like a crash on the highway. You can't help but slow down and look.
Friday nights on the CBC. Air Farce, 22 Minutes, Red Green. All past their prime, but what the heck.
Red Green reruns on Comedy and CBC. Because I can.
Mythbusters. If only Discovery can WTF they're doing with the series. Apparently it's on Sundays at 10 this year.
It also turns out my roomie is a fan of the Inuyasha dub and wants to get the Friday anime lineup on YTV. o_O
That's not a lot of TV. Most of my favorite shows (MST3K, PoG, OBC) aren't aired in the surrounding area. Is it really worth $40 a month?
I've got to think about this some more.
THE RED GREEN SHOW SEASON PREMIER IS ON THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY. Hindsight is 20/20 airs one week earier. Watching these is a NEED, not a want.
In many fans, I am a sad fangirl to this series. It's side effect of, well, many things. My late father was a fan since the Smith and Smith days, when Red Green just a minior character. He got me into the Red Green Show back in season one. How many online fans have been around that long? Most of them smarten up and get out. I did leave the fandom at one point, around season 9, but I came back for season 13.
I don't want to say it's a big part of my personal life, because it really isn't, other than Rick Green being one of my few heroes. I just really enjoy watching the series. In my troubled life, Red Green is just one of those things that's always there. During the rough times of the school year, I made time to watch the 6:30 pm reruns on Comedy Network. Can-Con comfort food for a stressed college student.
Problem is Shaw Cable. Shaw used to have a deal where college and university students could get full standard cable for $20 a month. It was a pretty nice deal and everyone was happy.
This year they jacked the price to $40.
JP already cracked and ordered the cable for the increased rate. If I get cable, it'll cost $320 over the school year, as opposed to $160.
This made me sit down and wonder... "What do I really watch on TV, anyway?"
I watch the Simpsons, like everyone else it seems. The series has been sucking for years, but it's like a crash on the highway. You can't help but slow down and look.
Friday nights on the CBC. Air Farce, 22 Minutes, Red Green. All past their prime, but what the heck.
Red Green reruns on Comedy and CBC. Because I can.
Mythbusters. If only Discovery can WTF they're doing with the series. Apparently it's on Sundays at 10 this year.
It also turns out my roomie is a fan of the Inuyasha dub and wants to get the Friday anime lineup on YTV. o_O
That's not a lot of TV. Most of my favorite shows (MST3K, PoG, OBC) aren't aired in the surrounding area. Is it really worth $40 a month?
I've got to think about this some more.
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Date: 2004-09-08 10:08 pm (UTC)Really sucks they jacked the prices up. :/ But what if your roomie and you split the bill so it was still just $20 a month for both of you? You could still watch your Friday programs and she could still catch Inuyasha since it repeats at like.. 1:00am. ^^ Maybe I can burn you Inuyasha when I buy the boxed set so you can introduce that girl to some decent Inu tastes. XP Blech. Nah, the dub's not bad at all (it's One Piece I phear).
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Date: 2004-09-08 10:59 pm (UTC)Personally, I'm scared of the Fullmetal Alchemist dub. Speaking of which, you won't happen to have any FMA episodes on you, would you?