Where Did You Get $240? Sshhh…

I dedicate this post to Miz Literature.

Does anyone else remember the TV show The State from MTV? It was on in the mid-90’s and was quite possibly some of the goofiest, funniest, most random shit ever. Sometimes the sketches were stupid, but oh man…when they got something right those mothers NAILED it.

Plus, I love Ken Marino:

Here is where I would make a joke about him dipping his balls in something, but, like, 3 people would get it and the rest of you would just think I’m a sick perv.

I keep hearing rumors of a movie involving the cast and I’m not really sure how that would work. It would be like a Saturday Night Live movie: what the hell would the plot be? It’s a sketch comedy program – would they try to tie in recurring characters to make some sort of cohesive plot? Would it be any good? Who am I kidding? I’d pay full price to see it. The soundtrack would be great.

Not really sure where I’m going with this, other than wondering if anyone else out there knows this show. I find that I quote from many of the sketches a lot in daily life, regardless if I think the person I’m talking to has any clue what I’m saying. Anyone? Bueller?

They’re All Gonna Laugh at You

I am probably toeing the line between superfan and crazy freakshow here, but this week’s episode of 30 Rock was pretty much the best thing I’ve ever seen. Ever. God bless Hulu. If you missed it on Thursday, you can watch it on http://www.hulu.com/ as many times as you want. Like, three times in one day while you eat cheese and crackers. Not that I would do that or anything… just, uh, making you aware of options. Yeah.

Liz goes to her high school reunion somewhat reluctantly, as she dreads facing up to the cool, pretty girls. Encouraged by Jack to show them that she is a successful, happy adult, she attends only to find out that the sense of humor she cultivated as a defense mechanism caused actual emotional trauma to everyone she encountered. Throw in the girl from Teen Witch, some 80’s music and references to Carrie and you have the finest half hour on television this week.

After watching this I actually IM’d a friend of mine “i think i was kind of like liz lemon in high school.” So, uh, sorry if I was a total bitch or whatever. I was in kind of a bad mood from 1987 until about 2002.

Maybe This is the Wine Talking

This won’t come as a shock to anyone who has known me for more than 30 seconds, but I was pretty late to the game when it comes to the dating thing. Girls who sweat Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation were not really prom queen material at SHP. My high school (and let’s be honest: most of college) days were spent nursing crushes on my guy friends while being the funny sidekick. I was Duckie.

Consequently, I’m remarkably naive – some may even say clueless – when it comes to flirting, dating and dealing with the opposite sex. I’m honest to the point of freaking people out and I am missing the “play it cool” gene. Mama has no game, kids.

“Why do you want to walk me to the restaurant? Do you think I can’t find it myself?”

“Why do you want my number? We just sat here and talked baseball. What, you want to call me later?”

When a guy chats me up I immediately look for the bucket of pig’s blood in the rafters and wonder, “Maybe he needs me to tutor him in French” or “Maybe this is a dare like in She’s All That” and then I remember I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY and my life is not a Freddie Prinze Jr movie. It may seem like I’m remarkably cynical, but I’m actually insanely trusting to the point where I get hurt repeatedly. At the very least, I’m always shocked when someone behaves in a less-than-honorable way. And I definitely don’t get how someone could be so mean to another person after declarations of love and the desire to share a life together.

I’m not really sure where I’m going with all of this. It’s just been a weird month or so of extremes among my friends and family: beautiful weddings and joyful pregnancy announcements or horrible heart-wrenching break ups. It has all made me reflect on relationships and love and all the stuff we go through. It’s a miracle anyone ever gets together, really.