[Here's one of the "eaten" posts. I decided to rework the other two.]
So, my husband was out of town all weekend. That was one of the things I didn’t like to tell the Internet beforehand. Because nothing says “rape and rob me” like a disabled woman posting that she’s alone in the house. Although, come to think of it, the fact that I’m a “gun nut” should be in my favour. Until you realise that my arthritis is so bad I can’t pull a trigger. I wonder if faced with the high-adrenaline “he’s going to rape me” situation I would pull the trigger anyway. I would definitely pull the trigger if my dog was threatened in any way. What a sad commentary that I view a threat to my dog as worse than a threat to my person. But I do.
Anyway, on to the admission. Since I was alone all weekend with my brand new TiVo I decided to take Netflix Watch Instantly (R) (TM) for a spin. “Instantly” in this case is a bit of a canard, what with the fact that I often had to wait several minutes for something to “receive”. I’m now intimate friends with the “Receiving….” progress bar. Well, once I finally Received them, I watched most of the episodes in Season One of 30 Rock. I’ve heard nothing but good things about that show and never Season Passed it. I love Tina Fey but my strong dislike of Alec Baldwin sorta trumps that. However my bored-at-home-aloneness trumped even my dislike for Alec “I loathe my own offspring. She’s probably a Secret Republican” Baldwin, so watch I finally did.
The admission? I started to say I didn’t like the show but on further reflection I think it’s just that I don’t like the show in large chunks. A half-hour here and there is fine and funny enough. But there’s so much bitterness and mean-spiritedness underneath the funny that I can’t take it in large doses. Which is odd, considering the fact that I love nothing more than to gorge on Arrested Development marathons–and those are not all sunshine and sweetness.
I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s just something about 30 Rock that makes it not-fun-in-large-doses. I feel bad because I think I’ve just sacrificed whatever hipness I had. Oh well. Guess I’ll go play with my dog.
Large chunks or small chunks, 30 Rock isn’t very good. I don’t understand the critical acclaim. I gave it a good shot (watched about 4 episodes spaced out) before calling it quits and removing it from my queue.
And you have to wait several minutes for the receiving progress bar to finish?? We use the Roku box for our Netflix Instant Viewing, and we think it’s a long wait if the bar is up for more than 10 secs. Generally, it takes maybe 5-7s unless something is going on with our internet connection.
I wonder if the difference is just that the Tivo box is slow or something or if something is wrong. You might want to call them about it.
I’m with you on liking but not loving 30 Rock.
I honestly find Big Bang Theory funnier and more satisfying…