The Amazing Apprentice Idol Road World Challenge!

Reality TV. Isn't it something?! What ever happened to situational comedies?? The good ol' American sitcom with good ol' American storylines. You know, like... boy meets girl, girl blushes, boy tries to impress girl but ends up looking like a douchebag, girl leaves while laughing with her friends. Nowadays it's more like... boy buys girl alcoholic beverage, girl blushes partially because of the 2 glasses of wine she had previously, boy tries to impress girl by talking about his past sexual experiences, girl leaves with boy while texting her friends about why she will not be returning home till morning. Although it's not really part of MY personal reality... that kind of "situational comedy" is probably (although unfortunately) this world's reality. My question for you is when did we turn into a society that would rather watch other people living their lives than live our own? When did we turn into the kind of people that choose to eat bowls of movie-theater-style popcorn on the couch while watching people travel the world instead of making plans to travel the world ourselves?? Now, I know that may seem rather catty, but in no way am I excluding myself from the above mentioned "we". I am, as we speak, only half paying attention to this blog entry since the other half of my attention is entirely invested into this weeks episode of 'The Amazing Race'. Come to think of it, I just finished watching (often in horror) the girls perform on American Idol and I wait with baited breath for 9:00, so I can tune in for the final episode of Real World Philadelphia. And if I were to be completely honest with you (which, I'd like to think I always am)... four out of five evenings of my work week are tenatively scheduled around reality television. So, in theory, I am most definitely one of those people who would rather watch other people live while eating overly buttered popcorn. I just kinda wonder when (and how) I...we... got that way.

this IS reality~
Tempa