I remember watching the first season of MTV [1]'s The Real World [2]. I had just moved out for the first time and the apartment I shared with my two friends actually had cable.
Cable!
Okay, basic cable, but cable nonetheless.
And in between gorging out on music videos and Liquid Television [3] was this odd soap operaesque show of a bunch of twenty-somethings thrown into a condo in Manhattan [4]. I found it oddly compelling and watched the the following season [5].
I stopped watching it after that though, due to a variety of reasons (moving back home, losing interest, etc).
So I was rather surprised to learn that a friend of mine, Katelynn [6], was going to appear on season 21 of “The Real World [7]”. My first thought was Cool! followed by that show is **still** on the air?
I first met Katelynn a few years ago through Spring [8], as they both worked for Negiyo. I found her to be quite the geek, deep into martial arts and rather cute (and I still find her attractive even though I know she wasn't always a she—and she's not the only transsexual person I know, but that's another post).
So it'll be interesting to see how they edit the show to portray Katelynn. It's also wierd to think that “The Real World” is now old enough to vote and drink. Where did the time go?
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Television
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_New_York
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_Los_Angeles
[6] http://indigochildkate.livejournal.com/