From TV to DVD

Cable?! Cable is for the rich. A DVR?! Those are expensive. We don't need to buy a DVR. Oh no, folks. No. Not while Bruce lives and breathes. My genius husband built a DVR from scratch and recorded the only two shows I watch every week on TV: Lost and The Big Bang Theory. Bruce then instructed me in the ways of video editing so that I could slice out all the commericals (for which he originally wrote a program that mysteriously vanished).

Bruce's office upstairs is basically a man cave filled with technology. Wires. Hard drives. Computers. And a bunch of other stuff I can't identify (and that includes the Star Trek paraphanelia). But it's everywhere. Sometimes I wonder if he just spreads that stuff all around the room so that people will know how brilliant he is.



Bruce: "Ann, will you slice out all the commercials for me and build the dvd menus for your Lost? You'll make it look much nicer than I will." (Translation: Bruce wants Ann to do it for him. Bruce calls it "your Lost" when he doesn't want to do it.)

Ann replied: "Sure! I love creativity and I love Lost." (Translation: Ann thinks it might be fun to do something borderline mindless for a while.)

*12 episodes later*

Ann: "Ummm Houston, we have a problem. This program you set me up with stopped working. What's going on?" (Translation: "Bruce, you changed something. What did you change?!")

Bruce: "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I re-installed my operating system last night and re-configured some things for myth TV. Your Lost will now have some serious HD quality." (Translation: "I changed stuff and you'll have to start over." Note the usage of 'your Lost.')

Ann: "So, what you're telling me is, I just wasted hours of work and will now have to start over. Right?" (Translation: Ann is frustrated with Bruce's never-ending quest for off-the-grid software perfection. And though Linux is far superior to Microshaft, Ann is intimidated by Ubuntu due to its unfamiliarity. Furthermore, Ann can't tell the difference between the old and new HD quality.)

Bruce: "Ummmm...yes. You'll have to start over. Sorry." (Translation: Bruce knows Ann is frustrated and finds it borderline amusing. In fact, he seems to enjoy it a great deal. In fact, he may have secretly arranged this whole scenario on purpose, timed to perfection so as to evoke fiesty Ann -- affectionately known around here as "the Dragon".)

*18 episodes later*

Bruce: "Did you finish?" (Translation: Bruce hopes Ann finished because he needs more space on his hard drive. These episodes are taking up too much space.)

Ann: "Almost. Come check out my work." (Translation: Ann wants Bruce to notice how hard she worked so as to halt his quest for updating and installing stuff. Ann doesn't want to start over again.)

Bruce: "Nice work, Ann. This looks so great." (Translation: Bruce hopes Ann will take over all the editing from now on. Bruce doesn't want to edit. Bruce wants to program, re-install stuff, and update stuff. Forever.)

Ann: "Thanks! I think it looks pretty fantastic." (Translation: Ann thinks she and Bruce make a pretty good team. He does all the programming/recording, and Ann makes it look good. Not a bad deal. Bruce generates mega brain power and Ann generates mega.......hmmm.....well, we're not too sure what Ann generates, but it's definitely in the mega realm whatever it is.)

And that's how "my" Lost season six made it from TV to DVD. And I must say it looks pretty sweet for a homemade concoction. Why do I like Lost? Mystery. Suspense. etc, etc, etc. Why do I like The Big Bang Theory? Because I married a cross between Sheldon and Leonard (as proven by the abbreviated dialogue in this post. I would write out the whole dialogue if I was fluent in software engineering, but I'm not.)