Pacey Witter is the Greatest Character in Television History. Ever. Period.

As a teenager attending a wealthy, mostly-white public school in Seattle, the single most important television program of our generation was Dawson's Creek. Yes, you read that correctly and no, I'm not kidding. I'm being entirely serious.

To not watch Dawson's Creek was social suicide. I had dance class on whatever night Dawson's Creek aired, so I had to set up my VCR (remember those?) to record every episode. I woke up early the next morning (and I am NOT a morning person) in order to catch up before the inevitable episode recaps that took place amongst my classmates throughout the ensuing school day.

A few more examples to stress the pivotal role the Creek played in our privileged teenage existence:

• One of my girlfriends bought every single article of clothing that Joey Potter wore on the show. Do you remember the Abercrombie outfit Joey wore in the opening credits during one of the earlier seasons- an off-white cardigan with two varsity stripes on the sleeve? My girlfriend recreated that outfit from head-to-toe and purposefully wore it in her yearbook picture.
• On vacations in Josh Jackson's hometown of Vancouver, B.C., my girlfriends and I would stalk all his old stomping grounds. Somewhere at my mom's house, I have photos of me and my friends in front of Josh Jackson's childhood home and elementary school. I also have pictures and an autographed photo from when I met James Van Der Beek shortly after the Season 1 premiere, but that's another story.

Ah, those were the good ol' days. Back before Twi-Hards. When you were either Team Dawson, or Team Pacey. I know I'm not the only person approaching her 10-year High School Reunion "who devoted their lives to Pacey." So it is with great pleasure that I bring you Pacey-Con:

Pacey-Con with Joshua Jackson from Joshua Jackson

Pacey-Con 2011 is just around the corner, so start writing your fan fiction now!

--Itty Bitty