tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post4902731400021940372..comments2023-11-02T05:07:44.211-07:00Comments on Books, Boys, Buzz...: On my soapbox...Young Adult Authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12093024348425287064noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-19771951981757269672011-05-22T08:10:57.278-07:002011-05-22T08:10:57.278-07:00Days of Our Lives! My mom now cringes to hear me a...Days of Our Lives! My mom now cringes to hear me admit the number of times I cut classes to watch the end of a big storyline. Marlena possessed by the devil, Susan masquerading as Kristen and naming her baby Elvis, Princess Gina piloting a submarine to kidnap John... I could go on! Even though I don't watch every day, I'd be sad to know the people of Salem weren't there anymore. Especially if the alternative was more reality TV and talk shows.Heather Bitzerhttp://www.heatherbitzer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-42437600904902451402011-05-21T13:03:47.092-07:002011-05-21T13:03:47.092-07:00Eek - sorry for those typos! Can't fix now! *f...Eek - sorry for those typos! Can't fix now! *facepalm*Ricki Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867223272319064578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-17819213355127499242011-05-21T13:02:36.785-07:002011-05-21T13:02:36.785-07:00I used to want to *be* on GENERAL HOSPITAL; of cou...I used to want to *be* on GENERAL HOSPITAL; of course I'm sad! My blog is called "My Daytime Drama" in part because my first MS was about a soap nut -- but I digress.:)<br /><br />I plan to blog about this in the coming weeks as well, but it *is* sad. Like you, I haven't been glued to my screen, watching Adam Chandler and Jackson Montgomery every day -- hardly at all these days, in fact. But there was just something so comforting about knowing they were there. That, essentially, you could jump back in and the story lines, the casts, the characters were familiar.<br /><br />I dunno. Maybe that's why they got the ax. But still. It reminds me of my childhood. Of playing Barbies on with my mom, which she watched GH.<br /><br />And I suppose it's all a part of growing up, but it's just one moe thing to remind me that that was a looooong time ago. <br /><br />I hope those actors find jobs elsewhere as well. There are many fine actors with soap beginnings, as you mentioned. (Rob Lowe, John Stamos & Michael Weatherly, to name a few more delicious examples!)<br /><br />So sad! And the day GH goes off the air? *oh noes!* I don't even know what I'll do without Sonny Corinthos!Ricki Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867223272319064578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-24184939908234031142011-05-20T19:40:13.343-07:002011-05-20T19:40:13.343-07:00I admit to an addiction to Days of Our Lives over ...I admit to an addiction to Days of Our Lives over the summers when I'm not teaching. A fairly-guiltless pleasure!! (although these days I don't know too many of the actors!)<br />ericaerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-70589411272657239102011-05-20T10:58:40.801-07:002011-05-20T10:58:40.801-07:00I used to watch ANOTHER WORLD in high school. All...I used to watch ANOTHER WORLD in high school. All my friends did...it was something we talked about as if it was in our daily lives! Later, I wanted to write soaps, but never had the right "in..."TinaFerrarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356148823775352938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33681077.post-52004409085932222682011-05-20T10:57:24.964-07:002011-05-20T10:57:24.964-07:00I've never really watched Soaps - except for a...I've never really watched Soaps - except for a brief summer in high school when I watched One Life to Live. I think you're right, Steph - times have really changed. People don't have a chunk in the middle of their days to sit down and watch (hours of) soaps. <br /><br />Bravo is kind of the king of soap operas now -- Real Housewives of... has so many crazy things going on (brawl at christening last week on premiere of RH of NJ) so maybe that is the new soap opera. And don't even get me started on what's happened to the experiment called The Real World. ;)Heather Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010941540615940287noreply@blogger.com