Binge Watching

       We discussed binge watching in class and the only thing I could think about was Netlfix and watching American Horror Story with my roommate. I never binge watched anything before I had access to my roommate's Netflix account. We binge watched all kinds of things last year but the one that comes to mind specifically is American Horror Story. We watched both seasons that were available at the time during finals week. As an English major all of my course work was pretty much finished and all I had to do was go to class and turn in final papers. She was the same way so we just spent the entire week binge watching AHS. Then we got to the end and didn't know what to do with ourselves but it was the end of the week so we then moved out and moved on with our lives.
        I didn't really think too much of binge watching until we discussed it in class. It's something I do on rainy days or days where I feel like being a bum. However, I definitely don't lose sight of important things when I'm doing it. I still go to class and get all of my things done. It's something I like to do when nothing else sounds good, ya know?
       I think things like Netflix, CouchTuner, Project Free TV, etc just make it incredibly easy to watch multiple episodes in a row. A lot of the times things do repeat on TV in real time but they usually only show one middle of a random season episode and then a completely different show is on afterwards... unless they are running a marathon. So, Netflix and the like make it more convenient because you can pick a show you're in the mood for and watch as much as you want.
       The fact that you can watch whatever you want without the interruptions of annoying commercials that are never really that exciting or appealing is soooo nice. I've seen a million (maybe not, but it sure feels like it) Geico commercials, but I'm still not switching. I would say the no commercial thing is probably the best part about binge watching. I can watch what I want for as long as I want and I don't have to hear the Geico lizard speak one single time. It's a beautiful thing.