I haven't been able to watch many episodes of GH in their entirety since before Sam had her baby on June 5, 2012 (one of the reasons I remember that date so clearly is June 5th happens to be my own birthday). It has been months of torture that has been deemed 'entertainment' that we have been forced to accept as GH recently. It is now October and I keep just thinking back to where GH was a year ago. GH was on top of the world and so were the fans. JaSam had just been married and we finally got our dream come true. GH was doing great in ratings and most fans were incredibly happy with GH and the writers and everything overall. Oh, how a year can change things. A year ago we were all devoted fans to the most amazing couple and soap on TV. While we are still devoted fans, we have been very much abused for that love this past year. Sadly our time is running out to watch our amazing couple. We have two weeks left (or a little less) of Steve Burton to be on our TV screens. Hard to even imagine life after Jason in the world of Port Charles...not that Port Charles has resembled the Port Charles we have always known in the past year. But it is still hard to even conceived of the concept there will be no hero rushing in to save the day, there will be no team of Jason and Sam to save Port Charles of whatever ails it. There will be no Jason.
I know I can't change the future and I know the end is in sight for Jason Morgan's character that has been part of a show for over 20 years. I know that there is no hope for me to wake up tomorrow or even next week and it all have been a bad nightmare and Steve to really be coming back and Jason and Sam to be alive, strong and ready to take on the world together. This is probably why I find it hard to watch the next two weeks of GH because the end is in sight. The end is coming and there is nothing that can change this. Of course, this is the land of soaps so you never know what the future may hold. Heck, look Duke is alive. But in all honestly, this end feels more final then others. I don't want Jason and Sam to end. I don't want Jason to end. I also know that with Jason's 'death' many of us (me included) will probably stop watch GH all together. I also know GH is pretty much on life support these days and with the departure of Steve Burton, GH might just go down like the titanic or even faster.
But I guess we have to be happy with the last two weeks that we get. There are 99 zillion 9 trillion and 10 reasons to be upset, feel cheated, feel robbed of our happy ending but I guess we just have to watch and be happy with what we get. Sadly, we just have to watch the story end. We owe it to our couple to watch faithfully for the next two weeks. We owe it to Sam to watch as when Sam is on coping with Jason's loss. But that is where it ends. I guess we always knew there would be an end...every beginning has an ending, that is a fact of life. I guess this is our fact of life reminder.
The saying goes beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad. It is the middle stuff that counts the most. So instead of just thinking of the end that is coming, lets think about the beginning and middle parts of this great love and remember those when we watch for the next couple of weeks. Remember the happiness. Remember their first meetings when Jason tried to pay Sam to leave town. When Jason was assigned to guard Sam. Remember when Sam found out she was pregnant and Jason came to her rescue at the women's clinic when she was unsure of what to do. Remember their first wedding that almost happened. Remember when Jason tracked Sam down to Texas where she lied about losing the baby just be her night in shining armor rushing her to a hospital, holding her hand and falling in love with Sam right in front of our eyes. Remember Jason and Sam planning on having a family, sharing special moments when she was pregnant all the while their feelings for one another growing stronger and stronger. Remember Jason making fun of Sam's singing and Sam asking him to go to Hawaii with her and the baby. Remember Jason being Sam's rock when the baby died and they both grieved for the lost of their child. Remember when they both realized their feelings were stronger then they could deny. Remember the first kiss and the second. Remember when Sam moved out and Jason to come to her rescue at Jakes with Coleman. Remember Jason sitting next to Sam and Kristina's christening and supporting her that whole difficult night. Remember Jason asking Sam to come over for a date and Sam showing up with baby Hope. Remember them loving that child and wanting a family again. Remember the proposal full of love and passion. Remember Jason letting Hope go and losing Sam. Remember Sam being framed and Jason proving she was innocent. Remember them being on the run. Remember Sam doing anything to get Jason to the hospital when he was shot. Remember their love growing as Jason grieved over the loss of Michael and Sam being his rock. Remember as the tracked down Michael and worked together to help get him therapy after AJ died. Remember them running away with Michael to keep him safe. Remember them being happy no matter what because they had each other. Remember the evil twin, the crazy island and remember Jason getting sick. Remember even through memory loss Jason found his way back to Sam because not even memory loss could destroy their love. Remember the 2nd proposal when Jason could not remember his past but all he knew was Sam was the greatest thing in his life. Remember Sam being by Jason's side through the treatment and surgeries. Remember Jason doing anything to protect Sam from Manny and anyone else out to hurt her. Remember Jason supporting Sam as she learned who her real mother was. Remember Sam getting shot. Remember Jason (in a moment of idiotic logic) breaking up with Sam. Remember Sam fighting for their relationship. Remember the bad times that took place next but also remember the good. Remember nothing could keep them apart. Remember Jason setting up the roof top dinner and Sam smiling for the first time in a long time. Remember Sam getting arrested and escaping from custody. Remember Jason going to save her and them being on the run