Everything I Need to Know In Life, I Learned From Brandon Walsh

Lately I've been watching episodes of the first season of 90210 after work. I don't quite know how to convey this without losing any remaining shreds of credibility I may have with you, so please forgive the next few sentences. The thing is, Brandon Walsh is a genius. The guy could talk his way out of or into any situation. This is a guy who punched Dylan McKay and the next day had Dylan begging to be his friend. He had the perfect answer for every situation. Brandon Walsh is my hero. Or, he would be, if I were the type of person to have a hero.

There's that saying "What would Jesus do?" but I think of it as "What would Brandon Walsh do?"

I have been really upset the last five days or so. Basically, intelligent people were saying outrageously stupid things that went against things I believe apparently more than I ever realized, and that threw me. You know how when you're in a great mood you can trip in front of a cute boy, skin your knee, and break a dozen eggs bought with the last money you had, and you'll still be in a good mood? But when you're in a bad mood god forbid you forget to put your Netflix movies in the mail - it'll make you cry?

Well I think this thing kind of set the tone for me to see everything in the most awful light possible, and I was stuck in that rut, not able to get myself out of it. Tonight I was chatting with a friend, and mentioned both that I've been watching 90210 and that I'm still upset about what went down last week. And she said the most brilliant thing.

"Brandon Walsh would never stand for that. Mrs. Walsh would leave Jim." It's true. Brandon wouldn't put up with it. Somehow this makes me feel worlds better. That a fictional character agrees with me.

But you know what? If I can finally sleep through the night because of this, then I'm okay with looking up to Brandon.