The biggest thing that someone has in college is free time. This is also the biggest problem because we don’t know what to do with all of it. Something that my roommates and I have turned to is Netflix. Netflix is probably one of the greatest things ever invented, the amount of nostalgia that can be conjured up simply by scrolling through the titles is astounding. Our nights are extended way too easily with the simple suggestion of watching a movie. There is something about being in college that makes someone yearn for the past, maybe its a bit of homesickness, or even an overload of stress, but there are just some days where nothing sounds better than an old Disney style movie! From Atlantis to El Dorado, we’ve watched way too many. It is probably unhealthy how many times we’ve forsaken homework to watch an old movie, but their is something even more dangerous…..the t.v. series.
The other day I was walking into my room and as I was unlocking the door I hear my roommates yell “MATT! Get in here right now!!” They had just started watching the first episode of “The Walking Dead”. I had been eagerly awaiting the day where I would finally see the show, I had endlessly heard about how great it was, but I had never gotten around to watching it. I remember thinking to myself “Alright, here we go.” as I sat down and ended what would be my free time for the next couple of weeks. That was two weeks ago, I am now currently about to watch the season two finale. That’s a total of 13 and a half hours of t.v. watched and homework ignored, and I still have a whole other season to catch up on. I’m hooked, there is no hope for me. I am enthralled by the story line, the characters, and the fact that none of them are safe from death. {SPOILER ALERT- skip this next sentence if you haven’t seen the show and still want to watch it.} Just last episode they killed off Dale, who was arguably my favorite character. I raged. No one is off limits to the zombies, no survival tactic too severe for the group. The worst is just when you think a character is too important to the story-line: BOOM they’re dead.
The moral of the story is be careful what you watch, you never know what will keep you from remembering essays and other work that is due and force you to play catch up. So dear Netflix, I Hate You; But I Love You all the same.
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Wow Matt! I’m actually pretty jealous of your free time. I find myself constantly doing homework and reading eighty pages of Plato a week for Philosophy. Although I do actually have some free time and spend a lot of it on Netflix as well. I see what you mean by the beauty of Netflix.
I love netflix but I also hate it at the same time because it becomes a big distraction. I enjoyed reading your post because it was fun and I could relate… a lot. I’ve been meaning to start Walking Dead but never came around to watch it yet. I think I’m just scared to get too hooked!