Life is not all chickens and snakes and snow and mud on the homestead. We watch movies, stream videos, have multiple computers around the house, order things online and stay connected to “modern life”. No luddites here. Here’s a different kind of post today. Just random thoughts on last nights video watching.

Last night, we ran out of Fringe and Freaks and Geeks episodes. Now what?  These two have been great for Andrew and I to enjoy together. Without TV service and limited streaming ability, we most often watch movies and select TV shows borrowed from the library. Love discovering older shows I never saw – Freaks and Geeks, or even knew about – Fringe. Right now I’m having a completely geeky, Freaks and Geeks moment, please forgive me.

What a show. That WAS my high school era and experience so it was a happy surprise to find a show that took me right back to that era and then share that high school experience with my now high school age kid. The laser light shows with ELP playing, the music, friends in bands, disco, punk, the cliques, the cars and clothes,dungeons and dragons: I knew those freaks and geeks, I was them. The 30-piece drum kit, Neil Peart worshipping stoner dude – I dated him:) Meanwhile, my kid could relate to, and both of us connect on, those timeless high school issues: high school is still high school. Here’s to all those kids now heading back to high school and to the rest of us who walked those same halls…..and survived. Let us embrace our inner freaks and geeks.