Thursday, June 3, 2010

I think a little more introspection might be in order.

You find inspiration.  The motivation you've been lacking for so long finally kicks in.  You're going to make real progress on your project, the one that makes you excited but also terrified, the one that could change your life forever, bring you into a community, and let you prove to yourself that you are actually creative.  But first, you need the materials.  You need to watch and eventually buy an episode of a TV show, but not just any episode, THE episode.  You could probably find another, but in your mind only that one will do (you have access to a version in Spanish and have already put a lot of thought into it).

First, you check YouTube.  Only parts 2 and 3 are there.  You hunt around desperately, resorting to Google video, but part 1 is just not there.

You don't panic.  Everything is on the internet somewhere.  You try every means you can think of, avoiding the downloading sites because you're terrified of viruses, the long arm of the law, and your own hardcore guilt-trip issues.  Nothing meets your requirements.

You check Amazon because you heard that you can buy single episodes there.  Great!  You love the idea of buying the episode now and getting it immediately.  But the episode isn't there, and you don't have the time/money/patience to buy a full season DVD and wait for it to ship.

You check iTunes and find that they DO sell episodes individually!  You check the season that should hold your episode...and it isn't there.  It isn't anywhere.  You check and recheck, desperation turning into resignation.

Suddenly, you realize that you are a college student who has spent a good half-hour chunk of the best years of her life hunting down an episode of Dora the Explorer.  You examine your life seriously for a few seconds.  Then you take a shower and start to mentally prepare yourself to begin research on other usable and iTunes-available episodes of Dora the Explorer.

2 comments:

  1. What a sad life I have. I never knew Dora...

    TWAIO

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