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This Dyke Doesn't Do DVD's

Frustrations. We all at time feel frustrated whether its from things that occur beyond our control or our set plans are turned upside down. Sometimes we even feel frustrated with ourselves.  

A few things in this world really frustrate me. One in particular is venturing to the video store.. and not only that the whole process of hiring and then watching a video especially if the said dvd then skips, jumps and doesn’t word.. even worse when the video is in subtitles so small I feel like stealing my grandmothers reading glasses..

Ahhh yes frustrations….

When I head down to my local video store on a rainy cold evening  not only am I often frustrated by the lack of videos I actually want to watch being available. I am also often wandering the selves staring blankly at numerous hetero romantic comedies, action movies and thrillers for a longer period than I am actually going to spend watching the video.

Once this argious process is over and having chosen a DVD I think I may find remotely interesting I head off home and get ready to gear up for an extended session on the couch with a bowl of microwave popcorn, diet coke and a blankie.

Then half an hour into the movie I am resided to the fact that yes it may actually  be remotely interesting to watch a pash fest between two Hollywood stars.. Then it stops.. Jumps a bit.. My heart leaps from my chest but alas it continues to work.. Well at least for a few more minutes until it stops and jumps again, this process is repeated several times until I grab the remote and attempt to skip between scenes in order to watch the remainder of the movie.. after wasting half an hour on this process I give up.. return to normal television viewing and vow to give em heaps at the video store when I return the movie.

However frustrations can be eliminated, we can put in processes to ensure we are not in situations in which we will feel frustrated. Recently I attempted to do this.. Rather than head to my local video store and spends hours walking up and down the selves and selves of mindless dvd’s I decided to be resourceful…. I went online and rented some movies from a gay and lesbian dvd shop.. ahh yes my happiness when 4 days after making my purchase 3 all lesbian DVD’s packaged with a return envelope arrived in my letterbox… 2 days later I set myself up to watch them… and discovered something even more frustrating… whats worse than hiring movies from a shop and not have them work… is renting them online from a shop interstate and not having one of the bloody movies work…