Saturday, February 4, 2012

My So Called Life With Kids

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Watching My So Called Life together. When this show came out I was a freshman in high school, a grade younger than the main character Angela. At the time I had never seen a show that spoke of my life so much. It seemed this show was about my life, Angela had my thoughts. I hadn't seen the show since it originally aired on television but it has always stood out as an epic drama in my memory. Upon recent viewing I found myself still identifying with Angela, but this time I was surprised to find myself relating to Angela's parents and teachers too. Ah, growing up. I still have a secret hope that Claire Danes will decide to reprise her role. I'm willing to overlook the fact that she's obviously a bit older than 15 years old now. The actors are always older than the character they're playing anyhow, right? When Az is a bit closer to the high school years I'll probably force her to watch the show with me again, but of course by then it will seem horribly antiquated and eye-roll worthy.

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  1. That's so funny that you've changed who you relate to as time went by. I thought that you hardly have the t.v. on. Guess since you've been stuck around the house more lately, it's been on more.

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    1. In general we often don't turn on the TV for days at a time, but this month we haven't had money for other entertainment so we have been watching more television. That still only equals about 1-2 hours a day though. Next month I'm downgrading our cable to the basic 13 channel line-up so perhaps we're subconsciously watching while we still can.

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