Another Oops

Forgot to update yesterday. I was up super-late playing Marvel, watching Corner Gas, then giving the Sopranos a shot.

All of which rocked my world.

Today, I don't really know how many episodes of Corner Gas I watched, but I do know that I finished the series. It was a really sad thing, finishing it.

I find Corner Gas to be a hysterical comedy show, but it's so much more than that. Crazy as it may sound, it became an alternate reality of sorts for me. But what do I mean in everyday terms?

I mean that the characters in the show can seem flat at first, but it becomes clear that the characters are real people as the show goes on. Each of the main cast has an undeniable amount of charm, and by the end of the show... it's like they were all a group of friends that I hang out with.

Watching the way the characters interact, understanding the relationship dynamics, it is obvious that I'm looking at living, breathing human beings. This resulted in watching an episode having a similar effect as listening to a friend talk about something s/he had done in the past... if not actually being there to experience the thing with the friend as it happens.

During the last episode of Corner Gas, I found myself quite sad. It was a funny episode, but it had a feeling similar to the one I have with my real friends now. It brought this realization of "we're going different directions, so this is kinda goodbye."

Sure, I'll keep in touch with my friends, but it won't be the same at all. Perhaps I give Corner Gas a little too much credit, but it's obvious to me that it is a more immediately tangible example of something that I'm actually experiencing and processing in this reality.

It's bittersweet, to say the least.