tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post8804192816098266914..comments2008-05-07T08:08:04.852-05:00Liznoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-8646523446416449382008-05-07T07:23:00.000-05:002008-05-07T07:23:00.000-05:00I feel the same way about the radio, even going so far as to look for the rewind button for just a second before I remember that I'm in the car.<BR/><BR/>As for camaraderie, back in the first season, I used to host "X-files Night," where I would cook a lot of food and any of my friends were free to come over and watch with me. I had just started dating my husband, and he couldn't understand why we couldn't ever go out on a Friday night. He even got me a VCR so I could record my favorite show, but I never did. X-Files Night was as much about getting together with friends as the show itself.Kimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760641703294360737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-15717539145261016082008-05-07T06:48:00.000-05:002008-05-07T06:48:00.000-05:00It still happens!<BR/><BR/>My boyfriend doesn't own a TV, and made friends with someone else who lives in his building -- and when he mentioned to her that a) he was a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA fan and b) didn't own a TV, she started hosting BSG parties on Friday nights in her place, where she and her boyfriend and a few other people all gather to watch together.queencallipygoshttp://queencallipygos.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-48876425907804348682008-05-06T19:04:00.000-05:002008-05-06T19:04:00.000-05:00I completely agree with Anna. I've often wished for a TiVO for life!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403581737933974374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-34964557911199044822008-05-06T17:33:00.000-05:002008-05-06T17:33:00.000-05:00What I miss is having conversations while the commercials were on. What we used to do (particularly with Buffy, I hear you Jessica) is watch until the first commercial break and then call one another and flip out over the first 15 minutes: "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT?!?!" "I TOTALLY SAW IT. DID <B>YOU</B> SEE THAT??!" etc. And then we'd hang up as soon as the show was back, until the next commercial break when we'd call one another again (we had a phone-tree-like system. It was very complex because we were very nerdy) and do it all over again. I miss the feeling of communal experience! Nobody is watching exactly what I'm watching at the exact same time anymore.twigteahttp://www.livejournal.com/users/twig-teanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-990083154922109942008-05-06T14:45:00.000-05:002008-05-06T14:45:00.000-05:00I don't have DVR, which means I have to get my Project Runway hot off the presses or be left out when the discussions start the next day.Bakerloohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16993212676947074793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-17975206183074294632008-05-06T14:32:00.000-05:002008-05-06T14:32:00.000-05:00I bought my Tivo five (six?) years ago when I realized that my two week trip to Korea would coincide with the start of the television season. I think I was the only person in the world that had rabbit ears on the Tivo box, as I did not have cable. Now I cannot see how I can live without it as I tape everything, have not seen anything 'live' without at least a fifteen minute delay to skip all commercials, and have had roommates that teased me incessantly for recording the Olympics. (Yes, the <I>entire</I> Olympics.) <BR/><BR/>In an age where we now have the verb Tivoing as part of the vernacular, my friends and I have found ways to make TV viewing a group experience again. Gray's Anatomy used to air on Sunday nights. While we didn't watch it live, the girls got in the habit of watching it together after dinner every week. When it switched to Thursdays, it messed with people's schedules--so now it's Tivoed and watched every Sunday after dinner. And man, let me tell you, avoiding those Friday morning spoilers is HARD!!!Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-44727153908903105892008-05-06T14:21:00.000-05:002008-05-06T14:21:00.000-05:00ALSO ALSO, the fun of calling up your fellow show-obsessed friend during the commercial breaks to squeal at them about a particularly nasty turn the writers chose to take.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909841546434016072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-45001448330979901582008-05-06T14:16:00.000-05:002008-05-06T14:16:00.000-05:00Ah yes, my co-workers and I used to get bagels and coffee for a Thursday morning gathering to discuss the West Wing. It was always the best part of the work week.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention, I hit the wrong button on Tivo last night and ended up erasing half of How I Met Your Mother.The Modern Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08663558561522180816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-59050942250115588172008-05-06T14:12:00.000-05:002008-05-06T14:12:00.000-05:00Also, the sense of anticipation! Tuesdays were always the best because I knew if I could just make it through the school day and wait it out a few hours after that, <I>Buffy would come on.</I>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909841546434016072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-2393566755732840362008-05-06T13:17:00.000-05:002008-05-06T13:17:00.000-05:00DVR has ruined me. Everything in life should rewind.Anna van Schurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.com