Recently, I found myself with a lot of spare time on my hands. Reading would have been a great idea but my vision has been pretty blurry until the last week or so. Consequently, I spent quite a bit of time watching TV. The TV channels were limited in the hospitals, but I did find TLC and an abundance of TERRIBLE and ADDICTIVE TV shows.
In my own defense, I do have an understandable interest in all the shows that include brides and weddings since jb and Causten are getting married next year. You could consider my watching "Say YES to the Dress," "I Found the Gown," "Beverly Hills Brides," and "Four Weddings" as a kind of research, right?
I have absolutely no excuse for watching "Toddlers and Tiaras" or "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo." I am wholeheartedly ashamed for my addiction to these shows. Most of the parents shown on "Toddlers and Tiaras" are the worst kind of people who enter their young daughters and sons into pageants for very selfish reasons. They feel validated when their child wins a crown or a title. A mother on a show I saw this week actually admitted that she had children for the sole purpose of putting them in pageants! Can you imagine?! All I can tell you is that I am so horrified by the way these people spray tan their little girls, apply make-up, hairpieces and even false teeth to them so that they will be more competitive in the pageants. I am shocked by the amount of money they spend on a single dress...As for Honey Boo Boo, it's like coming upon a car accident and not being able to look away...just terrible! Shame on me.
Other shows on TLC that are more interesting and not quite so terrible are "Long Island Medium," "Breaking Amish," "What Not to Wear," and "Abby and Brittany." I also found a show on the Animal Planet channel called "Tanked" about a couple of New Yorkers who have a custom aquarium business in Las Vegas. That's a great show!
Now that I am able to read again and am out of the hospital, I really don't have a good excuse to watch any of these shows (except for the bridal ones!), but it may take some kind of 12 step program or support group to help me to quit watching them! May the force be with me!