together. Remember them beating the charges and reuniting. Remember Sam finding out she could not get pregnant and her trying to protect Jason from the truth. Remember the Metro Court hostage situation where Jason and Sam worked as a team to save everyone. Remember that even though 2007 happened it didn't ruin everything because even in 2008 Jason thought of Sam all the time. Remember in 2009 as Jason and Sam grew closer and closer back together, Jason never stopped loving Sam. Remember when Sam showed up in one of her outfits at Jason's pent house and his eyes about popped out of his head. Remember when they were following Kristina and Michael how worried Jason was about Sam traveling alone. Remember Jason getting shot and Sam saving him. Remember how Jason wanted everything back and would not give up until he and Sam were reunited. Remember the awkwardness of starting again but the love the both shared. Remember them working as a team again to track down Claudia's schemes. Remember them falling more and more in love. Remember Jason and Sam covering up Claudia's death. Remember their love growing stronger as Franco targeted Jason and kidnapped Sam. Remember Jason out of his mind with worry for Sam's safety. Remember Jason going to prison and Sam standing by his side the whole time he was in prison. Remember his homecoming celebration Sam gave him. Remember the happiness and love. Remember Sam going after the Lopez brothers and the two of them teaming up to take them on at the cabin at the same time sharing amazing moments reminding each other why they love each other so much. Remember Brenda and the Baulkin - neither were a match for taking down our amazing couple. Remember when it was Sam on the gurney instead of Brenda. Remember Jason's face when he realized it was Sam. Remember how loving and devoted Jason was during Sam's recovery. Remember Jason realizing he wanted more then just to be with Sam he wanted to propose to her. Remember the proposal that was the most magical rooftop proposal in all of soap history. Remember the wedding planning and the surgery. Remember the look on Jason's face when he saw Sam in her wedding dress. Remember the wedding in their own style. Remember their cabin wedding night and remember the happiness. Remember Jason told Sam she was his home and no one has ever been that to him in the past. Sam was his everything. Remember the honeymoon, the Hawaiian shirts, the surfing game, the naps the happiness. Remember the bad too but also remember Sam's love for Jason helped her overcome the horror Franco unleashed. Remember the joy they felt when the tests confirmed the baby was theirs. Remember their happiness and love and no matter what they haven't stopped loving each other. Remember that and hold on to all these memories as the end approaches.
Endings are, after all, usually sad. I don't expect this ending to be any different. I just hope to hold on to all the memories of the last almost 9 years that we have been given.
Jason & Samantha
Greatest Love Story Ever Told
Monday, October 8, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
What SHOULD Have Been
Yesterday just about every JaSam fan out there watched GH. Many of us have really just briefly been viewing GH but yesterday we watched. We watched because it was all we could do to stay away. As I watched yesterdays show, initially I LOVED it because it showed what we all WANTED it to be like. What we have WAITED 8 FREAKING YEARS to happen. I loved every smile and giggle and every kiss. I loved seeing Spixie reunite because Kristin Storms is back and it just felt right. I loved every second of the episode until.........the end. Until we had to go back to reality, until we were reminded just as Jason was reminded by Sam, this isn't how it happened. This isn't how it turned out. Then we were left with a feeling that the air had been knocked out of our sails.
Yesterday's show is how our JaSam love story SHOULD HAVE BEEN. How we all wanted it to go. How we would have liked it to go since we worked so darn hard saving GH as a show that is what we wanted to see happen. We wanted a baby Emily and a baby Daniel. We wanted those names and the happiness Jason and Sam shared.
After the show ended yesterday I wanted to cry. It was like the pain of this last year just washed up to the top again for me. All the love I felt while watching yesterday's show just made me ache because I know we will never get that perfect love story. Steve Burton is leaving so even if Jason and Sam had decided to give things another try and to admit their love can overcome anything it still means there is an END coming. Steve is leaving and no matter what way their write things, the END for Jason and Sam's perfect love is COMING. We can't do anything about that.
I really wish instead of watching the past few months RC tear Jason and Sam we would have got just a little of that happiness. But instead we got none. We got nothing but broken hearts and broken dreams. I wonder if RC realizes how much we all hate him? I wonder if FV realizes it too? Who knows but yesterday's show just left me feeling broken after it was over.
I felt like it was RC and FV's way of saying 'nannie nannie boo boo, we ruined your favorite couple and show'. It was like they were saying this is what you wanted us to write but this is what we decided to do since we were angry ABC canceled OLTL. It is no secrete those two are bitter about that. None of this crap would have happened is JFP and Wolf were still at the helm. But that is, of course, the point. What if JFP was still at GH? What if SB wasn't leaving? What if Garin Wolfe was still the HW? What if Guza was still there? What if we still had our JaSam? But where will what if's get you? They only give you more sadness about the true reality.
I feel sorry for Kristin Storms she worked so hard to come back after her illness and what she came back to is nothing like the place she left. Though watching Maxie has been one of the only highlights recently, it can't save a sinking ship. That is what GH is now, it is the titanic. Thanks to RC and FV they have managed to sink a great empire. At this point GH is filling with water and soon it will dive deep into the ocean.
