Friday, April 29, 2011

I Shall Return!

I just celebrated a birthday. I forget which one it is, so don’t even ask.

A few weeks before my husband asked if there was anything special that I wanted.

Nope. Surprise me.

“How about the next installment of Dark Shadows?” he suggested.

“Uh uh. No way. Too expensive. I will wait for some generous library to loan it to me.”

Fast forward to my birthday…klezmer music, candles, children’s books, …and Dark Shadows!

So, I may have said I didn’t want it, but I could not be more excited. A review of 40 more episodes coming your way soon!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Why, Oh Why Is Netflix Letting Me Down?

Yes, for those of you who follow this blog, it has been two months since I have written. Two months! Why? I am ill? lazy? depressed? overworked? on vacation? Nope.

I cannot continue to write about Dark Shadows because I cannot get the DVDs. Netflix has a giant gap in the seasons that are available. It is not because the seasons don’t exist. They do. I found them on Amazon. I am just unwilling to buy four seasons in the middle of a series. I am one of those all or nothing people…and I cannot afford to buy 1199 episodes so I don’t want to own 200.

I work in a library now so I thought I would try to borrow the missing seasons. I found them in one library in my state and requested them. Nope. They ignored my request. Who knew how precious a commodity I was trying to obtain! I went to the woman in charge of interlibrary loan and she went above the state level---that’s right, national. National. I am trying to borrow Dark Shadows from any library in the United Stated willing to lend it to me. So far, no takers. Not one.

I am hoping beyond hope, now that the library has let me down, that the Powers-That-Be at Netflix will take pity on me and purchase the remaining episodes. Please.