I’m a little ashamed to admit this but here goes. Lately, I’ve watched more television because of nursing Aron. I sit for about 20 minutes at a time to nurse and burp him so I might as well watch something right? Well, we are set up to watch television with a system very similar to TiVo in that we can pause, back up, record and skip ahead when we want to. It’s a software based system so it’s run through a computer and allows us to watch from any computer in the house, including the laptop which was very handy when I couldn’t leave my bedroom for a week. Only the actual television has a remote, so usually I sit in my comfy chair and watch something previously recorded and skip through the commercials as I go.
Okay…so this ability to skip forward or back is really great technology, but the sad part that makes me a little ashamed is that I find myself looking for the remote in other areas of life. I’m listening to the radio in the car and the baby starts crying and I can’t hear what was said and I’m looking for the “back-up” button. It’s not there. I’m walking out to the backyard to look for Ivan and while I’m looking one way I hear a cry of pain from the other direction and again…I want a “back-up” button to find out what happened. Even more frustrating is when the boys do something really cute and I want to watch it happen again…those little moments in life are so fun to experience I really wish I could just keep rewinding until I’ve worn it out. It’s not just a concept I wish for, it’s like for the briefest of moments I’m convinced that I can actually do this and then find myself disappointed. Surprisingly, I haven’t yet found myself wanting to skip ahead, but then I haven’t had to sit in traffic, or listen to a boring speaker for a long time. I’m sure it’s coming.
I’ve often looked for and talked about how nice it would be if life came with a remote control, but most often, I’m looking for it with a need to fast forward past something that’s too painful to bare. It’s at those moments when it feels like someone does have a life remote control and they just pressed pause on my life 🙁
I often want to pause the radio- but I guess you *can* do that if you have satellite radio, right?
Our kids are part of the TiVo generation. Mine *only* watch recorded shows that are Mom and Dad approved, so they don’t get the concept of live TV. They simply Do Not Understand that if a show hasn’t been recorded for them, that you can’t just ask for it and have it available at any old time. Funny.
That said, it is a technology that is a safety to our kids, and a big convenience. Love it!
Hee hee 🙂 Have you included Heroes in your recent viewing? Maybe this awareness is a sign the impending emergence of your powers. Some can fly, some can regenerate, and maybe, just maybe you can bend the space-time continuum…..
Great thought! I’d settle for cable or satellite at this point. Tivo is a dream that we will have one day.
Funny. I can’t picture doing that thing exactly but I know where you’re coming from. I have wanted to just go to sleep and wake up when it’s over.
Where are you and how have you been? 🙂