Well this is the most bizarre thing ever. On the tv, being taped (OHGODIHOPE!!!) is a football game, Giants and the Dolphins, going on at Wembley Stadium. Y'know, in London. They just performed The Star Spangled Banner, followed by God Save the Queen. They showed shots of the crowd, and it was random boys in football jerseys. (Only not as many slobby people as we have in our crowds, at least not that they showed. Mostly Brit boys in their 20s, all fresh-faced and adorable.)

Tom's at work, so it's my task to make sure this thing gets taped so he can watch it later. Usually he haaaaates watching things pre-recorded, but, he's really curious to see what happens when football is played overseas. (Apparently this is an attempt at stirring up interest in the sport abroad.)

...thankfully, it only took like five minutes of poking to get this thing to apparently tape off of tv. It was weird, Tom came home for lunch and told me I needed to tape the game, and I looked around for a videotape and realised I didn't have a spare. So I took a shower and made a run over to Eckerd's. To buy a videotape. Because we didn't have an extra one in the house.

All of this technology around us! Especially with Tom and I. And I had to run to the drug store to buy a blank videotape!!! It felt very, very odd.

I should probably try to ignore this game as best I can - Tom will slaughter me if I give any hint of the outcome. Also he's going to watch it the second he gets home so I'll be watching it twice. Once it goes to commercial break I'll see if it still tapes happily if I have the tv off, that'd be the best route (especially if the game runs long and is still going when Tom gets home, he doesn't want to see just the ending before he's seen the beginning). Unfortunately running the cable through the vcr makes the picture shit quality...though really it makes no difference because the game's on Fox, which is shit quality for us anyway. ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY! And we still have an insanely staticy picture for a freaking network station. Luckily it's not so bad if you're sitting at a distance, but.. hell I'm used to watching/listening to things of ANY quality, when it's something I want, but, like, Tom's dad has a huuuuge HD tv to watch the games on, and I know how much it drives Tom nuts that we have this little normal-sized tv, and a few channels don't come in well at all..