A little bit of reality...

I will admit I am addicted to certain reality TV shows. It's true I have not quite recovered from missing the entire first season of "So You Think You Can Dance". I've even tried to find episodes on U-tube with no great success. Now marathons of old seasons are played but still, no season one! I'm certainly not the first one to notice how certain shows and people are shoved down our collective throats relentlessly on a daily basis.

The way I see it, there should be a new version of celebrity survivor. We should put Lindsey Lohan, Brittney Spears, Angelina Jolie, her tribe and baby daddy Brad, Hannah Montanna, the entire cast of High School Musical, Madonna & Guy Ritchie, Posh & Beck, Tom Cruise and Paris Hilton on an island for about six months and give us all a damn break from their faces and lives. Is that so much to ask? Imagine the back stabbing, the alliances, the tribal council meetings! The ratings would be amazing.

In other reality news, tomorrow we will be spoon fed election details until we are sick to our stomach. Hopefully, we will not be sick because of who wins, but rather because every channel will be yakking about up to the minute results when the only result that matters is when the fat lady sings at the end. I liken this kind of news coverage to watching a horse race in super slow motion. I don't like horse races to begin with, and I really get annoyed when every channel is preempted by all the oh, so necessary updates. One year, the election coverage preempted an important figure skating event. I felt homicidal. Don't get me wrong, it's not the I don't care about the results. I'm registered. I vote. I voted. I am a voter...but for the love of all that's holy, figure skating events and the first season of So You Think You Can Dance are not replayed in reruns!

The way I see it, they should take three channels that no one really gives a crap about, and those are the exclusive election day coverage channels. I vote for, QVC, one of the Spanish channels, and that obnoxious channel that plays "Smile of a Child" 24/7. What the hell is that anyway? Better yet, make it a pay per view event so they can make some money (maybe they send it to the "Smile of a Child" people) and then only the people who want to watch the horse race is slow motion can do so. Think of the opportunity for market analyzation! You could tell what demographics watched, where they live, what kind of dog food they buy, who they likely voted for in the first place. I'm a freakin' genius! (OK, maybe not, but I have my moments.)

This is just another useless observation, but think about it...