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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Can’t Lose

April 7, 2009 by dailygnome 3 Comments

Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. But now I find that I can’t stop wanting. I want to fly somewhere in first class. I want to travel to Europe on a business trip. I want to get invited to the White House. I want to learn about the world. I want to surprise myself. I want to be important. I want to be the best person that I can be. I want to define myself instead of having others define me. I want to win, and have people be happy for me, I want to lose and get over it. I want to not be afraid of the unknown. I want to grow up to be generous and big hearted, the way that people have been with me.
I want an interesting and surprising life. It’s not that I think I’m going to get all of these things, I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents possibility. The possibility that things are going to change. I can’t wait…
If you know whose college essay this is I think we’d probably be good friends. And you’d be in her corner, cheering her on. I’ve sung their praises before. FNL is good television.

Not familiar? Set your DVR for Friday night at 9pm. Or got to hulu.com and watch the series from the beginning for free. Character development, amazing acting, cinematography, family dynamics, small town America, community… the kind of show where you really care about what happens to the characters. Not to sound cheesy, but you feel their pain.

After each episode I turn to Jason and say, “This show is so good! Why don’t more people watch it?” It’s gained a ton of critical acclaim but not a huge following yet. I just found out NBC picked up the show for two more seasons. The little engine that could. It’s going to make it yet. You have no idea how happy this makes me.

Riggins, Coach Taylor, Landry, Tyra, Saracen, Smash. Get to know them. They have stories to tell. And they aren’t about football.

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Comments

  1. Pink Dogwood says

    April 7, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    This show is my ALL-TIME and ONLY favorite tv show. It is absolutely amazing in every way. It’s so hard to believe that nearly every person I talk to has never even seen it! What on earth? Glad to hear someone else loves it just as much as me.

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  2. katalin says

    April 7, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    I started reading that and thought, “hmmm, didn’t I just hear this same thing somewhere?!” I just watched that episode online last night. I LOVE FNL sooooo much. It’s the best show on the planet. Even Kyle gets teary watching most episodes! We have a saying in our house…”what would the Taylors do?” haha!

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  3. Carrie says

    April 10, 2009 at 3:21 am

    I looked at your picture first and thought, “I recognize them…oh it’s Coach!” It truly is an amazing show. We DVR it and get so sad when we only have a few minutes left. It is excellent tv. And I loved Tyra’s essay.

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