..Reality TV that is. yes that’s right Survivor & The Amazing Race are back for their second season this season (yet Studio 60 doesn’t even get to finish one, but i’ll get to that later), and yes i’m watching both of them. however, in my defense i have not yet committed survivor to a season pass on the tivo, and i am not enjoying it in the slightest. wait.. which is worse, liking survivor or watching it even tho you dislike it?? yes they are torturing them more, which i like, and the idea of giving one team a couch and a freezer full of meat or whatever they have over there, while the other team doesn’t even have water, is amusing it’s just so done. it’s over, it’s boring, it’s repetitive, and repetitive. nobody wants to hear probst say “on my go,” or “i’ll go tally the votes,” or “the tribe has spoken,” anymore!! gawd it’s annoying! and this time they have people named, rocky, and boo, and i think mo. so why am i watching it??? because i’m not watching grey’s anatomy (yes, i know it’s not going to get isaiah fired, but it’s tainted what can i say. maybe i’ll watch the repeats this summer or someday on lifetime, or maybe i won’t.) so i am compensating by watching fucking survivor. bleckh! and worse… i’m watching LOST. and omg it so sucks!! the first episode of the second season this season, we got absolutely nowhere, just more inconsistencies. and last week was by far the most boring episode ever!! why do i care that desmond can see the future, or the past, or both? and if he can, why didn’t he know his girlfriend’s father was going to stick him out on the evil vortex of damnation that is “the island”? and now they’re back to their old tricks, running previews for this week’s episode claiming “it will answer the three biggest questions”. gee, how to pick just three questions… actually, at this point i’ve forgotten what my questions were - which means they’ve won you realize. god i hate them. oh, but this is good news.. i just read in the wall street journal (no seriously, they’re always laying around the cafe area at work), and since beginning their second season this season LOST’s ratings are down like 23% among the 18-39 demographic, so even tho i haven’t had the common sense to stop fucking watching, plenty of other people have.
anywhoo.. the amazing race, all-star edition, hmmm.. who do i detest more, rob & amber or sharla & mirna?? close call, but i’m gonna have to go with rob & amber - hate, hate, hate, hate! they are vile, despicable media whores and i think we need legislation to cap the number of times the same f’ing evil people can be on these shows! maybe i’ll write a letter to my congress-person. so who would i like to see win? team cha-cha-cha of course, danny & oswald, who don’t have a chance in hell of course, so i’ll just enjoy them as long as i can. when they met rob & amber one of them said, “so i understand you two have your own cable network.” hee, hee, they’re so cute! but if we get too far down the line and it looks like ‘romber’ is gonna win i’m going to have to bail out. but it’s always good to see phil, and it seems like they have reeled in on the product placement a bit, except for travelocity of course and i hate that stupid gnome.
oh, so Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the second best new show this season.. canceled. they’re not even going to show the rest of the episodes. how much does that suck? i really like these characters. at least harriet came back and gave matt a kiss on the cheek at the end, cause not for nothin’ but the whole thing with them going from a very sweet moment to a very ugly fight and “breaking up,” and him telling people “we broke up,” and them saying, “so what, that’s what you two do,” and “why is this time different?” that was all a little close to home for me. but hey that’s my problem and it was still a good show. who’s making these decisions and why aren’t they consulting me??
but my new biggest vice vis-a-vis reality tv… “To Catch A Predator,” which has become a weekly installment on Dateline. i know, it’s sick, i get really disturbed every time i watch it. especially when they read the conversations from the chat rooms, and they always use creepy voices, we literally yell when they’re doing it, “ehw, ehw, ehw, shut up, stop it.” it’s so upsetting. and i gotta tell ya i don’t care that it’s been made a felony to solicit a minor for sex on the internet, they are in some seriously shady gray areas of entrapment. and i don’t think you have to have a criminal justice degree to see that. don’t get me wrong, it’s sick and wrong and i don’t feel sorry for these perv’s (usually), but i’m just sayin’. and i’m not blaming the “victim” here either, but come on.. people keep your kids out of of chat rooms!!! but these men are sooooo inconceivably stupid! an increasing number of them tell the Dateline guy, yeah i’ve seen these shows, yeah i thought it was probably a set up. are you kiddin’ me?!! then why are you here??! and what is with sending pictures of your privates?!! no one wants to see that!!! what the hell is wrong with you??! get some therapy!! i don’t know, but what’s really messed up is despite the fact that the pervie pedophiles know about the show and the increasingly common sting operations, i bet they could go on with their weekly installments forever, because they just keep parading in!! ick! people are sick! i don’t get it!
anywhooo.. i know a few months back i was considering the fact that i might have outgrown reality tv and i just thought i should be honest… i apparently haven’t grown at all. (but i still will NOT watch The Apprentice!)
