It is addictive, though I had to drop back to one disc at a time while school's in session, because it's just too much--I was watching Netflix stuff all the time and never getting anything else done (this is when I definitely fell off the Daily Show 8pm rerun wagon, for instance--not that that's terribly important, but it's one of the first things I noticed!).
Fortunately, my local public library has a fabulous DVD collection, so when the one disc isn't enough (or when it's in transit), I check out their catalog online and pick some things to see. Using the two together actually works really well, since Netflix has a lot of stuff that the library doesn't, and therefore I try to use it for those things unless I'm feeling lazy ;) ). Doesn't always work out, though--in fact, last week, I had a really frustrating experience (http://alto2.livejournal.com/321855.html) in which they both simultaneously let me down. Not the end of the world, but still damned annoying!
Blackpool is so fantastic--you must see it! There are, ahem, ways of getting it. A friend of mine in the UK just bought a copy for me, which I'll get from her when I'm there in a month (region-hackable DVD players are also worth investigating--haven't plugged mine in yet, hopefully this weekend--but they're not always hideously expensive, either).
And Sports Night and Firefly rock. Even if the one Firefly fic I've ever written did nearly kill me. Mal is still The Pretty. ;)
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Date: 2006-06-03 12:39 pm (UTC)Fortunately, my local public library has a fabulous DVD collection, so when the one disc isn't enough (or when it's in transit), I check out their catalog online and pick some things to see. Using the two together actually works really well, since Netflix has a lot of stuff that the library doesn't, and therefore I try to use it for those things unless I'm feeling lazy ;) ). Doesn't always work out, though--in fact, last week, I had a really frustrating experience (http://alto2.livejournal.com/321855.html) in which they both simultaneously let me down. Not the end of the world, but still damned annoying!
Blackpool is so fantastic--you must see it! There are, ahem, ways of getting it. A friend of mine in the UK just bought a copy for me, which I'll get from her when I'm there in a month (region-hackable DVD players are also worth investigating--haven't plugged mine in yet, hopefully this weekend--but they're not always hideously expensive, either).
And Sports Night and Firefly rock. Even if the one Firefly fic I've ever written did nearly kill me. Mal is still The Pretty. ;)