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[tvordlj]

A few people on my flist are doing that 30 day meme. I don't think i'll do it because i know i won't keep it up the whole time but some of the topics do interest me. I've put the meme topics below at the end behind the cut in case anyone's interested. Besides i don't really think most people would want to know, in detail, things like what i ate today, or what i wore or my dreams in great details. I don't even remember most of my dreams and many of them that i do remember just after waking can be pretty bizarre. One of the topics i know i could write a lot about, though, is my parents. I won't, not now, but all i will say is that i know i've been very lucky to have the parents i have. My dad is gone but i still feel him with me and feel his influence every day, even if it's just a silly pun i might make or understanding when someone talks electrical stuff. (he was an electrician) My mom and i have always been close, a different kind of close than she and my sister have. They have motherhood in common which, of course, i wouldn't have, me not having any rugrats ;) My parents are very special and i count myself lucky. I know i said that already but it bears repeating. My whole family just rocks, anyway, but that's for another post another time :)

Continuing the dvr saga... it looks like it did record something last night and this morning i was able to set up some series programs to record and set a movie to record during today while i'm at work. The box had turned itself off overnight though i'd left it on with the tv off as is my habit from the old box but apparently that's normal according to someone at work that has the same one. I also found out that apparently i can actually hook up an external hard drive to this one (and maybe that also means a usb flash drive, too) which would be great for being able to keep a movie i will want to watch again once the movie channel isn't carrying it anymore or for recording something that Mom might want to watch. Gives you extra Hard drive space too, which is useful since if you record in high definition, it eats up a lot more space.

This new box has a 250 g. hard drive which is bigger than the old one which might have been a 160, not sure. He gave me a brochure on the hook up procedures but i haven't looked at it or the back of the box yet. If it can go to a usb flash drive as well as an external, i might run out and get a 4 or 8 gig usb key. I do have an external hard drive but would prefer to just leave that plugged into the computer but i could use that if i had to. It would save me downloading movies and risk dubious quality but if it doesn't actually work or i can't make it work, i'm no worse off than i am now.


Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 – Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 – Your day, in great detail
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
Day 08 – A moment, in great detail
Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail
Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail
Day 11 – Your siblings, in great detail
Day 12 – What’s in your bag, in great detail
Day 13 – This week, in great detail
Day 14 – What you wore today, in great detail
Day 15 – Your dreams, in great detail
Day 16 – Your first kiss, in great detail
Day 17 – Your favourite memory, in great detail
Day 18 – Your favourite birthday, in great detail
Day 19 – Something you regret, in great detail
Day 20 – This month, in great detail
Day 21 – Another moment, in great detail
Day 22 – Something that upsets you, in great detail
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better, in great detail
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry, in great detail
Day 25 – A first, in great detail
Day 26 – Your fears, in great detail
Day 27 – Your favourite place, in great detail
Day 28 – Something that you miss, in great detail
Day 29 – Your aspirations, in great detail
Day 30 – One last moment, in great detail

Comments

[acey.livejournal.com]

Two of my LJ friends has been doing similar memes and I've really been enjoying reading about their lives in more depth. The questions on their memes seem a little less ummm frivolous.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

There have been similar ones in the past. I think i did one awhile back that the questions were a bit better, too

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

I would love to do that meme but I am not good at writing everyday anymore :((
Although, like you, I could write gazillions about mom and Dad. I said something today, that Dad always said..like I do almost every day..
some rhyme that ends with ..cause the milk tastes shitty (about a kitty)..yeah I forgot it now lol.
I joke that I channel Dad every day..I said to Rick today..as long as I am alive..I keep Dad alive with the silly sayings and puns etc. lol.
Lord..i miss that man but am so fortunate to have mom still in my life..our lives.
Not only are we close cause of motherhood..we both have a.d.h.d and really understand each other that way..I mean..knowing my brain, is knowing hers..or vice versa. Not such a great thing to have in common I suppose lol.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

There's all sorts of things we both have in common with mom and stuff each of us has that's different. I was mainly picking the thing that comes to my mind first. I was also going to say.. .Mom and i *shop* lol You shop but only for things you need, in and out, bang-zoom ;)))

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

yes true. Although Rick and I do a lot of window shopping.
Gary and I did too. Maybe cause they can keep up with my fast pace hahahahaha. The slower I walk the more it hurts my back. Weird eh?