I remember vividly our first VCR. Our family never succumbed to the beta max craze, but my parents saved money for weeks to buy a $500+ video cassette recorder.
It was amazing. You could actually set it to record stuff when you weren't home. Imagine! And you could fast forward through commercials.
Fast forward 20 years and I don't know how I ever lived without my DVR. Not only does it record stuff when I'm not home, it does so without those annoying tapes. I can pause and rewind live TV, even when I'm not recording. I can watch something while recording two other things, and since I have two machines, it's actually possible to record four programs at once while watching a fifth one.
Sure, technology is awesome, but when it starts to control your life, perhaps you need counseling. I now have seven things I record on Monday night alone. When in the world can I watch all of that? Right now I'm stressed because I'm going out of town tomorrow until next Wednesday, and I need to watch what's on both of my DVRs so that there will be space to record all of the new stuff. Thankfully many shows are reruns next week.
Too. Much. Pressure.
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Pass me the remote. I wanna watch, too! Are you equally as sad that it's Office reruns from here til next season? Sigh.
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