I don't know what it is about television for me that makes me keep going back. Seriously, I know that nothing I watch on TV is real, but there is something there that just pulls at me. Come on now, what 22 year-old single female finds joy watching “The Golden Girls?” There is just something about it that makes me feel good. The other day I realized just what that "something" is. There is nothing better than knowing that someone else's life is more pathetic than your own. Well, at least there is nothing better than that in my life. I know, I need to find a hobby or something! It's the same thing as finding out someone you know is getting married. When they tell you they are so excited and caught up in their happiness and you have to act like that is the best news that you have ever heard, but what you are really doing is repeating every bad word that you've ever said under your breath. So, in situations like this, when you feel like you are the most undesirable, most pathetic, most unwanted woman in the world, there is nothing better than seeing someone who is worse off, or seeing someone who is in the same situation as you are.

But would Rose and Dorothy hang out with Phoebe and Rachel?
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That explains why “The Golden Girls” and “Friends” are my two most favorite shows in the world. “The Golden Girls” because I have to believe that by the time I am in my sixties I won't be living with three other females, and “Friends” because it represents the three phases of young adult life. Phase One: Joey and Phoebe -- both single and enjoying the fact that there is no commitment in their near future. Phase Two: Rachel and Ross-- have dated, broken up, are perfect for each other, and everyone in the country is just waiting for the two of them to smell the roses and complete the family they've already started by tying the knot in a ceremony where Elvis isn't giving the bride away. Then there is Phase Three: Chandler and Monica -- they've taken the ultimate step and still have the perfect balance between their marriage and their friendships with the rest of the group. It's everything we've all ever dreamed of. It must be, or the show would have never lasted this long.

So, as the most obvious treatment for my recently broken heart, I get as much “Friends” and “Golden Girls” as I possibly can. Tonight the saga continued. It's not surprising that whatever the state of your life, you find connections with it in anything you possibly can. If I were in a relationship and beaming with happiness, I'm sure I would relate to Chandler and Monica, the disgustingly happy newlyweds. (Sorry, I'm still a little on the bitter side)! If I were single and in no desire of being in any type of a relationship that I would expect more from than a free meal and movie from time to time, I would definitely relate to Phoebe and Joey. However, that's not so much the case now, is it?!?! Of course, as a means of torturing myself, I relate to Ross and Rachel's relationship, except that I haven't recently given birth to the baby of my ex. I eagerly tune in every Thursday night to see if Ross and Rachel have another one of their moments like tonight. Rachel got dressed up to go out for a girls’ night out with Phoebe, and Ross's eyeballs all but feel out into the extreme plunging neckline of her dress. If you're a woman you know what it is like to have a man make contact with your chest and forget where he is for the moment. Correction, if you're a woman with a chest you know what it's like. But if you're like me, you know what it looks like to see a man forget where he is while he stares at another woman's chest, but I digress…

So Rachel and Phoebe go out and have a great time. It just so happens that a man finds Rachel attractive and asks for her phone number. Feeling like her situation is going absolutely nowhere with Ross, not to mention the fact that it is always reassuring to feel wanted by someone during times like these, she gives the guy her phone number. And of course, she regrets it, or it wouldn't appeal to us broken-hearted fools that choose to hang on to the thinnest thread instead of moving on to bigger and better things.

Should we all just really move on and forget what was? Maybe it's possible that by holding on to what was you miss out on what could and should be. Does your heart mask what really should be? That's a bit too deep for me right now. The writers of “Friends,” however, know exactly how to keep all of us coming back for more. Who doesn't anxiously wait to hear what stupid comment Joey makes next? And, once again, if you’re me, what is the next step for Ross and Rachel going to be, forward or backward?

So here it is, my prediction. Tonight at the end of the episode, the guy that Rachel gives her number to calls and Ross answers the phone. He takes the message and then realizes what it means. Rachel is moving on, she is getting over him. Soon there will be Rachel, Ross, Emma and Rachel's new beau if Ross doesn't light a fire under his butt and get with the program. Instead of giving Rachel the message, he tucks it into his back pocket like nothing ever happened. This is the writers foreshadowing that something big is about to happen. Because of my current state of mind (broken-hearted and wishful-thinking), I am going to say that Ross is about to make a move. All the men that I know told me that if I want my ex back, start dating another man and that will send him running right back. This may be the case with Ross and Rachel, but honestly, take it from someone with a bit of experience, this advice doesn't always work out so smoothly.

Until next Thursday!

Read Kayte's "Christensen Chronicles" journal entries from the 2002 season:

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Entry four
Entry three
Entry two
Entry one