My Life is a Sitcom, Okay?

I can't remember a time in my childhood where my parents and I weren't watching sitcoms together. My early childhood spanned from the 90s to the early years of the new millenium, so we ended up watching a lot of Friends and Seinfeld at night. I think this early exposure to really excellent TV shows inspired a deep love for film in general.

I can't tell you how close the TV show Friends is to my heart. I know, that sounds really dramatic, but you have no idea how many nights I've spent eating ice creaming and yearning for those years when I'd live in an apartment in NYC with a bunch of quirky people. What's really special about Friends is that it doesn't  in any way romanticize or gloss over what life is like. That's what I love about all sitcoms-they're painting reality in a really sweet and humorous way. Now, I am a complete Chandler. I'm basically convinced that Chandler and I are the same person,"hopeless, awkward, and desperate for love". He's charming, witty, lovable, and goofy. It's a Chandler thing. Somehow my parents still think I'm a Ross.

Another TV show that I really love is The Office. Every character on there is hilarious and I would stand to work in an office if I were able to experience all the farces that these characters do. The parkour scene will always be a favorite of mine as well as the sweet relationship between Jim and Pam throughout the seasons. There are still days when I turn my face to the imaginary camera in my classes when someone says something unbearably stupid, Office-style.

There are always new comedic TV shows that I'm falling in love with: Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, Portlandia, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, The Mindy Project, amongst others. 

It's funny how many friendships of mine have started over a mutual love for TV shows, which I think is perfect. Great friendships and relations in general start from being able to laugh at the same things. I sometimes think that people want to seal my mouth shut with duct tape simply because of how many times I  make nerdy references (particularly to TV) in one day, but what can I say?

My life is a sitcom.