I Was Bored Today

Yesterday it was a beautiful spring day in the 80’s (look at the horse pictures – they were taken yesterday). I was in shorts, sweating my ass off brushing my horse. Today I am bundled up in a sweatshirt, leggings and about to grab a blanket because it’s rainy and 48 degrees, in May, IN SC! I think I’m going to have to move further south to live without cold weather 🥶🥶.

So to break up the boredom of this cold wet day, I decided to research how much it would cost to stream every platform that contained adaptations of Stephen King’s work. Why you ask? Well as one of his constant readers, I try to watch every iteration of his work produced for television and the big screen. And I was curious how expensive it would be to accomplish this. Boy did I get my answer 😱.

I discovered that in order to get every streaming service that carries work by Stephen King, it would cost me $188.65 a month! That does not include any service for regular television (although you could upgrade Hulu, which adds another $4 a month). For that price, you can stream HBOMax, Starz, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime (which admittedly has other perks if you shop Amazon enough) Shudder, CBS All Access (included in Amazon Prime), Netflix, Hulu and Epix – NINE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS 🤯!

I knew it wasn’t going to be cheap, but DAMN! And then having to remember the passwords for each one? Quite frankly, all these streaming services are getting ridiculous and growing worse by the day. Mark my words, if people actually do the math, some of these services could be in trouble 😳.

As for trying to watch all of the content produced from SK’s work, I think I will have to “give up the ghost” on that and spend the money on 📚 instead 😆!

Yes, this exercise (in futility really) was a distraction from the ridiculousness that is in my life right now 🙃. Sometimes you just have to take note of the absurdities. It helps keep me sane.