Thursday, April 21, 2005

muffled thoughts #06

What was the one TV series that was synonymous to my high school life? As in, I won't be able to think of the one without the other? As in, this show made a DIFFERENCE to my life back then.... REMINGTON STEELE....

For some inexplicable reasons, I was so hooked on to this show... illogically enamored with this suave, mysteries, and old movie fan con-artist who assumed into the persona of this fictitious detective called Remington Steele. Maybe because of the girl power Stephanie Zimbalist's character, Laura Holt, was trying to project then. Maybe because Pierce Brosnan was so cool in it. Maybe because I was just a sucker for romantic comedies? Oh well.... ;)

So, how did this show affect my life? Well, for one thing, I always got reprimanded by my teachers, especially my English 3 teacher, during tuesdays. Why? Because the show was on Monday nights and I JUST HAD TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE each episode with my seatmate with nary a thought on the ongoing lesson... hehehehehehe It's a wonder how I passed then. Hey, that's another story....

The best thing that Remington Steele gave to me is my friend. Oh yeah, the friendship started because of that mutual love for this show. Or should I say, television? Anyway, that mutual thing carried us through the years and now we're still watching TV and loving every minute of American Idol! HAHAHAHAHAHA

I'll be right back after the break ;)

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

TANGLED THOUGHTS #01

As I stare at the monitor, I can actually feel how lost I am. It may sound strange that somebody my age could be saying this. But, I really have no idea how I would live my life after I shut this computer down.

It feels like I'm just going around in circle, a vicious circle at that. Did I do something wrong then? Did I turn a wrong turn somewhere? Or maybe I just wasn't a good person that I'm reaping now what I sow?

muffled thoughts #05

Thinking about it now, I can't seem to recall what were the shows I was watching during my gradeschool years. Okay, there were some flashbacks of the me singing, Mekanda, Mekanda Robot during Mondays, Daimos' Richard and Erica professing their true and undying love on Tuesdays, of my tummy hurting in uncontrollable laughter everytime Aphrodite A fired her only weapon in Mazinger Z every Wednesdays, my still unanswered question regarding the origin of UFO Grendaizer shown on Thursdays and how I would slip on a catatonic state whenever I started hearing, "Let's Volt In!" in Voltes V on Fridays. Of course, there's also Balatack, Danguard Ace, Jac Q, Star Rangers, etc on other channels.

Strangely enough, even though the administration that time deemed these shows as violent, I found them to be more educational than what are being shown nowadays.

I'll be right back after the break...

Monday, April 18, 2005

muffled thoughts #04

A college professor once asked me how many hours do i spend watching TV. hmmmm.... I was kindah taken aback because a dilemma was presented to me. Where should I start counting: the moment I turned on the TV or the moment I actually sat down in front of it and started watching?

For most of my life, TV has always played a major role. No offense meant to my parents, but I learned my ABCs and 123s from Sesame Street. Ernie and Bert patiently taught me phonetics, Grover introduced me to the people in the neighborhood, the Count made me enjoy (well not that much, to be honest! hehehehehe) the numbers and, I think, I really owed my grouchiness to Oscar. Seriously, TV helped shape the person I am today.

I'll be back after the break ;)