The Human Condition

[barkinmad]

Okay so here is, essentially, my forever problem...



This is my (highly curated) list of things I'd like to watch, and although I've maybe made some progress on two or three of them, I haven't actually finished much. Also I was working on catching up on DCTV (which is four, and then five, shows at a time. I am two years behind because of grad school) and making okay progress I guess, but then I got sick for three days and started watching The Muppet Show.

Muppet Show is very easy to watch, and very quick, but there are five seasons and I doubt I will watch it all the way through.

Also I have four episodes left of Merlin.

Also I put on an episode of Smallville while I was re-stringing my guitar because fuck why not it's my favorite

Also every time I see fic for a fandom I'm not in I get interested and am like "oh, I should watch Man From UNCLE and DS9 and Northern Exposure"

Also I want to read fic (I don't) and read books (which I can't on my commute because I get motion sickness) and listen to podcasts and audiobooks and and and

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Oh ear! Still a list is a good way to start - good luck with getting to at least some of them!

[barkinmad]

Thanks! There's no doubt I'll do a lot of watching something, but whether or not it's on the list...

I keep pretty thorough track of what I watch, so at the end of the year at least there'll be a decent round up of everything I've finished/made progress on.

[garrideb]

I tend to watch a few seasons of a show and then lose interest/momentum. But I also have a long-standing arrangement with a friend where, if neither of us is busy on Thursday night, we get together and watch TV. We've been doing this for about a decade, and so far we've watched A LOT. All of Angel, Life on Mars, Star Trek: TNG, Parks and Rec, and more. Right now we're FINALLY on the last season of MASH (we've been slowly watching that for at least 5 years) and we just started Farscape. This is about the only way I finish a show, unless it's a short show.

Anyway, MASH is great. But also 10 seasons long.

[barkinmad]

Haha, I almost mentioned MASH for shows I really want to start watching! I've seen a few eps now, but I know I'll never make it through. Like how I raced through six seasons of Cheers and just...stopped.

That's a fantastic arrangement! It must take a lot of dedication to not switch out shows though. I'm currently rewatching Heroes with a friend but we're already talking about all the other shows we want to watch after.

[garrideb]

Well, we kind of switch out shows in that we'll have two, or sometimes three, going on at once, and we decide that night what we feel like watching, or if we want to do one of each. Usually it's something darker paired with something lighter.

But, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a break with a show or just dropping one when you lose interest! When there are so many interesting options out there, maybe what you want is more of a sampler platter!

[barkinmad]

Oh yeah, that makes sense. I'm sure having options helps.

I try not to! But then I feel like I'm all over the place and not up to date. Which is kinda bad because I'm trying to be a media journalist? But I'm probably a lot more with it than I think I am.

[garrideb]

Ooh, media journalism sounds like a fascinating job! Yeah, with the whole banquet of choices out there, I guess all you can do Watch Strategically, which is sounds like you're doing already. Cause there's no way to watch it all, unless you're Andy Samberg in this sketch.

[barkinmad]

True! (I am slightly jealous of him though.)