One Tree Hill and Peyton's Podcasts

One of my biggest vices is TV. I spend entirely way to much time watching it. This is something that I am constantly trying to work on. I almost always have a favorite TV show, that I barely ever miss. And me being the huge girl that I am, it is usually some type of teenage soap opera. While it was on TV, Dawson's Creek was my absolute favorite TV show and now thanks to my wonderful DVD collection I can watch the episodes whenever I want. (Note to Emily and Alice -> it is a great show, no matter what you think :P and you love it!)

These days the show I can not get enough of is called One Tree Hill. A lot of the story lines are a little sketchy, but there is just something about this show that draws me in. The characters feel so real almost. (And of course I love my guessing what will happen next week with Lauren over msn. hahaha) There is this girl on the show called Peyton. She is such a unique character. Her mom died when she was 8 and she has some other cool story lines. She has dealt with drugs, running a business, falling in love, cheating with her best friend's boyfriend, being stereotyped, and a lot of loss. She is always thinking and processing stuff although they don't always use the exact details of what about in the show. Which has brought them to podcasts. (Thank you Terri for introducing me to them) Usually by the next day after the show has aired, waiting on the itunes webpage is Peyton's podcasts. Check them out from itunes in the podcast section. She talks about her life, and uses tons of cool lyrics from, until now, kinda unknown songs. So here are some of my favorite quotes from Peyton Sawyer's podcasts:

Lesson 1: "The weight is a gift."
Lesson 2: "The next time you have a tough day, find a great song, wither it's disco, or hip hop or punk, or whatever, yanno. Turn up your stereo to 11 and just dance. And if you have to keep dancing until you lose yourself or you find yourself again."
Lesson 3: "Do you know what it's like to not know a single thing about yourself, and it's all your fault?"
Lesson 4: "What am I fighting for?"
Lesson 5: "Hi, my name is Peyton and I'm a pathological skeptic... But I'm trying not to be."
Lesson 6: "There is a difference, yanno, between fighting over something, or fighting for something."
Lesson 7: "The expression "catfight" is a little played out and on top of that what's with guys being obsessed with girls fighting anyway? I promise you, we are not going to suddenly stop and make out so get over it."
Lesson 8: "We all need that thing that is worth fighting for."
Lesson 9: "Find your fight and then fight like hell until your battle is won."
Lesson 10: "Here's what sucks about boys in high school... They're afraid to be themselves and now here's what sucks about girls in high school... they're afraid to be themselves. You see what's sad is by high school, everyone has already been burned once or twice and no one is willing to lower their guard. I think that's the big reason cliques exist,yanno, it's safer emotionally."
Lesson 11: "The Chinese built a wall because they couldn't roll with the Mongolians, talk about your cliques."
Lesson 12: "Everyday is another chance to turn it all around." (Vanilla Sky)
Lesson 13: "Don't be afraid to be great, OK? Promise yourself that, and while you're at it, don't be afraid to be you."
Lesson 14: "If guys got periods, it would be a million times worse then girls."
Lesson 15: Strays don't sleep -> "For Blue Skies" (Check this song out! It's awesome!)
Lesson16: "What have I done this year to make this world a better place, or at least to make someone's world a better place?"
Lesson 17: "Merry Christmas... And for those of you who were offended by that... Merry Christmas."
Lesson 18: "Children begin by loving their parents. As they grow older, they judge them. Sometimes they forgive them." (Dorrien Grey ~ Oscar Wild)
Lesson 19: "If I could line up all the little girls in the world, I'd choose you."

One Tree Hill airs Wednesday nights on the WB at 8:00pm. Check it out!