Wait! I hate Valentine’s Day!
I tried blogging from the sofa again, but I obviously cannot multi-task. Actually, I knew that before, but still wanted to try it. I’m not sure my posts make much sense (let alone all the typos) and it’s too distracting to try to read the post with the tv going.
I’ve been watching My Bloody Valentine 3D (but not 3D) all weekend. I started with a quick run-through, fast-forwarding through many scenes. I don’t remember why I did that. I think I had something else to watch that night. Oh yeah, it was the So You Think You Can Dance elimination. (I fast-forwarded through nearly all of that, too.)
Next night I watched the whole movie at normal speed. I could identify many of the 3D gags, even though my version was 2D. Then, the next night I watched it with the director’s and co-writer’s commentary. Of course, I watched the commentary primarily to see what they had to say about Jensen Ackles. One of my favorite parts is where the director says Jensen is “dreamy, and Jensen knows he’s dreamy.”
I got a kick out of all the references to Supernatural. Like “40% of the Supernatural fans hate me now.” And the fact that no company would give permission to use their cartoon (for the scene where the housekeeper winds up in the dryer).
And then I watched with the close-captioning. I’m always amazed at how much I missed on previous viewings. Next up? Commentary with close-captioning. 
My summation? The movie should be subtitled “How many ways can you kill with a pickax?”
June 17th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I don’t know if this is comforting, but I’ve never been able to blog or read blog entries while watching TV.
I don’t think this has to do with not being good at multi-tasking (in fact, I can write or read from my computer while listening to music from the radio or CDs). I think the problem is that both blogging and watching TV require a visual attention and you can’t have your eyes both on the computer and the TV screen.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I agree. In your case, I think it’s a matter of visual attention. In my case it’s visual AND auditory. *sigh*
June 19th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I can’t do anything while watching TV, really, unless it’s football, because there’s lots of down time, and even then, I can’t do it until at least the second quarter, and not if it’s an exciting game.