I don't know what we can do to make it clear to ABC, FV and RC about how much they have wronged us, but I guess we have to keep trying. After all it isn't over until it is over. While it might feel like we are 'the band playing on as the titanic sank', I guess it can't hurt to try to save GH, oust the new regime and get Steve back. I have written many letters, some positive some negative some full and angry and some trying to find the good in all of this. Maybe it is my way of dealing. If it helps you, write letters too. Keep trying and so will I. After all it is a soap opera so anything is possible.
Yesterday's show is how our JaSam love story SHOULD HAVE BEEN. How we all wanted it to go. How we would have liked it to go since we worked so darn hard saving GH as a show that is what we wanted to see happen. We wanted a baby Emily and a baby Daniel. We wanted those names and the happiness Jason and Sam shared.
After the show ended yesterday I wanted to cry. It was like the pain of this last year just washed up to the top again for me. All the love I felt while watching yesterday's show just made me ache because I know we will never get that perfect love story. Steve Burton is leaving so even if Jason and Sam had decided to give things another try and to admit their love can overcome anything it still means there is an END coming. Steve is leaving and no matter what way their write things, the END for Jason and Sam's perfect love is COMING. We can't do anything about that.
I really wish instead of watching the past few months RC tear Jason and Sam we would have got just a little of that happiness. But instead we got none. We got nothing but broken hearts and broken dreams. I wonder if RC realizes how much we all hate him? I wonder if FV realizes it too? Who knows but yesterday's show just left me feeling broken after it was over.
I felt like it was RC and FV's way of saying 'nannie nannie boo boo, we ruined your favorite couple and show'. It was like they were saying this is what you wanted us to write but this is what we decided to do since we were angry ABC canceled OLTL. It is no secrete those two are bitter about that. None of this crap would have happened is JFP and Wolf were still at the helm. But that is, of course, the point. What if JFP was still at GH? What if SB wasn't leaving? What if Garin Wolfe was still the HW? What if Guza was still there? What if we still had our JaSam? But where will what if's get you? They only give you more sadness about the true reality.
I feel sorry for Kristin Storms she worked so hard to come back after her illness and what she came back to is nothing like the place she left. Though watching Maxie has been one of the only highlights recently, it can't save a sinking ship. That is what GH is now, it is the titanic. Thanks to RC and FV they have managed to sink a great empire. At this point GH is filling with water and soon it will dive deep into the ocean.
I don't know what we can do to make it clear to ABC, FV and RC about how much they have wronged us, but I guess we have to keep trying. After all it isn't over until it is over. While it might feel like we are 'the band playing on as the titanic sank', I guess it can't hurt to try to save GH, oust the new regime and get Steve back. I have written many letters, some positive some negative some full and angry and some trying to find the good in all of this. Maybe it is my way of dealing. If it helps you, write letters too. Keep trying and so will I. After all it is a soap opera so anything is possible.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
So Much For My Happy Ending
This morning most of us woke up to the news that Steve Burton has quit GH after 21 years. The end of an era in so many ways came crashing down on our computer screens before most of us had our second cups of coffee. Stunned we all read the articles, tweets and comments to the story. For most of us Steve has been the icon of GH for so many years we can't even comprehend the thought of a GH without Jason Morgan. But that is our new reality. This year has been a lot about new realities and acceptance and I think this news coming now, almost for some of us, seems like the final nail in the JaSam coffin... so to speak. For the most part, yes, it is the end of JaSam as we know it. We love the Stelly Magic that has electrified our TV screens for all these years. The intensity of Jason's stares at Sam. The amazing acting both Steve Burton and Kelly Monaco have done for so many years flashed before our eyes as we read that article today. With a few deep breaths I realized the end is upon us. But just because it is the end it doesn't mean we should not watch at least how it is ended. We should watch to see how they do Steve's departure. We owe JaSam that much. We have been on this journey for the last 8 years, we should see it through to the end, even if it is a bitter end that we didn't want to come.
I know it has been difficult this year to watch all of the changes occur for JaSam and GH. My enjoyment to watch has wavered much like most, I am sure. I kept hoping against hope, if we just just rode this storm out things would get better, there would be a silver lining to this all. Sam and Jason would have their happy ending. We, as completely loyal and dedicated fans, would also have that happy ending we had hoped for. If GH was to get canceled, we hoped that Jason and Sam and their child would ride off into the sunset together and we would feel complete. We would get our story the way we wanted it.
