Before I tell you what I spent my Friday to Saturday doing, I need to give you a little bit of background information. I am a huge 24 fan (you know that TV show that ran for 8 years with Kiefer Sutherland and is now apparently spawning a full-length movie) and have been for years. And last year, I got two of my teammates addicted to the show. During snowpocalypse 2010, we were holed up in one of their rooms, watching hours upon hours of it—and it was awesome. Most memorable week ever (but not only for this reason). I have seen every season, but the other people have not. We are currently in the middle of watching season 7.
Now having said all of that, we decided to test our TV (24) watching abilities with a little challenge—watch an entire season, all 24 episodes, back to back. Our previous record watching as a group is about 6 episodes in one day. My own personal record is roughly 19, so I am trying to beat my own record as well. So, we stocked up on food, drinks, caffeine, and plenty of snacks, and got a good night’s sleep beforehand, in an attempt to prepare as best we could to conquer this feat. One of our other teammates who had never watched 24 before but had heard us talking about it often decided to have her first 24 experience and join us for this adventure. And, as a result, we converted another person into a 24 addict. We figured that since 24 is such an action-packed, exciting, and fast-paced show, it would be easier to accomplish this rather than with another show. We chose to watch season 4 in case any of you are 24 fans and were wondering which season we watched. It was chosen as the collective favorite among the group watching (all 4 of us).
We started our marathon at approximately 3pm on Friday and completed it at 10:30am on Saturday (we watched through the night, aka we did not sleep). Yes, you may say that we are crazy, but it was fun. And yes, 24 one-hour episodes back to back is a LOT of TV, trust me. We chose to do this from Friday to Saturday so that after we were done with the season, we could go to bed and recuperate all Sunday. And we chose to do this so close to final exam time because this is our only time that we really could since we have the month off from volleyball. It would be impossible to miss out on all that sleep during the regular fall season or even our spring season.
This may be the most random and ridiculous post ever, but I wanted to share with you how I spent my “glamorous” weekend—in front of a TV for almost 24 hours straight. I love college. And it was a nice break and distraction from the constant studying happening.
Lastly, CONGRATS to those of you who have been admitted through ED! Your hard work has paid off!
-Christie
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