I am a huge fan of the television series Twin Peaks. I watched it in high school when it was on and have owned it on all media which it has been released, including multiple dvd boxed sets. The series sucks me in when I watch it, I can (and have) watch the whole series over a weekend and always notice something in it that I didn’t notice before. One thing that happens when I watch the show is that I get a ridiculous craving for coffee and donuts, or coffee and cherry pie. I was fond of both things before I watched the show and maybe that’s one of the reasons that I’ve got such a fondness for the show is that I identify with it and it also makes ordinary things incredibly sexy.

Black coffee has a certain mystique to it already, but for me Twin Peaks puts a nice twist to it. The diner scenes in the show are always shot in a way that diverts from its overall dark theme and provide a place antipodal to the dark woods, which are not comforting at all, they are rather scary.

I also love how the show seems to stimulate my senses. Visually it’s beautiful, most of the music is teriffic, some of the scenes scare the hell out of me, and I can taste whatever is being eaten when someone on screen is eating something. However, the biggest problem I have when I watch the show is it makes me crave coffee and donuts, which if I’m having a marathon, gives me a huge caffeine and sugar headache when I’m done. I guess it’s an unfortunate side effect, but I’ll deal.