How DVD Made Me Lazy-er!

In the old days, I used to head on down to the local theatre at least three times a week…and that's not an exaggeration! I saw more movies when I was younger than I could possibly count. My friends and I would have seen all the main-stream movies by Sunday, so by Tuesday we'd be going to see anything just to see something different. We'd see double and triple features, head down to the drive in for all night festivals, any movie thing, we were there. My point being that since I've got a DVD player, I can count on one hand the times I've headed down to the local Cineplex to see a movie. Literally, one hand! Now what does that say about me? Well, it says that I'm predisposed to being lazy to start with but the DVD player has made me even lazier…if that's possible!

You see, all that going, even to see movies, was at least doing something, now, with Netflix and a DVD player, I don't even have to leave my house to see movies, if I don't want to and, most of the time, I don't want to. So, I've had to make a concerted effort to get out there and do things, mow the lawn, head down to the gym, even chasing the kids offa my damn lawn is good exercise…and I'm getting closer to catching the little bastards too, since I've been weaning myself off of daily DVD viewings.

Is it DVD's fault that I got lazier? Hell, yes! If I had to go to the movies more often, then at least I'd be going out, but since I got the DVD, I don't like to go outside, the light hurts my little pink eyes! Does this mean I'm going to stop watching movies on DVD? Hell, no! DVD is the coolest invention since sliced bread in my opinion, even if the slicing of the bread did make the sandwiches smaller, it did make them easier to make! So, I'll force myself to get out there and do things, but rest assured that all the while, I'll be hearing the siren song of the DVD player in my ear. It's always singing, "Brian. We've got a new movie to watch. You know you want to sit in your big comfy chair and let me sooth you with a bad movie. Just give in toccasionally will, occaisionally, but I'll fight it as much as I can. After all, I don't want to be one of those guys who can't get out of the house without calling a construction crew!