G R O W Y O U R W I N G S

So I was going on to a friend about how I wished there were certain series that I'd never seen so that I could discover them for the first time and have the pleasure of watching them as totally new.

BSG & SPN are in that list.

But then I remembered the first series that really grabbed me like this. Queer as Folk. A show that I never would have imagined myself loving to this total extreme. Not because of anything against the subject matter--more that it, I guess, didn't really interest me? But I got curious one day and netflixed the first episode and ended up mainlining S1-S5 in a matter of weeks.

I was just re-watching one of my favorite QAF fanvids. Set to the music of Rent--Seasons of Love. As I was watching it I swear--my heart just SWELLED with the love I have for these characters. Brian & Justin of course. But Michael, Ben, Emmett, Ted, Lindsay, Melanie, Debbie, Vic, Hunter, and even Blake. I cared so DEEPLY for them. I used to want Emmett as my best friend. Or Debbie. Sharon Gless just ROCKED in this show. I remember watching the Showtime reunion show and just laughing and smiling along with the actors. And watching the GOODBYE show and hearing about how much the show impacted so many people.

I'm glad I found the show after it was done. I don't think I could have stood to wait between episodes--much less between seasons. Especially between S1 & S2. I got my daughter hooked on this show. I forgot to warn her not to watch the S1 finale without me. I was away on business when she called me in tears. I thought something really BAD had happened. She was incoherent. I finally realized she'd watched the episode. And I had the S2 DVDs with me--so she couldn't watch the next one. She was a wreck.

I've been thinking about re-watching something. QAF may be it

Seasons of Love...