I don't marathon shows anymore...

At some point I decided I don't marathon shows anymore. It was fun, for a while, but it largely left me feeling empty. Watching an entire series in a day or across the span of a weekend just isn't satisfying. Even if I have that much free time, I just can't justify doing nothing but watching a show. Maybe it's because my style of watching a show means that I'm WATCHING a show. I'm not washing dishes while the show plays in the background. I'm not filling out paperwork and glancing at the screen from time to time. I'm not playing a game on my phone and catching the show in the corner of my eye. When I'm watching a show, I'm exclusively watching a show. This means marathoning a show left absolutely nothing else done. I also find that I prefer to talk about individual episodes of a show after watching them. When you're chugging down the whole gallon of milk at one time you can't have a meaningful discussion of the third sip. I like having something to look forward to. If I'm watching an episode per night of the hot new show on Netflix, I have something to look forward to each night, getting through the day becomes its own little reward. When you marathon the entire series the only thing you can look forward to is the next season, which won't be out until probably next year around this time. Slow down. Are you racing against someone or are you only cheating yourself out of truly enjoying a show?

Netflix Recommendation: Pine Gap

If you're looking for a well-written whodunit, Pine Gap on Netflix is a winner. Pine Gap tells the story of a joint US/Australian electronic intelligence monitoring facility located near Alice Springs, Australia. The facility monitors electronic communications for both governments so half the staff works for the US and the other half for Australia. In addition to world events, they are also dealing with internal conflicts and mysteries. Someone has been leaking intelligence from the facility to the media and it's a race to find out who has been doing it at the risk of starting a nuclear war with China.