The Wee Democracy

DAMN YOU! GODDAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!

once again, i find myself angry with tv, and all the bastards and sonsabitches that run the networks. if you'll remember, this beef has been bubbling for some time now, what with my disgust at the raving insensitivity propogated by "reality" shows like the bachelor and bachelorette (see the february 4th entry -- yes i know i can link it, but fuck you).

my wrath was summoned last week by the news that the the apprentice, that NBC show with donald trump, is guilty of what the french call a little bullshit. now it's not like i base my whole life on the tenet that reality tv is actually even remotely real, but this was just blatant lying, this was.

then, right as '24' was peaking, getting to a point of almost intolerable tension and extreme badassness, fox fucking pulled it for five weeks!! can you believe that crap? i know all about sweeps, but get real -- people don't tune into the season finale of a show they've missed the previous 15 episodes of. not only that, it's replaced by a crap show called 'forever eden' where a dozen undeserving schmucks get to spend all kindsa time on a beautiful island, only to be shocked by the nastiness of human nature. if you want to be privy to the disastrously rude behavior of your fellow man, work retail, people. march 30, that's when '24' comes back, and not a minute too soon.

THEN, goddammit, fox went and seriously pissed me off again. a mere 4 episodes after a 3 week break, fox insists on putting the OC on hiatus AGAIN, for ANOTHER three weeks, and why? why this time?? what new show could they be rolling out that stimulates those old neurons? why "playing it straight" of course, a version of the bachelorette, where not only does the woman have to pick a man, but she's got to contend with the fact that several of them are gay men, pretending to be straight.

seriously, fox, get a fucking grip. we are not monkeys interested by the slightest movement in shiny things. we are not all toothless backwards hicks, looking to laugh at us some queers, or ready to jerk off over some self absorbed drama queen stuck on a deserted island with a bunch of syncopes. we may like melodrama, but this so-called reality bullcrap you're churning out makes melodrama like the OC seem like the fuckin new hours with jim lehrer.

knock it off, you greasy fools!!



feeling: still pissed off
thinking of: k-d
song of the day: between the bars - elliott smith
drink up with me now, and forget all about the pressure of days. do what i say, and i'll make you ok, and drive them away, the images stuck in your head