Blair and the Big Blue World

 From 2015-2018 my Netflix recommended queue had a resident nuisance. I would scroll searching for my newest television endeavor, rolling my eyes whenever my finger absentmindedly tapped on the program entitled  Freaks and Geeks . From the outside the show looked like something that I would adore. It had gritty looking 20 year olds playing teenagers and plot points that dove into situations that I had no reason to relate to and no ability to truly comprehend. However watching the pilot one afternoon in 2016 I quickly came to the conclusion that the show was "boring as hell"---my diary entry from that day. So from then on I avoided it and vowed to never waste another set of 44 minutes of my time on it again. I kept that vow close to my heart for 5 years until I broke it yesterday by re-watching the pilot and, surprisingly, falling in love wi th it.  I've watched 10 episodes the show in the past 24 hours and I'd be watching it right now if it weren't for my crippl...

Hello Hello Hello!  It's been a hot minute. One of my goals for this fine new year is to write on this blog biweekly. I cannot promise that it'll all be good writing, I can actually assure all 5 of you that're reading this that the majority of it will not be. But I'm a big believer in the whole "practice makes perfect" thing so I think that by hurling 26 balls in the air a few of them are bound to make it in the net. We shall see we shall see. Today, I offer you thirty-one statements.  Mint chocolate chip ice-cream is crappy.  Knowing how to jump rope is not an essential skill.  I am obsessed with the idea of doing karaoke but I probably would be too chicken to step up to them mic.  People always give me planners for my birthday because I’m “organized” but they end up just sitting in my closet so maybe I’m just wasteful.  Standup comedy is one of the best forms of storytelling---when done well.  My favorite characters from HBO’s Girls are all of the b...