(1) Hells Kitchen. Tonight I watched this show for the first time. It blew my mind. That head chef guy is obnoxious. His method of yelling and insulting is embarrassing and inappropriate.
It makes me question how people think using scare tactics is an effective way of teaching. There were so many things wrong with this I can't even believe this is on television. I have personally experienced this form of 'teaching' and it changed who I am as a person. It happened to me as a student in University. From a now retired professor who I will resent forever. He induced an anxiety disorder in me that almost caused me to drop out of school. I then changed my major and it effectively changed the direction of my entire life. However I have no regrets because I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason. Through the ordeal I overcame a lot and learned a lot. But I still resent him for using his power and authority to belittle and humiliate people. Whoa. This just got deep. Damn you Hells Kitchen.
(2) Moving on to my second beef of the night: The Bachelor. Another form of embarrassment and public humility. The Bachelor himself could be considered a genius (using that term loosely). But lets think about this. One guy, looking for love, gets a roomful of beautiful women longing to fall in love with him. Even though they've never met him. And he gets to take his pick. But only after given the opportunity to date them all. He then gets to propose without having to pay for the ring. Genius, I tell you.
But the women? WHO goes on this show??? They are like lions salivating for meat. Literally. They go on group dates. And they are okay with this. They know the other women have sleepovers. Then they go on their own sleepover the next night. I'm guessing they aren't having pillow fights during these sleepovers. Then the camera crews go into their homes and involve their families. So instead of humiliating only yourself, you get to involve your whole family. Awesome.
Then comes the final two. Two women are in 'love' and pretty confident they are loved back. Ya - so loved they risk getting publicly dumped on national television in front of millions of people. Ladies - Give your head a shake.
That's the end of my venting for today. Now I need to rise above the darkness of my living room that currently resembles a bat cave. I need to not watch stupid reality shows. What I really need to do is tune in to the episode of 30 Rock that is on right now. Because Liz Lemon, Tracy Jordan, Jack Donaghy and even Kenneth are plenty reason for me to snap out of this funk.
Here's to hoping I wake up on the right side of the bed tomorrow.
Oh, by the way - starting today I am adding a new feature to my blog. I wanted to have my own 'thing'. A trademark. A tradition. Inspired by a combination of my good friend Natasha, Oprah and my aforementioned friend Mike - I will end each blog with my "Favourite of the Day". A way for me to reflect and remember the good of that particular day. So, without further adieu, here is my first:
Favourite of the Day: Today when I walked into my friend Amy's house, her baby saw me and shook with excitement and made his happy "O" face. I love when babies reach the age where they start to recognize you. It warms my heart.
2 comments:
Okay, let's talk 'The Bachelor'. You made some very good points and Yes, why wouldn't any single guy not go on this show? If that's your thing.
I never did understand how some of these women (not all of them) cannot seem to find real-life dates. Then ... you meet their parents. Here are some of my favorite parent quotes, "If you had to draw my daughter, what would she look like?" or the best one, "I'm from the future" :-|
That's when I said, "Ahh now I get why she's a loser" And then when they are let go, they act like they don't understand and thought that he loved her??!?? What do you think he's saying to the other women? Have you not watched the show before?
Tonight will be interesting. My wife is so excited about seeing it for some reason. Me? I'm just calling it curiosity. But tonight, they are bringing in the women from the past show. I guess she wants him back. Well, tonight we'll get to see if this guy is a truly an idiot.
I love how people get so passionate about tv shows. It's SO fun and funny.
A lot of people like my daily gratitudes thing. Like, a weird amount. I don't know why. Like, aren't my ranting and waxing poetic are not the best parts?!
It's hard for me to narrow down anything to just one, so I have five gratitudes. I think it's a good trend. I was thinking of writing a post on that and having a category at the top of my page to keep track of all the people who are closing their posts off with an emphasis on the positive.
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