l.a.k

What! are you dreaming..? this will never happen...
how can you think about that too....just forget it...
well so there is something there...
good so its progressing as I can see...good for you but be honest...
ok so what have you decided? are you going to do something or not...
well are you going to do anything about it or not...???
why the hell do you want to sit on it just go and vomit it out...!!
for God's sake are you gonna do anything or not...
so there is something else, its not in your hands but don't you give it up..!
ok, so so so... don't think about it...
hey how many times will we tell you just forget about it...
ok its over! its impossible... :(

Things... things...they just change
but the more they change they more they remain the same...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Wonder Years

This was one of the most famous sitcoms to be aired in the late 80's depicting a normal sub-urban american family from the late 70's from the eyes of a growing teen aged boy 'Kevin' played impressively by Fred Savage till he grows a bit old. The main parts are played by kevin, Winnie(his girl), Paul(best friend) and ably supported by veteran tv artists Dan Lauria and Alley Mills playing kevins parents. Also supported by his elder brother and sisters.

It was aired sometime in the late nineties in India on star plus and I made sure to catch up with almost all of the episodes. Some of the names that have appeared on the show now are a names in the industry like Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi of (Gone In 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, Lost in Translation and more recently, Public Enemies and Avatar) to name a few. The show to its credit has also won Emmy & Golden Globe awards too, but it lost it shine like everything when it grows old and losing of charm and innocence coinciding with the age of the main parts.

But the most common part which kep me glued to the series was not anything but the common-ness and average(ness) of the character played by Kevin(not counting the romantics of his life) but in every other parts of life like school, studies daily things of life , trying to find excuses for failures which I could relate to instantly.

The final sounds, voice-over and dialogue of the episode and series, is that of Kevin (Daniel Stern) providing concluding narration with the sound of children playing in the background:
Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house, like a lot of houses. A yard like a lot of other yards. On a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back...with wonder.