HeY peeps.
How is ya? Me is, well ....

Coincedences are a funny thing sometimes. I got a comment the other day from the delightful Miss A, about my post last week, in which I mentioned Gilmore Girls.
In it she told me she thought it was better that I was watching Gilmore Girls rather than Degrassi: the next Generation.

Well it just so happened, that whatever night it was this week, I switched on the Tele and low and behold, to my astonishment, there was Snake. I was amazed. Actually, I'd seen one episode ages ago with Snake in it as a teacher, but paid no more attention to it than that really.
But then a curious thing happened in the story line, both of the show, and my post for today. Someone mentioned "Joey". So I looked a bit harder, and sure enough, it was Joey, the real Joey, from the original series. Not only that, he had just asked Caitlin to move in with him.
So there it was right in front of me, Snake, Joey and Caitlin; all from "old Skool" Degrassi. And yes, I believe it was also the real Caitlin.
Now, this may not seem a terribly great deal to anyone who strays upon my li'l blog by random, BUT, to me it did.

Ok, so recently, as some may know, I have been going through one of those little patches one hits from time to time in one's life. Y'know the one, the money is all gone (ie ALL), no job/income, no cigarettes etc, and way too much time; one of those times where you have a real, REAL good look in the mirror and stuff.....Have a good look around, check the co-ordinates, wonder about the future, question the past, have internal committee meetings and working parties of all kinds evaluate the outcomes of all the policies and decisions so far, what to change and not change, how to implement change and new policies and all that yummy kinda self reflective critiquing etc.
SO, yes, I've been doing all that lately... plenty of questioning the past, asking myself if the decisions I've made were the right ones etc, what would I do differently, what have I learnt; the simple stuff really.
And wondering about the future...Where AM I going? What Do I want to do when I grow up? What do I still want to do before I grow up? How to reconcile the two, now and being grown up, and maybe do something I like in life that I like, something more than a job, someting to live for; How to do what I love to, and make enough from it to pay the rent and keep my belly warm? How to ..... You get the picture.


So, here I am, asking myself all this, when I switch the Tele onto Degrassi: The next Generation (Couldn't they come up with a better name? It's all a bit too Star Trek to me).
And that's when I see Snake, Joey and Caitlin, all the same age as me, having gone through their "lives" since High School. I insinctively wondered, "What have they been doing all these years"? I mean, I know they're fictional characters, but we (as in the characters and myself) are all the same age and ended High School around the same time. (Co-incedently, there was a fire at the school in the episode I saw the other night, oh and Caitlin actually left Joey and is moving away - I'm so glad I got to see her just the once, and that she was still looking great...Yes I had a crush back then).

It was strange to see these TV characters, old friends in a sense, as grown up adults. So, naturally, I projected my concerns about my life onto them..."What were the last 15 or so years since High School like for them, and what did they do with those years"? and "Where are they going in their lives now"? I know I know... it's only TV. "Are they happy? Are they going where they want to?"

So I sat there, on my bean-bag, and just watched Degrassi, wondering.
The weird part though, is that they really did seem to be grown up and making the decisions that influence their futures, and I, well I was still just sitting there watching Degrassi, just as I was 15 or more years ago.

With so many things to do, and so many other things to do, and a living to be made, I guess probably the biggest question to answer really, is...
"How does one start answering the questions?" and "How does one take those first steps of action?"

Anyhow,
Ciao.