Remember this Rolling Stone Magazine cover?
This issue debuted in 1995 when X-Files was the hottest show on Fox. The whole world was watching as Mulder and Scully investigated unexplained and paranormal cases.
I was not one of those viewers. I guess during that time I was partying too much...after all, I was 20 years old! I just never got into it and didn't watch the show...I don't remember even seeing it on TV at the time.
Yet, today I am considered an X-Files fanatic. It all began the summer of 2006. I was having trouble sleeping and would be up late during all hours of the night. Apparently, the Syfy network was running old episodes of the X-Files back-to-back from about 1:00 am to 3:00 am. The episodes weren't in sequence, which had me confused but I was totally hooked. I was intrigued...and became fully aware of just how sexy David Duchovny was (is). And I won't lie...I also developed a little lady crush on Gillian Anderson. Hello?!! The woman is gorgeous! Okay, back to the story of how I became an X-Files addict. I decided I needed to see this show from the beginning to fully understand the plot and characters. I joined Netflix and ordered the first few episodes. My mission in life then became to possess every.single.episode. While Netflix'ing my way through the series, I started collecting the DVD sets for each season. Within six months I had purchased all 9 seasons (a total of 202 episodes), a bloopers DVD, the first X-Files movie, and various X-Files memorabilia. I even went through a phase where I had to watch any and every movie that DD or GA were ever in (I highly recommend Duchovny's Return to Me and Anderson's The House of Mirth).
As of last year, I have gone through the entire series twice. Most of the time I would pop in the DVDs when I was sick or the cable was out. I would also randomly catch an epi on TV.
When I made the move to Dallas 3 weeks ago, I had no cable at my new place for 4 days. For me, that was killer. I love TV and like to have it playing in the background to keep me sane either while cleaning, cooking, or exercising. The first night in my place I was unpacking all of my DVDs and lo and behold there were all of the X-Files. It had been at least 2 years since I watched them and it was the perfect solution. So, VERY long story short, I'm back on the bandwagon for the third time around. I'm currently up to Season 3 and loving it. David Duchovny is still a hottie and I'm still fascinated by Gillian Anderson. Their characters are too cool and the show was brilliant. As with Seinfeld and Family Guy, I find myself quoting the show without even realizing it. I have reached "Specialist" status in X-Files trivia on Facebook. I have 2 fanatical tshirts: one that says "The Truth is Out There" and another that says "Scully's Morgue." I counted down the days until the second movie came out in 2008. I have the X-Files ringtone on my phone.
Like I said, it's no secret...I'm a nerd. And proud of it.
I was not one of those viewers. I guess during that time I was partying too much...after all, I was 20 years old! I just never got into it and didn't watch the show...I don't remember even seeing it on TV at the time.
Yet, today I am considered an X-Files fanatic. It all began the summer of 2006. I was having trouble sleeping and would be up late during all hours of the night. Apparently, the Syfy network was running old episodes of the X-Files back-to-back from about 1:00 am to 3:00 am. The episodes weren't in sequence, which had me confused but I was totally hooked. I was intrigued...and became fully aware of just how sexy David Duchovny was (is). And I won't lie...I also developed a little lady crush on Gillian Anderson. Hello?!! The woman is gorgeous! Okay, back to the story of how I became an X-Files addict. I decided I needed to see this show from the beginning to fully understand the plot and characters. I joined Netflix and ordered the first few episodes. My mission in life then became to possess every.single.episode. While Netflix'ing my way through the series, I started collecting the DVD sets for each season. Within six months I had purchased all 9 seasons (a total of 202 episodes), a bloopers DVD, the first X-Files movie, and various X-Files memorabilia. I even went through a phase where I had to watch any and every movie that DD or GA were ever in (I highly recommend Duchovny's Return to Me and Anderson's The House of Mirth).
As of last year, I have gone through the entire series twice. Most of the time I would pop in the DVDs when I was sick or the cable was out. I would also randomly catch an epi on TV.
When I made the move to Dallas 3 weeks ago, I had no cable at my new place for 4 days. For me, that was killer. I love TV and like to have it playing in the background to keep me sane either while cleaning, cooking, or exercising. The first night in my place I was unpacking all of my DVDs and lo and behold there were all of the X-Files. It had been at least 2 years since I watched them and it was the perfect solution. So, VERY long story short, I'm back on the bandwagon for the third time around. I'm currently up to Season 3 and loving it. David Duchovny is still a hottie and I'm still fascinated by Gillian Anderson. Their characters are too cool and the show was brilliant. As with Seinfeld and Family Guy, I find myself quoting the show without even realizing it. I have reached "Specialist" status in X-Files trivia on Facebook. I have 2 fanatical tshirts: one that says "The Truth is Out There" and another that says "Scully's Morgue." I counted down the days until the second movie came out in 2008. I have the X-Files ringtone on my phone.
Like I said, it's no secret...I'm a nerd. And proud of it.
2 comments:
Someday I will borrow your stash & watch from the very beginning. I have always been much more fascinated by Scully than Muldaur.
I have the X-files theme for my "new mail notification", so I guess I'm an X-files nerd.
Oh, you're definitely a nerd. It's genetic. :)
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