Well............. I am here to tell you, sometimes in life we don't always get what we want. Life changes plans on us sometimes without warning. Chapters of our life are slammed shut before we feel they are complete. As fans that is what we kind of feel like today, like out book has been slammed shut without getting to read the middle part just with a "The End" right at the point we thought things would be improving. It's a bit sour to accept just yet but accept is what we must do. We have our absolute answer now and now we don't need to hope against hope things will come out differently. The finality of today's news resonated for many of us that our hoped for JaSam happy ending has been cut short. We must accept this now and for me I felt a small weight was lifted. Let me clarify that last statement with more detail. I have mixed feeling for quite some time now about GH. I have been struggling to watch and to be passionate about the show I once loved. I have been struggling to find what I once loved in it as I watched this new regime destroy the greatest show bit by bit. I struggled to find what Grandmother and I used to talk about and share such love for. But now, I feel like I don't have to try to keep digging deeper and deeper to find something that makes me happy about GH anymore. I don't have to keep digging to find some pieces of Grandmother's love for the show anymore either. Grandmother has been gone a long time, and though I still talk to her in my prayers at night, I think this helps me to accept she is really not here anymore. She lives on in my heart and that is where she should live on, not in a TV show we both once loved. I know the Chapter of JaSam is coming to an end and now I can move on without regret. Yes, honestly, once this story wraps up it will probably been the end of GH for me. But I can do it knowing I did my best writing to keep GH alive for many years and I enjoyed every second of Jason and Sam's love story and that is how I would like to end it for me. I would like to end my viewership of 26 years on a happy fulfilled note. I think in some small way today's news gives me the closure I have been searching for. Please don't be angry with me for ending my viewership with Steve's departure. I will continue to blog all the way up until the end of JaSam's era.
We have all watched and loved JaSam so much that sometimes we have forgotten they are fictional characters and the people that play them have their own lives going on in the background. Steve's decision did not come easily to him. But he is doing what he feels is best for his family and his career and you can't discount him for that. Often times in life we have to make decisions that don't make complete sense while we make them but in the end - it is the best thing you did. I have no doubt that Steve will be successful in all of his future endeavors and that hopefully his family is happy and enjoy living in a quiet remote area of TN instead of LA. Raising a family has a lot of challenges and tough decisions and I am sure the didn't make this one on a whim. I too think about moving to a more remote place to raise my kids as well away from the hustle and bustle that seems to influence young minds. So do not be angry at Steve for leaving. He gave us 21 amazing years with those dreamy eyes and longing stares. Steve is doing what is right for him. Do not bash Steve on Twitter or FB or on chats or other messages boards. Please let Steve know you are thankful for the memories! After all, there would have never been a JaSam or a reason to watch GH if it hadn't been for Steve.
On that regard, also don't be angry at Kelly for staying either. They are two different people with different priorities in their real lives. Steve's current priority is his family. Kelly's priority is her career. She is staying on GH because it is her career and we should honor that. She is not leaving. Sam is staying in PC for the next chapter of her life no matter what happens. It is important to remember to show Kelly some love. Support her on DWTS this fall too. Do not be angry with Kelly for what ever direction they take Sam's character. It is her job to take Sam on where TPTB direct her to go. She will do an outstanding job - I have complete faith in her. Kelly is an outstanding actress who will succeed in what ever comes her way.
(For more details of Steve's departure and decision http://www.tvguide.com/News/Steve-Burton-Quits-General-Hospital-1052432.aspx )
I know it has been difficult this year to watch all of the changes occur for JaSam and GH. My enjoyment to watch has wavered much like most, I am sure. I kept hoping against hope, if we just just rode this storm out things would get better, there would be a silver lining to this all. Sam and Jason would have their happy ending. We, as completely loyal and dedicated fans, would also have that happy ending we had hoped for. If GH was to get canceled, we hoped that Jason and Sam and their child would ride off into the sunset together and we would feel complete. We would get our story the way we wanted it.
Well............. I am here to tell you, sometimes in life we don't always get what we want. Life changes plans on us sometimes without warning. Chapters of our life are slammed shut before we feel they are complete. As fans that is what we kind of feel like today, like out book has been slammed shut without getting to read the middle part just with a "The End" right at the point we thought things would be improving. It's a bit sour to accept just yet but accept is what we must do. We have our absolute answer now and now we don't need to hope against hope things will come out differently. The finality of today's news resonated for many of us that our hoped for JaSam happy ending has been cut short. We must accept this now and for me I felt a small weight was lifted. Let me clarify that last statement with more detail. I have mixed feeling for quite some time now about GH. I have been struggling to watch and to be passionate about the show I once loved. I have been struggling to find what I once loved in it as I watched this new regime destroy the greatest show bit by bit. I struggled to find what Grandmother and I used to talk about and share such love for. But now, I feel like I don't have to try to keep digging deeper and deeper to find something that makes me happy about GH anymore. I don't have to keep digging to find some pieces of Grandmother's love for the show anymore either. Grandmother has been gone a long time, and though I still talk to her in my prayers at night, I think this helps me to accept she is really not here anymore. She lives on in my heart and that is where she should live on, not in a TV show we both once loved. I know the Chapter of JaSam is coming to an end and now I can move on without regret. Yes, honestly, once this story wraps up it will probably been the end of GH for me. But I can do it knowing I did my best writing to keep GH alive for many years and I enjoyed every second of Jason and Sam's love story and that is how I would like to end it for me. I would like to end my viewership of 26 years on a happy fulfilled note. I think in some small way today's news gives me the closure I have been searching for. Please don't be angry with me for ending my viewership with Steve's departure. I will continue to blog all the way up until the end of JaSam's era.
