My day

[the_muppet]

I took Ella along with me to Comet to make sure I was picking the right TV ~ not that she knows any more than me but she would at least stop me being rash and stupid and doing whatever the salesman told me. When we arrived at the shop and I took Ella over to look at it, it was showing pictures of F1 racing, which clearly I took as a good omen :) Then later, when we were waiting for the salesman to come over, it was showing pictures of the German football team in action (along with others) as part of a montage of the World Cup ~ and there was Micha .... then there was Torsten!! Which clearly I took to be a huge, big goddamn sign! :D Obviously this is not the reason I bought the TV, I'm just saying, there were clear signs and I didn't ignore them, OK? ;) So I got the TV and The Boy and I set it up this afternoon and it's all very pretty .... but I'm not happy with it. Not yet, anyway. I think it's partly my resistance to change (who doesn't have that, right?), partly that I'm often worried I made the wrong choice and partly because I haven't set it up the way I want yet ~ the colours are off and it still seems a little blurry to me. It does have built-in freeview which I didn't realise yesterday.

Ella always gets me cool birthday presents. Like she will get me something amazing that I ask for which I know no-one else will get, or just something really cool that no-one else would think of ~ last year she got me a meteor rock and it was such a cool present to get! So as we were watching this World Cup montage at the TV shop and I was squeeing over pointing out the German players, I mentioned that I'd very much like her to arrange that I get an actual birthday card from Torsten Frings this year. But she said she couldn't do it :/ My faith in her powers of awesome present-giving have diminished somewhat. Well, not really, but still, she would've really outdone herself if she could've achieved that!

Tonight The Boy and I are going to the fireworks show! I'm so excited, I ♥ fireworks! :D Hopefully I'll see dizzyblonde3 there, and Ella is hoping to come too, though she's been at a beer festival all day so she's not sure if she will make it back sober enough in time :)

And although I mock the walking hairdo mercilessly, which he thoroughly deserves, I'm so damn jealous of my geeky elf partner who today got to touch meet Joe Flanigan ~ I can only imagine how happy she is and how hard she is grinning right now :)

Comments

[monsie.livejournal.com]

It's 3am or 4am. I'm not sure cos of the daylight savings thing, so ya know... I won't make much sense. Firstly, hope the TV stops blurring itself. Uhm... What do you want for your birthday? I donno... I'm bad with gifts. I'm bad with typing, god only knows what I'll do with gifts!

Aaaaand, have fun tonight!

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

OMG, thank you! If it wasn't for you I'd have forgotten the clocks go back tonight! :P

[monsie.livejournal.com]

So been there and done that, so I'm glad I could help. :)

[ms-3m.livejournal.com]

Flat screens, regardless if LCD or plasma, will never be quiet as sharp as a tube TV. And when there is a lot of motion, such as sports or a fight scene, you may notice a little bit of 'ghosting' (for lack of knowing the correct terminology). This will come across as a slight blurring type of look. The color stuff...you can definitely tweak. BUT...this might change based on the the show you're watching.

Consider putting a little bit more space between you and the screen when you're viewing. That might help a little bit with the blurriness.

Where did gater go to see Flanigan?

And by the way....I mentioned you to HB and how pretty it looked where you live ... and that it would be nice to go for a quick visit to see the area. He didn't comment against it. :D

Hope you have a great time at the fireworks tonight and that the weather is good for you.

*hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Well, I will play with the TV settings a little tomorrow and hopefully get them adjusted to how I want them :)

_gater_ went to some Expo thing in London and met him there :)

So would HB come over too?

*hugs*

I have noticed you using your old icon, you know, since i said your new one was freaking me out a little! ;)

[ms-3m.livejournal.com]

Hey, have to keep my flist happy. *points to icon* :)

Nope, if I come over to visit, it would be just me. And it would be a really quick, hit and run trip. Like landing on Friday, departing on Sunday or something like that.

How were the fireworks?

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

The fireworks were OK, not as good as previous years ~ plus I missed the lighting of the bonfire (and most of the damn burning of it) as I was stuck in a queue getting Peter a hotdog :/

[sue91.livejournal.com]

LOL I hope your new TV is working fine and it proves to be the right choice ;)

Have fun tonight :D You should come to Germany on New Year's Eve :D I don't know if you know, but here it's a custom to have fireworks at midnight and so it goes on for hours XD

Wow, I think I'm jealous, too XD I'd love to meet Joe, even if I'd prefer meeting Torri XD

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

We always go down to the local pier on New Years Eve for the fireworks show, which is usually pretty good ~ doesn't last for hours though, so I reckon I should come over to Germany! ;)

I'm hoping I will work out how to make the picture on the TV better tomorrow :)

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

Then later, when we were waiting for the salesman to come over, it was showing pictures of the German football team in action (along with others) as part of a montage of the World Cup ~ and there was Micha .... then there was Torsten!! Which clearly I took to be a huge, big goddamn sign!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! ♥

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I know! At first I wasn't quite sure I could be seeing what I thought I was seeing, then when I realised I was I grabbed Ella and dragged her over and started pointing and babbling incoherently telling her who they were ;)

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

How come she didn't know? o_0

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I haven't managed to brainwash teach her yet about the joys of the German Nationalmannschaft ;)

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

But she should at least have recognised them.... right?

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

She has absolutely no interest in football whatsoever, so no. I imagine the only player in the world she would recognise is Beckam, as she's constanly told her boyfriend looks like him. But that's about it.

Sad really.

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

Her boyfriend looks like Beckham? Poor girl. ;)