Amanda and Busy

Work has been really rough this week and dragging so I basically feel like I am here 24/7 and at home/having fun very little lately.
I hope this changes.
I miss some friends, and even more so, some family, especially my brother and Geoff's sister and sister-in-law. And I definitely miss those beach-house weekends.


So lately, I have become (re) obsessed with this Canadian teen show that was on sometime in the 90's called Ready or Not. I was once obsessed with it when I was actually the age of the characters (12-14) and I have rediscovered my love for the spunky Italian tomboy, Busy Ramone and the girly, Jewish romantic Amanda Zimm through youtube.

The show was acutally way before its time and the girls frequently use the terms "masturbate," "pubes," and "dammit!"
This baffles me as I used to watch it on the Disney Channel, and I certainly don't remember hearing these words, but maybe I was a much cooler 13 year old and they didn't faze me.

Anway, I friggin love the show and watch it whenever I can (which is not a lot, unfortunately) and it definitely makes me feel better about life and takes me back to a day when the scariest thing I had to face was my algebra homework and if I should wear sparkly nail polish or not.

Definitely check out the controversial episode "Am I a Pervert or What?," in which Amanda questions her ethical self after she catches Busy's sexy older brother (the very guidy Dominic) in the shower and feels herself a little too turned on. Busy also admits to writing the question about masturbation in their Q&A gym class session.

My personal faves are "Members Only" and "Model Perfect," both featuring Amanda trying to impress the weirdly ugly "popular" girl, Chrissy by stealing an expensive sweater and developing an eating disorder, respectively. (Bet you didn't see that coming.)

Since it is now 5pm and I find myself with some time to kill, I will go check on them now.