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When i was a teenager, i was utterly obsessed with zoey 101. Back then, the internet wasn’t what it is today, it felt like this vast, magical place where anything was possible. The show seemed too extraordinary to be fiction, so i convinced myself that PCA (Pacific Coast Academy) was a real school, i am european, so america dream ahaahah.

Deep down, i knew it wasn’t true, but i clung to the fantasy. Years later, i found out it was a real school, or at least, the campus where it was filmed existed, and i absolutely lost my mind.

I remember spending hours online searching for pictures of the dorms, imagining they were exactly as they appeared in the show. My obsession went so far that i lied to my friends, claiming i was going on a week long trip to PCA. I told them there was a special tour where you could see zoey’s dorm room, which was still preserved as a set, roped off like a museum piece.

I even printed out the PCA logo (in terrible quality) and stuck it on a water bottle as “proof” that i’d been there. The way the show branded everything, hoodies, cups, water bottles, completely enchanted me. It was like a self contained universe, and i wanted to be part of it so badly.

I still remember stumbling upon a fan made website that looked so real, it showcased sushi nights, behind the scenes tidbits, and everything was designed as if it was the official PCA school site. It only fueled my obsession.

Looking back, i laugh at how over the top i was, but there’s still a part of me that remembers how magical it all felt. Did zoey 101 have this kind of hold on anyone else? Or was it just me, living in my little PCA dream world?