We have all watched and loved JaSam so much that sometimes we have forgotten they are fictional characters and the people that play them have their own lives going on in the background. Steve's decision did not come easily to him. But he is doing what he feels is best for his family and his career and you can't discount him for that. Often times in life we have to make decisions that don't make complete sense while we make them but in the end - it is the best thing you did. I have no doubt that Steve will be successful in all of his future endeavors and that hopefully his family is happy and enjoy living in a quiet remote area of TN instead of LA. Raising a family has a lot of challenges and tough decisions and I am sure the didn't make this one on a whim. I too think about moving to a more remote place to raise my kids as well away from the hustle and bustle that seems to influence young minds. So do not be angry at Steve for leaving. He gave us 21 amazing years with those dreamy eyes and longing stares. Steve is doing what is right for him. Do not bash Steve on Twitter or FB or on chats or other messages boards. Please let Steve know you are thankful for the memories! After all, there would have never been a JaSam or a reason to watch GH if it hadn't been for Steve.
On that regard, also don't be angry at Kelly for staying either. They are two different people with different priorities in their real lives. Steve's current priority is his family. Kelly's priority is her career. She is staying on GH because it is her career and we should honor that. She is not leaving. Sam is staying in PC for the next chapter of her life no matter what happens. It is important to remember to show Kelly some love. Support her on DWTS this fall too. Do not be angry with Kelly for what ever direction they take Sam's character. It is her job to take Sam on where TPTB direct her to go. She will do an outstanding job - I have complete faith in her. Kelly is an outstanding actress who will succeed in what ever comes her way.
(For more details of Steve's departure and decision http://www.tvguide.com/News/Steve-Burton-Quits-General-Hospital-1052432.aspx )
Monday, August 13, 2012
Hold On - This is going to hurt like Hell
And so they ended. And so the day came we all dreaded. I watched because I felt I owed that to JaSam. I cried and now I am trying to accept it. For the last 9 months we have watch since Sam's rape at our couple start to be pulled apart. No one liked the story line, we had all hoped for a re-write that would reunite Jason and Sam before the baby was born. But that didn't happen, we all watched as they uncharacteristically turned to others to talk to instead of each other. We watched as they were torn apart more and more each episode. We all hoped and hoped again but alas in the end our hopes didn't come true. So they are over and now headed for divorce. I guess the worst is upon us and now we must learn to accept it. None of us wanted this to happen ever and especially happen this way. But we can't go back in time and fix it.
I am reminded about something Frodo Baggins once said to Gandalf :
Fordo: "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. "
So what are we sad and hurt JaSam fans going to do with the time that is given to us?
-Do we move forward turn off our TV sets and never watch GH again? Well that that is a viable option and right now seems logical. Because once something hurts you why would you go back for more pain, right? Sounds completely rational on some levels. After all, why would we want to watch a show that is no longer entertaining us or making us happy. Why would we want to watch something that only depresses us because they tore apart our perfect couple? But why do that when we fought so hard to save this show? Is that why we rallied last year and wrote letter after letter and called and did all we could to save GH? Was that why we did all this to stop watching entirely less then a year later? Seems like a waste of our efforts if you ask me. Are we really going to give up that quickly?
-Or do we rally once more? Do we show RC and FV that GH is not OLTL and we want our GH back? More importantly, we WANT OUR JASAM BACK!!! Do we write twice as many letters now and make twice as many phone calls (remember to always be positive) to prove to them you don't mess with JaSam fans. We are a large majority of their viewers and we want to see JaSam on our screens. Do we keep the faith because this is has kept us going for this long? There is still a baby out there and Heather's scheme will be figured out soon enough, right (Hopefully)?
So what would you do? Honestly, after watching today's episode again I have some hope for JaSam. Granted, that hope isn't brimming to the top like it was say last year at this time but I still have some hope. I know how ironic that last statement sounds but it is true. Why break up this super couple when clearly they have such a great history? Are they really headed for divorce or will Jason Junior be found soon and they reunite? I am not sure the answer there. Knowing how depressing this year has been I am guess NO. But it is never a bad idea to hope - to hold on to hope. Hope for a miracle and maybe just once it will work out. Today if you take away the sadness here is where I saw hope.
- Jason and Sam mentioned numerous times they still loves each other
- Sam could not bring herself to say the word divorce - Then maybe they should not be getting one
- Sam flip flopped hoping something would work like marriage counseling etc
- Sam never took off her ring and gave it back to Jason- she is still wearing her ring
- Sam told Jason he wasn't just her husband but her best friend.
