Thursday, September 22

I miss regular television

A few weeks ago, I somehow was left in charge of the television remote at my parents' house. I started flipping through the channels, and was thrilled to find a mini-marathon of Friends going on. So, I left it, hoping there wouldn't be anything too inappropriate, and the rest of the family (when they wandered through on their way to their various Sunday-evening activities) wouldn't mind.

Turned out, they played some of my favorite episodes. AND, my family not only didn't mind, but sat down and watched with me! Nothing better than my dad laughing his head off about the epic battle to prove the girls know the boys better than the boys know the girls!
"What was Monica's nickname when she was a field hockey goalie?"
"BIG FAT GOALIE!"
"That is correct!"
I felt pretty lucky that the episodes we watched were some of the less-naughty ones, and definitely some of my favorites, like The One with All the Thanksgivings, and The One with the Prom Video.

Ever since that day, watching with the family, I've missed having regular cable television in my house. I'm glad I have access to Hulu and Netflix, and that they enabled me to mostly catch up on Parks and Recreation and other stuff, but... especially now that the new Fall season has started and I can't watch most shows until the next day at the earliest, I miss being able to just flip through the channels. And having DVR was sooo convenient.

I don't miss the cable bill, though. So, for the most part, I'm happy with my choice to downsize. At least this way I watch slightly less 'cause the t.v. isn't just on all the time.

Aw, Friends. Thanks for reminding me why I enjoyed you so much! Good television isn't always easy to come by!

4 comments:

miss kristen said...

You can come watch my DVR anytime sweets. :)

Miss Megan said...

Thanks, Kristen. That's a generous offer. I may take you up on it just so I can see you more often!

Anonymous said...

Love it! I am a huge friends fan. Hulu just isn't quite the same, is it?

Zanny said...

It's so funny that you mention this because we just came across an episode of Friends yesterday. I have seen every episode of that show and I always love it. Their comedic timing is so perfect and the lines are so witty. We quote it all the time. Remember that one episode where Monica says, in reference to her overweight years on the home video, "Guys, you know the camera adds ten pounds." Then Chandler says, "Just how many cameras are ON you?" So funny!

As a side note, thank you so much for your sweet note you sent me on Facebook. I felt so loved by your encouraging words with the difficulties of the past few weeks. The Lord has been blessing us SO much and whenever I start missing my dad and the overwhelming sadness comes, I just start praying and I ask the Lord to bless him in his new callings on the other side of the veil and that he will adjust quickly and so forth. It makes me feel as though he's close by enough to pray for him - because he IS! How comforting. Anyway, thank you again for your immense kindness to me. I love you!