An LJ Entry - Now With Less Emo
So, since my last entry, things with me have gotten ... better. Not fixed, but better. I mean, the school situation is still dodgy, and it's not like I'm especially happy. But it's been better. Which is the best I can ask for at the moment, I guess.
I still really, really hate taking my meds though. But, like I said, I'm managing.
And, just like I predicted, I'm doing the best I can to worm my way back to Hollins. 'Cause, you know, that's where I actually want to be. My parents seem to be edging toward relenting, too, which is something. I'm actually making a powerpoint presentation on all the reasons I should go back, which is either very geeky, or very immature and silly. It's a bit difficult because the powerpoint version that comes with OpenOffice is pretty sucky.
But I'm trying not to make the depression thing the center of my universe. I'm trying to pretend that things are normal in the hopes that eventually it won't quite be pretending.
If you've been talking to me lately, you'll know that I am madly in love with the British TV show, Skins. I'm not sure why I'm in loving with the British TV show, Skins; I didn't really have a hedonistic, wild party filled, drug fueled teenage experience, so I shouldn't really be able to relate to the characters so well. But I really do love it. I love the characters, I love their style, I love their storylines, and I really love their actors. I don't know why, but I do.
So, when I heard they were going to do a US-remake, I was hesitant. Then, when I heard they were going to do a US-remake on MTV I was dismayed. Because... MTV? Really? Seriously?
I mean, the sex and the drugs and the swearing is a quintessential part of Skins. It's not what Skins is about at it's heart, but its lack of fear at using those things in a - I don't want to say realistic because it's TV, so of course it's not, but... - honest way, in relation to teens, is what makes the show so unique. Again, I don't know why that appeals to me - it's not like I have experience with drugs and sex, and my swearing ... I didn't know that prick was a bad word until a few weeks ago. That's how my swearing is.
But Bryan Elsey, the original Skins creator is heading the show, and he basically wrote everything I loved about the show in the first place, so I've reluctantly come to put my trust it. And the reports so far make it seem like it won't be a carbon copy of the first British season (see: making Maxxie into a lesbian named Tea), which is nice because, you know, why would I want to watch the same show, just with less cool accents?
Anyways, the point of this is, I really, really hope people watch it on MTV, and I really, really hope it doesn't suck because if they get a second season, they're going to solicit for young writers to work on the show, and I want to do that so fucking bad. I feel like all my fangirl-ing has lead up to this potential opportunity.
So, yeah. Watch Skins-USA when it airs, damnit. Enable my addiction!
I still really, really hate taking my meds though. But, like I said, I'm managing.
And, just like I predicted, I'm doing the best I can to worm my way back to Hollins. 'Cause, you know, that's where I actually want to be. My parents seem to be edging toward relenting, too, which is something. I'm actually making a powerpoint presentation on all the reasons I should go back, which is either very geeky, or very immature and silly. It's a bit difficult because the powerpoint version that comes with OpenOffice is pretty sucky.
But I'm trying not to make the depression thing the center of my universe. I'm trying to pretend that things are normal in the hopes that eventually it won't quite be pretending.
If you've been talking to me lately, you'll know that I am madly in love with the British TV show, Skins. I'm not sure why I'm in loving with the British TV show, Skins; I didn't really have a hedonistic, wild party filled, drug fueled teenage experience, so I shouldn't really be able to relate to the characters so well. But I really do love it. I love the characters, I love their style, I love their storylines, and I really love their actors. I don't know why, but I do.
So, when I heard they were going to do a US-remake, I was hesitant. Then, when I heard they were going to do a US-remake on MTV I was dismayed. Because... MTV? Really? Seriously?
I mean, the sex and the drugs and the swearing is a quintessential part of Skins. It's not what Skins is about at it's heart, but its lack of fear at using those things in a - I don't want to say realistic because it's TV, so of course it's not, but... - honest way, in relation to teens, is what makes the show so unique. Again, I don't know why that appeals to me - it's not like I have experience with drugs and sex, and my swearing ... I didn't know that prick was a bad word until a few weeks ago. That's how my swearing is.
But Bryan Elsey, the original Skins creator is heading the show, and he basically wrote everything I loved about the show in the first place, so I've reluctantly come to put my trust it. And the reports so far make it seem like it won't be a carbon copy of the first British season (see: making Maxxie into a lesbian named Tea), which is nice because, you know, why would I want to watch the same show, just with less cool accents?
Anyways, the point of this is, I really, really hope people watch it on MTV, and I really, really hope it doesn't suck because if they get a second season, they're going to solicit for young writers to work on the show, and I want to do that so fucking bad. I feel like all my fangirl-ing has lead up to this potential opportunity.
So, yeah. Watch Skins-USA when it airs, damnit. Enable my addiction!