love and racism

when my friend trinh demanded that i write a new post, she suggested writing about love, racism, and the fact that she's tired.

well, you know what. i'm tired too. tired of people demanding too much of me. there's just not enough time. there's never any time! but i'm so excited, i'm so excited, i'm so scaaaaaaaaared.

officially laying off the cold medicine for the rest of the day. better i get my crazy out here though, rather than in the copy i'm writing at work right now. actually, let's talk about saved by the bell. as i wrote a 20 page paper on the love struggle between zack morris and kelly kapowski junior year of college, i'm sort of an expert on the show and relationships within it. and, on a thursday, how can you beat talking about things that went on back in 1989 -- also the year new kids on the block began filming their show. though, admittedly, it wasn't released until the following year.

i digress.

rather than discuss specific episodes of the show, i'd rather discuss some neato trivia about our favorite after-school gang. like -- did you know that jennie garth (kelly taylor on 90210) auditioned for the role of kelly kapowski? umm...were there only 2 tv shows shot in all of the 90s? cause tiffani thiessen (yeah, she dropped the amber. catch up.) then hopped on 90210 shortly after crazy shannen doherty jumped ship (or was pushed overboard as the case may be). and we all know you can't have a tv show without a bitchy brunette. and you remember that tori spelling got her start on saved by the bell too, before going on to bigger and better days of baring her middrift in every single episode of 90210.

Ed. Note: remember in the opening credits of 90210 when tori spelling is sitting under a tree eating a sandwich, but rather than biting into it she breaks off tiny pieces and then puts them in her mouth? to this day i still do that when i eat sandwiches because of that opening shot. thank god it's the only thing i learned from tori spelling.

my favorite saved by the bell trivia: remember the fashion show epsiode when lisa and zack are "dating" and screech gets all pissed b/c he sees them kissing and throws out some bitter line like "and here's zack wearing a suede coat -- the perfect article of clothing to wear when you STAB YOUR BEST FRIEND IN THE BACK!" anyway, i remember watching that show and thinking how weird it was that lisa and zack hooked up. and nooooooooooo not because she was black -- in fact, it pissed me off in the earlier episodes that lisa always had a random no-name black guy as her date to the dances. but, in fact, through most of the show including the epi's that they're in hawaii -- lisa (lark voorhies) and zack (mark-paul-mary-kate-ashley-gosselaar) were dating in real life! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

that gives you something to ponder next time you're blazed out, shoving pringles in your face, watching reruns on TBS at 4:30 in the afternoon when you should be at work...