Throwback Thursdays

I just wrote an entire blog on Buffy the Vampire Slayer which I then accidentally selected ALL and covered up with the letter "n." I know myself well enough to know that if I tried to rewrite that now, it would be complete and utter shite. So I'll write on Joss Whedon's master piece another time.

Instead I take this time to discuss my plans for this blog. I want to critique TV, Film and books, but I also want to take some time to gush over the ridiculous stuff that I love. Because sometimes the 16 year old in you just needs to be released or it builds up and I start playing Jane Austen movies in my room, living beneath my sheets, only coming out for ice cream and/or Doritos. 

I've also decided that on Thursdays I'm going to have a Throwback day, for all the movies and TV shows that molded and created the little TV obsessed monster that I am. So, for now, I'm going to follow up Tuesday's comprehensive list of all the shows I currently watch with comprehensive lists of all the shows and films that existed during my formidable years. Hence, really, here is a list of why I'm the way I am. 

(Also, quick interlude, because they're not currently on right at this moment, my brain forgot Downton Abbey and Covert Affairs. I didn't forget them, my brain did. Anyway, I digress...)

TV: 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, Roswell, 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls and Felicity. 

These shows made my life and were my life when I was a kid. No, seriously, my parents probably should have had me institutionalized with the panic attacks I would have if  a TV was not available to me and I hadn't set a VHS to record. It's funny because I know I watched a lot more TV back then, but apparently these are the only programs that stuck with me. 

Movies:

10 Things I Hate About You, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Can't Hardly Wait, She's All That, Empire Records, The Goonies, Disturbing Behavior, The Faculty, The Virgin Suicides, Can't Buy Me Love, The Dead Poets Society, Say Anything, Dirty Dancing, Stand By Me and Mystic Pizza.

Let's just say while other kids were making friends and hanging out with actual people, I was at the library pulling movies off the shelf (some of which my mom had to be there for me to take out) becoming best friends with imaginary people. I can clearly remember scanning the shelf at the library for new movies, any movies, while my mom yelled at me to finish up because I was taking forever.


As crazy as it sounds, these above shows and movies helped to groom me to this lovely individual that I am today. They each taught me lessons that I carry with me and every Thursday you lucky saps get to find out how and maybe find a new film or show to love...