-That hug was no normal hug
- There was so much passion in that good-bye kiss -they can't be over for good
- The montage wasn't a farewell send off to all JaSam fans (though honestly felt a little like it at first) it was a message to not give up hope. To keep fighting.
To watch it again and see what I am talking out here is today's JaSam clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdRkHJx24XQ&feature=g-u-u
Thank you SimplyGH for the clip
So make up your own mind on what you will do next. But for me I will watch when Jason and Sam are on - holding on hope. I will keep fighting and I will keep hopeful. I will keep my chin up, maybe someday things will go our way. I am not setting myself up for disappointment either, though. I am realistic. I realize this new regime has their whole new plan and ideas but for now I am going to hold on. Hold On to the hope that someday there will be happiness again for JaSam and JaSam fans.
I am reminded about something Frodo Baggins once said to Gandalf :
Fordo: "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. "
So what are we sad and hurt JaSam fans going to do with the time that is given to us?
-Do we move forward turn off our TV sets and never watch GH again? Well that that is a viable option and right now seems logical. Because once something hurts you why would you go back for more pain, right? Sounds completely rational on some levels. After all, why would we want to watch a show that is no longer entertaining us or making us happy. Why would we want to watch something that only depresses us because they tore apart our perfect couple? But why do that when we fought so hard to save this show? Is that why we rallied last year and wrote letter after letter and called and did all we could to save GH? Was that why we did all this to stop watching entirely less then a year later? Seems like a waste of our efforts if you ask me. Are we really going to give up that quickly?
-Or do we rally once more? Do we show RC and FV that GH is not OLTL and we want our GH back? More importantly, we WANT OUR JASAM BACK!!! Do we write twice as many letters now and make twice as many phone calls (remember to always be positive) to prove to them you don't mess with JaSam fans. We are a large majority of their viewers and we want to see JaSam on our screens. Do we keep the faith because this is has kept us going for this long? There is still a baby out there and Heather's scheme will be figured out soon enough, right (Hopefully)?
So what would you do? Honestly, after watching today's episode again I have some hope for JaSam. Granted, that hope isn't brimming to the top like it was say last year at this time but I still have some hope. I know how ironic that last statement sounds but it is true. Why break up this super couple when clearly they have such a great history? Are they really headed for divorce or will Jason Junior be found soon and they reunite? I am not sure the answer there. Knowing how depressing this year has been I am guess NO. But it is never a bad idea to hope - to hold on to hope. Hope for a miracle and maybe just once it will work out. Today if you take away the sadness here is where I saw hope.
- Jason and Sam mentioned numerous times they still loves each other
- Sam could not bring herself to say the word divorce - Then maybe they should not be getting one
- Sam flip flopped hoping something would work like marriage counseling etc
- Sam never took off her ring and gave it back to Jason- she is still wearing her ring
- Sam told Jason he wasn't just her husband but her best friend.
-That hug was no normal hug
- There was so much passion in that good-bye kiss -they can't be over for good
- The montage wasn't a farewell send off to all JaSam fans (though honestly felt a little like it at first) it was a message to not give up hope. To keep fighting.
To watch it again and see what I am talking out here is today's JaSam clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdRkHJx24XQ&feature=g-u-u
Thank you SimplyGH for the clip
So make up your own mind on what you will do next. But for me I will watch when Jason and Sam are on - holding on hope. I will keep fighting and I will keep hopeful. I will keep my chin up, maybe someday things will go our way. I am not setting myself up for disappointment either, though. I am realistic. I realize this new regime has their whole new plan and ideas but for now I am going to hold on. Hold On to the hope that someday there will be happiness again for JaSam and JaSam fans.
Monday, August 6, 2012
I admire the faithful
I admire the faithful fans who are still holding on and watching GH daily. I appreciate your dedication to GH and am grateful to you. Last year at this time we didn't know if GH was going to be on the air much long. We rallied and wrote letters, we called daily we sent emails, we united against the EVIL ABC execs that looked to cancel GH. We stood united and to much of our surprise and excitement, we won 1 more year of GH at least. We did good! So if you were among those who fought congratulate yourself for your efforts. Be thankful to have been part of the front that saved GH for at least 1 more year. Stand proud of that fact if nothing else.
Sadly shortly after we learned GH was spared from the hatchet block we saw our amazing soap that had captivated us for all these years be blown apart and transformed into something we can hardly recognize. So this is what we fought so hard to save? Sure doesn't look the same as it used to. Sure does seem like someone has taken everything we loved and set fire to it. But we saved it none the less. As I said before, be proud of that fact, we saved it. Sometimes when you set up on a journey you don't know what the outcome is going to be but you do it anyway. We didn't know what the future held for GH or our couple, but we set out to save GH and we did.
I am mostly sad when I watch GH now (if I can watch it). I feel a sadness that begins to take over. It not only is a sadness but I am starting to accept that this is reality. RC and FV appear to not be going on anywhere, nor do they appear to be listening to anything fans are saying. They seem hell bent on changing GH so much no one can recognize it.
