{inspired by The Office's series finale last week, I spent a couple of hours this past weekend sketching, calligraphy-ing and watercoloring the above.
It's not as great as I'd imagined in my head, but what are ya gonna do!}
It's not as great as I'd imagined in my head, but what are ya gonna do!}
Have you ever seen or read an interview with an actor best known for a television role talk about how because he's in our living rooms every week (on tv, I mean!), people seem more likely to approach him and equate him with that character? That can't go very well for King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) of Game of Thrones, but I get it. You grow-up with certain shows, they can inspire or provoke change in you, they make you laugh and cry and feel like you are a part of a world that is built, piece by piece, over years. And when you think back on them or go back and watch a show all over again, you remember little bits of who you were during that time so powerfully, it's like a rabbit hole of memories.
Here's a few for me:
- The Office first, in honor of its recent ending: "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." "You must be PMS-ing pretty hard right now, huh?" And of course, "That's what she said." All substituting for actual conversation for like 2 years.
- Texting my law school roommate/best friend (who now lives in a different state), "do you think we're really going to meet The Mother tonight?" - and all those times we've discussed Ted Mosby's search for his future wife over the last few years.
- Throwing a four-course Westerosi feast for Game of Thrones' season 2 premiere.
CryingOpenly sobbing at "I got off the plane" sitting next to my college roommate on our awful futon during the FRIENDS series finale the last night of sophomore year.
- Having friends over to watch Dawson's Creek almost every Wednesday night senior year of high school; Team Pacey!
- Friday Night Lights. LOST. The Vampire Diaries. Harper's Island. I could keep going for way too long on this.
One last quote from 9 years of watching The Office, a good summation: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good ole days when you're in them." -Andy Bernard. Or as I prefer to look at it: all days are the good ole days; you just don't realize why until they're over.
xo. di.
*image property of Diane Crary
beautiful art work, Di:))
ReplyDeleteWednesday night Dawsons!
ReplyDeleteyour water color and calligraphy is very pretty! And I'm the same way with series. I feel like I'm breaking up with my best friends whenever they end.
ReplyDeletevery pretty! dawsons creek 100%.... I am re-watching Felicity on Netflix and I think Dawsons Creek needs to be next. Brings back so many old memories. And YES to getting off the plane quote!
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"I got off the plane" gave me goosebumps! And my sister and I have a million Dawson's Creek memories. "Hi Amy, it's Mom" can make her tear up in an instant because she had an 8-month-old at the time! I'm rewatching Gilmore Girls and remembering all the Lorelai-inspried outfits I used to have, and how I still wish my town was a cute as Stars Hollow!
ReplyDeleteSO many! I started a Felicity rewatch a few months ago too. The season 2 haircut, holy smokes!
ReplyDeletethanks so much, Jessica! there really is a bit of a mourning period, isn't there?
ReplyDeletehehe!
ReplyDeletethanks, Diane - it is flawed, but fun to do.
ReplyDeleteoh man, Jen's goodbye was just brutal, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteand I so wanted to live in Star's Hollow - I STILL do!
I have so many emotions wrapped up in old WB shows :)