I found this poem in a magazine recently. It describes perfectly my notion of “grown-up love.” You show that you love someone, not only by romantic gestures of gift giving (if you are lucky enough to even receive anything). Rather, it is the everyday, mundane things, like taking out the trash, having short showers so that there is enough hot water left for your partner, washing up the dishes or washing clothes – it’s the simple stuff that counts. After all, love is a verb. This poem sums it up nicely, so enjoy, and remember it when your partner seems to be unromantic. His / her idea of caring may just be remembering how you like to take your tea, with 3 spoons of sugar.
My latest television fix is a British sitcom called “The Inbetweeners” (BBC Entertainment channel 120 on DSTV on Tuesday nights at 21h30.) It chronicles the lives of four 16 year olds at a British comprehensive school, and as the name suggests, the group of friends are not exactly what is considered to be “cool” but they are not too nerdy either.
I find it hilarious due to its sometime “toilet humour” but then my sense of humour falls into that department. The show’s writers, Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, have the wonderful ability to take the mundane everyday high school shenanigans of teenage boys and turn it into something outrageously funny. The delivery of each line is done in perfect comic timing, thanks to the acting skills of the main cast, Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison).
More importantly, it brings back all of those high school memories circa 1989 and 1990 especially. I was in Standard 8 and Standard 9 in those years (that’s Grade 10 and 11 to all those older than 35 like me!). My friends and I definitely fell into the nerdy category (do fellow scholars copying your homework fall into the geek compartment?) Despite this fact, I always had aspirations of being on the arm of the hottest combination of athlete and student, for the matric farewell. Sadly, that did not happen (a blog down memory lane for another day), but it was in the style of a true Hollywood teenage movie. No, not “Carrie”.
Anyway, thought you should see some clips of “The Inbetweeners” to tickle your funny bone, and to bring back some of YOUR high school memories. What a pity that they only made 6 episodes in series 1 and 2. Hopefully, we will get to see series 3 shortly (hint, hint DSTV/ BBC Entertainment).
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