Tv series generation

People always try to give a name to each generation and to stick a label to it. Also my generation is often determined in different ways. Someone can say that we are computer games generation, internet generation, smartphone generation, travelers generation, polyglots generation etc. There is a dose of truth in each of these denominations. But recently I realized another thing. We are tv series generation.

Who of you didn't watch Wild doll or another South American telenovela in the late elementary school? Does The Bold and the Beautiful sound strange to you? Have you ever seen any polish tv series like Pierwsza miłość, Na dobre i na złe or Na wspólnej? How many times have you seen Friends? And now what are you doing when you have an hour break between repeating the material from the last classes and reading book for another one?

Maybe it isn't a rule but almost all of my friends are crazy about at least one tv series. I know a lot of young people who watch their favourite series everyday. Some of them can watch the entire season in one or two days. And when the series ends they can immediately find another one and dedicate to it a lot of time.

I have to say that in moments like this I'm always asking myself 'Is everything okay with me?'. It is because I have little in common with my peers. When I was younger I used to watch some tv series with my mum but now I don't do this. I'm surprised that my friends find time to watch something. And they do this regularly! For me the titles like Doctor Who, How I Met Your Mother, Breaking Bad or even Game of Thrones are only words often spoken by my friends but I have no idea what these series could be about.

It is only one series which I like. But the frequency of my watching it is very low. It will be more clear if I say that I've watched it since about three years and now I'm in the beginning of the fourth season, which is the last one. It is the series which I remember from my childhood. It is called Early Edition and it is about a man Gary who everyday gets tomorrow's news paper which appears in his flat with a ginger cat. Gary's mission is to prevent tragedies. Very often saving someone he become himself in dangerous situations. It is a story about a normal man who likes to help another people. And that's why I like this series. Even if it isn't realistic it has a good impact on me. It always leaves some positive thoughts in my mind. Here is the beginning of the series:

Spiders that I like

After having described how I hate spiders and how I'm afraid of these fairy creatures I would like to present you three spiders that I really like. Two of them are related to my childhood. They aren't real spiders. The first is a toy that I used to play when I was a child. I had more than one of that toys because they used to break easily. It was a big spider made of black rubber with a piece of fur on its back. There was a kind of thin rope with a pump on its end. After squeezed the pump the spider jumped and it took a lot of fun! It could be bought at stalls during the parish festivals where there were a lot of toys, balloons, sweets and other things. Do you remember this kind of toy? Have you ever had something like this?

The second friendly spider is a character from a short cartoon called Spider in the Bath. When I was young it was on Polish tv in the programme called Wieczorynka which can be translated in English as Evening cartoon. In every short episode a boy saw the spider in the bathroom or in another place and he was afraid of it and wanted to get rid of it but the creature was always sly and hid somewhere so the boy couldn't eliminate it. The short story was always told by a song. I remember that after seeing it for the first time I couldn't stop singing the chorus of the song. When I was searching it on internet I found only English version and I couldn't find the Polish one and it made me sad because I no longer remember the lyrics of the entire Polish song. This cartoon was one of my favourite while my friends hated it. And do you remember it? Now when I'm asking my friends about the Spider in the Bath nobody remembers it. Here you can see and listen to the English version:

The third spider that I like very much is situated in the lyrics of one of my favourite Brian Eno's songs called Spider and I. He is my favourite musician. I have already written a post about him and his music so I don't want to develop this topic here. I like the song because it is very peaceful and relaxing. I like it also for the lyrics. When I'm listening to it I imagine myself watching the sky with a spider and in some way it makes me feel that these eight legged creatures aren't so dangerous and I wouldn't be so much afraid of them. It is a slow song, perfect to listen to before falling asleep...