Why Won't Some Things Just Go Away

Hello readers. I hope you all had a good weekend. Another boring weekend spent helping my parents rip up their garden with the coming winter, but at least the Bears won so it's all good.

Why do some things seem to go on and on with no end in sight? Brett Favre's career, Final Fantasy, the Saw movies,

Unfortunately, it seems like this applies to two reality shows which I just can't stand anymore.


I DON'T and I WILL NEVER understand the appeal of Survivor. It's a show about a bunch of paper pushers, obviously bored as f**k with their jobs, who think it would be fun to become a bunch of backstabbing morons in front of the camera. In between, we have these goofy challenges where they have to eat cockroaches and rats while they go through their "Robinson Crusoe" complex.

How has this show not gone stale yet? It's mind-boggling. It's the same crap EVERY FREAKING SEASON, except the place rotates. One year it's in Vanuatu and then the next year it's in the Congo etc etc etc. Every goddamn season there's always two tribes that just become one after four weeks and then this betrayal and gossiping goes on as they do this idiotic "vote" at the end of the show to kick off somebody. The people they get on the show don't change at all either. There's always at least one super, hyper religious dude whose beliefs conflict with some "modern liberated" woman whose beliefs conflict with some boorish, chauvinistic pig.

I don't get it. A show like Lost makes sense because it had a plot and themes. What the hell is the theme of Survivor? That human beings, when they are abandoned on the outskirts of society, will suddenly devolve into a primitive state of deception and greed?

THERE'S A FREAKING BOOK LIKE THAT PEOPLE. It's called LORD OF THE GODDAMN FLIES (minus the goddamn)

I can see why American Idol is popular. It's a singing contest that tries to find some hidden superstar in some tumbleweed town, all the while some random British dude just rips everyone a new one. Okay, that sounds fun. But how many times have they aired American Idol?

America, you really can't get enough of this show? I mean the return of Jersey Shore is bad enough but American Idol AGAIN. There's nothing fun seeing tone deaf (and I mean TONE DEAF) morons go on a singing contest and make asses out of themselves for the one millionth time. Just go to a freaking karaoke bar and watch the drunks slur Kanye West or Miley Cyrus.

The most laughable part of American Idol is that the winners are chosen by VOTE. Yeah that's right

You know that idea that Founding Fathers like Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry gave their blood, sweat, and tears for? Taxation without representation? The right to vote before having laws imposed on us? Yeah well it seems like their work has been in vain because people in this great country of ours would rather vote on Ruben vs. Clay or Justin vs. Kelly or Carrie vs. Who Cares, THAN IN OUR FREAKING ELECTIONS. I can't understand people who are rushing to vote for some person who will make like two songs before fading back into obscurity, and then they don't even realize that the midterm elections (you know the elections that determine WHO GETS INTO MOTHERF**KING WASHINGTON) were two weeks ago.

And why is Paula Abdul on a show about "finding talent"? There's no logic there.

Cheers,
DC