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I rewatched the 1 season there was of Freaks and Geeks, a show that brings me back to the time I used to watch it on TV when I was 15 or so. It's a brilliant TV show about these freaky (loser, burn-out, junkie but smart/funny) and geeky (physically immature, scrawny, dungeons and dragons) kids in McKinley High in the year 1980. It was made by Judd Apatow, and even though it got cancelled in its first season by icky ABC, it is no less than genius and currently has a huge cult following amongst teens. People who starred in this show include Jason Segel (Marshall from How I Met Your Mother), Seth Rogen (who starred in Knocked Up etc), John Francis Daley (currently in Bones) and James Franco (Spiderman series as Harvey Osbourne). The entire season can be watched on Youtube. Rewatching this made me reminisce about what a huge Freak I was in my one year of American High School. I was burned-out, skipping classes, never turning in homework for some classes, and yet miraculously doing well for all my science tests. I dressed like a complete nobody, had my uniform of a plain khaki t-shirt and khaki pants or dark blue jeans and this blue shirt I would throw on, and when it was winter, I varied it with an oversized Men's jacket or my one and only long black trenchcoat I am still going to use in the UK this coming fall. Sigh. Oh and I have the biggest hugest HOTS for James Franco:  That's him from the show btw, when he was 19 years old. I know he's not "handsome" but he oozes the irritatingly adorableness that is my WEAKNESS. The stupid doofus can make people melt just from the bull-shit that he spouts and even when you know you're being suckered, you can't help but indulge it. Sigh... All the actors do a great job in this show btw. It's a real pity there aren't enough episodes. Labels: television, TV (0) comments Interview with the creators of the character, of course everything has to go his way... Additionally, you may want to watch the episode appropriately titled "Terrible Twos". :D Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (0) comments This is similar to how the nephew has like a very dubious sense of self-preservation. He of course bites himself a lot and has to put foreign objects in his mouth. He's not quite gluttony as this child or sleepy (he doesn't seem to just fall asleep) but I am amused at the likeness of the bossy demeanour. (0) comments Look at his face!! Look at the violence!! (0) comments I seem to only want to blog when I am at work. I have been having quite the tumultuous time since I discovered that a very good friend of mine from school passed away a year ago, the only reason why i didn't find out was because the other friend who sent out the obituary sent it to my old email that bounced back, and everyone assumed I knew because I knew her. I was more freaked out because she had contacted me just before this happened and like the duffer I am, I thought that happened just a month or two ago this year. To deal with this news I spoke to her mom, who has requested that I write about the memories I have of her. I met up with the other friend a couple of days ago, and while I was looking for answers, all I got were facts that did not quite add up and just a glimpse of how much despair she might have been in. I haven't gotten down to writing anything. And while I do want to drop by her place to talk to her mom some more, I am feeling very unsettled about the whole ordeal. It doesn't help that I can be quite dark and twisty like she used to be. The world hasn't made very much sense lately. To add to that, the fact that the people at York were being so slow with sending out my official offer letter and saying things like my application was a "special case" that needed approval and so "we hope to have good news for you", compounded my agitation. I was frustrated to hear all that nonsense one and a half months into having been offered a place by the admissions tutor. Fortunately all my grief ended when I received an email last night saying that my letter was coming in by express airmail. phew~! All I can focus on now is, of all things, my personal financial situation. Ridiculous bills to pay, no savings to pay them with, all of which roll-over and build up. I took some time to indulge myself these past two weeks and suddenly I am facing the fact that I did so with "money I don't have". I am figuring out a way to maintain my sanity amidst these logistical problems my brain has no room for. I can only hope for work to pay me on time, which has proved to be a difficult task for them to, time and again. Seeing that this post is a huge break from my traditional frivolity around here, I am posting up youtubes of a TV character from the show Dinosaurs back in the early 90s that captures what my dear mad nephew is like. Enjoy! (0) comments |
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