This article from the New York Times came out last week and it took me back.I was instantly transported to 1993. I was brought back to a time when Awkward was my middle name, and Insecurity was my best friend and there was a Clinton was trying to be president. (Some things don't change). I remember watching the premiere of My So-Called Life and thinking, "Finally. There is a series out there that's telling the truth. That is saying what I'm thinking." Sure, I wasn't a middle class white kid living in Pittsburgh, but I was pretty damn close.
I had a Jordan Catalano (Elliot) who I pined for with every waking breath. I had a Rayanne Graff (Rachel) a girl who tried to get me to stray outside the ridged square from which I lived (live?) my life. I even had Brian Krakow (Jeremy), a guy who saw me and who I failed to see until it was too late.
I. Loved. This. Show.
Which is why I listened to the NYT and purchased my very own copy of the series. This box set is like emotional crack mixed with some kind of adolescent hallucinogen. In a word, perfect.
If you know what's good for you, you will:
- Stop reading this blog.
- Go out and purchase your very own box set of MSCL
- Put on your glasses, retainer and scrunchie.
- Watch the DVD's
- Enjoy the fact that you're older, by reliving what it was like when you were younger.
1 comment:
yesssssssssss...
favorite mscl quote (paraphrased, obvi):
you know, like, when you, like, call someone's name out, and they, like, don't hear like, you. don't, like, you feel so, like...lonely?"
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