Rookie Blue, Thoughts on Television, plus some Tunes

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Television. A lot of people view television as simply entertainment. I don’t disagree that television certainly provides entertainment, but I feel that it also goes beyond that. Like a good book, a television show captures emotions that viewers can relate to. In a great television show the storylines and emotions the characters go through provide a source of comfort to viewers who have gone through similar situations or who can imagine going through something similar in the future. There are shows out there that have extreme storylines that aren’t realistic and therefore not as relatable, and those shows are more purely entertainment, they also can serve as an escape from stress, whether it be school, work, family, whatever. 

A show that falls into the first category is Rookie Blue. It’s a cop show on ABC during the summer. I have watched it half way regularly since the beginning but last weekend I watched pretty much every episode of the series online. Even though it is a cop show there is a huge focus on the relationships of the characters. Because of the focus on relationships and on the characters themselves there is a lot that the audience relates to. Real human emotions and experiences- being drawn to someone but having your guard up, not being sure of yourself, being scared, knowing when ‘breaking the rules’ is doing the right thing, being let down, making mistakes, learning to trust your instincts, etc. 

There are a lot of negative connotations out there about television. That it is bad. Kids shouldn’t be allowed to watch it. People who watch a lot of television are just a bunch of couch potatoes. Here is my position. Moderation is key in pretty much everything. Yes I watched 26 + episodes of a television show last weekend and I am talking moderation. Those kind of weekends are clearly not every other weekend. They can be fun and captivating but after awhile you definitely can almost feel the need to go do something active! I am definitely of the opinion that there is a huge global movie and television industry for a reason and at the heart of that is what I was saying about real human emotions. I love television because I love storytelling and story-watching, I love connecting, relating, empathizing and sympathizing. Kinda like why I love blogging. 

Quote from Missy Peregrym, Andy McNally on Rookie Blue. I just love this quote so much. I feel viewers can go through the same thing, experiencing something in real life that they have seen play out on tv or vice versa- seeing something play out on tv that they have experienced in real life 

I leave you with some great music (which I happened to hear on Rookie Blue).

Summer Pen Pals!

Elizabeth from E Tells Tales hosted a summer pen pal exchange. She had anyone who wanted to participate leave a comment with their age, location, favorite things, etc. and their ideal age, location and favorite things in a pen pal. She then worked her magic and paired the participants up! Well I was excited to be a part of this pen pal thing and thought E would do a great job at matching us up, but it turned out even better than I had hoped. In the end I ended up not getting a pen pal as much as a new friend! I love stumbling upon new blogs in this big old blogosphere and I had started following Amy at Sweet Home Santa Barbara. She seemed to be in a similar place in her life as me, she is a year older but started her blog to document her post-college life. A year really isn’t a big difference at all, especially when it seems like a big chunk of the bloggers out there are in their mid to late twenties. Well anyways Amy and I started commenting & emailing back and forth and... 

It turned out that we were Pen Pals! E had given Amy my mailing address and when I said something along the lines of “I love how blogging can bring people who live across the country from each other together” and she said something like “ Wait you said you live in Georgia right? ... this is gonna sound weird but I think you are my pen pal from E’s Summer Pen Pals!...” Amy then preceded to tell me my address and sure enough we were definitely pen pals! It was crazy and awesome that we connected on our own before we ever sent a letter! Now we have become pretty good friends on this little blogosphere and I love it! 

This past weekend I got my Pen Pal Package in the mail and it was so exciting! I got home Saturday and my mom had gotten the mail and there sitting on the couch was this beauty! 

      1. A Gourmet Easy Dinner's Book. I am pretty picky but am trying to try new things, and I love cooking!

      2. A Santa Barbara Postcard and sweet note from AMY! 

     

      3. Alba Cocoa Butter hand and body lotion. 

   

      4. Loreal nail polish in pink me up! 

     

      5. Burt's Bees chapstick. 

      6. A Dove Chocolate Bar that I immediately put in the freezer! 

Thank You so much Amy! I am so glad we “met” and can’t wait to get to know you better and of course will be sending you a package soon! 

A Mountain Morning

I figured I should recap last weekend before this weekend starts. Last weekend I was in North Carolina at my Grandfather’s. My mom and I went up there and my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin were also there for a visit. Saturday morning we woke up and went to Joey’s Pancake House. It is a local and tourist favorite, always crowded because it is pretty dang good. We got there early enough where we didn’t have to wait but about five minutes. Breakfast was delicious and afterwards my cousin wanted to go driving up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. He’s from texas and doesn’t get over to the Mountains nearly as much as we do. It was something my mom and I don’t do often since we are there so much. It is always refreshing how beautiful the Mountains are. By 11 o’ clock we had already had a pretty great day in my book.  

 view from the top of an observation tower. allegedly the most photographed view in the smokies. 

 not the best picture but not the worst. it should be noted we woke up, threw on some clothes and went to breakfast! 

 waterrock knob- a little over a mile high. 

 I love the way the clouds are floating

 this side was really foggy and the sun was peaking through! 

It's Not the First Day Of Classes

So today is the first day of classes At LaGrange. But I’m not going to any classes. Why? Because I graduated. Oh Yeah that’s why, I knew there was a reason. So as I have seen many a facebook status talking about it being first day of classes, I got sad. Right Now, I really am honestly sad that I don’t have any classes to go to tomorrow. That I won’t see everyone.  That I won’t be going to the caf and eating the crappy food. That I didn’t spend this past weekend moving all my stuff back to school. My Dad said to treat the summer like a regular summer. It was hard but that’s pretty much what it was. But now summer is over and where does that leave me? I miss being in LaGrange. Being on my own. Lots of people all around, but a lot of just me time too. There is something so special about living on campus. You have your own space but you aren’t alone. It is much different being back at home. For someone who often times feels like a little girl, living at home again after four years at college really magnifies that feeling. I am trying to enjoy this post-college life even at this starting point when it seems really hard to appreciate and enjoy. But there are hard days when I just wish today I could say it’s the first day of classes. But it is not.