Confession: I never actually read Fahrenheit 451 as assigned in my High School English class. Before there was Craig’s List…there was Cliff’s Notes…and I totally rocked them in High School…with a companion VHS of course. I’ve never been much of a reader. I cannot get “lost” in the pages. My mind starts to wander aimlessly…and I find myself re-reading the same page/paragraph/sentence over and over again. I’m always a little envious when the latest book craze is on the upswing…because I know…I’m going to have no part of it. Sorry Christian Grey..see you on the big screen!
I LOVE Netflix! Addiction. Serious. Not the DVD through the mail Netflix…I’m talking about streaming Netflix. I can watch a tv series…without commercials…back to back. I don’t have to wait until next week…or even next season to watch…I just “flip” the page and I’m onto the next chapter. For me…these are my books!! The only problem is…when someone {my husband} is watching the same series. Gah!!
There are two kinds of Netflixers. Rewinders and Fast Forwarders. Rewinders have to hear EVERY. SINGLE. WORD and will rewind a scene 1000 times to accomplish this. They need to watch an episode in its entirety. Then…there are the more seasoned Fast Forwarder Netflixers {ME} who will just use her imagination and/or make assumptions about a line or scene. If a particular scene is dragging on…fast forward. You see…not only am I a craft aficionado by day…serial killer profiler by night…I’m also a screenwriter…a fill in the gapper {<—a word maker upper} I just get it done! And…if I’m being honest…I’m also a songwriter. I apply the same rule to song lyrics…as I wrote about here. If I don’t know them…I just make them up! Needless to say…I can do laps around my husband when it comes to watching Netflix.
For example…he started, “Friday Night Lights” two weeks ago…and is just now getting to season 2. How very sad! I’m in the middle of season 2 on day 3 into the series. There should be like Netlfix Rewards or Netflix Miles. Anyway…he’s now resorted to fake sleeping. F-A-K-E! I went to bed before him last night…thus gaining control over the bedroom TV. He actually asked me if I would go back like 10 episodes to season 1. As if! He fell asleep and I soon drifted off…only to be awaken by the sounds of “Friday Night Lights”…you guessed it…SEASON ONE!
Me: What the heck…were you fake sleeping?
Chris: {Laughs}
Me: Serious?
Chris: {Laughs}
Me: So you fake slept…to gain control of FNL?
Chris: {Laughs}
Me: Can you stop laughing?
Chris: {Laughs}
And with that…”Netflix Wars” was born! It’s on!