It is with great sadness and regret I have to say, I am admire the faithful fans but I fear I am not one of them anymore. I am not giving up completely but just taking a break for awhile from the show. If GH gets back to 'normal' again I will return with gusto. I will continue to watch when I can but I just don't have the passion I used to for the show. I will continue to blog when I can as well and when there is something worth blogging about. I want to hold on to rocky part of the ride until it smooths out but I have to be honest to say, it gets harder every day.
But please don't let my negative perspective sway your opinion in anyway. If you are faithful THANK YOU! PLEASE KEEP WATCHING KEEP THE FAITH AND KEEP FIGHTING. Thank you! I will continue to write my daily letters to RC and FV asking for change and will continue to write ABC reminding them GH is legend that needs to be spared. I just can't watch the part where they will destroy JaSam before our eyes. It will hurt too much to watch.
Sadly shortly after we learned GH was spared from the hatchet block we saw our amazing soap that had captivated us for all these years be blown apart and transformed into something we can hardly recognize. So this is what we fought so hard to save? Sure doesn't look the same as it used to. Sure does seem like someone has taken everything we loved and set fire to it. But we saved it none the less. As I said before, be proud of that fact, we saved it. Sometimes when you set up on a journey you don't know what the outcome is going to be but you do it anyway. We didn't know what the future held for GH or our couple, but we set out to save GH and we did.
I am mostly sad when I watch GH now (if I can watch it). I feel a sadness that begins to take over. It not only is a sadness but I am starting to accept that this is reality. RC and FV appear to not be going on anywhere, nor do they appear to be listening to anything fans are saying. They seem hell bent on changing GH so much no one can recognize it.
It is with great sadness and regret I have to say, I am admire the faithful fans but I fear I am not one of them anymore. I am not giving up completely but just taking a break for awhile from the show. If GH gets back to 'normal' again I will return with gusto. I will continue to watch when I can but I just don't have the passion I used to for the show. I will continue to blog when I can as well and when there is something worth blogging about. I want to hold on to rocky part of the ride until it smooths out but I have to be honest to say, it gets harder every day.
But please don't let my negative perspective sway your opinion in anyway. If you are faithful THANK YOU! PLEASE KEEP WATCHING KEEP THE FAITH AND KEEP FIGHTING. Thank you! I will continue to write my daily letters to RC and FV asking for change and will continue to write ABC reminding them GH is legend that needs to be spared. I just can't watch the part where they will destroy JaSam before our eyes. It will hurt too much to watch.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Am I the Only One?
Am I the only one who recently has busied themselves with other actives in the afternoon other then tune into GH? When I was in college several years ago I would try to plan my class and work schedule around GH just so I could watch it everyday. Even now that I have a career and a family and plenty of other things to take my time up, I would still find time to watch GH. Even if it meant watching it on my phone at the gym. I used to look so forward to GH every day. I used to record it on BOTH tivos so I could either watch it upstairs or down stairs depending on what was going on that day. I used to sometimes watch it on the live feed first an hour earlier then it aired here just to see what was happening. Oh my love for GH has been a long time love.
But recently my love has been falling a bit short. It seems like a year ago when JaSam got engaged that GH was really on top. We were all watching and so excited about what would come next. We were in bliss over the engagement. Every board was a flurry of activity, everyone was watching. I think about those days a lot lately.
Honestly it has been several weeks since I have even turned on GH and sat down to watch. RC and FV have really changed our canvass as they had promised to do when they took over but I have to sometimes wonder if that change is for the better? I miss my old GH. The GH that was funny and clever and so addictive. My addiction is clearly subsiding these days.
We do have some amazing memories to hold on to though. I know we have heard spoilers and rumors of even more sadness and wreckage headed Jason and Sam's way. I just hope we all can hold on to watch before we completely lose our need for the addiction we have with GH. I guess in the coming months we just need to hold tight to the memories. Watch those shows in these coming months and remember how good GH was and how amazing our couple is and will be in the future. They have a rough road to go down but I hope they come out stronger on the other side. I am still hopeful. I just hope everyone can hang on for this to play out.
Right now I have to admit my faith fluctuates and my ability to sit through a whole show without either falling asleep or changing the channel is become a true reality these days. But am I the only one? Is anyone loving the writing and plot twists right now? Maybe I am. Maybe I need to look at things different but I just wonder if I am or not.
But recently my love has been falling a bit short. It seems like a year ago when JaSam got engaged that GH was really on top. We were all watching and so excited about what would come next. We were in bliss over the engagement. Every board was a flurry of activity, everyone was watching. I think about those days a lot lately.
Honestly it has been several weeks since I have even turned on GH and sat down to watch. RC and FV have really changed our canvass as they had promised to do when they took over but I have to sometimes wonder if that change is for the better? I miss my old GH. The GH that was funny and clever and so addictive. My addiction is clearly subsiding these days.
