when i was a kid

this was my favorite show. this and northern exposure. i think actually that american gothic filled the northern exposure void when it went off the air.



i loved this show so much. before i went to alaska with my dad 2 summers ago i actually tried to google 'cicely, alaska roslyn's cafe'. i found out that the show was actually fimed in roslyn, wa. i don't know if i've ever felt more duped in my life.

so thanks to hulu i'm now revisiting these two fine shows. and realizing that they really weren't that fine at all. at least that's the case with american gothic. as is it is with all media, i can really only be devoted to one thing at the time so i'm watching one, then the other.

the show is just...terrible. i remember when it went off the air (after one season) i could not even conceive of what t.v. executives were high on. it was the best show on television ever. now i see the light. it's almost excruciating to watch.

and by excruciating i mean so good! for some 90210 is their walk down memory lane. for me it's this.

i will say that i still retain my love for lucas black. he was my super duper crush when i was 12 (mostly because of the accent). while child lucas is someone i no longer want to go to the movies with and hold hands or maybe slow dance with, i still want to hug him to death and hope that i have sons that are this precocious. what a little baby!

as for him now



not exactly my type, but i'll tell you this: being raised in the country never EVER leaves your bones. EVER. so there is something about that accent (and that all-around hillbilly, cowboyness) that will always work.


i'm going to go out on a limb and say that northern exposure probably won't be as bad. i'm interested to see whether my favorite characters then will also still be my favorites now



oh how i loved them.

i wonder whether i'll still hate joel and maggie.

i certainly find parallels with joel and maggie and these equally annoying centerpieces:



oh get over it already. everyone knows that rose and bernard is the only couple that matters.



that's what i'm talking about.