During the original run of Buffy and Angel, I recorded every episode, obsessively. After one tape got messed up, I started recording every one in duplicate. Every single episode. Then I started taping every episode of other shows I liked. X-Files, The Sentinel, Lost, I don't even remember. I kept the VCR tapes in boxes in my living room. And I never watched them again. I watched reruns when they came on, and sometimes I taped those too, but I never watched any of those tapes. A couple years ago I realized I was insane and threw them all out. I kept the ones that never came out on DVD, like The Inside, but I should ditch those too, they're probably so degraded they're unwatchable. What a waste of time and money.

I recorded every episode on tape, but when I bought the box set, I freecycled them.

ION, the hallway of my building is filled with exuberant 20 somethings, which normally I wouldn't care about, but I want to take out some smelly trash, and I'm in my jammies. Don't want to put on a bra because there are people!

Can you go the other direction and throw on a robe or some other layer?

So I have discovered that if I don't get to my Sunrise Salutation until evening, I feel like I ought to face west instead of east. Tat was a good test of my ancient mosquito repellent, I think. I was getting eaten up for the first few poses before I remembered I had ancient mosquito repellent to test, and nary a bite since.

Still have my box of video tapes to go through. I have, I think, the necessary equipment to digitally record what I want to keep, but I have to, you know, actually do it.

Interesting conversation

I love my DH with my full heart. Sometimes , he drives me crazy.

We went thru a recent rough patch, but I can't tell you why. All I know is that it took me completely loosing my shit ( saying stuff I don't ever say ) for us to remember why we like each other. Despite that , I knew I loved him - I was just over irritated at him for stupid things. I have my theories about what was going on in his head, but I can't really say for sure. We didn't talk it out - in this is the problem - but fought it out. I hate fighting. We both have pretty strong personalities. we don't fight often , but sometimes it takes one of us yelling - I am a person - for the other one to remember. In conclusion, love makes you do the wacky

I have some DVDs and tapes, but I never watch them. Luckily I realized that pretty early on, so I don't have a ton of them. (Books, on the other hand, I re-read often. And Law and Order episodes, but only if they're on tv--if I had a dad of them I'd never watch)

One wall of my living room is old videotapes, with the complete series of Buffy and Angel (minus Doublemeat Palace) given their own racks of honor. I don't even have a VCR in that room anymore, but I incorporated them into my decor over the years so they're a permanent fixture now. [link]

I have video tapes remaining, but not many. I wonder if the 24 year old one of my son being born is still good. If so it really should be digitized. I like to threaten making him watch it every year. It's pretty funny.

Matt, I love your living room. Also I'm envious of the cool brick wall!

Timelies all!

I understand about the videotapes. I've been able to get rid of some as I get DVD sets of the shows.(mainly B5 and DS9) I keep meaning to go through the cabinet full of MST3K tapes to see if any can be ditched. That's a little more tricky, as the DVD sets aren't by season, so it'll take a bit more effort to see if any of my tapes only contain episodes on DVD. Something to do in my "copious spare time", I guess.

We still have the videotapes of the original Star Wars trilogy (commercially purchased, not taped from TV), and we do have an ancient VCR, so we watched them before The Force Awakens opened, because Tim either didn't remember Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi or *didn't see them* (I told him that if the latter is true, I married him under false pretenses).

The quality was hilariously crappy, but the tapes had held up long enough for them to be watchable.