As I am writing this, the sleet is changing over to snow. Yuck. Since commuting from Toledo did not seem like a good idea this morning, I decided to stay home. While taking the time to eat a real breakfast, I learned something. While I am in class, I am not missing anything on TV.
That’s right, not a thing. I always used to wonder what fine television programming I was missing. I decided to take a break from catching up on my reading. (I have to do something productive.) While flipping through the channels, I saw all kinds of shows that screamed, “Dude, this sucks.” I can’t stand soap operas, so I felt the need to go channel surfing. Unfortunately, I ended up going right back to my textbooks.
Case in point, talk shows. Each of them has its own formula. Maury Povich, for example, just kept giving stuff away to kids on this particular day. If he’s not doing that, he is either sending little snot-nosed punks to boot camp or trying to figure out who is some baby’s daddy. Yes, boot camps and paternity tests can be fun, but every other day? It gets a little stale.
Come on over to TLC and you have the kind of reality shows that are supposed to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. First there is “A Wedding Story.” Nothing is more depressing to me as a single girl than watching starry-eyed lovers tying the knot. You have to wonder, just how many of these people will still be married five years from now?
On this day, “A Personal Story” just got way too personal. When the opening shot shows someone’s fat being sucked out of them into a little tank (that’s what liposuction looks like), that just makes me want to change the channel.
Even Food Network, my usual savior on bad TV nights, let me down. The daytime Emeril lacks the “bam” as his “Emeril Live” counterpart. Can this really be the same man? There is no “Naked Chef,” not even an Iron Chef.
It’s just the same boring shows until prime time.
The only thing that I am missing on TV is the music videos on MTV. If you have asked, “Where did the videos go,” I have your answer. They are on during the day when most people I know are either working or in class. Great programming you got going on there, MTV. Why can’t you move the garbage like “Dismissed” to that time?
I now have new reasons to go to class. I know that there is nothing on TV. I am probably going to get more out of my class than I am out of watching brats going to boot camp. For today, I will stick to looking out my window for some entertainment.
