As previously mentioned, since I have very little else I can do, I’ve been filling my evenings with unabashedly silly television. I have to say, it’s awfully stressful – all the debating, all the amazement at how rigged these shows are, and even worse, the constant surprise at just how stupid some of this stuff is. Let’s start with Skating With Celebrities.

    I can’t say I’ve been watching this show much, it’s just a little too… well… rigged, silly, and kinda stupid. But I thought I’d tune into the finale. I’m glad I didn’t watch any more than that. How they could possibly try to pretend that the affair between Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler just doesn’t exist is just beyond me. As their “journey” recap aired and they kept gushing about how great the experience was, how they’ll have friends in each other for life, and how the judges kept saying how romantically they’ve skated together, all I could think was – hooray for Lloyd Eisler’s wife, they’re providing her with more and more fodder for the divorce case. And good for her, I’m tired of hearing about pregnant women getting the raw end of the deal. And in this situation, I hope that poor woman can take Lloyd – and Kristy for that matter – for all they’re worth. To leave your pregnant wife just before her last month is abominable, but for the tramp to send a love-note to the soon-to-be-ex-wife, that’s just downright classless. Stick it to ’em, Ex-Mrs.-Eisler! In the words of Ivana Trump, don’t get mad, get everything! No woman deserves that kind of crap from a former playboy bunny and a dork of a husband. So there.

    Hehe, okay, that rant’s done. Now on to Survivor. Can I tell you how much I love Terry? The dude kicks butt and I think he’s the only person I can root for on the whole show. And now that he has that immunity idol I think he’s going to go far. Hopefully his strength won’t make him a target and his tribe will take this victory and turn it into a streak, because really, I’m getting sick of the So-Cal Crazy Tribe. Could that team be any more dysfunctional? Courtney has the vocabulary of a blonde Berkeley underwater-basketweaving reject and Shane, ugh, don’t even get me started. What was he thinking going out there the day he quit smoking three packs a day? Frankly, he scares me, and it worries me that those silly faux-sushi-eating people are in charge of Bruce’s fate. *sigh* Just don’t get me started on what they were thinking, voting Bobby out after he single-handedly brought them back from behind to win the reward challenge with his scary fish chopping skills. That’s just… sad.

Hmm, what else am I missing… Oh, right! Dancing With the Stars, which I meant to talk about earlier, but hey, I’m forgetful. (And oh how I wish I had, because tons of people have gotten here through google searches for “reactions to Dancing With the Stars”. Whoops.) I’ll come right out and say it – I think the whole thing was completely rigged. I tried voting for Stacy throughout the entire show and the rest of the time the lines were open. Did I get through? Not once. Not once in two freaking hours! I tried calling to vote for Jerry once, just to make sure I had the numbers right. I got right through on his, and yet magically, he made it to second. I kept trying to vote for Stacy but to no avail. I’m wondering if other people didn’t have the same problem. If you did, please comment! I want to know if this was just me or not. Don’t get me wrong, I’m satisfied with Drew winning, but I don’t think they gave Stacy a fair shot. I think in ballroom dancing, to come from being an amateur, it’s so much more difficult to be the woman. It’s said that ballroom dancing is like a flower – the man is the stem and the woman is the blossom. Yes, it takes great strength on the man’s part to do the lifts, but I think it takes much more concentrated effort on the part of the woman to hold positions in lifts, and not only do all of the action on the floor, but to do it backwards and in high heels. Stacy did not deserve third – I love Jerry Rice, but he’s simply not the dancer Stacy has been all season. She deserved a fighting chance against Drew, and I think they rigged it so that she didn’t even have a fair shot.

    All that said, hooray, Brenna’s gone! Eesh, I couldn’t stand that girl. The fact that she turned ‘You Are the Sunshine of My Life’, a sweet, saccharine song that Stevie Wonder wrote for his daughter into sleazed up pop tripe is just wrong on so many levels. On a happier note, vote for Paris! (Cause I’ve got a whole dollar riding on her making it farther than Chris Daughtry, hehe. And, of course, vote for her cause she’s cute and can sing, despite the Bette Midlerness this week.)

    That’s my reality round-up for now. If you enjoyed it, please say so by posting a comment, and maybe I’ll try this again next Friday. If you do want more next week, there’ll be more Survivor, American Idol, and FX’s new series, Black White. If not, then eh, at least I got this stuff off my chest. Ahhh, I feel better now. 🙂 Now feel free to discuss amongst yourselves: comment away!