Sharkboy

I must admit that I grew up in the best TV era of all time, from late 60′s to the early 80′s. TV was extra good then. It didn’t rely on CGI. It didn’t try to just copy the competition once a network had found a hit, they just tried to outdo each other by searching for the next great big idea. They aimed at making things fun instead of depressing. Product placement was hardly present in any scenes. And the intro or end credit song(s) were totally memorable. I find that today everything is a rehash, a re-imagening, a copy of something that was done better 30 years ago, albeit with cheesier effects. From Adam 12, to Hawaii 5-0, to 6 Million Dollar Man, to Charlie’s Angels, to Golden Girls and all the gems in between, I’m glad I grew up in that period of time.

The one exception comes from the late 90′s explosion of reality TV with Survivor leading the pack. I’ve been watching Survivor since the very first episode and I’m still watching it today. Am I addicted? No, I could miss an episode without having to search all interwebs to find out in details what happened. Same goes for Amazing Race, which I absolutely love but when I miss an episode, I can still function.

A few years back, RuPaul came out with Drag Race. DR and I watched the first season when it aired in Canada, months after it aired in the States. You could tell RuPaul was having tons of fun with this little show, and although I would’ve preferred a different winner, I was totally hooked on the glamour these she-males brought to our big screen TV. Unfortunately, they never aired Season 2, Season 3 nor Drag U in Canada and I never got to see more of RuPaul’s Drag Race until very recently when 2 of the best guys I know gave us copies of all episodes on dvd… It took us 4 nights to watch all of Season 2 and Season 3 minus the last 4 episodes which had not aired yet… Our friends were about to travel and Easter was coming, so we decided that after the last episode aired on April 25th, we’d get together and watch them together over some fancy drinks… That’s when I realized I was addicted to this show, I needed to get the ending. I needed my crowned winner…

This past weekend we got together and watched it all… My fave did win too… but I must admit that it was tough to have to wait so many days & hours to get to that moment. And now I cannot wait for Season 4…

Honorable mentions also go to Dexter, Mad Men and The Walking Dead as more recent shows I could, possibly, maybe, be addicted to.

Back in 2005, when DR and I didn’t live together yet, while on a walk through the neighbourhood, we both saw a flattened rat on the road. Like really pancaked. Of course his camera flew out of his pocket and pictures were taken and we nicknamed his Squishy.

A week or so later, as a pre-birthday gift, I bought him a gorgeous green orchid. She was very beautiful and he immediately named her Squishy because the flowers were so flat.

Here’s a poem I wrote about our two flattened:

Squishy the rat died today
A horror I can’t stop replay
So to ease the pain in my mind
I just happen to have a great new find
She’s tall, she’s thin, she’s delicate
And no my friend, she’s not a rat
Squishy is dead, Squishy has died
Squishy the orchid lives, I have not lied

–Sharkboy, 2005

You can see the accompanying pictures DR had on his blog by clicking on this link…

I have also decided to accept the blog challenge that DR has taken on from Stevie B, but in true Sharkboy fashion, I will do it in a different order… I’m taking a page from Tarantino and will start with Challenge #6, showing a picture that makes me happy… so happy in fact that I have 2 to show.

These pictures are very recent, from this past weekend in fact, and they bring a great smile to my face. When I look at those, it reminds me of all the crazy pictures I have taken of my husband with all sorts of crazy props and I just love his spontaneity. It’s just one of the things I love about him.

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present to you:

BIG EYE

AND

BIG MOUTH