Let me preface this post by saying this: stealing is wrong. OK? Wrong, wrongity wrong-wrong. Nothing good will ever come of it. It's a blatant disregard for the laws of our great land and... and... it's just not a good thing, OK?
OK. Good. Now...
Guess what I'm doing tomorrow... go on, guess. You know you wanna. I dare ya....
OK. Alright. Quit your whining. I'll tell you.
Tomorrow afternoon, at around 3PM, the delicious Ms C and I are having a Grey's Anatomy marathon.
So what? I hear you ask. That's not particularly exciting. Didn't you have one of those when you went on your All singin', all dancin', woo-hoo, ye-ha, ride 'em cowgirl, four day foray into catatonia girlie weekend last year?
True. Kinda.
OK, what if I told you that the delicious Ms C are having a Grey's Anatomy SEASON 3 marathon... as in the yet-to-be-aired-in-Australia season 3 of Grey's Anatomy that some evil, wicked, naughty, smack-smack-on-the-botty movie pirate (arggghhh!) illeagally downloaded off the internet. What would you say then???
I know what I would say. It'd be something like: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Now, I know the people who know me are about to jump up and down in their well padded seats now, and absolutely SHRIEK: Hey! You hypocrite! You back-peddler! You... you... bad person with the double standards! Where have all your morals gone? Where are all your precious ethics now???
Not that I blame them for all the name calling, mind you. I understand their outtrage. Because you see, I'm very well known for my nagging; nagging and lecturing and berating of people who steal music off the internet. Yes. I said "steal". It's not downloading. It's not sharing files. It's stealing. You're taking someone's property without paying for it. Even if it's virtual property it's still wrong. It's stealing.
So, (and I can practically taste the question forming on your lips), what's the difference between stealing music and watching pirated copies of Grey's Anatomy all afternoon whilst gorging yourself on Cheese and Bacon Balls and Crispy M&Ms? I hear you ask.
The answer, of course, is: absolutely nothing.
I'm a bad, bad person. Bad. Bad. Wicked and woeful. Smack me with a moist towlette and poke me with a hat-pin. I am bad... And yet, I succumb. I succumb to the temptation, to the lure of McDreamy and McVet and George and Izzy and Preston and Christina and yes, even Miranda -- damn it! I succumb! The mind is strong, but the body is weak and I succumb to the snappy dialogue, engaging storylines and oh-so-pretty-people filling the little screen.
Deep in my subconscious, I justify my crime by stating, unequivocally, that I will purchase season 3 of Grey's Anatomy as soon as it's available over here (or over ebay... either one), but until then, curiosity (being the cat killing fiend that it is) will undoubtedly get the better of me, and I will indulge in the fun of sneaky, pirate viewing.
So, let me say again, stealing is bad... but Grey's is so, soooooo good.
Comments