Hello, 2024!

We're five days into 2024 and so far so good. I told a friend who asked if I had any resolutions that I didn't but one of my goals this year was to try not to lose my mind. Seriously, just staying alive and in my right mind this year would be huge accomplishments. Stressing out has done me no good and I'm really making an effort to keep my stress in check this year. It's hard to do with so much bad news in the world and idiocy in my workplace, but I'm determined not to pull my hair out over things I can't control. 

One thing I plan to do this year is drop one of my streaming services and, since Prime is about to start adding advertisements and their lineup of movies and shows isn't great, I'm kicking it to the curb this month before my renewal date comes up. I hope they ask me why I'm dropping the service so I can tell them I'm tired of lining Bezos's pockets each month to the tune of $14.99 each month. I'll continue to be an Amazon customer, but Prime can kick rocks. It's just not worth it. Netflix is aiming to be next on my list of cuts, but I haven't let go of that yet because the plan I have is so cheap that it doesn't even exist anymore and if I drop it, I'll never get it back. I was a Netflix customer back in the "old" days when they sent you DVDs in the mail. So much of their programming is garbage right now, but I'm still managing to find something to watch every few weeks, so it's staying...for now.

I had to give up on the current season of Fargo despite the fact that I'm a huge Jon Hamm fan (and I like seeing him slightly chunky in this season). But I can't deal with him being a wife-beater. Ugh. When the eighth episode came on this week, I watched the first five or ten minutes and bailed because I just found it too disturbing. I read recaps of the episode and felt I made the right decision. Nothing against the actors, but I just can't deal with that negativity and bad behavior in something that's supposed to be entertaining right now. I'm sure Jon's wife-beating character will get his comeuppance in the end, but I'm not willing to watch the rest of the episodes to see that happen.

Moving on in 2024!