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01/21/2005: "Mean Girls"

Happy 22nd birthday Shannon!

My first batch of DVDs arrived yesterday from Blockbuster's Netflix-like service, and I'm already thrilled with it (although I wonder how many DVDs get broken in the mail since they're not even in a jewel case!). I blew off law school homework and watched Mean Girls, and I can't gush enough about it. It's absolutely brilliant and hilarious, in a very intelligent-funny kind of way. I've decided Tina Fey is a genius and that she must never stop writing movie scripts.

The high school stereotypes in teen movies always puzzle me. As far as I'm aware, my high school did not have The Popular Group, The Jock Group, etc. Then again, I pretty much ignored high school societal norms and did whatever I wanted. Was I just unaware? My class also had 500 people in it, maybe it was too big for Stereotypical Groups? Did anyone actually go to a high school that mirrored the stereotypes you see in TV shows and the movies?

While talking about great movies, I also want to bring up two shows I've started watching. Joan of Arcadia is fantastic; it's like 7th Heaven without the preaching and with more subtle, profound messages and realistic characters. Point Pleasant seems like a typical teen nighttime drama, which is disappointing since Marti Noxon from Buffy is writing/producing it. I was expecting much more. However, I'll keep watching since it's decent and hopefully its quality will improve.

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My h.s. totally had the stereotypical cliques. I usually hung out with the stoners, and the preppie/popular/jock groups kind of blended together. There were also nerds and geeks, which were basically the same, and were more social outcasts than smart, but then there were the smart kids. Religious kids hung out together, and a lot of them were in choir. Drama kids were kind of separate too. I wish it hadn't been like that, because by the time the reunion came, only the popular/preppies showed up, plus maybe 10 others that I knew well. Sigh.

Tara, Saturday, January 22nd

My HS was definitely split up into cliques. I graduated in a class of almost 400, and we had our jocks, geeks, preppies, populars, bandos, outcasts, and more. It's a shame things were as petty as that, but when at that age people feel the need to categorize each other for some reason.

As for the Blockbuster service, I was considering going that route over Netflix, but then I gott pissed at BB with their new "no late fees" campaign, which is nothing but a complete scam.

Izzy, Sunday, January 23rd

Thanks for leaving a comment on my site. I've been using the Blockbuster service for several months without any complaints. Quick, easy, and cheap.

Robert, Sunday, January 23rd