October Road....can you really ever go back home again?

Okay, I know my family is going to think I am beating a dead horse here, but dang it!!!! Why in the world did they have to cancel October Road? Curse iTunes for offering me a free song, free video and free episode of October Road. After watching the music video (Ryan Adams "Follow the Lights" which is an absolutely fabulous song) and then watching my free episode of October Road I was totally hooked. I fell in love with the characters, the town of Knights Ridge, and all the music on each episode. I promptly purchased the whole first season and gobbled it up as fast as I could. Then I bought and downloaded season 2 and couldn't wait for one episode to be done so I could start the next. Then right in the middle of Season 2 I was on a mission to download some songs that had been featured on the show. You see, this is where the downward spiral began.....The first song I fell in love with was Hmmm by Bryan Greenberg (that is my profile song). When I looked into downloading it I realized he was actually the main character, Nick. He's also a talented singer; I was so impressed. So, I wanted to add him as a friend on MySpace which led me to other October Road actors, which then led me to the bad news that October Road had been cancelled. Never to come back. I just sat speechless and totally still for about an hour. I have never watched a show that has totally engulfed me like this one. The best I can relate it to is like being 4 years old and wrapping up in that soft yellow blanket at Mema and Papa's house that always smelled the same. Nothing in life was better than that. That blanket eventually fell apart and found the trash and I learned to love other blankets but I really don't think I will ever recover from losing October Road.
So, this is what I did.......I joined the fight to save October Road. Call me crazy, call me delusional, or just call me a fanatic. I have written to the powers that be up at ABC by email and snail mail. I have posted blogs daily on a special website created for keeping the October Road memory alive. I have become virtual friends with the entire cast. I am in the process of donating money to the Pay October Road Forward campaign which is a group of people that buy and distrubute the first Season on dvd and donated it to local libraries to generate more fans. And last, but certainly not least, I created Janet Meadows and Eddie Latekka in my Sims 2 game. I think I did a pretty good job at matching their characters looks and clothing styles. Tonight I'm gonna create Nick, Hannah, and Sam. Sometime next week week I'll try to get to Owen Rowan, Ikey, Physical Phil and Pizza Girl and Ronnie and Aubrey. Now all there is to do is sit back and watch them fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids and live happily ever after. I might even create Big Cat and have him fall in Nick and Hannah's pool and then I'll take the ladder out and let him suffer for a while.