Well now this is disheartening.
Of late, the WB 5-8pm sitcom lineup has been providing my after-work "entertainment." No that is not the disheartening part, shut UP.
The disheartening part is that on the particular episode of "Friends" I saw tonight, one of the wacky subplots involved an awkward evening between two casual acquaintances hanging out one-on-one for the first time. It was supposed to be the kind of situation so boring, so stilted, so very not fun that it's almost beyond belief. Oh, the silences. Ah, the desperate struggles to find some light chatter to fill the endless minutes. Gracious, the social backwardness. My my, the hilarity.
And all I could think was: this is like 90% of the conversations I have had, ever. It's weird - I mean it's not like I don't have plenty to say, as evidenced by the oh-for-crying-out-loud-shut-up-already-itude that can often be found amongst these very pages. But at the slightest hint of We Had Better Make Conversation Now..I've got nothing.
Schooled by "Friends." Could I get any lower?
Posted by hilatron at November 10, 2003 07:36 PM | TrackBackDude! I saw that one too. I am innately distrustful of people who can make idle chit-chat with anyone. And I also love the WB.
Posted by: SJ at November 13, 2003 12:06 PMAt least it wasn't "Major Dad."
Posted by: aaron at November 13, 2003 04:46 PM