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Jim Davis got paid today, and it's now officially midterm season, so I decided it was time for a present: A year of XBox Gold. I got it mostly so I could actually, y'know, use my netflix account to its fullest potential, since we're rather lazy about getting new ones. The nearest mailbox is about a mile and a half away in the wrong direction, so we just don't get to it more than once every two weeks or so. This watch it instantly thing seemed like a nifty thing to try. It really is because...
wait for it...
THEY HAVE EVERY EPISODE OF XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS.
I LIVED for this show when it was on. From what I can tell now, I started watching it on about the third episode, and I was religious about it until, I dunno, 1998 or 1999. The whole India/Budda/Post-getting-crucified plot really didn't do it for me. It was too serious after that. And I hung out almost every day with Mark, and I couldn't risk him finding out I liked Xena.
I've watched a few episodes today--mainly the ones from the first two seasons that I remember really well--and I am EATING this up, for so many reasons. Don't get me wrong, it's not a good show by basically any standard, but it has a metric ton of camp and it is STEEPED in nostalgia for me, so I love it.
I've been drafting scenes for playwriting with it on in the background, and it's made me feel so much better about my writing. My first drafts are written with slightly more grace and nuance than this. But strangely enough, some of them are roughly in the same style. Makes you wonder how much our tastes ever really change, eh?
wait for it...
THEY HAVE EVERY EPISODE OF XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS.
I LIVED for this show when it was on. From what I can tell now, I started watching it on about the third episode, and I was religious about it until, I dunno, 1998 or 1999. The whole India/Budda/Post-getting-crucified plot really didn't do it for me. It was too serious after that. And I hung out almost every day with Mark, and I couldn't risk him finding out I liked Xena.
I've watched a few episodes today--mainly the ones from the first two seasons that I remember really well--and I am EATING this up, for so many reasons. Don't get me wrong, it's not a good show by basically any standard, but it has a metric ton of camp and it is STEEPED in nostalgia for me, so I love it.
I've been drafting scenes for playwriting with it on in the background, and it's made me feel so much better about my writing. My first drafts are written with slightly more grace and nuance than this. But strangely enough, some of them are roughly in the same style. Makes you wonder how much our tastes ever really change, eh?