amateur psychology

I suffer from an affliction I am calling television bulimia. As far as I know, it is not yet in the DSM-IV.

This illness is characterized by compulsive overwatching of television, entire seasons within a few days, usually followed by self-proclaimed dislike of television ie. "I never watch TV. It's gross. I have better things to do.", and is often accompanied by guilt and frequent relapse.

I blame my hometown library. It checked out VHS and DVDs, including multi-disc entire seasons of shows, for one week only. When the brother and I had something checked out, we had to watch all 20 episodes of Queer as Folk, The Sopranos, etc. within a week. It would be what we did with every spare moment.

My current libary has a much more reasonable three week lending period. But that doesn't stop me from binging, watching entire series in a few days. Most recently, Freaks and Geeks, my new favorite show. It is what I have done with free moments for the past week. I have completed the series, but W is coming over tonight so I can introduce him to the wonders that is F&G.

Maybe I'll start the Television Bulimia Foundation & have benefit concerts & sell plastic bracelet to raise money to find a cure. . . all I need is a celebrity to admit that she/her brother/her pet suffers from this affliction.