A Netflix Nation

By Kaylee

I’ve found myself to be a gloomy person lately. No, not because of nuclear meltdowns, earthquakes, bad economy, etc, but because I have let my subscription to Netflix end.

It was one of those things that I kept a subscription for, but used less and less as the thrill wore off. My first DVDs were like Christmas presents or finding a puppy in my mailbox (sans fur). The fact that I could keep them until my heart’s desire and exchange them for something new whenever I pleased was great. I’m a busy person so it’s easy for me to accumulate late fees at Hastings.

Still haven’t paid those.

Point is, Netflix is wonderful. Most think that it’s great just for  the low monthly price and the movie-renting freedom one acquires when signing up but it goes so much farther than that.Time is like money. Not in the sense that I could be making money with the time that I saved by getting Netflix, but in the sense that it is very precious. If I were a cocaine addict, then time would be like cocaine.

Point is, like my fellow citizens, I am usually crunched for time. And instead of driving to Hastings, I could just pop open that pretty red envelope and watch the Bourne movies on my rare nights off.

So if you’re skeptical, still, about buying a subscription to Netflix, look at it like this: Netflix is $7.99 a month. A gallon of gas is almost $4.00 now. So you not only get unlimited movie-renting freedom with Netflix, you’re also saving yourself another trip to the pump.

It’s been 11 years since the turn on the century; it’s about damn time you get with the program.