Reality TV

Poor Jon and Kate, I guess they don't make eight anymore. What do you expect from two adults that have turned into spoiled little brats themselves with all the green they have raked in from their so-called reality show??

I would not watch that drivel if it was the last show on earth, and you had a bazooka aimed at my head. The bazooka would actually be a relief if I had to watch the constant nagging and pouting on that show.

If you want to watch reality TV, I suggest you watch something on the other channels like 'Swamp Loggers' or 'Deadliest Catch', where the drama is real, and not some convoluted crap like 'Housewives of St. Olaf'....I am not sure what the issue is with TLC and BRAVO.

I feel nothing but pity for the men on the 'Housewives' series. They seem to be led about in a trance-like state, while their collagen injected Stepford wives (without the personality upgrades) mince and prance around looking for their misplaced youth - while ripping each other to shreds.

I know most of it is because I am a man, and see no value in these shows whatsoever. For example, I run when I even get a hint that some lady is about to go into labor on TLC. Who on earth wants to watch that? Being there for the birth of my own kids was more reality than I actually wanted!

I never said I was politically correct..

What is With the Weather Channel?

I am looking at the TV at work now as little children and hapless adults sit among the debris......Did a tornado just strike? No.....
It is just the weather channel replaying footage of tornadoes forming and touching down over and over and over ad finitum. Is this supposed to titillate me in some way? Are they trying to unsettle me since I am mid-westerner in 'tornado alley'? I am still trying to figure this out. Is this supposed to be "Storm Stories"? No, it is not in the correct time slot. It is always tornadoes. Why don't they show more hurricanes or hail storms? I particularly like the winter ones they run where they rescue the hapless man from the river and his pants fall off. If they want to titillate the audience, couldn't they un-blur his body parts when they run this footage? Wouldn't Grandma gasp with shock as she goes running to get her glasses for a better look!
I especially like the one where the cars are all sliding into each other on the ice, and even the drivers get into the action as they slide beside and behind their cars...those are the moments that make life worth living. :)

There Are Two Kinds Of Peoples ( And I Can't Be That Way)

I have finally figured it all out. There are other people, and then there is me. I am not living my life like I could be, selfishly and consumed by my self importance. I guess.

I have been in positions at work and in community before, and I am sorry, I just cannot take myself that seriously, nor believe that my existence on this world stage is some kind of wonderful gift to humanity. The human race owes me nothing.

I have sacrificed my time, and not thought much about it, and depreciated my own efforts in things I have done.

I watch other people, not even one-half as accomplished in the things they have done, and I think to myself , "Are you serious?"

And then I find myself covering for these people, trying to keep whatever working, hopefully.

Then I ask myself later, "Did I do the right thing?"

I realize no matter how I try to show these people that they have some kind of responsibility to others besides themselves, they will never 'get it'.

And I will continue to be the fixer.

Are We Going Down the Tubes?

I really try....I even changed the name of my blog to be less cynical and sarcastic (Also because some guy in Chicago stole my former blog name!! I will get you later!).
I read the news, and it just does not get better....Then I turn to my personal life, and it sucks too. We learned today that there is a salary freeze. Isn't that nice... I think I am going to go to the local supermarket and tell them not to mark up any prices because I am not going to get any kind of raise - Not cost of living, not for high appraisal marks - nothing, nada, squat...
And someone stole my snacks out of the drawer at work...not to mention the tornadic winds I had to endure just to get to work this morning. I saw horizontal rain and hail at the same time and it was just as I was getting ready to pull in...nice.