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February 20, 2003
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The ending of Joe Millionaire was scripted, anticlimatic schmaltz. People were saying from the very beginning they thought Fox would give the guy a million dollars. I don't like Reality TV. My first dose of Reality TV was The Real World on MTV. I was hooked right up until Boston. Then I dropped off like my grandpa does in his armchair on Sunday afternoons. Just this past season I started watching The Amazing Race on CBS. I think I enjoyed this program because it was fast-paced and did not stop for death (melodrama.) I enjoyed that all of the contestants were paired up with either a relative or a best friend. The fights amongst the pairs were genuine and sometimes highly amusing because they reminded me so much of what it would be like if my mother or my father were my partner on Amazing Race. That would never happen. So then FOX gets the idea that America wants to see attractive, gold-digging women get their hands smacked on National TV.
Joe Millionaire. Sexism aside, I watched it on a fairly regular basis because the contestants were hilarious. When Melissa said she wanted to use the money to go to foreign (and I assumed indigent) countries to "bathe their children" because she is a "mercenary like that" was the most stupid yet terribly humorous gaffe I've heard in ages. I was incredibly eager to watch the final show (not talking about the filler episode either.) They spent the lion's share of the show's time with axed contestants I don't even remember. What were they getting at anyway? Are we supposed to pity your materialism? Then Joe gives the word to his ladies, who shockingly appeared unruffled by what I would have imagined to be big news. We all waited for the big twist but it never came. Evil but ingenious was the filming of Sarah's conversation with Melissa. I never thought "I'm pissed" would be so audible in a whisper. The rest of the show must have been directed by an intern or something because it was !BORING! after that. Give us the details, man! I'd have accepted a little melodrama. By the way, how many cue cards does it take to make a coherent, eligible bachelor? Just wondering!
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Just one more negative comment then I shall focus on the positive... Will people please stop saying, "What a long strange trip it's been" unless they mean to quote the Grateful Dead song? I don't think it deserves to be cliché.
I am proud to announce that I have completed my AFI Top 100 goal. It was a worthy goal. I realize that competing with myself is a motivation technique. Hmm... I think I have my life's goals posted somewhere. Either way, I will post them for public display very soon.
I also crossed Beowulf off my informal classics list and checked off The Great Gatsby on my official Modern Library list.
Contradiction is defined as eating a salad with no cheese, egg, meats or dressing accompanied by Dr. Pepper. I think I gained weight on my vacation but I think that can be blamed on the following:
I quit smoking cigarettes 1/06/03
My vacation hotspot was my own apartment
Huge amounts of snowfall found me in pajamas almost every day
I bought my first crockpot which prompted experimentation
I hooked up my web cam
I developed a craving for cinnamon rolls. *sigh* God help me!
AFI Score:
100/100
Modern Library Score:
6/100
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