First- This is SPOILER FREE (I despise spoilers)!!
Now… (feel free to sing along, you know the tune… B-I-N-G-O… channel your inner Kindergartener)… “There was a lady that had a problem, and “BINGE” was its name-e (it ends in e).” Enough of that, I have a confession. I have a problem…. I…. binge. Seriously, grossly, binge. Yep. That’s it. Binge (you’d think I’d be a lot thinner).
Yes, sometimes it’s brownies and/or popcorn… wait, I’m getting off track… this is NOT my problem. It’s not food. It’s entertainment. Not like, “I need Liza Minnelli and Elton John on my doorstep” type of entertainment.
Here’s the reality… convenience is the enemy. Okay, exaggeration… it’s not an enemy per say… but I’m getting real fat, quick! Cause I’m doing all of this binging and NOT purging! I just find out about more “things” and am always ready to consume …. it is media overdrive. BUT that’s not my only problem… I get into something and then I gotta see it through until the bitter end!
Exhibit A– I put in a “request” at our local library for a book that I’d heard my professor talk about, “Gone Girl”. “Get it”, she said… “it’s got some vulgarity in it but it’s REALLY good”. So… I thought, “I’ll try it” (as if I have ANY time to do recreational reading these days).
Fast forward 6 weeks.
I go to the library and conveniently pick my book up off the shelf. I did not need a card catalog (yes, they had those once). It went more like this… I sat in our class, heard the title rattled off by the Professor, entered it in a search on my phone’s local library app, requested it and BAM 6 weeks later… BINGE.
Now, this is not like a “wow… this is a good book, I’ll read it before I go to bed at night” type of binge… This is like a “I’m cramming 400 pages at a time in my face and LOVING IT”, binge. Could. Not. Stop. Reading. 1 1/2 snow days, no nails and a bunch o’ rapid heart beat later. “Gone Girl”- Gone. Done. Bam.
Exhibit B– TV Shows. One day of Flu and I watched every episode of Portlandia Season 1 AND 2. Rapid fire, Netflix. Convenience at its very best. (and we’re not even going to discuss the fact that I need to have pancakes and mimosa spit-takes with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen- save it).
Exhibit C– More TV Shows. One conversation with someone about a show called, “Nashville” and I use the convenience of Hulu to shove my face full of hours of this show to catch up on Season 1 and then, when I don’t see them air originally because of college (yes, I am actually an educated person and still doing all of this), I watch them later on the computer (convenience nightmare). WOW. Really?
With fist in the air, I want to shout… “Curse you, technology! Curse you! You have made me into a mad woman!”
but I don’t because I’m looking on ABC.com for the most recent airing of the Bachelor because after it’s mentioned in just one podcast (yet another “thing”), I think… “that would be funny to watch one of those”… 5 episodes later. BINGE CITY, USA. UGH!!!!!
(It may or may not be in my best interest to say that I’ve done this with “Brothers & Sisters“, “Battlestar Gallactica” (and don’t even get me started on how good this show is), “Lost“, “The Walking Dead“, “Parks & Recreation“, “Parenthood“… the list goes on but I’m getting really embarrassed… or excited… can’t decide).
I’m not kidding. Is there Tech Anonymous? Over Watching/Reading Recovery Groups? HELP a sista out!
or don’t because I need to finish watching this… I’ll be with you after these 18 episodes and no sleep
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