Monday, October 25, 2010

Love Mad Men -- But The Smoking is Torture

One of my first uses of Netflix has been to get caught up on Mad Men. We recently started watching it on AMC and I can tell I'm missing a lot of the backstory because I haven't been watching from the beginning. I love the show -- the smart writing, the retro fashion, the backstabbing, infidelity and innuendo. The cocktails. I almost always have one while I watch. Honestly what's there not to love. But the one part that I find absolute torture is the smoking. Every time someone lights up -- particularly Betty for some strange reason -- I get that twinge. The one all former smokers get when out of the blue they get the urge for a cigarette. It's a powerful physical reaction and it always takes me by surprise. I quit smoking for good months ago and frankly, don't even miss it. I've even gotten over the hump of wanting one when I have a cocktail. The only trigger I still seem to have is Mad Men. Now, I haven't broken down and I don't intend to. And I don't intend to give up my Mad Men habit. I'm only finishing season one and still have a ways to go...so many layers of Dick Whitman to unravel and understand. So I guess I'll be doing it with a cocktail in hand. But no cigarette.

2 comments:

  1. I love Madmen! The funny thing is, I started watching it in the very beginning, and then stopped for some reason and just barely picked it back up this season. I need to Netflix the previous seasons. Aaah, the drinking and smoking days. Fun!

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  2. Thanks for Commenting! We are new fans and I'm so happy to be able to Netflix all the old episodes so I can get caught up -- some things this season have a totally new meaning now that I've seen some of the first season! Love that show!

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