Everything American died in 2005.

So I have this weird tradition of watching an episode of Joan of Arcadia every Sunday night while I eat dinner. I figure I can go through both seasons once a year, so I've seen it quite a lot, I guess. However, it is one of the only TV shows I have been able to watch a whole series of. I don't even stay current with The Simpsons, which is one of the other few shows I love.

What is it that's so great about this show? I don't know. Maybe it's the inspirational approach the show took, when most other shows were "GRITTY IN UR FACE REALITY" or generic 30 minute toy commercials. The characters are all likable, and you can find one that you totally relate to (Joan is absolutely my female counterpart, if I ever had one).

So you're probably asking "Josh what's up with the title are you a weeaboo or something?", but no. I'm not going off on my usual tangent on my "Just because I like other cultures doesn't mean I hate America or just watch anime". Don't get me started on why I don't like anime. Actually, maybe I'll blog that another day. But the point of the title (which is the point of this paragraph), is that it seems anything I was ever interested in American-wise ended in 2005. I never liked a TV show that premiered after that year, and I can't really point out any good American music that came out after that period (although I can argue that 2006 was somewhat good in this instance).

Seems like the rest of the world is getting ahead of America. Japanese music seems to have an edge over American. Their games are much better too (Well, music games, not those RPG's, I don't know how those fell so hard).

Actually, after that statement about RPG's, maybe it's that I'm wearing rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. But, I mean, when kids in today's generation start nostalgia-ing, are they really gonna say "Man, I sure do miss Ben 10". It's bad enough that I see message boards with statements like "Remember Catdog?" and remembrance topics for Beyblade, of all things. The media today is nothing compared to what I grew up with. And I'm not even saying old things were best either, I think the 80's had even worse cartoons than today.

Oh well, maybe the 90's and early 2000's really were the best eras for entertainment. I'll stick with Joan of Arcadia DVD's over whatever MTV is showing today, thanks. What is it now, Rob and Big?