When we moved down to Honduras, we were elated to learn that we have 3 U.S. network channels (out of Denver) on our cable package. (It's still a free package because of the fact they won't let me pay a bill if I don't have the paper copy, and they won't send us a bill). Anyway- since October, we've been counting down the months, weeks, and most recently days until the 2 hour premiere event. Thursday after school, we took Ruby on a long walk to the mall where we bought a bottle of wine and some Doritos, then went across the street to Quiznos for a tasty toasty treat. It would be one of those special fancy meals at the Lewandowski home.
We got home and were just settling in, and turned on the tv. No signal for the 3 networks. No Lost. I was almost beside myself. It's not that we're such tv watchers, it's just that we've been looking forward to this ONE SHOW for so many months. We missed it. We even tried going to expats to use the satellite feed they receive. The only problem was that their feed was from CA, and our show wouldn't even start until 11. We were so tired from a long week that we knew we couldn't get up at 5:30 if we stayed. We went home sad.
It's not always so rough though. Last night we went to Buckbuster video to rent a couple movies. We rented the Oscar nominee, Juno. I don't believe it's released on DVD anywhere else, but we live in Honduras. Here, a movie can open in theaters one day, and you can rent it on DVD the next. It's not always so bad. We watched this movie last night and loved it. It was also fun for us to see all the Minnesota references. (MN lottery posters in the gas station, license plates, St. Cloud) Check it out if you get a chance!
So, though we didn't get to watch Lost this week, we got to watch something on our TV that most of you won't be able to do anytime soon. It all evens out in the end.
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We loved Juno too! I have to admit though, we too watched it at home...we knew someone who had a internet downloaded copy who lent it to us since we can't get to a movie as easily anymore...I know, I know, it was wrong, but hey, it was free! And excellent, we too recommend it. As for LOST, I too missed it since I was at class, but I watched it right away online the next morning at abc.com. So, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out there!
The problem is that the online versions are only available to people watching via a U.S. server... Ours shows up as Hondo. Boo!!!
You can rent Juno? That's crazy. We saw it last weekend and loved it. I can't wait to see it again. Kristin's right it's hard to get the movies lately- sense KP's birth I've only seen Juno and Knocked Up. Kristin was your copy a bit torrentz? Tommy's been into that lately. I wonder if they'll replay LOST before next Thursday? Or could you download it from iTunes? We saw Obama today.
Casey
I literally just saw Juno today - and definitely laughed! It was a great back to MN reality :) London is a little slow on getting movies - always a few months behind. Anyway, weird coincidence that you just saw it, too! Hope you guys are doing great!
The season premier of LOST will be on again this Thursday before the new episode.
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