Hold on, Antiques Roadshow is on!
I watch tons of TV. I’m a stay-at-home mom, so the TV (other than some PBS kids shows in the morning) is off most of the day. But, come night-fall, I seem to watch piles of TV. I used to think I hated the show CSI until I accidentally- on -purpose watched a marathon of the series on the Spike Network. Now, I probably watch a few episodes a week of a show that I may not even truly like. I’ll watch Project Runway re-runs with glee. America’s Next Top Model? Yes, please! My husband and I share our Netflix queue, meaning, we both add movies to the list….but somehow my movies (or TV series disks) seem to miraculously come first. Also, I’d like to pretend that I use my Netflix to catch up on all the classics I’ve managed to miss along the way. Truthfully, I mostly watch junk. I gave “The Godfather” a 5 star rating, and also gave “Tremors” the same. I missed out on both Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer when they were new on TV, and so I recently obsessively watched any available seasons from Netfix until I was caught up.
The so-called “good stuff” I watch does usually come from Netflix. Since we don’t really have babysitters, and it costs a billion dollars anymore for a couple to go see a movie, I/we catch just about everything on DVD. I’ll watch the Oscars for ideas and add just about any movie that was up for awards to our queue and over the course of the next year, see them all. That was how we saw last year’s big movies (“Brokeback Mountain”, “Crash”, “The Lives of Others”….) Before we had our son, we both saw a lot of movies in the theaters. I’ve always worked a lot of retail jobs with funny hours, so I had the luxury of randomly catching afternoon movies as I pleased.
I don’t mind so much that I watch so much bad TV. I do mind, though, that it is a big time waster. I’ll sit down for “just five minutes of CSI” and the next thing I know, 2 hours have passes and I’m watching Golden Girls on the Lifetime Network. I know I do it because at the end of the day I’m tired and a little fried…but, “me time” is a hot commodity and I shouldn’t squander it.
PS- I’m a magazine junky, too.
Sienna Moore
Comments
I watch Project Runway movies with glee as well. It's such a good show. Those people can produce some quality work!
Posted by: MacKenzie | September 18, 2007 04:38 PM
no matter what i am doing.
i will put it down to watch golden girls on lifetime @ 8,830 AM and 12,1230AM
Posted by: tyler jones | September 18, 2007 05:31 PM
I also, am a huge fan of Project Runway and America's Next Top Model. I know there is a new season of America's Next Top Model begining tomorrow. I will try to watch it when it first comes out, but will most likely miss most episodes. I don't worry though because, as I am sure you know, within a few months there will constantly be marathons of it on VH1 and MTV. I also know what you mean about TV being a time waster (especially when there is a marathon). :)
Posted by: Brigitte Bartholdi | September 18, 2007 09:52 PM
I do the same thing with my movie consumption - watch the Oscars to determine which ones I should watch and then netflix them. Good to know that I'm not the only netflix junkie!
Posted by: Ashley Abel | September 18, 2007 09:54 PM