Can You Get to a Future if Your Past is Present?

The one where I use a Sex and the City reference as a writing prompt...

There are two shows from my past that I will put on as a sort-of background noise when it feels a little too quiet in my house or even to help me fall asleep at night. Yes, I’m that person who needs the noise of the TV to wash out the noise in my brain to fall asleep. But also, these shows keep me company, like old friends.

If you know me even a little…