DVD teachings thru a phone conversation ain’t all that….

It’s hard trying to teach my mother over the phone how to work the DVD player.

“We want to watch this DVD, but the volume is loud!”
“So turn it down!”
“But it doesn’t work”
“Are you using the right remote?”
“Don’t know…”
“You have to use the TV remote…”
“Oh…”
“Does it work?”
“No…”
“So press the volume a few times..”
“Now it’s working”
“Ok..”
“But the DVD is in the middle of the movie, we want to watch the start”
“So, re-start it”
“How?”
“In your case, simply turn off the DVD player..”
“It doesn’t work..”
“So release the DVD from the machine and put it back in”
“I can’t find the release button”
“So look for it…”
“……”
“Ok..found it”
“Did it work?”
“No….”
“Ok, so stop the playback and then press Menu”
“Where’s the menu button…”
“On the DVD remote”
“They grey one?”
“Yes…”
“I can’t find it. I find play, stop and eject…”
“So look for it..”
“……………………….”
“Oh..ah..there it is, I’m at the main Menu now..”
“So go to the start of the menu”
“But this is an Israeli DVD..shouldn’t start be at the end?”
“No”
“Ok”
“….”
“Go back using the arrows, and then when you’re at the first clip, start it…”
“How…”
“I don’t know..it differs…try play…or the OK button”
“Ok…oh…well…no it doesn’t work”
“Did you try the OK button?”
“Oh..now it works..I’m at the start of the DVD!”
“Good”
“But the volume….”
“What about the volume”
“It’s too loud”
“So turn it down…”
“Oh..ok. Thank you”
“Ok, bye”
“Bye”

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Life sucking vampires

Ever had one of those days? Everything is swell. You’re doing good at school, work or anywhere else you might spend your day. Things seems to go your way, the tasks you do all seem to be
alright, and outside the sun is shining. Feels good? It is.

Until that one life-energy sucking vampire comes along.

Then you’re shit out of luck.

You might spot and hear it some distance away, bitching about their day so far. The vampires car might be close to breaking down, the dentist might have charged a shit load of money for the latest filling, or work just seems to be overwhelming. Because, there is ALWAYS something. There have not been a day yet in the life of the vampire where things
have gone the right way. And even if it did, to admit would be a total failure, because then the vampire wouldn’t really feel that important.

If you’re ready for it, you might be able to shut off your ears and focus on whatever you’re doing, but be quick,

Slip just a little bit, and the vampire will suck your day away in one big swoop, and the survivors are few.

So there it comes, grabbing your attention for that tiny fraction of a second it need to fuck up your day royally.

15 minutes later, after listening to the vampire speak, your day is now officially ruined.

School seems useless in the end, your tasks at work are full of errors and incomplete, and the sun is giving up for a low cloudbase and rain. And, if you ever have to go to the
dentist you just know you’re absolutely fucking screwed. The vampire did say so, and you can’t fight the fact it’s right.

Looking outside, the first drops of rain have already come, and you watch the vampire stroll away for it’s next victim.

Finally, after stumbling back home dazed and confused over what happened your energy for the day, you fall into your sofa desperately
trying to re-charge your batteries.

After all, there’s more vampires strolling around tomorrow. You better be ready.

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The Event

I really like that show. Plenty of action, lots of conspiracies. While SGU sometimes run too slow, never moving the story line per episode forward, The Event does that in a very good way. Excellent all around.

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Hard work re-charges your batteries?

Had a strange thing happening to me. Or, maybe not so strange to those enlightened amongst us.

I’ve been feeling sick and tired for the past three weeks. A new and tiring job as well as a quite heavy cold.
Coming out of the cold, finally, I still felt pretty tired last night.

Instead of packing it in early, I went for a short jog.

An hour or so after my return, I felt strangely upbeat.

I guess those who say you get more energy from working out is right after all. Crap.

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