Netflix: Cure For The Summer Blues
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Netflix: Cure For The Summer Blues

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The free time a college student experiences over summer can seem overwhelming.

Netflix can be just the filler to make time fly.


Summer is upon us and all of us will have a shift in our daily routines once finals are over. Some will have jobs, while some will be unemployed for the summer. However, almost all of us will have more free time. Having free time during a semester is a lot different than having free time while home. At times, it’s actually difficult to find something to do during the summer. Look no further than your dead week distraction that is Netflix. This can be your cure to the summer time blues.

Many of us will casually watch some Netflix movies or re-watch sitcoms we’ve already seen. However, this is not a foolproof cure. In order to truly forget how bored you really are, you need to get engrossed in one of the many addictive series Netflix offers.  Here are a few suggestions of series I’ve seen or want to see.

Mad MenLead character, Don Draper, experiences never-ending conflict in this series that follows an advertisement agency in the 1960s. If you are at all interested in sexism, adultery and cigarettes, look no further. 

Friday Night Lights. If you would like to relive high school, where your football team actually won a few games, this is the show for you. If you look closely the “P” on the Dillon High helmets is the Purdue “P’ in different colors. If you squint enough, you can watch us beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl at the end of season four.

Pokémon. If you haven’t already heard the news, Pokémon is streaming on Netflix. Start up season one this summer and be amazed at how much of the Team Rocket song you still remember. Gotta watch ‘em all.

I hope all these shows will help keep you busy for the next three months. Groucho Marx (the crocodile from Peter Pan) once said, “I find television very educational. The minute someone turns it on, I go into the other room and read a book.” However, Groucho was never able to instantly stream a high school teacher cooking meth. 

For spoilers of all the shows I’ll be watching this summer follow me on twitter (@SeussDiesel).

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