Aug 28, 2008
2 new things I love today and 1 thing that still scares me
I used this past weekend in a way that I will likely be unable to continue once the semester gets heavily underway. All weekend, I basically did two things:
I drank a lot and watched HOURS of tv. ( I also organized my calendar for the year and watched a concert, but those are minor details)
How does Monica watch TV without having her cable install yet???? (damn cable installation hours!!!!!!)
Well boys and girls, I ordered Netflix. Maybe, I’m late to this game, maybe my friends are all losers and don’t know (except L who is smarter than all of us) , or maybe we just spend so much time AT the movies that we don’t really need to watch them at home, but at any rate Netflix is all new to me.
So last week I got one of those Netflix fliers in the mail for a trial subscription. I went to their website, loved everything (it’s cheap, and I get as many movies as I can watch). I immediately signed up and will have my fave 50 movies coming to the crib in no time.
The best part about NetFlix? I can watch stuff online.
Which is what I did ALL weekend (in between drunken party fests) Me on my couch, with my computer on my lap watching my new second favorite thing.
WEEDS!!!! I love this show. I watched 2 seasons of this show over a 48 period. I am insane. And I can’t wait for Season 3 to come in the mail. I’m going to try to make it last a little longer this time, though.
And the one thing that still scares me? Scary f*cking movies. The first Netflix movie (Zodiac) came in the mail on Friday and I knew that I couldn’t watch in alone. I planned initially to save it for the next time I was in the A so that I was sure to have someone to protect me in bed. But I’m stupid so I decided to watch it with my mom on Sunday.
We didn’t start the movie until after 6 and between potty breaks and phone breaks, we didn’t finish the movie until after 9:30. And guess what? By then, it was dark and I had to drive home in the dark, go home to an empty apartment and sleep by myself. And guess what else, I was scared to death! So scared, in fact, that I slept with the kitchen and bathroom lights on, so that I could see if a serial killer was lurking in the shadows. And I dreamed all night about folks trying to kill me. Definitely not a good night’s sleep.
You always make me laugh being scared of scary movies. I thought you left town this weekend. That’s why I didn’t call you. Of course, I’m sure you’re phone isn’t broken either. lol
Ummmh, I postdated this post, the weekend that I was referring to was last weekend, not Labor Day weekend.
I was in Atlanta this weekend, being lazy, gay, chilling with my girlie and not watching scary movies.
I have netflix too and LOVE it!
They recently tried to take away “profiles”, which would have sucked for my husband and I because we have different tastes and each like to have our own queue of movies!
They quickly realized their mistake and have kept them.
Something to beware of… you can upgrade at any time and they will pro-rate your charge to start getting more movies … BUT if you want to downgrade or put a hold on your account (up to 90 days) , it won’t happen till the next billing cycle.
I was going to put a hold on my account for July because we were out of town a lot that month but when I went out there on June 30th the new billing cycle had started and any changes I made were not going to take effect till July 29th.
@Danielle: Hmmmm that is good to know. Thanks! I likely won’t be upgrading or downgrading my account, but the more you know!
I have been thinking about the times that I am in Atlanta for an extended period and want to watch my movies…I wonder if I could change my address for like a week, then change it back? Sounds like that might be a problem (based on what you said)
Zodiac was a really creepy movie, but I liked it. I just wasn’t super thrilled with the ending. And I can totally see how you got creeped out having to be home alone after watching it.
@Bing: Zodiac was totally creepy and you are right about the ending! It was a total letdown-very anti-climatic and I’m not convinced that the killer is actually dead.
Hence the sleeping with the lights on.