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My brother made a comment the other day about the way my room is beginning to slowly resemble a Blockbuster. Some people indulge in shoes, some in clothing; my weakness seems to be DVD box sets with an occasional CD thrown in (hel-loooooooooo Virgin's $10 Sacrilege Sale). During Amazon's latest DVD TV series sale I picked up The Lone Gunmen, The Complete Office Series (UK), and S1 of Stargate Atlantis. I'm surprised by how much I liked the first eppy of Atlantis, and hope for more time to make my way through it all. Then the other day I picked up S1 of Extras (sorta wish I had HBO so I could check out S2, but oh well). I have the complete Kids in the Hall DVD set on my wish list along with the complete Sports Night DVD. I was scoping out LOGO this evening and I saw Josh Charles in Threesome (was sort of interesting but Charles's character's VO was too over-the-top for me to watch more than 15 minutes), and that reminded me to add Sports Night.

That last sentence made some sense in my head, I swear.

I'm tired. Like, to the crazy-th degree. I've done three shifts on nights so far and things haven't been horrible, but I have yet to get a solo patient load. I spend a lot of time questioning my ability, and I guess it's par for the course when one's at any new job. BUT... *sigh*. I can be appallingly slow on the occasion, and I feel like my brain's been stuck on "molasses" during my training up to this point. I wonder if it's the stress I feel while working that screws me over, makes it hard for me to *think* and *recall*. It's very frustrating.

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Interestingly enough, I have been thinking about addictions to buying and collecting things, such as DVDs, Cds, and so on. It’s easy to fall into a trap and become addicted to buying and collecting things until it seems that’s one’s living space is nothing, but said things.

I definitely have an issue with letting material things go (although not quite pack rat proportions yet), but I don't think I'm stuck in the purchase/collect rut (I realize you're most likely not implying that I am with your comment, but I just wanted to say as much). If I like a show I like to be able to pull it out and watch it whenever I wish, just like the way I frequently re-read books I enjoy.

I'm totally with you on the dvd collection deal. Dan and I totally need a new dvd shelf. But we also have a friend who has so many, he had to put some in storage.

That's crazy...I say as I'm no doubt heading in that direction. Entertainment is entertainment. :)

Dvds are my big indulgence too. I have actually run out of space on all my shelves, but it's not stopping me from buying more.

Funny thing is I've never really been moved to purchase movies, just TV series. I do have a handful of films that have resonanted on some level but multi-sets are where I'm at. Good shows are hard to come by.

DVD box sets are the best thing since sliced bread. I used to tape my favorite television shows, but these DVDs are much better. I'd probably buy more if some of them weren't so freakin' much. I'm thinking $40 should be the limit.

I used to tape as well. DVD Sets sell me on the audio commentary and the extras, though. The price definitely is an issue, though. Why are the HBO series so damn expensive?!?

Well, HBO's been promoting the hell out of Extras so I felt obligated to watch it last night. I liked it. It's not fantastic but it is funny. I put season one in my Netflix que.

Oh, and I loved the Lone Gunmen. Wish that show would have lasted longer.

I only watched a handful of Lone Gunmen episodes, so I'm hoping I enjoy the DVDs. That was a spur-of-the-moment purchase.

And I figured Extras is along the lines of The Office, and nothing I've seen Gervais in has disappointed me so far. I'm easy like that. I'm glad you though Extras was funny. I'm stoked to see Orlando Bloom's appearance.

I've never been a big one for purchasing DVDs though I did buy Susie the first 3 seasons of Gilmore Girls last year. Aside from The Office (which I can see Susie buying) there aren't much that we both watch, and even the series I may watch like BSG and Stargate I have friends who buy them and I just borrow them afterwards.

Sports Night was a good show :)

FYI - Stargate Atlantis is not on HBO it is on the Sci-Fi channel. Unless you HBO has some things to reshow S2... (if so gomen).

*grin* I know SGA is on Sci-Fi. I just haven't gotten a chance to watch it because I have this thing about watching a series from the very beginning, and as I hadn't really picked up on SGA until the middle of S2 I found it impossible to go back and check out the previous episodes so I avoided it like the plague. I'm a bit spoiled as to what's happened at various points of the show, but I figure if I enjoy the series as much as I liked the first episode things will be all good.

And heck yeah Sports Night was good! *grin* I didn't realize the dialogue give-and-take was a hallmark of the creator. Good times, though.