Sentence:  In particular, we like to emphasize that, far from wasting our childhoods (not to mention adulthoods) mindlessly <WSD>gorming</WSD> at "The Virginian" and "The Avengers", we spent those couch-potato years in rigorous preparation for our chosen career. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To gawk; to stare or gape.