Ahh, sweet blog, how I've missed thee. It's been months since I put fingers to keys and filled your web address with my disturbing thoughts, crazy antics and observations of funny people.
Let's talk about sex, bay-bee...no, no, no!! That song just popped into my head as a typed "Let's talk about..." so my fingers followed my brain. Let's REALLY talk about Netflix and binge watching House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. I LOVE binge watching those shows...any show that has multiple episodes available. John and I have binge watched Lost, Breaking Bad (even though we saw it as it aired...best show ever, btw), True Blood (not on Netflix) The Guardian and Sherlock. And these two shows... House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, we have completed and they are fanfreakingtastic also. Binge watching is so very bad, and SOOOOOO good at the same time.
Things that are bad about binge watching are: 1. Your ass goes numb...2. You want to eat snacks while you're doing it, which in turn, makes your ass even larger, therefore, more area for numbness to invade... 3. You lose track of what happened in what episode because it all runs together. 4. Kevin Spacey kinda starts looking hot. 5. The only time your spouse is awake during most of the binge is during the nude scenes. 6. You can't talk to anyone about it because they are never in the same place on their binge that you are, hence, they get pissed off because you spoil the plot for them. 7. When the phone rings, or there's a knock at the door, it's so very easy to be annoyed at the interruption...that's right, you've been watching for 6 straight hours and they are messing with the rhythm of the binge! Don't they know you have 7 more hours to watch on this season alone??? People should be more considerate of us bingers. And number 8. When you do have to stop watching to sleep or urinate or eat or whatever, it almost feels like you're cheating on the show...like you've failed to complete your task. Don't give up...you can do it...now get back in there with your unsweet tea and your lightly salted all natural popcorn and caress that play button and then fast forward through the opening credits and theme song and press that play button again on that one particular screen that you know will allow the show to load and not miss the very first lines of that particular episode! Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...you've got it down to a science too, admit it. 9. Your dreams become a disturbing, mixed up mash of all the episodes, leaving you dazed and confused when you wake up to begin binging again. 10. Non-bingers think you're crazy, lazy and idiotic for watching that much television at once. They just don't get it, though...they think it has to be unhealthy...well, I suppose it is in the fact that you're not exercising your body while binging, however, it is good for you in other ways. Check out this article, nonbingers and bingers, alike!
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/02/is_binge_watching_the_new_season_of_house_of_cards_bad_for_you.html
I will let the "restorative experience" of binge watching whatever series tickles my fancy, flow over me like water over a cliff. It's soothing...even with a numb bahooky. Yes, you do have to get up and stretch, walk around a little, watch your caloric intake, brush and floss your teeth to get the popcorn kernels out of them and make sure your spouse is still breathing, but other than those things, it truly is relaxing.
So, my bingers, Keep Calm, and Binge Watch On!
Let's talk about sex, bay-bee...no, no, no!! That song just popped into my head as a typed "Let's talk about..." so my fingers followed my brain. Let's REALLY talk about Netflix and binge watching House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. I LOVE binge watching those shows...any show that has multiple episodes available. John and I have binge watched Lost, Breaking Bad (even though we saw it as it aired...best show ever, btw), True Blood (not on Netflix) The Guardian and Sherlock. And these two shows... House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, we have completed and they are fanfreakingtastic also. Binge watching is so very bad, and SOOOOOO good at the same time.
Things that are bad about binge watching are: 1. Your ass goes numb...2. You want to eat snacks while you're doing it, which in turn, makes your ass even larger, therefore, more area for numbness to invade... 3. You lose track of what happened in what episode because it all runs together. 4. Kevin Spacey kinda starts looking hot. 5. The only time your spouse is awake during most of the binge is during the nude scenes. 6. You can't talk to anyone about it because they are never in the same place on their binge that you are, hence, they get pissed off because you spoil the plot for them. 7. When the phone rings, or there's a knock at the door, it's so very easy to be annoyed at the interruption...that's right, you've been watching for 6 straight hours and they are messing with the rhythm of the binge! Don't they know you have 7 more hours to watch on this season alone??? People should be more considerate of us bingers. And number 8. When you do have to stop watching to sleep or urinate or eat or whatever, it almost feels like you're cheating on the show...like you've failed to complete your task. Don't give up...you can do it...now get back in there with your unsweet tea and your lightly salted all natural popcorn and caress that play button and then fast forward through the opening credits and theme song and press that play button again on that one particular screen that you know will allow the show to load and not miss the very first lines of that particular episode! Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...you've got it down to a science too, admit it. 9. Your dreams become a disturbing, mixed up mash of all the episodes, leaving you dazed and confused when you wake up to begin binging again. 10. Non-bingers think you're crazy, lazy and idiotic for watching that much television at once. They just don't get it, though...they think it has to be unhealthy...well, I suppose it is in the fact that you're not exercising your body while binging, however, it is good for you in other ways. Check out this article, nonbingers and bingers, alike!
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/02/is_binge_watching_the_new_season_of_house_of_cards_bad_for_you.html
I will let the "restorative experience" of binge watching whatever series tickles my fancy, flow over me like water over a cliff. It's soothing...even with a numb bahooky. Yes, you do have to get up and stretch, walk around a little, watch your caloric intake, brush and floss your teeth to get the popcorn kernels out of them and make sure your spouse is still breathing, but other than those things, it truly is relaxing.
So, my bingers, Keep Calm, and Binge Watch On!
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