So I've Been Watching A Lot of TV Lately. . .

And I've suddenly remembered why I previously chose not to.

A.) Taco Bell's "Drive Thru Diet" - HA! I say again, HA! I know the fine print says something about this not being a real diet and people should be watching calorie intake and exercising regularly, but HOW MANY PEOPLE are going to see this fine print/care to read it. Now, I'm sure a lot of people are going to laugh when they see this commercial and think, "YEAH, RIGHT!", but the fact that they are even trying to rope consumers into linking "diet" and "Taco Bell" irks me a tad.

B.) The Real World. So I watched an episode or two and I just sat there dumbfounded. One memorable quote kind of sums the caliber of characters on there - "All the roommates are boy, girl, boy, girl. I don't think it was planned that way, I think it was random." UH-HUH. OF COURSE it's completely random that four boys just HAPPENED to be roomed with four girls. And the two "rocker/artsy" people were paired together. Yes, there is absolutely NO scheming involved whatsoever. Also, within about ten minutes of being together, characters are already all over each other, literally. Say, "bye-bye", faithful boy/girl friends who might be waiting at home.

C.)Football. I know a lot of people love this sport, but I just don't care. And this time of year, it's ALWAYS on. At least I can cross off the days until the superbowl and finally get a break from this madness.

D.) News. This is just depressing in general. When the Obamas aren't doing some movie star - like appearances (I think I remember seeing a commercial for Michelle Obama appearing on Iron Chef), I'm forced to hear about how the recession is "over", how the war is moving into Afghanistan, or how the 2ft of snow we got a week ago is a winter disaster. The local news channels have since changed their advertisements to portray them as being on top of it when it came to the blizzard of '09 or whatever it was. Maybe if this state didn't suck at clearing roads and responding to massive amounts of snow, it wouldn't have been made into such a big deal. I mean, COME ON!!!!

E.) Marathons of CSI, Law & Order, and NCIS are ALWAYS ON. I don't even flip to USA or TBS anymore because I already know it's always one of those three on there.

F.) Any reality show, really. I do like Top Model, but I tend to not watch until they do the photo shoots because I actually love the pictures, even though I hate the drama that goes on in these types of shows . On BBCAmerica, I caught an episode or three of 'Britain's Missing Top Model' and they were doing a season where all the contestants were handicapped in some capacity. There was actually conversation between the models claiming that some of the girls weren't handicapped enough. I guess being deaf doesn't make you as handicapped as missing half an arm.

G.) TV Guide channel. I'm sure this happened a while ago, but I'm going to comment on it now - the amount of space allotted to the actual GUIDE section of the channel is entirely too small. I didn't change the channel to watch "Sexiest Women of Sci-Fi", I changed it to FIND OUT WHAT IS ON THE OTHER CHANNELS. Thank Baby Jesus for the mute button.

H.) Speaking of which, I often use this button because the commercials are LOUDER than the programs. I read recently that there was some legislation passed to prohibit commercials' volume from exceeding that of the tv show, and I say that is the best thing they have passed in a long time.

Of course, there are a few shows that I actually enjoy watching:
Big Bang Theory
America's Best Dance Crew (coming back Jan. 28th!)
Glee
Fringe
Sing Off

And Syfy (WHY did you change your name, sci-fi channel? WHYYYYYY?) original movies. So suck-tastic, yet so awesome. If you have not seen Flu Bird Horror, Beyond Sherwood Forest, Ice Spiders, or anything else with terrible CGI stuff, you are missing out.