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______________________________________________________________ so i suppose it’s time that i divulge my obsession with the show Skins. In the summer and fall of 2008 i was watching a great deal of BBC America. A great channel that i still often frequent for such hits as Cash in the Attic and the Graham Norton Show among others. so anyway, i caught a preview for the pilot of this new racy show on BBC called Skins and i was like, ok i could be down for this. remember this was at the height of gossip girl popularity, and i was like awesome, more hot people having sex and being silly.  done. so i watched the first episode and i was kind of like, wait these people aren’t hot, and really they’re doing more drugs than anything else. and as much as i am for having a good time, anyone who knows me knows that i’m not the HUGEST fan of drugs. needless to say, at first i was kind of turned off. i didn’t watch another episode for almost 2 months. what brought me back was a blog i was reading on british culture and things like that. i’m also mildly obsessed with everything british. anyway this blog was saying how amazing this show was and how revolutionary the story lines were and how real and gritty the show is. and how it’s sexy. what? i watched the first episode, these people were not sexy. they were at best visually interesting. they were kind of dirty, in a british lower class kind of way. whatever, they said it was sexy i was going to give it another shot. besides, i was just out of school and looking for a job and i had a lot of free time  therefore i was in need of something to watch. so i went on amazon.co.uk and i found the whole first and second season on dvd. awesome. i guess the show debuted on BBC america late and they were already done with the second season and it had been on sale for a while. whatever. i had to have it. a week later i got it in the mail and i was pumped. sexy (?) british teens living their dirty lower-class lives. i was going to get into it. first of all, this was going to take some commitment. this was a british DVD so i couldn’t watch it in my DVD player. i had to reset my region on my laptop and watch it from there. something i loathe. i like watching tv on the television. call me crazy. well LET me tell you something. this show was freaking aaaaaaaaaaaamazing. and these creepy uglyish british people were really starting to grow on me. Sid, Chris, Cassie, Jalander, Anwar, Maxxie, Tony and Michelle were all Britting their ways into my heart. and yes. after a while. they are sexy. oh wow. said cassie. not only were these people sexy. i loved them. i wanted to be tony, though i saw myself in sid, and sadly, cassie. chris was someone i would have been in actual love with. i would have been jal’s best friend. i would have thought maxxie was too gay (even though i’d of course be really attracted to him. and i would have denied it to everyone, including myself). and poor anwar is just so pathetic how can you not love him. and michelle is just stupid. she doesn’t deserve tony, but that’s another matter completely. i don’t plan on ruining the intricate story lines and plot twists that make up this genius show. but i will tell you that as SOON as the theme song comes on i am instantly happy. it’s an amazing song that i listen to on occasion just to brighten my day. skins does that. it just brightens my day. even though it’s sad. it makes me happy. i think that you. you who are reading this, should buy this amazing series and watch it. i am just starting season 3. see the way this show works is there was a story with the first generation pictured above. and after the first two seasons that story was finished. season 3 begins with a new generation of fucked up high schoolers, plus one familiar face. i was kind of boycotting the 3rd season for a hot minute because i was so upset that i wasn’t going to keep seeing the characters that i loved. but i miss it so much, it’s time to give it a try. that being said. YOU need to give it a try. it’s a wonderful mix of sex, drugs, inner-turmoil, death, growing up and AMAZING british music. Skins is probably my favorite show that’s ever been on TV. not kidding. not even a little bit. Skins + Me = Perfect.

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so i suppose it’s time that i divulge my obsession with the show Skins. In the summer and fall of 2008 i was watching a great deal of BBC America. A great channel that i still often frequent for such hits as Cash in the Attic and the Graham Norton Show among others. so anyway, i caught a preview for the pilot of this new racy show on BBC called Skins and i was like, ok i could be down for this. remember this was at the height of gossip girl popularity, and i was like awesome, more hot people having sex and being silly.  done.

so i watched the first episode and i was kind of like, wait these people aren’t hot, and really they’re doing more drugs than anything else. and as much as i am for having a good time, anyone who knows me knows that i’m not the HUGEST fan of drugs. needless to say, at first i was kind of turned off. i didn’t watch another episode for almost 2 months.

what brought me back was a blog i was reading on british culture and things like that. i’m also mildly obsessed with everything british. anyway this blog was saying how amazing this show was and how revolutionary the story lines were and how real and gritty the show is. and how it’s sexy. what? i watched the first episode, these people were not sexy. they were at best visually interesting. they were kind of dirty, in a british lower class kind of way. whatever, they said it was sexy i was going to give it another shot. besides, i was just out of school and looking for a job and i had a lot of free time  therefore i was in need of something to watch. so i went on amazon.co.uk and i found the whole first and second season on dvd. awesome. i guess the show debuted on BBC america late and they were already done with the second season and it had been on sale for a while. whatever. i had to have it. a week later i got it in the mail and i was pumped. sexy (?) british teens living their dirty lower-class lives. i was going to get into it.

first of all, this was going to take some commitment. this was a british DVD so i couldn’t watch it in my DVD player. i had to reset my region on my laptop and watch it from there. something i loathe. i like watching tv on the television. call me crazy.

well LET me tell you something. this show was freaking aaaaaaaaaaaamazing. and these creepy uglyish british people were really starting to grow on me.

Sid, Chris, Cassie, Jalander, Anwar, Maxxie, Tony and Michelle were all Britting their ways into my heart. and yes. after a while. they are sexy. oh wow. said cassie.

not only were these people sexy. i loved them. i wanted to be tony, though i saw myself in sid, and sadly, cassie. chris was someone i would have been in actual love with. i would have been jal’s best friend. i would have thought maxxie was too gay (even though i’d of course be really attracted to him. and i would have denied it to everyone, including myself). and poor anwar is just so pathetic how can you not love him. and michelle is just stupid. she doesn’t deserve tony, but that’s another matter completely.

i don’t plan on ruining the intricate story lines and plot twists that make up this genius show. but i will tell you that as SOON as the theme song comes on i am instantly happy. it’s an amazing song that i listen to on occasion just to brighten my day. skins does that. it just brightens my day. even though it’s sad. it makes me happy. i think that you. you who are reading this, should buy this amazing series and watch it.

i am just starting season 3. see the way this show works is there was a story with the first generation pictured above. and after the first two seasons that story was finished. season 3 begins with a new generation of fucked up high schoolers, plus one familiar face. i was kind of boycotting the 3rd season for a hot minute because i was so upset that i wasn’t going to keep seeing the characters that i loved. but i miss it so much, it’s time to give it a try.

that being said. YOU need to give it a try. it’s a wonderful mix of sex, drugs, inner-turmoil, death, growing up and AMAZING british music. Skins is probably my favorite show that’s ever been on TV. not kidding. not even a little bit.

Skins + Me = Perfect.

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