Posts by Jackie Clark
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Imagine your brain if you watched this shit?
Mine's fine thanks. I even watch Charm School <gasp>.
Telelvision - both highbrow and trashy - gets me googling, sends me off to the library, gets me outside.
I'm always getting up to google who's doing what and how, and where are they now?
Most people don't watch TV like we do.
You're a smart man. That statement was not smart.
As someone said earlier, different people watch tv for different reasons. For example, my husband is somewhat of an invalid. He does not work and is incapable of a lot of physical activity. He reads, carves, and watches TV alot. Our time together is about watching movies on Sky, maybe once a week. It's pretty much the only thing we can do together. And I also don't like watching TV on the computer. Not comfortable if you don't have wireless and a large laptop.
I hope, in the future, that we have more choice on our televisions, for those of us who enjoy lying down and not thinking, or those of us who enjoy programmes that make you think, or those of us who find what we watch enlightening. -
I'm with James. I think that a licensing fee will be coming back in some form or other for FTA TV, and I too am completely willing to pay it. Sky TV is going to have to get it's act together. I'm not that happy to keep on paying around $80 per month for a service that is basically repeats, and doesn't work when it's raining heavily. And, you know, as someone who watches alot of TV, most of it FTA, I want there to be more local content.
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Well maybe that's your solution, Islander - in a place like the Big O where the wildlife is abundant, it would make sense to get a cat like that......
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Oh David, I am so very sorry. How bittersweet for you all. Much love and hugs - and I don't care if you hate them, you're getting one anyway.
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Subsequently, my darling and I stepped out to Kraftbomb, where I bought a glove puppet from Becky Stott of Freak Frienz.
That is just weird. I had lunch today with Becky's mum, Liz, and we were talking about her going to Kraftbomb instead of having lunch with us.
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I paid $90 for one night at this youth hostel in Willis St in Wgtn - Camel Backpackers is it called? Nice enough room, if you like that sort of thing, and great security, but the telly didn't work so I would say they were asking far too much money for what they were offering. If I'm staying in the inner city - ANY inner city - and I have time to kill alone, and I want to chill out, I want a telly that works, goddamit.
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Okay, well I've said this all before somewhere here, I am sure. But it bears repeating. I first stumbled onto the Internet about 15 years ago when chat was still HTML, and javachat was just making an appearance. I spent a good long while obsessed with chatting with peeps, from the Americas mainly. Pagans were the most fun, but I met many and varied people. Just like going to the pub but in your jammies, really. I went on to meet one of the most important people in my life, in a chatroom. She's still on my quickdial. I have met many, many people in that way. But that's not the best thing. The best thing is that I went from completely scathing of all things computery to having a love affair with the internet to it now being an essential part of my life. Whether it be emailing for work or to friends. or skyping with Micky in Essex or making friends or downloading music or shopping, or banking.....I couldn't be entirely without it. I do most things online. And yes, Russell, PAS had broadened my horizons and enriched my life. And I have made some lovely new friends. Really, that's the best thing about the internet for me, still. It remains just like the pub, but with better people.
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Since we're covering TV, to be honest I found the new RadiRadiRah a bit blah de blah blah.
I also thought it was a bit disappointing. I love 7Days. Always a delight.
I'm half-heartedly supporting Bowersox: I proclaim her to be the least offensive.
Oh, I love her. She makes me cry whenever she sings, which is why it's such a goddamn shame she's on a show like Idol where the format means she's a bit compromised.
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I didn't know Paul, but I am tremendously sorry that someone you cared about so much, Rusell, has died. Big hugs to you, my friend.
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I loved that story - it captures so beautifullly, and grimly, the mindset of those two kids. And you wrote that at 16? Hats off, man. Hats off.