We do have some amazing memories to hold on to though. I know we have heard spoilers and rumors of even more sadness and wreckage headed Jason and Sam's way. I just hope we all can hold on to watch before we completely lose our need for the addiction we have with GH. I guess in the coming months we just need to hold tight to the memories. Watch those shows in these coming months and remember how good GH was and how amazing our couple is and will be in the future. They have a rough road to go down but I hope they come out stronger on the other side. I am still hopeful. I just hope everyone can hang on for this to play out.
Right now I have to admit my faith fluctuates and my ability to sit through a whole show without either falling asleep or changing the channel is become a true reality these days. But am I the only one? Is anyone loving the writing and plot twists right now? Maybe I am. Maybe I need to look at things different but I just wonder if I am or not.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Horrific Act
My local ABC station did not air GH today because for those of you who don't know, I live in Colorado. Today, GH is probably one of the farthest things from all of our minds. I do not live in Aurora but I do live in the Denver area. Aurora is an eastern suburb. Everyone in this state who flies out of DIA has driven through Aurora. It is a large suburb that, honestly, has not been without its issues of crime and other issues that are in the local news here and there. But overall is it not a violent place. It is not a place you would think would ever have such a horrible crime take place. I know people who live in Aurora, who raise their kids there and shop in the stores. It is just another town, until now. Until the midnight showing of a movie changed that city's history forever.
I have lived in CO for 10 years. I moved here after Columbine but people still talk about it. It is something we all know about. We will never forget it. I don't live in Littleton but every time I think about how that community has never completely healed and probably never will. After I moved here there was a horrible high school hostage crisis near Conifer where one girl was killed and we all remember that too. Every time something like this happens we always ask our self 'WHY?'. It doesn't make sense why someone would do this to so many people. We can't comprehend it. But it makes you realize life is fragile and fleeting. It reminds you to focus on the big picture and be thankful for your loved ones. It reminds you there are crazy people everywhere even in movie theaters and walking the halls of a local high school.
The more I talk to people today in my northwest suburb the more I learn at least someone I know knows someone who either knew a victim or someone who was shot. The number is up to 71 shot and 12 died and out of the 71 shot 16 in critical condition. The numbers are frightening and horrifying . I heard on the local news someone say they didn't live here during Columbine but they remembered the name of the shooters but not the victims. They wanted us to learn the name of the victims and remember them. I encourage you to remember the names of victims not the shooter. Don't give him the 15 minutes of fame he is looking for. Don't glorify his act by giving him attention. Think of the victims and think of their families. Think of those mothers and fathers who won't ever hear from their teenage daughter or those families who went to the movies together and were trapped in the theater. Think of the young, think of the old, think of all the ones in between. I encourage you today to think of those lost and think of how we can prevent something like this happening again.
Today take a break from GH, believe me it has been horrible to watch anyway. GH is not what it used to be so today just take a break from it and all those other things that aren't truly important in the grand scheme of things. Today think of the bigger picture. We look to GH to escape, trust me today I wish there was a way to escape all this horror but we can't. So think and remember and pray for a world where it is safe to go to the movies and go to high school and to walk down the street. Pray for the families, friends and loved ones of these victims and hope for a brighter future.
I have lived in CO for 10 years. I moved here after Columbine but people still talk about it. It is something we all know about. We will never forget it. I don't live in Littleton but every time I think about how that community has never completely healed and probably never will. After I moved here there was a horrible high school hostage crisis near Conifer where one girl was killed and we all remember that too. Every time something like this happens we always ask our self 'WHY?'. It doesn't make sense why someone would do this to so many people. We can't comprehend it. But it makes you realize life is fragile and fleeting. It reminds you to focus on the big picture and be thankful for your loved ones. It reminds you there are crazy people everywhere even in movie theaters and walking the halls of a local high school.
The more I talk to people today in my northwest suburb the more I learn at least someone I know knows someone who either knew a victim or someone who was shot. The number is up to 71 shot and 12 died and out of the 71 shot 16 in critical condition. The numbers are frightening and horrifying . I heard on the local news someone say they didn't live here during Columbine but they remembered the name of the shooters but not the victims. They wanted us to learn the name of the victims and remember them. I encourage you to remember the names of victims not the shooter. Don't give him the 15 minutes of fame he is looking for. Don't glorify his act by giving him attention. Think of the victims and think of their families. Think of those mothers and fathers who won't ever hear from their teenage daughter or those families who went to the movies together and were trapped in the theater. Think of the young, think of the old, think of all the ones in between. I encourage you today to think of those lost and think of how we can prevent something like this happening again.
Today take a break from GH, believe me it has been horrible to watch anyway. GH is not what it used to be so today just take a break from it and all those other things that aren't truly important in the grand scheme of things. Today think of the bigger picture. We look to GH to escape, trust me today I wish there was a way to escape all this horror but we can't. So think and remember and pray for a world where it is safe to go to the movies and go to high school and to walk down the street. Pray for the families, friends and loved ones of these victims and hope for a brighter future.
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