I seriously have DVR on the brain. I was recently talking to a friend of mine about the shows he records, and as I listened to him talk a thought occurred to me. What he chose to record was actually very reflective of his personality. Even the shows that surprised me, really did match up with him. Of course, my media studies student I try to keep buried came out in full force.

As I listened to him talk, I began to critically think about his TV watching habits, and how his viewing choices created this image in my mind. Eventually it made me think about my DVRing habits…

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Recently my parents had a house fire. Everyone was okay. The only living things in the house at the time were Rachel and Ross (don't judge...my mom did not name them…their previous owners did) the parakeets, and they were rescued before the smoke got to them. Basically, the church groundskeeper (my mom is a minister) set a beam in the garage on fire. The Fire spread up the beam and then tore through the attic. The fire stayed in the attic for the most part, and they ad nothing up there, so most of the damage really is from the smoke and soot.

My family was very lucky. The fire department was able to move and protect several large antiques get the truck our of the garage and really it could have been much worse. When you look at the house, you would think that most everything inside was destroyed, but luckily that wasn’t the case.

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