I need to start writing.

I do. I want to start writing. Everyone says it helps you organize your thoughts so you can make sense of this big scary world. And by everyone I mean my one writer friend, but I'm sure other people say it too.

Well, here I am, big scary world- I'm starting. But what's a good story without a roadblock?

The reality is that I've been stuck at my laptop for hours staring at my screen trying to figure out what I wanted to write about. I kept thinking to myself, "Ok! This is your time to be creative, your time to shine, so write about something bold, something groundbreaking!" Something that'll make me actually want to keep writing. I just had no idea what I was passionate enough about to ramble on for paragraphs and paragraphs for without anyone shutting me up because there are no rules on the internet.

So I thought. I thought and I thought and I made myself a sandwich and had a mental breakdown and got distracted because Friends was on and I absolutely needed to feel the secondhand embarrassment for Monica and Rachel when the girls lose their apartment to Chandler and Joey in a game of Who Knows Who Best even though I've likely seen it 100 times before. I was laughing. Like, literally laughing out loud in my sister's empty apartment after an 8-hour shift at work with no one within ear shot other than her omnipresent (and rather judgmental) cat. And as I was wiping the tears from my face while the boys began their cringe-worthy yet entertaining victory dance for their newly acquired home, I thought to myself, why is this still so funny to me even though I've seen it a billion (minor exaggeration) times?

And then it hit me. A good scene is a good scene, period. No matter the decade, the political climate, the looming threat of mass destruction via climate change disaster, or whatever shitty product a Kardashian/Jenner is coming out with. Our love for entertainment is permanent and unchanging. It comforts us, makes us laugh, makes us question things, makes us feel. And that's literally insane to me. Films, TV shows, books and the like will always be around to make us feel something. I mean, I literally wrote my final paper for Origins and Evolutions of Modern Thought (absurdly fancy title for modern philosophy) class on how I believe young adult literature is necessary for adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, or identity issues. (Subtle self-promo: contact me if you want to read it!)

Anyways, enough of that. Make yourself comfortable. Because I'd like to give you a warm welcome to my film, TV, and book review blog. But I have to warn you; this might just end up being primarily film blog, as I shamelessly am most enthralled with that subset of entertainment.

Onward!

source: tvguide.com