[please note: if you are on the west coast, this post contains information about an episode of a popular tv show that you might not have seen yet. if you're the sort of person who hates spoilers, then you should just read this post some other time.]
what is it about reality tv that's so compelling? Actually, since that's been hashed out in newspaper columns for like three years now, maybe I should just ask what it is about tv in general? I dunno.
A fake grandmother death? Despite it being the oldest trick in the book that's used by dorks in high school to get out of exams / projects / speeches / detention, it *will* go down in history as the dirtiest Survivor trick ever. :)
Whenever I watch Survivor I'm always torn between "I can't believe these people are willing to demean themselves and play the fool in front of millions of people" and "damn I wish I was on that show, I'd totally kick ass" attitudes. Mostly the former. But with Amazing Race I'm totally the latter -- Vinny and I *would* kick their asses. Even the Chippendales.
This actually makes me think of my thoughts toward lotteries. I like to say I'm Communist when it comes to lotteries: I don't think anybody should ever win stupid amounts like $80 million -- instead, I think 80 people should win a million. In Canada, that's not taxed, so it's 80 millionaires instead of just one. But that's not terribly Communist really, it's more "give Cam a better chance at winning money"-ist. Is that a word?
Apparently I'm bored here in rural Nova Scotia. For those outside Nova Scotia who don't know where that is: picture the Maine-New Brunswick border (a vertical line). Now follow it straight down, accross the Bay of Fundy, until you hit Nova Scotia. Now go to the right slightly, and there I am. See me waving?
Now, the same directions for those who don't know anything outside their own state: hold up your right hand, palm up, fingers curled, thumb out like you're hitching a ride. That's the United States (48 contiguous states, not Alaska and Hawai'i, or any protectorates, or Afghanistan, or Iraq). Now imagine your thumb was about a half-inch longer. I'm right at it's tip. See me waving?
OK, time to post and come up with something else to do. :)
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