Alright, real talk , I gotta come clean 'about one of my nastiest little guilty pleasures. You all ready for this? I am a Netflix-and-chiller for real, guys, A full-blown binge-watching' fiend!
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Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking "But meh, you don't seem like the type to be all couch-locked watching TV all day. And you'd be right...kinda. See, that's just it - this whole binge thang creeps up on me slow and sneaky-like.
It usually starts off all innocent-ish. I'll be like, “let me just throw on one episode of this k-drama to chill for a bit, then get back to whatever" Pssh, yeah right! Famous last words.
Next thing I know, BAM! That one episode turned into a full-blown, snackin' in my sleepwear, forget-to-shower kinda marathon. I'll be six, seven, eight episodes deep and the day is Done
And don't even get me started on movie nights. "Oh, I'm just gonna watch this one flick I've been meaning to peep," I tell myself. Cut to three hours later and I am still planting it right here on the couch, credits rollin' on some surprise triple-feature I definitely didn't mean to consume. Whoops...?
Look, I know it's bad and unproductive as heck. But my tv-loving or should I say phone watching self just can't resist getting' fully immersed in some good movies, you get me? All the juicy dramas, the plot twists, the crazy cliffhanger endings that leave you SHOOK - I gotta see what happens next.
Plus, half the fun is just zoning out after a long day. Shuttin' my brain off and just letting the pretty moving pictures play across the screen. It's like the video version of comfort food, ya herd? Warm fuzzies and good vibes only in this crib when I'm binging'.
But real talk, tho? I don't just binge-watch any old trash. Nah, I gotta criteria! This couch potato is all about quality over quantity. I hanker for that premium, good-great prestige-y content to fill my eyeholes hehe.
We are talking about complex characters, good storytelling, best suspense and all , the thought-provoking social commentary, cinnamontography that makes you want to be an art-student. And can we just take a hot second to talk about them super-redic fanciples and shippers that turn every show into a big crazy fandom thingamajig? I may or may not be...heavily invested in a couple vibrant online communities full of meme-crazy homies as nuts about their shows as me. We get it popping with all the crazy fanfics, in-depth analysis, and crazy exotic theories 'about where the next season headed.
Heck, I've even dabbled in some fanart of my own when I'm feeling' particularly inspired post-binge. You know your fav about a show when ya find yourself doodling the characters during your Zoom calls!
So yeah, from midday to whenever I need to sleep" hours of the night, chances are you can find me all wrapped up in some premium TV/movie offering. Zoning out from reality and just letting the storytelling take me away to another world for a lilttle while.
Of course, by the time I finally DO pry myself loose from the couch, I usually feel a low-key wave of shame and regret. There's little voices in my head being all, “Girl, you really just spent an entire day doing' NOTHING how unproductive of you." And all that.
But you know what? I don't stress it too hard any more. This is my guilty little' pleasure, my harmless escape from the real world bullshit. And I owe it to myself to indulge in the simple joys of life sometimes, you get?
So next time you catch me falling' into another epic TV/movie suckhole, just locate the nearest sofa or snuggie. Kick back, grab some snack, and bask in the warm glow of the screen with me for a marathon k-drama or whatever. Hehhe...
