You may be reading the title and thinking "I think she meant twenty four seven, like 24/7" but it wasn't a typo. It relates to the past seven days of the free watchathon my cable company just did. Although, to be more accurate, it should be a fifteen for seven title but that's not as catchy, is it?
The cable company does this periodically. I really have no idea how often because I don't generally join in but basically, for those that may not know, the cable company offers premium stations (and hulu) for free to their customers for seven days. You can watch one thing or binge like crazy - your choice.
This time, I binged like crazy. I think the only shows I watched that came on in the past week that weren't part of the watchathon were shows that I recorded but watched on demand in my bedroom because 1) I couldn't sleep but wanted to stay in bed and 2) I don't have any icloud capabilities on my cable box or tv in the bedroom.
My biggest binge was on a series that ended seven years or so ago. I had watched it at the time it aired (on a regular cable station) but was interested in seeing it again. I noticed a few years back that it was on - I believe - amazon prime. I figured I had all the time in the world to watch it and then *poof* it was gone and no longer available. The good news was it moved over to Starz, which I had.
Now, here's the thing about Starz, I've been with my cable company more than 22 years. During that time I've always gotten Starz for free - it was included in my package. So again I thought I had all the time in the world to watch the series, right?
Well, a few months ago (probably at the first of the year), I found that I no longer had Starz! I called the cable company (although there were several issues with my cable company so I'm not sure that was the direct reason I called them at the time) and asked about it. They said the "promotion" was no longer being offered by Starz but I could pay for a subscription if I still wanted it.
Previously if a service or "promotion" I was getting was discontinued, the cable company wouldn't cut me off, they'd just add the cost into my statement. I would notice the increase and call them to see why my bill went up and that's when I'd learn something had changed in my service.
But that didn't happen here. There was no rate change - at all - but I no longer had Starz (or hitz but that's a whole other issue!). I tried to see if I could get it added back or work out a new plan that included it while keeping my monthly bill at least in the ballpark of what I currently pay (which is an obscene amount to begin with!) but they were either unwilling or unable to work something out, so I've been without Starz for several months now. Which meant I couldn't watch this series that I had wanted to re-watch before it came to Starz but felt there was no rush, seeing as I had access to watch at my leisure.
So, the point is, since I had seven days to watch anything on Starz (and several other networks I don't have) I totally binged the entire series! I thought I'd be fine watching a couple of the episodes but once I started, I wanted to finish it. Which meant watching all day, every day for seven days. Well, I guess technically watching the series didn't take that long (probably the better part of five of those days though) but I also got in a LOT of movies. Since yesterday was the last day of the watchathon, I watched movies up until midnight last night!
Today I had to watch tv all day to catch up on what I recorded over the last seven days because my dvr was getting full!
Bottom line, I FINALLY watched this series and some movies I had lost when my dvr box got swapped out a couple of months ago (and I lost a LOT) that had been recorded from the networks I'd lost but not been warned about in advance. So, I watched a lot of tv - it's a tough job but someone's got to do it. 📺😜
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