Netflix will be the death of me

Why do we watch tv? Why do we get caught up in the lives of fictional characters? Why, when I have free time, do I sit on my computer and watch Netflix (I don't literally sit on top of my computer, I sit on a chair and look at my computer)?

The answer to these questions... I don't know if I really know.. So bear with me as I kind of think out loud here.

Part of television's enchanting spell is probably that it's entertaining. But I don't think that's everything. I think, sometimes we start to place ourselves in the characters shoes. We want to know what will happen to us next. The problem is, there is always something left unresolved at the end of an episode. And with Netflix we don't have to wait until next week, or next season. We can watch 7 straight episodes and still leave hungry for whatever it was we were looking for.

For me, I see attributes in characters that I want. Somehow my brain thinks that if I keep watching, those qualities will magically be projected onto me. But of course that's not gonna happen. So, I spend all my time watching something that leaves me empty when I could be filling it with something meaningful. It's a little bit ironic.

And yep.. I think that's it. That's all I got. Netflix, TV, there you have it.

"We've got nothin' to hide.."

Ever been patted down by a police officer and checked for drugs or weapons? Well... now I can say that I have. The other night, we were on our way back from a little campfire when we passed by a car that had been pulled over. We joked, "Who gets pulled over in a state park??" Well, we do. A few minutes later we we saw the flashing lights of a policeman behind us. We slowed to the side of the road and the Texas officer came to the driver side window and did his whole little speech, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" etc..

He asked the driver to exit, then he asked me and the other passenger to come out of the car as well. We put our hands behind our heads and he frisked us. I can't say I was afraid or even mad. It was kinda cool actually. Unlike him, I knew that we were just a couple of Mormon boys from Utah. He wouldn't find any drugs or booze in our car.

On the drive home we laughed and talked about how fun that little escapade was. I realized that it would've have likely been a different story had we been drinking or using drugs like perhaps other kids our age would've been doing around a campfire.

When you are doing what's right you've got nothing to worry about, you can enjoy life!