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Stupid question
I haven't actually used broadcast television in over six years. But anyway, I'm at a hotel, and I thought I'd watch the Olympics since am too tired to really do anything else. Colleague says she's getting NBC on channel 41 in her room. I'm in the same hotel, but channel 41 is solid baseball. Channel 33 is NBC and is covering the Olympics, but the reception is horrible. I've stopped to watch most of the other channels to see if they're this bad, and they're just fine. This is the only channel continually cutting out, and NBC is definitely on a different channel in my colleague's room.
How does this work, exactly? Would some rooms be on satellite and some not? Idk if this is stupid, but I honestly don't understand. Also, you can't use the remote control to press 3-3. It will only register one number at a time. This is dumb but seems like it must be completely unrelated to the same-network-on-different-channels and horrible reception.
In other news I had dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seraphcelene who is a really amazing person. Comes highly recommended as a fandom and real life friend.
How does this work, exactly? Would some rooms be on satellite and some not? Idk if this is stupid, but I honestly don't understand. Also, you can't use the remote control to press 3-3. It will only register one number at a time. This is dumb but seems like it must be completely unrelated to the same-network-on-different-channels and horrible reception.
In other news I had dinner with
seraphcelene who is a really amazing person. Comes highly recommended as a fandom and real life friend.
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Also, Josephus of Borg just brought me two fake mice, isn't she sweet?
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Also is Fay(e) there? Are you having fun?
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And yes, let's watch some skating. Um. did I ever tell you I saw Stars On Ice once while I was in college? With Scott Hamilton and Kristi Yamaguchi, etc?
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I feel like you did tell me that, but I forgot it so it was cool to hear again.
On second thought I forgot how STRESSFUL this is. Someone just fell and I gasped and then I wanted to cry. I don't even care that much about this couple and neither do the announcers. I just can't imagine going to the Olympics and you're in your fancy costume and everyone's there and it's your big day and then you fall down on a jump you've made a thousand times it's the saddest and I still want to cry. Everyone is so pretty.
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Also, I keep wanting to go, "whaaaaaaaaaaat" at people and stop myself because I'd sound like a total idiot.
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It made me think of you.
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH US.
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There's a bunch of Thor/Loki skating AUs. No surprise, really. They're all The Cutting Edge--Thor is a hockey player. Of course he is.
The most hilariously titled one is a skating one for Game of Thrones called, "A Song of Mostly Just Ice."
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I was wondering if it was something like this, but I can't find anything on the remote to switch it.
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Gotcha. I wasn't thinking "have them send someone up", more "ask if there's a setting you can adjust", but I totally understand "auuugh, telephone".
I've been watching the BBC's Olympic coverage through Tunnelbear, which gives you 500mb free per month, if you've got the bandwidth for streaming.
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Meanwhile .... Dinner was awesome! So very, very, very glad that I got to see you and hang out. I only wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow and you didn't have to fly out.
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Totes jealous of her getting to meet you. I hope we can, someday!
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