Netflix.

I have Netflix.

Who doesn’t have Netflix?

Each and every month, to me, is viewed as a battle. A battle of who wins the value out of the membership I have for this service. There are months, where yes, I take (not full) advantage and can exchange a DVD every other day, running to my inbox like a child to a stocking. These are times of rich movie / documentary / general DVD viewing.

Then, there are the times that a single DVD will sit on the coffee table for 2 weeks, staring me down each time I pass by. Said DVD is not returned because if it were, without viewing, I feel more than a stroke of guilt for not viewing an item that I personally placed in my queue, expressing interest in viewing. Two weeks become 4 and the disc is further relegated to the end-table, with my thinking of “out of site, hopefully a little less out of mind.” This yields one of two situations: 1) forcing yourself to view the dvd, whether you want to or not or 2) succumbing to the fact that you do not wish to view something that you originally found important enough to not only put on your list, but bump to the top.

I’d say I win 35% of the months.

And it’s a damn good thing you have your “auto-withdrawl” hooks in me, Netflix, otherwise I may be forced to think harder on the benefits of our relationship.

But instead, you’re there. Always.