DVD Sunrise
18 02 2004The high point of today was going to Tescos.
Starting to see a pattern here, anyone?
I exaggerate, really. The high point was possibly finding out tomorrow’s lecture has been cancelled, which opens up my day to possibilities that were otherwise beyond reach. Sleeping until midday, for instance. Or, indeed, sleeping until 1 in the afternoon. The world truly is my oyster. I hesitate to call the lecturers disorganised, but I’ve had about 6 amendments to the coursework that got set, and received notice of the lecture cancellation twice. They clearly need more help operating their computer machines.
This morning I was woken at the unholy hour of 11am by Nikki, who was waving my new Red Dwarf DVDs at me. There’s no better way to wake up than to new DVDs. I’m going to be watcing those in place of Futurama for the next week or so, but after that I’m pretty much stumped. I did just buy half of Angel S3 (Ian bought the other half, but I’ll pay him back later) because I can’t resist it when the DVD sets crop up for under £50. It’s too bargainous. No matter the financial situation, it makes sense to buy them there and then. Though, maybe some of tomorrow’s spare time can be spent putting some of the more superfluous items I own onto eBay…
Speaking of DVDs, there’s a whole bunch of releases coming out in the near future. This year alone, there’s Buffy Series 7, Quantum Leap Series 1, all 3 Invader Zim sets (plus the special edition packaging/bonus disc) and Red Dwarf Series 5. That’s a lot of stuff. No sooner have I completed the Futurama sets than many more DVDs rush to fill their places. Damn my rampant completism!
However, that’s not to say things aren’t going to calm down. The Buffy DVD collection is almost finished, the Angel Collection is more than halfway done, Invader Zim will be finished by the end of this year and Red Dwarf is half done. I’m not even touching the Simpsons for a few years, and hopefully by the time they’re ripe for purchase I’ll be rich and money won’t be an issue. Right.
I think maybe the problem I’m having is that if it’s a bargain now, I reason I’m saving money in the long term, except, in the long term all I’m doing is piling bargain upon bargain. Luckily my plan to pay off the credit card is going much better than it did before Christmas, not least because the futility of paying off £14 and then receiving £7 interest finally got through to me.
On the other hand, I successfully saved £6 by downloading “Lost in Translation” instead of going to the cinema. Had intended to, but just couldn’t find the time. There’s always the possibility that I’ll end up buying the DVD based on this though, which means a potential net loss to me of about £12. See how DVD addiction can get you in the hole? Luckily, I’ve avoided signing up to confirmed scam merchants “Britannia” who, as both Ian and Rob found out, will try and send you ever DVD that gets released and would then attempt to make you pay through your very arteries, if they thought they could get away with it.
I can’t pretend it’s all DVDs though. There’s been an abundance of gigs in the recent months, a phenomenon that appears likely to fizzle out around April sometime. I used to think that because i didn’t drink I actually saved a lot of money that students would otherwise spend, but I’m not entirely sure. Maybe if I did drink I wouldn’t have to spend so much money on Comics, DVDs and gigs to entertain myself… Anyway, with that logical conundrum, I’ll leave to seek out further forms of entertainment on the internet. They’re around here somewhere, I’m sure of it.
Yeah but that lady on the phone to whom i rang up to cancel my brittania account with must have seen me coming. One short phonecall later and I had somehow purchased more dvds, thems are some tricks not taught to your mere mortals.