Tonight I watched TV and found that this world is the one I really live in. I don't live in America; I live in my head. I don't live in California; I live in a state of mind where TV is my second best friend.
If you're wondering -- i don't think you are -- who my best friend is, it's Puffy (the most, bestest dog ever). She loves TV too.
Well, it's Monday night and for me that means the following:
The Secret Life of An American Teenager: this trite piece of hooey is something I can't turn off. Everything is so in your face. Tonight's episode is all about 'Just Say Me'. You know, when I was high school I didn't know any girls that 'thought' about 'ME' in the particular way that the show described. But, OK. I have to give points to the creator for keeping the dialog so real... Uhmm.
No. It's not real. And that may be the reason why I won't turn it off. Why I continue to pay the meanies at Time Warner more money than I should for extended cable so that I can help the Disney powers that be earn their advertising money. Oh thank you Jesus for DVR Service. I don't have to watch the advertisers. I can speed forward to the insanely addictive discussions on subjects teenagers wouldn't speak aloud. It's not that they don't think about these things, they just wouldn't actually say them and especially not to their friends. Think it through. If Teenager A said 'Just say Me' to Teenager B in front of C,D and F, then E would launch a scandalous gossip attack so they could be one of the cool kids leaving A ostracized and anyone of A's friends would abandon them. Sorry but 'that is so high school' means something and that is not what Secret Life is portraying. Except for Ashley who is way to cool for that school.
Make it or Break It: I love this show. It's simplicity is genius. Tonight was another ABC Family first where the poor kid realizes she's a lot cooler than she thinks and the tortured, jaded, soul of a champion is crushed because of un-predictable circumstances and she is forced to go through what I think is the fifth stage of grief. Is my sarcasm coming out of the woodworks yet.
And a streaming download of a cable program that I can't afford until it's available at Blockbuster or the channel has it for a free weekend. I know I am not the only one in the world that locates these sites and makes use of them.. Hey, it's not a movie and I'm not letting the world know where I got it because then I would be a criminal. I'm not posting it myself, because I can't be bothered. AND I'm telling you, if they dropped their price to $5 a month (or two for $10) I would happily subscribe.
I will say that said show was especially good tonight. Especially good. Thank you. But you're not worth 14.95 a month because I am a poor, single, lonely woman (when I turn off the TV) with a grocery list that has Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Dog Food to buy.
Nothing but the best for my baby!
Signing off.
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