So, what did you do this weekend? Lots of laundry? Homemade dinners? Time with friends? Or, were you like me and took to your couch for hours upon hours while watching Sons of Anarchy?* Doubtful, I'm sure, since it's no longer 2008, but I would love it if that is what you did so we could obsessively talk about how Jax Teller can be so damn sexy while wearing such awful clothes.
FINE JAX, JUST TAKE THEM ALL OFF.
My husband, the guy who's watching all these episodes with me, is one of those annoying (or normal, whatever) adults who quite enjoys tv but never gets invested unless that program is Breaking Bad and then he's all DO NOT SPEAK OR WALK LOUDLY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. BREATHING IS EVEN PUSHING IT. Every other show, no matter how much he likes it, is just entertainment for him and not a visual form of crack.
Then there's me. Ha. HA. Become obsessed with a tv program? No not at---fine. I have been known to enjoy a fan video on YouTube now and again.
What's so funny about starting (and becoming one-track-minded) about Sons of Anarchy now is that I've tried to watch this show before. I started an episode ages ago and gave up. I even sat through the show's Comic-Con panel in 2010 and could barely bother to look up from my phone.
This is evidence for all of you who say you tried to give Parks & Rec a try but just couldn't find it that funny. Give it another shot. Give it a few episodes. You will thank me.
Just like I am thanking whatever led Mike and I to give SoA another try.
Last night at book club -- a group of ladies I plain adore and look forward to seeing each month -- I was like, "Good book, nice writing, enough of that, who wants to talk about Sons of Anarchy and maybe Google image Jax in his varying levels of grittiness?" Thankfully a few people were down. Obviously these are my people.
If you don't know who Jax Teller is, I like to describe him as a little like Tim Riggins with more charm and, at least through half of season two, a better sense of humor.
A HAPPIER TIM RIGGINS.
I'm sorry, but if you are still reading this and not signing into your Netflix account, I'm wondering how our friendship can continue.
Any shows you're a (wee bit) obsessed with these days?
*After Kyle went to bed, of course. He's been exposed to motorcycles at a very young age, true, but we even have our parenting bar set higher than that.