Sports Night

So I've long held the belief that My So-Called Life got the all time "Dead Before It's Time" Award when it came to tv shows. I have recently been watching a show that would give MSCL a run for it's money. Sports Night also aired on ABC though in 1998, four years after MSCL. It's fast dialogue as written by Aaron Sorkin could be difficult to follow if you didn't listen hard enough...and it really wasn't about sports. That might have thrown people off. However, the family of characters is great and they're all so distinct after a few epsidoes that it's hard not to love them.

Also, as a fan of the West Wing, it's interesting to watch Aaron Sorkin's tv work prior to it, because there are some echos. Felicity Huffman's character Dana seems to be pre-CJ, a smart sassy woman with a high powered job...Natalie is pre-Donna, though she actually successfully gets with the guy she likes at work...and Isaac is pre-Jed, the person the action happens around and occasionally to.

Aaron Sorkin was quoted as saying he wanted to focus more on the West Wing when ABC didn't pick up Sports Night...but it was also known that the network didn't quite get what he was trying to do. If they had watched the show, maybe they would have.

Me

I am someone who delights in the theatre. I am patently unable to stroll anywhere. I don't own an iPod because I'd rather write in my head. I love Broadway and a capella music and classic rock, but can't stand most top 40 music. I have a story to tell, but haven't quite figured out the best way to tell it yet. I like cherry flavored things. Loyalty is an important quality in a friend. Lying to protect someone is soemtimes necessary, but lying for lying's sake is an unforgivable offense. I am one of few Jews who operate on regular time, not Jewish standard time. I have recently lost 17 pounds. I don't believe in regret. I would do anything for my family and some of my friends because they would do anything for me. I believe people deserve second chances. I hate sitting in front of a computer all day but I do it so I can pay my rent and college loans and hope for something better. Global warming is a terrible condition, but I revel in 60 degree days in March. I think Jonathan Larson, JK Rowling, Pete Hamill and Aaron Sorkin are all brilliant writers in completely different ways. I love my HBO and Netflix. I sometimes can't contain the stories in my head and reach for the closest paper, be it a napkin or a notepad to write them down so they don't disappear. I miss my Aunt who died six years ago. I wouldn't trade my time at Syracuse University for anything in the world though it has left me in considerable debt and an uncertain future. Money is an ends to a means, but not all important to my happiness; I would rather be happy than rich and unhappy. I believe everyone should have a fair shake at their dreams, whatever those dreams might be. I would rather eat Japanese or Thai food than Italian food. Chicken soup really is a cure for every ill. I am one of few who does not think 'Family Guy' and the 'Simpsons' are hopt dates with the tv. I wish producers would stop making broadway shows out of bad movies. I work for free at the theatre because I want to. I still tend to think of myself in terms of being a girl, instead of woman. Love should be a partnership; no more, no less. People should know what is happening in the world so if they don't like it, they can do something to change it. I hate it when crumbs get left on the table. I get enomotional watching movies that I have seen before. My collections of books and movies are important to me. Work shouldn't be the only thing in life. Women everywhere should have control over their destinies.

This is me. Who are you?

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

I know it's been a while. And now that is is officailly been my twenty-fifth birthday for six minutes, I thought I'd take some time for some existential musings...

So here it is: I'm not one who really believes in the whole "quarter life crisis" thing, since I've been "oh, what am I doing with my life?" since I graduated from college anyway. But the question that I ask now is this: How is my life different now than it was a year ago.

And the answer is...I don't think it is. I'm in the same apt, same job, still no man. What gives? I mean, granted, i chose to stay in the same apt. That's not the issue here. The issue is the other two. I've been on more interviews than I can remember in this past year and I'm still at the same job that I tolerate but don't love. I've been on a couple dates here and there but largely, they have been disappointing. It's weird...people always expect a new age to feel different, but it never does.

Is it something I'm doing wrong? D I think that if I had a different job it would solve everything? Do I have impossible expectations when it comes to looking for a guy to date? I don't know. I really don't. There's only so much one can analyze herself before she loses it.

What I hope to be in my 25th year is this: a good person, a good writer, a good friend. To find a new job. To continue my search for love. That is really all one can ask for out of a new start whether it be New Years', Rosh Hashanah, a birthday...or just a new day.