David and I have this thing we do where we record all the reruns of the hit 90′s series Friends that air on the various cable networks and we save them for watching while we eat. I realize that many families do not watch TV while they eat but, well, we are not one of those families. This practice is an old one for us … we used to eat and watch Golden Girls eps but since we’ve watched the entire series a couple of times already, we moved on to Friends:
Altho I spent much of my day reading The Catcher in the Rye (I’m almost done), I had to make time for food … and, of course, Friends. This info isn’t really all that important but it was part of my day yesterday. I’ve been trying to keep things pretty quiet this week because next week is going to be a bit bizzy and then I fly off to Detroit for the following weekend. In the meantime, David and I are just trying to keep things as normal and boring as possible … but with all the Friends to watch, well, it’s not all that boring ;)
Tonight, David and I are meeting up with Kirsten, Darion and his friend Eric for sushi dinner … it’ll be nice to see those guys. Who knows what hi-jinx might ensue?!
We are not one of those families either. We are watching season 2 of Friends while eating dinner this week! I forgot how much I love each character’s personality!
“My skin is soapy, and my hair is wet, and Tegrin spelled backward is Nirget … Lather, rinse, repeat, and lather, rinse, repeat, and lather, rinse, repeat, as needed. “
I watch one episode of Friends every night and it just gets better and better everytime I see it.
After finishing “the Strain” I was perusing my local bookstore and I seriously picked up “The Catcher in the Rye”. I barely remember it in High School but passed. I still have no clue what to read next!
LOVE that tradition! i love how friends reruns have yet to get old or lose their luster :)
I am a HUGE “Friends” fan. I own ALL 10 seasons on DVD and will LOL like it’s the first time I have watched it! I <3 Pheobe!!!
I do the same thing! Either I’m eating or cooking while it’s on. Yesterday’s episode, on TBS, was the one about the dress and how Monica kept wearing the dress which was Emily’s. Tate Donovan, Joshua on the show, was also there as Rachel’s love interest and then I felt for Jennifer Aniston bc they used to date in real life and dumped she became. Same thing with Brad Pitt. He’s on the show and BAM, dumped again. Poor thing. Stop putting your lovers on the show with you, fool!
@Margie — LOL, yes we watched that ep too. LOVE ‘The One with all the Wedding Dresses’ ep :)
I do the exact.same.thing. Glad to know I’m not alone in my friends-as-comfort-food addiction.
That is so funny that there are others out that do that!! We watch Will n Grace while we eat b/c we watched all of Golden Girls and then Friends!
@Richard — OH yes, we’ve already ran thru all the eps of ‘Will & Grace’, too :)
I am such a rambler…
You’re rich. Why don’t you buy the Series Box Set?
@Katy — I’m rich? LOL! I’m actually not … but it’s more fun watching the eps as they air daily.
LOVE LOVE friends!! I so miss that series. I still watch the episodes almost everyday and haha I also watch it while I eat. I can’t eat something at home without watching Friends or Sex and the City. It’s a grand tradition Trent!!!
What’s useful for me is having my friends in my portable dvd player in my room. I always play it while in my room cleaning or doing stuff around my house.
@Leslie — LOL! I watch ‘SaTC’ while I blog … I’m watching it right now ;)
Btw…. guess who loved watching Golden Girls — Ross Gellar! He mentioned it on the show.
Friends never gets old :)
Trent, haha, I always joke that when on a date and guys ask me ‘what i like to do for fun?’ I should say “eat while watching tv.” That’s really one of my favorite things!!
ok…me and my son (he’s 16 and kind of grew up watching freinds) do the exact same thing. even though we have the complete collection we still dvr the eps that air daily and watch while eating dinner…its our time. we can watch over & over. and I don’t go to sleep at night untill after i watch the 2 eps of SaTC that air at 11…and yes i have that collection too. funny having our little rituals….
we watch them too while we eat dinner, so funny! my husband likes to complain about “how can you still watch these everyday”, yet he still laughs! simply the best show ever!!
OMG!
I never comment but, my boyfriend and I have all 10 seasons of “Friends” on DVD and it is our show to watch while we eat!
hahaha too funny!
Meee too! If Friends is on I am watching no matter what lol, while i eat, while i clean, etc or SATC. i even have my hubby watching and reciting Friends lol luv it =) Trent luv u!
sounds like Friends-while-eating is an American pastime…my partner and i do the exact same thing. it IS so comforting to watch sitcom reruns!
My husband and I do that too! We tivo George Lopez (it’s not that old I know, but we never saw that show when it was on) and now Home Improvement and watch together when we eat. We especially like watching shows like Home Improvement because we grew up on those shows and love discussing what we thought about when we originally saw the episodes. I love Friends, but there hasn’t been enough time passed just yet for me– it still makes me sad that it’s not on anymore!