So. I've pretty much always been a nerd. Even when I was say, eight, and watched bad television, it was nerdy bad television. Recently, one particular show has been haunting me. I could remember the general premise, some of the characters, and the fact that it was a lot like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers except even more on crack plus in Ireland (sort of) and with faeries; but I couldn't remember what it was called.
Thanks to the wonders of Wikipedia, though, I was able to find out its name:The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. Behold the glory...
Classy, no?
Indeed. I had very good taste.
I remember thinking that Deirdre was made of uberawesome and being totally frustrated that her element wasn't water.
Another example of my impeccable taste... When I was in kindergarten, I was absolutely infatuated with a series of books called The Jewel Kingdom.
Classic literature. No doubt about it.
I think I wanted to be the emerald princess. Or maybe the ruby one. Possibly both. But not the diamond one or the sapphire one. They were the boring ones, as far as I can remember. Whereas Roxanne the Ruby Princess and Emily the Emerald Princess were TOTALLY BADASS!
So basically, in case you had any doubt whatsoever, I always was and continue to be ridiculously, utterly and inescapably cool.
Period. The end.
Self-deprecating humor-having-ly, nerdily, nostalgically yours...
Friday, September 26, 2008
Fire within me! Water around me! Air above me! Earth below me! Forest before me!
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I am so exceedingly happy you posted. Also, that made me laugh. I, too, had now-cringeworthy taste in the past (Goosebumps, anyone? The Anne of Green Gables cartoon show?).
But I must add that I also had some very good taste.
I mean...
Sesame Street?
Kratt's Creatures (before it became freakin' Zoboomafoo, that is)?
Bill Nye the Science Guy?
Reading Rainbow?
Best (children's) shows ever of life.
Without a doubt.
Rae
Though admittedly, all those awesome shows were part of my young-er-than-when-I-watched-The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog life.
Does that mean that my taste deteriorated with age? Ugh. I shudder at the very thought.
But who knows? After all, I still have a soft spot for Mystic Knights and the like.
My childhood was mostly empty of age-appropriate entertainment.
I watched Yellow Submarine almost every day though.
I was obsessed with Gumby too.
And The Borrowers. Anyone ever read those books?
Did the Borrowers ever give stuff back? Or did they just steal stuff and call it borrowing? I forget.
anonymous: They most probably had every intention of bringing it back, but somehow never got around to actually returning it.
Oh, by the way - hi, Raechel!
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