Gleaming the queue
OKAY! Chloe and I decided to sign up for Netflix because she wants to cut back on expense and rid herself of cable. Now, we don’t watch that much TV but Chloe loves HBO shows like Six Feet Under and the Sopranos. I don’t watch much TV and never really have. Sometimes it takes a lot to get me to sit through a show. Actually I am quite funny in conversation concerning telly because I literally don’t know anything about current programming outside of Talk Sex, that dating show, and PBS, though I think I can hold my own with Six Feet Under. Thanks Chloe! :-) As a result, I mostly fake it.
“Ha ha ha. That Raymond thing reminds me of the time Jack Tripper woke up in the bathtub with a tattoo.”
Get the point?
Netflix seems to be a logical and less expensive replacement for cable. We still have our lazing-on-the-couch-and-relaxing-while-I-play-with-Chloe’s-hair activity but instead we watch movies, BBC shows, and PBS documentaries without late fees. Here is my issue. I can’t stop picking movies. My dirty secret is that somewhere inside me is a huge movie buff waiting to make a debut. Through my life I have limited my interests mainly to music because I can be social and active and still be a music geek. Movie geekdom is a little more solitary with lots of shushing and many hours spent on the couch. I don’t know if I can be that guy. I know I mean not to but I have found myself staring at our movie queue at lunch wondering if there is anything else I want to see. Without fail I add two movies everyday. In fact today, it occurred to me that I should see the entire Antonionian oeuvre. I feel bad because Chloe’s input is being overwhelmed by my obsession. So now, as a result, I am looking for movies that might interest her also. This is making the list grow exponentially. This is like my personal big bang of movie geekhood. My movie universe is expanding into nothingness with no contraction in site. I wonder if there are support groups for this. I may need one soon.
PS YES! Sex and Lucia ships today! Oooooh and next up is Mr Jealousy! Ooooooh and they have good dub versions of Bergman movies.
PS Send help.
“Ha ha ha. That Raymond thing reminds me of the time Jack Tripper woke up in the bathtub with a tattoo.”
Get the point?
Netflix seems to be a logical and less expensive replacement for cable. We still have our lazing-on-the-couch-and-relaxing-while-I-play-with-Chloe’s-hair activity but instead we watch movies, BBC shows, and PBS documentaries without late fees. Here is my issue. I can’t stop picking movies. My dirty secret is that somewhere inside me is a huge movie buff waiting to make a debut. Through my life I have limited my interests mainly to music because I can be social and active and still be a music geek. Movie geekdom is a little more solitary with lots of shushing and many hours spent on the couch. I don’t know if I can be that guy. I know I mean not to but I have found myself staring at our movie queue at lunch wondering if there is anything else I want to see. Without fail I add two movies everyday. In fact today, it occurred to me that I should see the entire Antonionian oeuvre. I feel bad because Chloe’s input is being overwhelmed by my obsession. So now, as a result, I am looking for movies that might interest her also. This is making the list grow exponentially. This is like my personal big bang of movie geekhood. My movie universe is expanding into nothingness with no contraction in site. I wonder if there are support groups for this. I may need one soon.
PS YES! Sex and Lucia ships today! Oooooh and next up is Mr Jealousy! Ooooooh and they have good dub versions of Bergman movies.
PS Send help.
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