User blog:AlexKawa/My 2-Year Anniversary with The Loud House

That's right! Today is the two-year anniversary of me discovering The Loud House! On August 1, 2016, I heard about and watched the show for the very first time! How did I get into it? Well, the short answer makes enough sense, but the long answer is a pretty entertaining story to tell, so I'll go with the latter.

So, throughout much of July 2016, my Boy Scout troop went on a high adventure trip to California (though it was only open to 8th-graders and up). On Saturday, July 30, we were scheduled to fly back home. We were gonna fly from Sacramento to Chicago, then from there back home to Connecticut. But after we landed it Chicago Saturday night, our flight home got canceled, and the guys spent all of Sunday in Chicago, since there were no flights from Chicago to Hartford until Monday. But Dad and I had to get to New Jersey because of a family emergency, so we tried get last minute plane tickets to Albany, to no avail, so we had to rent a car and drive all the way from Illinois to New Jersey! And when I say that, I mean we drove all night! We had to be at my grandma's house in New Jersey by a specific time Sunday, so we couldn't stop at a hotel! I got maybe three hours of sleep in the car, and poor Dad only slept for 20 minutes Sunday morning! So, we finally get to my grandma's house after 12 hours (almost nonstop) on the road. By Monday afternoon, I was just waiting to go back home, someplace I hadn't been since mid-July when I left for California. So, I just watched TV. The TV was on Nickelodeon, and The Loud House was on. I hadn't heard of the show at this point, and the episodes I saw that day were Cover Girls and A Novel Idea. While I didn't care too much about the former, I remember enjoying the latter. I don't think I was aware that it was a brand new Nicktoon; it kind of had that classic feel to it (which probably is why I enjoy the show at 16 years old). So, I finally get back home to Connecticut on Monday night, and the story continues almost a year later.

Fast forward to mid-July 2017, and I'm in Delaware, visiting my other grandma. I'm in a hotel room one morning, and the TV is on Nick, and The Loud House is on. The episode is For Bros About to Rock. I only saw the second half of it, though, starting with the scene where Luna tries to break Lincoln and Clyde out of jail. At that time, I thought, from what I saw, at least, the episode was OK. Over the next two months, I heard about the show once or twice, until late September, when I saw a livestream on YouTube of Season 1 episodes. I decided that there was nothing better to watch, so I checked it out, and said, "You know what? I like this a lot.  I'm definitely keeping an eye out for this." And that's how it all started for me!

So, I know that story was very long, and, like I said, a simpler explanation still would've made sense of how I first discovered the show, but I do love telling that story of how I ended up at my grandma's house that time, so hopefully I didn't bore you too much. I will have another post out later today: my first real fanfiction! It's extremely long (almost 30 pages according to the Word document I typed it on), but I put a lot of effort into it, so hopefully you like it! Anyway, check back later for it, and I'll see you then! Take care!