My Favourite TV Shows Of the Past Decade

Although I have always preferred reading over watching television, I have never stopped watching television entirely. This is purely because I have always had a favourite show that has driven me to put my book down for a few minutes and relax on the couch in front of the television.

The first of my list of favourite shows that I still remember is probably High Five. These shows included a lot of dancing, crafty activities and contained many bright colours. If I was particularly inspired, the afternoon after I’d watched the show I would attempt to imitate their craft time with my family.

I soon moved on to watching Scooby Doo. I watched every single of those intriguing episodes as well as all the movies associated with Scooby. Those mysteries were so much fun to see unravel I might rewatch them sometime.

When I got a little older I fell in love with Disney channel. There were many shows on this channel that filled my rainy days. I particularly loved The Suite Life of Zach and Cody - though I later preferred Suite Life on Deck – and Wizards of Waverly Place. By the time both of these shows’ final seasons had ended I knew their theme songs off by heart and had watched each episode at least three times.

After those two shows, I started watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Ty Pennington and his team always inspired me with their determination and the amount of skill that was required to recreate a house in 7 days. I also loved that the creation of this show was able to benefit so many lives.

My next favourite show was and still is, The Amazing Race. I find it so interesting to watch teams race around the world and complete hundreds of activities that they’ve never even heard of before. I like that the teams are able to grow throughout the race and overcome whatever obstacles that they find in their paths.


Do you still remember what your favourite television shows once were? If you do, why don’t you compile a list like I’ve done and then add to it every three years to see if your taste in television shows has changed drastically J I don’t think mine has changed that much.

The Selfie Decade

The 1920s were famous for the Charlston and Jazz whilst the 1940s and 1950s are sometimes known as the Rock & Roll period. Most decades are famous for one thing or another and so I’ve spent the past few days wondering what this decade will be famous for. My conclusion… SELFIES.

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In the early 3000s someone might discover a long forgotten device and with a quick electric shock this device may turn on. The scientists of this time may not know that the device is what we call “a cellphone” or maybe they will know that. But, I’m pretty sure that the scientists will be rather shocked when they scroll through the photo albums stored on the phone and see dozens, literally dozens, of photographs of the same people.

These scientists will probably come up with theories of why there are so many of the same type of photographs. At least one will suggest that the cellphone was used by a creepy stalker, whilst another will suggest that the cellphone belonged to a model whose photographs were plastered on billboards.

Many selfie-takers might hope the latter will be true for them one day; but if that’s not the current reason why they are taking selfies, then what is?

Some say the Selfie Revolution began as a lazy way of taking photographs; instead of asking someone else to take the photograph one person could snap the picture and still be in the photo. All the person needs is some skill. And if he or she does not have that, thanks to the many photo editing apps the selfie can be enhanced to look perfect. The next step in this process is to post the photograph on a social media website and see what everyone else thinks of your Selfie.

The Selfie is a tool used by children, teens and even adults somewhere in the world every day. Partly because of this technique’s success, in 2013 the word “SELFIE” was added into the Oxford Dictionary.

But, is this Selfie Revolution as innocent as people suspect it to be?

As time flies by and the number of Selfies posted on the internet grows by the thousands, I cannot help wondering if this obsession is a healthy one. You see, the search for the “perfect selfie” can damage one’s self-esteem; for instance if the photograph of the cat next door gets ten more likes/hearts/favourites than a photograph of you eating your cereal in the morning, you may wonder why people are more interested in the cat than they are in your photograph. Some may argue that this situation is far-fetched; even if it was, this selfie obsession will probably make you vainer.

In spite of this, the Selfie Revolution appears to be a success. We’ll have to wait a few years to see if it passes.

In the meantime, why don’t we … take a selfie?