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Back in the Saddle: Rewatching Cowboy Bebop

I know that I’m not the only one who got introduced to Japanese anime by Cartoon Network’s Toonami block. It was an important shared cultural moment for people from my generation, assuming you were interested in Japanese anime. I watched it everyday after school during most of my high school years. I even stayed up late to watch the Midnight Run and it’s spiritual successor Adult Swim. I was introduced to nearly every one of my favorite anime series by Cartoon Network.

Cowboy Bebop is one such anime, planted firmly in the nostalgia of my adolescence. For many years, I referred to the series as my “favorite anime of all time” perhaps by default. I have such fond memories of it, but I haven’t watched it in probably 15 years.

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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

It’s currently midnight just a few days before my 29th birthday and I have just finished watching Forrest Gump for only the second time in my entire life.  It only makes sense that I would watch this movie during one of the two times of the year that I find myself most likely to reflect on the past.