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Royaled out for today
Apr. 29th, 2011 08:19 pmWhen Charles and Di got married in July 1981, I lived in a tiny one-room apartment with no TV, so I couldn't watch the royal wedding, whether I wanted to or not. So of course I wanted to see this one.
Even though the VCR in the bedroom doesn't have a remote, so I can't program it (and I don't have a DVR), I thought I'd get the recorder set up with an old videotape so that at 4 a.m. all I would have to do was hit "record" and start taping CNN. But there were a couple of "ER" episodes from 1999 on the tape I selected, so of course I had to watch those, because that was such a darned good series. So I got barely any sleep before the alarm went off at 4, and after I hit the "record" button, I found myself going to the living room and switching on BBC America, which doesn't work on the bedroom TV for some weird reason. It was great to watch the British coverage -- hardly a word of commentary during the service, while I'll bet the Americans kept up a running patter. And NO commercials. I watch a fair amount of CNN, so I have heard all the current CNN commercials a zillion times.
I dozed off on the sofa for a bit once the royals were parading back to the palace, but then the boy toy woke up earlier than I had expected, in order to cook bangers and mash for the occasion. So I don't think I'll stay up too late tonight. *yawn*
Even though the VCR in the bedroom doesn't have a remote, so I can't program it (and I don't have a DVR), I thought I'd get the recorder set up with an old videotape so that at 4 a.m. all I would have to do was hit "record" and start taping CNN. But there were a couple of "ER" episodes from 1999 on the tape I selected, so of course I had to watch those, because that was such a darned good series. So I got barely any sleep before the alarm went off at 4, and after I hit the "record" button, I found myself going to the living room and switching on BBC America, which doesn't work on the bedroom TV for some weird reason. It was great to watch the British coverage -- hardly a word of commentary during the service, while I'll bet the Americans kept up a running patter. And NO commercials. I watch a fair amount of CNN, so I have heard all the current CNN commercials a zillion times.
I dozed off on the sofa for a bit once the royals were parading back to the palace, but then the boy toy woke up earlier than I had expected, in order to cook bangers and mash for the occasion. So I don't think I'll stay up too late tonight. *yawn*
