15 years ago, a TV show caught my attention. I was but a wee little tween, and I really don't remember much from junior high school. But I remember falling in love with a fresh faced med student by the name of John Carter, played by Noah Wyle. The series premiere of ER focused on John Carter's first day at County General Hospital in Chicago. My intrigue was peaked, especially since I had just finished the typical "I hate boys" phase that every girl goes through. Noah Wyle, quickly became my new celebrity crush.
Similar to Anthony's obsession with LOST, I became obsessed with ER. If there was any sort of promotional merchandise available, I had to have it. I owned the promotional scrubs that said "Property of County General ER" on them, and looking back on that, I'm thinking that's probably why I love my Motivators sweatshirt so much. It says "Property of Motivators Promotional Products" and it makes me smile. I had an ER christmas ornament for the tree. I had some ultimate fan guide book and I even made my very first scrapbook with some wrapping paper, a marble notebook and all the ER articles I could find. I hadn't loved anything like that since my obsession with the New Kids on the Block.
And I went about my days, eventually trading in the ER obsession for equally devout ones to the Young and the Restless, General Hospital , Backstreet Boys, and WWE (back when it was WWF). I still watched the classic episodes, like when Doug and Carol left, when Carter and Lucy got stabbed, and of course when Mark Greene died. That aired right around the time when I wasn't the emotional personal who cried at the drop of a hat (or a shelter commercial), but I remember crying. It was Dr. Greene! There was one thing though...ER was always there. Throughout everything that has gone on in my life for the past 15 years, ER was always still there. It's not like the New Kids who up and left and then came back (btw Jones Beach June 12!). I can't even count how many shows have come and gone in the past 15 years. And even though, I haven't really watched ER since Carter left to go to Africa (stupidest storyline short of Romano having a helicopter fall on him), it's been there. And after tonight, it won't be. And I'm really kind of depressed by this. The ER Remembers commercials that have been airing all week have already been making me cry.
So at 8PM tonight, I'll be sitting in my apartment, probably with a pint of Ben and Jerry's and a box of tissues. I won't be watching Bones or Hells Kitchen. It'll be exactly like it was 15 years ago, except for the fact that I'm now the exact same age that Noah Wyle was when he started ER. Go figure.
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