Talking to the I/O guys, it turns out that we did film stuff for Travellers and Magicians - no effects, purely "pull the images off this, and put it on that" sort of thing. The film industry is a lot smaller than you might think.
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It's always a bit disheartening when you get to the end of the day, and realise that you haven't gotten around to dealing with something - in this case, disconnecting power and phone. I've been considering my options with Saturn and my cable modem, but as far as I can see, TelstraClear aren't very keen on you watching TV through them if you don't want a phoneline. I guess I'll have to think about switching to Sky.
It's weird to think back to the fanfare and hoopla that accompanied the launch of the third television channel. I mean, I even have faint memories of the regional news programme that TVNZ used to have, albeit only in terms of vague images of beige. And now... well, I haven't watched very much regular television recently, since my spare time has been limited, but there always seems to be something that I could be watching. (Admittedly, I have a problem where any moving images on a screen can mesmerise me for hours - but I don't think this can be a rare problem, since I've seen plenty of people watching E!...)
On the other hand, I don't have any programmes that I go out of my way to watch at the moment. There are some series that I enjoy when I manage to catch them - Scrubs and CSI, for example - but there's nothing that has made it worth working out how to use the timer record functions on my video. I suspect that the availability of DVDs and <cough> "other avenues" means that it doesn't feel like I have to seize the chance to catch them all. (Huh, wierd Pokemon resonance there.)
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The countdown to my move continues apace. I have nearly packed all my nonfiction (about a dozen boxes or so), and expect to move onto fiction tonight. Except, I realise as I write this, that I haven't done my "unread non-fiction" pile yet. Bother - that's another two or three boxes.
At least I have a deadline that I'm working towards - that should motivate me to finish cleaning the house, if nothing else.
Posted by svend at July 7, 2004 6:50 AM