Somehow I managed to miss the start of the new season of Mad Men tonight. This in itself is not too tragic. The three shows I follow, including Mad Men, are all Comcast On Demand shows, so I can watch missed shows any time I want. I may complain about Comcast service now and then, but I have nothing but good words to say about the convenience that is On Demand.
The hard part is going to be avoiding spoilers for a day or two until I get a chance to watch. Easy enough to avoid places where I know for sure there will be show discussions going on. I can just click past Television Without Pity until I’m caught up. At work, I’m actually pretty safe as well. We’re all pretty good about not spoiling each other and waiting a reasonable amount of time for people to catch up on missed episodes. It’s more fun when everyone who watches a show can weigh in anyway.
No, what I’m afraid of is stumbling over incidental off-topic conversations in forums (just saying “sorry, OT” does not make it okay when it comes to my shows, yeah, selfish of me, but that’s from the heart) and blog entries from people I didn’t even know were fans.
So if I click past you so fast you feel like you’re in a wind tunnel, it’s nothing personal. I’ll be back once I catch up on that first episode of the new season!
(NaBloPoMo | August ’09: 16 of 31 | 75% Challenge: 204 of 274)