Yes, I'm a Gleek

When the series "glee" premiered in May of 2009, I remember being bombarded with commercials, advertising a show that I really had no interest in watching. For the next year, as the season went on, people around me would talk about it as if it was the greatest thing in the world, but still, I never tuned in. I guess I just didn't understand its appeal. That is until two of the girls I live with this year came running down the stairs at 8 p.m., full of excitement to watch the "Britney/Brittany" episode when the club performed all Britney Spears songs. So, I decided to give it a shot, and I'm not embarrassed to say I've been a gleek ever since.

One of the characters on glee, and quite possibly my favorite, is the ever so clueless and simple-minded, Brittany S. Pierce, her name having a familiar similarity to Britney Spears. Because of this, Brittany doesn't like when the club tries to convince their advisor, Mr. Shuester, to sing Britney Spears songs for the week. She hates the similarity. I, however, thoroughly enjoyed watching both her and other glee characters reenact the music videos for "Toxic," "Slave 4 U," "Me Against the Music," and "Baby One More Time." They did such a great job of playing Britney, that they were almost better than Spears herself. After seeing that, I was hooked.

The show is so cleverly written and the ensemble cast plays each of their parts almost to perfection. The various relationship dynamics among the group members add to the drama that is high school, and you never know what storyline is going to take a turn for the scandalous, while at the same time you wait in anticipation for what popular song they are going to break out into next.

Those who don't understand the amazingness of glee have most likely never watched it. I told a friend of mine a little while back that I was a fan and he said, "Oh. You're one of those..." Hell yeah, I am. I live vicariously through these glee club-ers, wishing my life was as awesome as theirs. Where was the group of fabulous singers at my high school, and why weren't they putting on outlandish performances at our football games? I feel shafted. Secretly, I wish I was talented and cool enough to be on glee. I wouldn't mind singing a duet with Finn. I wouldn't mind that at all.