Hey kids, just trying to make up for a lackluster week of no posts.

I signed up for Netflix a couple months back and have come to the conclusion that it’s a really good service.

It’s fast. I have always received my DVDs the day after I get the email from Netflix saying it’s on its way. If I drop off the movie for return at the post office, Netflix usually gets it the next day and ships my next movie that same day. I’ve never been so impressed with the postal service in my life.

It’s flexible. My sister and I wanted to watch all the Lord of the Rings movies in one sitting, so one of the first movies I got was Return of the King. As it happened, we never got our schedules to coincide, so I had to sit on that one for a week and a half. In the meantime, I watched/returned about four other movies.

It’s cheap. Well, this one depends on how many movies you can get through in a month. I pay about $24 every month, and got through 14 movies this past month. That’s $1.71 a movie. Not bad. If you’re one of those people who gets hit by late charges at your local videostore all the time, you’re probably better off joining Netflix instead.

It’s convenient. I get movies delivered to my mailbox. I can return them at any mail drop. It doesn’t get much more convenient than that.

It’s expansive. Maybe I’m stretching it a bit here, but really, I find that I’m watching all kinds of movies now. If I think of some movie I’ve been meaning to see, or hear about some movie that sounds interesting, I just add it to the Netflix queue and figure I’ll eventually get to it. That goes for TV shows as well. Seriously, who wants to spend 13 weeks following some series on television with commercial interruptions and cliffhangers when you can just order up the entire season afterwards and watch it in one 12-hour marathon? This may change the way you watch TV.