I thought it was mine?

Well the wife has kept me busy, in preparation for the new baby (see Here). Well OK not really, I've just been lazy and tired. I figure I might as well be as lazy as I can now.

But I do have a new topic that I can rant about. It's one that affect everyone at one time or another. People have killed over it. It's the one thing that everyone wants. Will start a huge fight over. That's right....I'm talking about the T.V. remote.

It doesn't matter who you are with, Family, friends, hell if your cat likes the T.V. you could be screwed.

In my house the fighting isn't too bad. First I have to give some background though.

The way my house used to be setup was that I had control of the whole basement. It was my fortress of solitude, My home inside my home. I had complete control. My computer desk was down there, I had my very own Beer fridge (all hail the Beer fridge) and a small 20" T.V. Oh my little T.V. I loved that T.V. I played all my games on it, watched movies on it...Memories....

Our Big T.V. was upstairs, It was a 27". So that's the one my wife and daughter would watch. It had the good DVD player and all that good stuff hooked up to it.

The my "Nemeses" got a BIG screen, a 42"...OK...I can deal with that, a little jealous, but I'll live.....Fuck that! OK, its on. Mine will be BIGGER! So I talked it over with the wife. NO. That's right she said the dreaded N word.
"What do you need a big T.V. for? You don't watch T.V."
"So", I reply. "I watch movies. A lot of movies." I hate regular T.V., Gimme a 2 hour movie, no matter how crappy it is and I'll watch that before I watch some crappy ass 1/2 hour sitcom. The odd 1 hour show I will watch, but overall, movies are where it's at.
"You are NOT getting a new T.V."

A month later my new T.V. arrived. A nice 47" 1080p LCD. OH, I'm in heaven! The giant goodlynees of it. I got one of those bad ass LCD screen remotes with it too. BAD ASS!
"It's so gaudy!" Gaudy? WTF is wrong with this woman?
"How is it, Gaudy?"
"It's so big. It's unnecessary. Total wast of money."

Yeah, I said that too, she IS fucked!

"Nemeses" had a wall mount, that he couldn't use as he lives an a apartment building. So he was nice enough to give it to me. Nice! Not only do I have a giant T.V. But, I have it hanging on my wall! This is sweet. I can watch all my movies in high def, Play all my video games in high def. This is the life.

WTF. Suddenly the wife is in MY basement, Watching MY T.V., WTF is this? This is MY gaudy T.V., remember. It's so big and ugly.

Now at this point MY basement has become, OUR basement....WTF. I don't want to share. I need my own guy space. A wife and a daughter, my house is full of estergin. I need a mans area. No girls allowed! If I want to play a video game on MY T.V. I now have to ask....That's right I have to ask....Stay calm....I am in control of the situation.........................................

Now because my wife and I were downstairs all the time doing our thing, my daughter was upstairs doing her thing....Not a really good family setting.

Alright, lets move "MY" T.V. upstairs, as well as my computer desk. That way we will all be in the same room all the time. FUN! Yeah, that right I now have to SHARE a room with two girls...Feel my pain. OK, so I lost my T.V. to America's next top model....Topie and Benoo....and plenty of other CRAP, that they fill prime time with...WTF! What happened to my "gaudy" T.V.

I swear i can hear it crying some nights. I tell it it will all be OK one day.

To top it all off My wife starts complaning that I spend too much time on my computer.
"Your always playing video games!", OK, lets see whats on the boob tube. Reba...Um, no....Signfeild...Um, Double Fuck that! Top model, Paris Hilton BFF, make me a supermodel, so you think you can dance....Fuck that shit! K, lets see if there's anything on that I can tollerate...Mythbusters....No, she says. Oohh, Aliens is on! Um, no thanks. WTF is wrong with Aliens? That was a great movie. OK, Look The Terminator. GUESS what she said.

So why the Fuck did she ask me to watch T.V. with her, I won't watch any of that gay ass shit, and she wont watch anything that is actually good. Back to my computer I go.

So at this point I have lost my T.V..........My basement.........My Beer fridge......My manly freedom.....