"Tree Hill is a fictional town where the CW television series One Tree Hill takes place. Tree Hill is a small harbour, located in New Brunswick County, North Carolina, along the Atlantic Ocean..."

It is also the latest fad in my world. It's hard to understand how, but I managed to get hooked on this series, despite originally stating how rubbish it was. A friend of mine kept going on and on and on about how good it was and how gorgeous Chad Michael Murray (who plays Lucas) was and I just teased her about it, constantly telling her it was a load of crap. Naturally she wasn't going to accept my ridiculing, so I told her that if I watched the entire first series then she has to accept my (totally unbiased) judgement on it all.

And so I did. I sat down and watched all of season 1 on DVD. It seemed to start off as this typical love-story that blossoms against the odds and stereotypical fight scenes between people and the natural struggle for acceptance in an unwelcome and new environment. Some of the acting was weak and unnatural and I struggled to get to grips with the layout of the show. It seemed a bit too fake, too forced, too unreal. Thankfully it did improve as the season drew on, despite some very unrealistic plotlines (I won't give you any spoilers, don't worry.)

But, I got to the end of season 1 and thought "Hmm, okay. It hasn't really sold itself to me, but I'm interested to see what happens next." and thus I borrowed season 2, JUST (despite what she said) to see how the finale panned out into the next season.

That's when it hit me. That's when I realised I couldn't go back. I'd been caught. I was caught in another new series (since Prison Break and Desperate Housewives has already taken me). I got to the end of season 2 and was so entranced by it all that I practically begged her for season 3. But she was "rewatching it" and was heading to university soon, so I never got the chance to borrow it.

Not that it stopped me. I headed off to the internet and shamelessly downloaded season 3... and season 4... and season 5, and watched all of them: night after night after night until my eyes couldn't take anymore. I would be up till 5am because I wouldn't want to sleep not knowing what happened next. I was officially a huge fan. I hadn't felt this excited since I got hooked on Prison Break and, later, Desperate Housewives. Eventually I ran out of episodes, but then season 6 came along, and it's happening all over again. I'm currently waiting for episode 5 which came out yesterday, and I wait impatiently for it, but then the next episode isn't out until October 13th.

That's the bit I hate - the waiting.

But nevertheless, for all those of you who arn't fans or have only merely heard of One Tree Hill in passing, I do recommend at least watching through to season 2 or 3. Season 1 isn't great, but it gets so much better. Season 4 & 5 seemed a bit unrealistic at times too, with some really bad goofs in there, but it's still very much well worth watching.

I'm sorry if you were expecting spoilers and plotlines in this mini-review, but it's not my place to ruin something for you if you wanted to check it out for yourself. Still, that's the least of my worries right now... I still can't swallow my pride and admit to my friend that she was right. Maybe another time...

Okay, so, contrary to the previous post, I have actually decided to find time for this blog. Yes, I have been ridiculously busy since moving house (which, by the way, has been great fun/incredibly stressful), however I thought about it a lot lately and it dawned on me - this blog is now over 4 years old and, although not as huge a part of my life as it once was, is still running reasonably well. So congratulations Blog, you're growing old fast! One thing I have done for starters is seriously cleaned up the site itself and various pages. Everything was a little... outdated lets say, so I cleaned some stuff up and matured the blog up a bit. I've grown up a lot since I started it (I was 14 when I started and I'm going to be 19 in 3months) so I thought it was about time that the site reflected who I really am, rather than the little monster I once was, hah!

On a serious note, I realised that this blog doesn't necessarily need to be about me, and my life. That just seems a little bit selfish in my opinion. I promised myself when I started this blog up that I would make it entertaining, informative and fun, and all it really became was emotional, tedious and way too personal. So I sat down and thought about things for a while. I thought about the real reasons behind why I started this blog in the first place. Okay, so I didn't exactly sit down in my dressing gown and my slippers with my pj's on and a cuppa in my hand, but I gave it a moments thought at least. And then it made sense. There are so many things I could talk about, so much information that I wanted to share, so much that I feel I could give to others. There are a whole host of things I wanted to talk about: films/series I've seen, albums I've listened to, events that have occured. Just simple things, some of which are worth sharing with those who have an interest in similar things.

And so that's what I intend to do (again!), albeit slowly. I lost interest in this blog for period of time a while back, but my writing began to suffer because of it. All I was doing was sitting at home, on the computer, being lazy and not doing anything that kept me active besides my sport. Writing has always been something I enjoyed and since I quit English about 2/3 years ago it has really affected me. So here's to the future of my blog and for hopefully another successful 4 years of blogging, entertainment, or, maybe, just sheer nonsense.

Either way, I hope you enjoy it - and welcome back, Digestives' Blog!

So it's been a while since I wrote a meaningful article. And it's gonna continue. I recently moved house and am still busying unpacking and all that jazz.

Just thought I'd let you know. Tara.

Unlike you, I don't lie about things I don't know about. Moron. Now, fuck off.   

    It seems that when the Creator was making the world, He called a Man aside and bestowed upon him twenty years of normal sex life. The Man was horrified. "Only twenty years?" But the Creator didn't budge - that was all He would give him.
    Then He called the Monkey and gave him twenty years. "But I don't need twenty years", the Monkey protested. "Ten is plenty." "Can I have the other the other ten years?" asked the Man. The Monkey graciously agreed.
    Then He called the Lion and gave him twenty years. The Lion, too, needed only ten years. Again the Man asked, "Can I have the other ten years?" The Lion roared, "Of course."
    Then came the Donkey. He was given twenty years, but, like the others, ten years was enough. The Man asked for the spare ten years and got them.
    This explains why the Man has twenty years of normal sex life, ten years of Monkeying around, ten years Lion about it, and ten years making an ass of himself.

(sic)