F.R.I.E.N.D.S

I am home, have nothing much to do. I am not supposed to be disturbing my kid sister who has her pre-board examinations a week from now (that she chooses not to study of her own accord is something my parents refuse to believe). Anyways, watching television seems to be the only pastime available, as I have realized how useless net seems to be without being accompanied by our LAN. In spite of countless shows running on an infinite number of television channels, all I feel like watching are FRIENDS re-runs and Best of FRIENDS on Star World and Zee Cafe. The series still appeals, even though I have watched the various seasons again and again. Some products just happen, pretty much like a Black Swan event. Probably because it was the first of its kind or because every character was so endearing or whatever the reason, none of the countless me-too sitcoms that it spawned off could attain the cult-like status achieved by FRIENDS. My mom still cant understand why people were so attached to the series and its characters in the first place. Maybe I can, since I know now how friends can form a support system, become a kind of a substitute family, when you stay away from home, with an unspoken agreement saying I'll be there for you.