You all just inspired me to finally sign up for Netflix.

I made my students sign up this past semester. (They didn't have any books to buy and it was just easier to coordinate viewing that way.) Within weeks, they admitted they weren't always using it for class, but they were all extremely grateful that I had introduced them to Netflix.

I don't know why I've been waiting. And we're always racking up late fees, blah blah.

I downgraded Netflix to 2 at a time, but I think I'm going to upgrade back to 3. With only 2, I end up some nights movieless. (The horror.) I kept 24 Days Later for four months (so, more like 120 Days Later) , but I feel no guilt.

Is there actually a hold option?

Yup. I can't remember now if I found it in the plan options or if I actually started canceling the account and saw the temporary option. I don't think there's anything in their online help mentioning it. But dig around, it's in there somewhere; you can turn your account off for up to 3 months.

I just read somewhere that hold is on the way to cancellation. I guess they don't want cancellers to disappear, and they don't want people who don't want to cancel to put their accounts on hold.

I just finished Freaks and Geeks

Best use of The Grateful Dead in pop culture ever.

One of the reasons that I originally got Netflix is becasue there was nothing to watch during the summer. The occasional good rerun or ep I hadn't seen was it. So, netflix filled my summer evenings. Now there's so much good original programming on during the summer that I don't really need it anymore. But, if I didn't have it, I'd probably never see any movies.

Making a DVR has essentially killed all my movie renting.

I cancelled (not holded!) Netflix this spring before the baseball season began, because I knew I'd fall way behind. Also, I was all full up for a while on those nice harmless movies you won't pay theatre prices for, and without those in the mix my list was all art-house stuff, which needs some fluff for contrast, you know? I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.

I figure I might go back in the fall, or whenever enough time has passed that a lot of good fluffy movies can pad out my list. I haven't had as much success watching TV series with Netflix, although that's partly because I just don't enjoy watching series on DVD for the first time. Almost every series I've ever watched requires that couple days, or even just one day, between episodes so you don't notice all the continuity errors and reset buttons. (The first season of 24 was terrible this way.)

I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.

::cries::