Death by CrossCheck.tv
After finding out Jake Thompson was scheduled to appear on CrossCheck.Tv on 5.20.12, I immediately began running through my weekend schedule mentally. Sunday seemed fairly tame in the evening, but then my #HairHusband had to go to the airport and I got stuck with Soccer Practice.
No worries.. I thought to myself… I am a tech savvy girl and will just stream it while I wait.
Little did I know, I was entering #Hair Nerd HELL….
Concern flooded my emotions when I discovered CrossCheck.Tv won’t stream on a mobile device directly from the site. Jaz found the situation quite comical and grabbed the camera for Hair Nerd Documentation knowing I would one day calm down.
I turned to my 15 year old step-daughter in a panic and wondered what the odds of a Wifi connection were in this park located in the middle of nowhere.… She sensed the immediate urgency of this situation and snagged my laptop bag from the trunk.
I checked my twitter feed only to find out the show had just begun. DAMN IT. I was missing precious seconds of JoshXO and Damien!
There was no wifi connection and barring Divine Intervention I knew one wasn’t going to magically pop up. Being a genius (I use this term extremely loosely), I turned on the hot spot feature on my phone and hooked up to the internet at the speed of dial up circa 1997.
My mind began spinning imagining all of the amazingness I was missing during the Jake Thompson episode and my mental breakdown was looming.
Son of a Blonde…. The connection was too slow and I knew I would never be able to access a live stream this way. I was visibly upset and yelling at my various devices for failing me in my time of need.
Ready to throw my phone out the window, I took a VERY deeeeeep breath. Jaz (our teenage hair nerd) realized the situation had reached epic proportions.
She offered my new Hair Nerd flask (compliments of Carrie)… Kidding!! I don’t make it a habit of drinking during soccer practice ( though perhaps I should…)!
We scrolled through my twitter feed once more and discovered Damien in his infinite wisdom had forwarded an app for mobile viewing. YES!!! The day was saved…well, not quite.
I was only able to get 2G access on my phone and while I was streaming the show it would cut out every 30 seconds or so. It went a little something like this..
Crosscheck.tv – The meaning of life is… BLANK SCREEN…
CrossCheck.tv – …And now that we have given you the secret to being a millionaire… BLANK SCREEN…
Shut up !!! I wanted to KILL people. Obviously, I need to seek help with this out of control rage that I have! In the end, I was able to piece together a considerable amount of the broadcast. Luckily, I had Carrie on the other line giving me a play by play of what was being said. It was an intense 90 minutes in Hair Nerd HELL, but I made it out alive.
If you were lame and missed CrossCheck.tv, I am giving you an opportunity to redeem yourself and regain your Hair Nerd status.
Follow these guys!!
Crosscheck TV: @Crosschecktv
JoshXO: @JoshXO
Damien: @Overdirected