Aah, Spring Break! I love it. I get to catch up on work and actually have significant time for leisure activities, all at the same time. It's a week where I get to remember what it's like to have a day job, since I get up early, work during the day until four or five, then retire for the day, reading movies or watching movies.
I was really excited yesterday to begin watching Firefly. For those who haven't been paying attention, I'm a sci-fi geek from way back, and I'd been hearing good things about the series for a while now. I also enjoyed the film, Serenity. I had the first two disks, plenty to keep me busy after a rather pleasant a marathon law review editing session. 'Cuz I'm that kind of geek, too.
I've been a happy Netflix subscriber for some time now, and I've watched quite a lot of movies and TV shows since I started. Aside from wishing the mail were faster (one or two days to Denver, two days back), I've never had a problem. I did have some trouble when the last disk of a TV series was broken last week, but after the report, Netflix immediately sent me a replacement. That's good service.
I enjoyed the first Firefly disk a lot. It's a nice blend of themes from two settings (Western and sci-fi--they're not genres, they're settings!) that really work. I wouldn't say it's perfect, after three episodes, but I could definitely see the potential there.
So then I opened the second disk, and the universe twisted just a tiny bit to whack me upside the head. The sleeve for disk 2 contained the wrong disk: Fargo. Don't get me wrong, Fargo is a great movie. But I already own it.
I've reported the problem to Netflix, but it appears I have to manually add the disk to my queue again, which is inconvenient since the later disks are on their way and Netflix won't let me add a movie to my queue when it's already listed as "At Home."
There's a nice little stopgap, though. Netflix has started it's Watch Now program, allowing me to watch some movies on my computer without waiting. Given the limitations of computers, I don't know that I'd pay more for it. But it's nice to have to fill up the gaps.
Lesson: check the disks right away to make sure the right one is in the envelope. Still, though, I've had Netflix for almost ten months now, and this is the first time I've had this problem. If this rate continues, I'll still be a satisfied customer.
Now, on to today's work, then knitting group this evening. I might take a walk, too--the weather looks to be gorgeous today.
