Oct. 28th, 2006

TV OD

Oct. 28th, 2006 06:24 pm
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I've got a cold and have to work till midnight :( I'm going to ask to be part-time I think.

I had Thursday and Friday off. On Thursday we didn't go to Pretty in Pink in the end, due to illness and lethargy. Instead we watched a DVD of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (the original). It's one of those gritty 70's horror classics, like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that are all the more horrible for their realistic style and relative lack of gore. It's about a family who decide to look for an abandoned silver mine of which they claim ownership, on their way to their holiday destination. Needless to say, it all goes horribly wrong, with the source of the terror being human savagery and devolution rather than anything strictly supernatural. I thought it was bit slow at first, but it built up to a chaotic, action-packed finale.

Yesterday we went to see Jackie, a friend of [livejournal.com profile] spam_robot77, to buy a TV she had for sale. It's turned out to be a great bargain. It's a Sony and has a huge screen, good picture and sound quality, and best of all, it's digital so we're able to receive all the free-to-air digital channels without having a digibox! It only cost £80 and has so far proved to be worth its considerable weight in gold - last night we found a channel called the Hits, which was showing 80 Songs From The 80's, no less! I was thrilled to see the video for Together In Electric Dreams, so the telly has been named Big Phil in Mr Oakey's honour.

On the way back from Jackie's, the taxi driver was full of helpful tips for obtaining pay channels for free, by illegal means. He said he used to transport satellite equipment from Europe to England and sell it for a large profit, but the War on Terror put an end to that apparently.

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