Before 2015, the only programming I regularly watched on New Year’s Day was the Rose Parade, the best televised parade in America. Past childhood, when I was forced to wake from precious slumber by my parents, I’d usually rise early enough to catch just the end, mentally chastising myself for (despite the California-to-New York time difference) waking up too late yet again to see it in its entirety.
Not this year. This year, the Rose Parade had competition. The Rose Parade had every single episode of Friends, available to me (and you) on Netflix, to deal with.
I love Friends. (For a semi-complete recap of this story, click here.) I know its highs, I know its lows, and yet our relationship is one of the strongest and longest lasting in my life. Two years ago I thought I had discovered an episode I’d never seen and it shook me to my very core.
So after noon on New Year’s Day, I began. Because even when you’ve known someone for decades, the best relationships let you learn more, they let you grow and they let you realize things about the world you had never realized before.
1:00 pm Joey’s hair is SO long in the first episode.
That wine dude Monica sleeps with is pretty ’90s cute and very tall. Nice dimple. Good butt.
I take an lengthy break to go get “brunch” with some “real” friends, but soon, I’m back at it.
5:30 pm
Is Chandler wearing Adidas shell toe sneakers in season 8? Wow.
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