You know how I was talking about how wonderful everything was yesterday? Well, one thing went wrong, but it would have spoiled the entry had I mentioned it then, so I thought I'd keep it until today.

The problem, the problem is my TiVo remote.

It stopped working, except for one button, the TiVo button itself, which I thought might have been the batteries, but I got new batteries and it still wasn't working, so I called TiVo, and after being on hold for about 40 minutes, the guy told me to reboot, because they always tell you that, and when it didn't work (after making certain that I wasn't a complete idiot, i.e. I had changed the batteries and was pointing the thing in the right direction), he had nothing more to offer and told me to call Philips (the manufacturer) or I could order a new one from TiVo online.

Philips was closed, so I ordered one from online, which was almost $50, so yesterday I checked with Philips to see whether it was cheaper through them or whether I had ordered the right one, and it turned out that if I got one from them it would be free! Free I tell you! Hooray! However, they were on backorder and she had no ETA at all about when it would be delivered. Boo!

And it is such a massive pain not having a remote, you have no idea! And no, it's not that I'm too idle to walk alllll the way over to the set and punch buttons on the box, it's that all of the remote button aren't on the box! You can't fast forward or rewind or pause things, only play, which means that if you are watching and you miss something, you have to let it play all the way to the end, then start watching it from the beginning again!

Also, you can't skip the commercials, and in order to do anything I have to crouch on the floor in front of the set for absolutely ages, pressing more buttons than I ever thought I'd have to press.

But here's the great bit, here's the reason that I love the net and love my readers, I sent out a plea to my list, asking if anyone maybe had a spare remote that they could lend me until whenever Philips actually managed to cobble together enough remotes for the seething throng to send me one, and about 4 seconds later, Ivee answered, saying that she had a spare and would post it right away!

My life is good, baby. And Ivee is great!

I have another reality show I'm liking! I know I'm really late to this whole phenomenon, but clearly I only like the performer related ones, and it took them this long to run out of regular people to put on TV, all that is left are the performers!

First was the glorious It Factor, no, first was that one about acting students, but that was only four episodes and really can't count as a series, and, as Melanie reminded me, I really dug The 1900 House, but that doesn't fit into my thesis so I'm leaving it out.

Anyway, starting over, first was The It Factor, then was Vegas Showgirls--Nearly Famous, which I started watching coming down from The It Factor, but it was nearly over when I came in, and it ends next week (though I was thrilled that they showed all of the episodes that I missed last weekend), so what am I going to have to replace it?

The Osbournes!

It's a reality show about a family that says "fuck" about every third word, so you know I dig it--Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, and his teenage kids Kelly and Jack, and it is terrific. Sharon is the together one, the one that keeps everything running, and the kids are completely obnoxious, but with a spark that makes you realize that they are really good-hearted kids, they are just in the throes of adolescence, but Ozzy is really the star of the show.

He is just the cutest thing, he really is! He has this thick Northern accent that I was not aware of, and he is terribly funny--not just accidentally, he is a surprisingly witty man (on his daughter complaining about his not hearing her, "You try standing in front of thirty billion decibels every night for 35 years! Write me a note!"), but what also is funny is his almost complete befuddlement with the workings of the world. He cannot figure out how to work the satellite TV for the life of him ("I pushed one button and the shower came on!"), he gets tangled up in the sleeves of his own shirt, and he can't remember how old he is.

It's just the cutest little thing you ever did see. I accidentally TiVoed it twice, and instead of erasing the second one, I just ended up watching it twice in a row with complete enjoyment.

Today's horoscope:
Make something beautiful for the one you love. (It can be as simple as a cutout paper heart.) Show that you care.

One year ago today:
So I went in the bathroom at work and stared at myself in the mirror, whispering the lines.

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