Arrested Development

Serendipity had it's way with me tonight and I happened upon a brand new Arrested Development. You know, that edgey show on Fox with Opie as the narrator. All this time I thought that the name of the show was pretty clever, seeing as how the family business of the main characters is development and the father of the family was in prison. Get it? Arrested Development. As it turns out, the writers of the show are even more clever and insidious than I ever dreamt possible! Tonight, Michael Bluth (the main main character) was explaining to his date that men often get stuck in their adolescent mindsets...he called it "arrested development". It's Arrested Development! What a great way to phrase that notion! It's a perfect double meaning for the show, as all of the characters are hopelessly selfish and immature.

Of course, you know me - I can't just stop there. Don't we all have weeks ormonths or years when we are experiencing the arrested development syndrome? We get stuck in our habits and our patterns of thought and our comfort zones. We get stuck. But eventually...eventually, something happens to free us or push us out from under our rocks to enter another stage of growth. I believe there's a tv show for that too...it's called Growing Pains.