The Beauty of a TV Show Marathon

I love a marathon. A TV show marathon, that is. Now, I don't mean the kind that are actually on TV (commercials? No), I mean when you have the DVDs of several seasons of the show, and you watch them back to back to back, nonstop. And this weekend I strangely watched two of them (marathons, I mean)? What? That is incredibly lazy! But I did it anyway. Plus I love a TV show marathon because I am really bad at watching a show when it is actually on, I prefer to watch them when I want, on my own time, especially when I can watch more than and really get into the story. I also am not a fan of cliffhangers, and this method allows me to avoid them. 

 Yesterday (and a little on Friday night) Amy and I started a Gossip Girl marathon, and so far we are almost done with the first season. Ummm that show is awesome, in a campy, cheesy, unrealistic, but totally amazing way. I forgot how much I liked it because I stopped watching it after the first season, because couldn't the time to sit down and watch episodes when they were on, I had better things to do on Tuesday nights...like go out and stuff. You know, Very Important Things. But I very much enjoyed our mini-marathon, and Amy and I are going to work our way through every season, with relish!

This morning, I was incredibly delighted to discover that Mad Men has been made available on Netflix instant, thus encouraging me to finally watch it. I kind of saw it when it first started, but I didn't get why people made such a big deal about it...now I realize it's totally up my alley; drama, intrigue, sexy men in suits. I watched about five episodes and am hooked. If I'm lucky I can get caught up in time for the new season, which would be nice...even though I probably won't keep up and have to rely on the handy DVR to make sure I actually watch it.

Anyway, that's what a big chunk of my weekend was spent doing. Though I also managed to make it to the gym, spend time with friends, and eat pretty awesome food, so all in all, I say: win.