With all of the “good” programing over, and the summer programming kicking off in full swing, I find that there are less and less “real” shows to choose from, and more reality tv options that keep popping up on my television. There’s the good, most notably, Kathy Griffin’s My Life On The D-List, which started season 3 last night. I LOVE Kathy Griffin, and I was elated to know that her show was coming back, because it is a side-splitter, and definitely the best that reality TV has to offer; she is a brilliant comedian, and her show always has me in stitches. But she is an unusually bright light in the otherwise dark realm of reality tv. I don’t see myself watching many of the other shows, because they don’t peak my interest. Kathy is definitely the cream of the crop.
With that being said, I probably will find myself tuning in to shows like So You Think You Can Dance? and America’s Got Talent. I will admit that I got sucked into SYTYCD last year, although, I haven’t gotten pulled in yet this year. I will probably end up watching it because there is nothing else on, which is the main reason I find myself watching reality TV in the first place. That makes me think that they should call it “America’s Got Nothing Better To Do Than Watch, Because There’s Nothing Else On”, rather than America’s Got Talent; that title seems more fitting to me.
With the little good and all the bad things that reality TV represents to me, I do want to mention a great documentary that I saw last night on Logo. It focuses on the life of a handful of gay men in an extremely small, rural town. While they considered the small town home, because they had grown up there, they pointed out how there were few options for meeting someone, as well as the obvious discrimination for being gay. While they pointed out that it was significantly diminished, they didn’t feel comfortable being as “out” as many gay people in larger cities are, and even mentioned the fear of being hurt or killed due to the fact they were gay. While I know that all of us gays are susceptible to such retaliation because of who we are, it really had me question why you would want to live in such a small community (the one in the movie had a population in the low hundreds), if you could live somewhere more open? I guess it is an “to each their own” situation, but it just isn’t one for me. They seemed genuinely happy, and they managed to find partners and friends and stuff, and that made me happy. I just don’t see myself living on a farm in Idaho any time soon. But good for them.
On a different note, there was a fire drill at work today. While me and my friend Deb got out of the building practically first, it literally took everyone forever to get outside, and group with our monitors so that all could be accounted for. I would really hate to see what would happen if it wasn’t a drill; I fear that it wouldn’t be a pretty site. Let’s hope a drill is all we have to worry about. At least it killed a good hour of my day.
Finally, on an even more different, and definitely more disgusting note, when I was driving in to work today, I noticed a man walking his dog, and carrying that signature bag of poop that many dog walkers can be seen with. I have a dog, and I don’t mind being a good dog owner and picking up after him, but I’ll be damned if I am going to walk around with a bag of poop just swinging in my hand. Gross. That is probably one of the grossest things to me, and that is probably the main reason that we just let Sydney do his thing in the back yard wherever he pleases. This boy does not do bags of poop, okay? Yuck. I don’t know why, but I just felt compelled to share that information.
What would actually be gross is if he didn’t have a bag in the first place. I would call that being responsible enough to pick up and wait to dispose in a proper place, and I wish there were more people like that.
Kathy Griffin is sooooo funny! I watched the D-List and then her standup show last night. Funny funny stuff.
RE: Dog poopy bags. I do that. Better than stepping on it later. Plus, when I see people walking on my lawn and letting their dogs crap on my grass without picking it up..well, that’s what the shotgun hanging above my door is for..okay, not really. What I usually do is I send Syd out the front door to glare at them. The kids usually follow her and say in really loud outdoor voices, Eeewwww! That’s gross and inconsiderate, right Mommy?!!
Duane,
That’s why they made DVD players, for the summer months when the airwaves are cluttered with crap. We got the DVD set for Planet Earth, and we’ve only made it through the first of five discs, and it’s utterly fascinating! The photography is absolutely amazing. No wonder it took them five years to film it. Or get the Inspector Morse series (there are 33 DVDs in the set)… you’ll be hooked if you like a good story.
Of course, I’ll watch Hell’s Kitchen this summer. I love Gordon Ramsay, you never have to guess what he’s thinking
Other than that, we’ll spend most of our time in the upper ranges of the dial, looking for documentaries or educational shows. We don’t have anything near the selection of channels that y’all do up here in the frozen north, unless you get digital cable, and for over $100 per month, there just isn’t that much fascinating stuff on television to spend that kind of dough.
That’s the nice thing about cats, they bury their own
And I just have to scoop the litter box two or three times a day. Of course, if we lived in a house, we’d have dogs, and they’d have their own private bathroom in the back yard (all of it, in other words). Some in the building have dogs, but I just couldn’t see keeping them in an apartment, when they deserve having the room to roam.
But at least the dog walker was carrying it in a bag instead of speaking it
The lack of organization for the fire drill was nothing compared to the complete sham of a tornado drill we had right before it. And they wonder why it is hard to keep a dude with XDRTB in the country (or out of it!)…
Kudos to the guy carrying poop in the bag. I do that when I walk Molly…other option is to let her poop all over other people’s yards, or in the street…now, that WOULD be disgusting!
duane,
Instead of sitting at home watching TV programs you don’t enjoy just for the sake of watching TV, why don’t you get out and do some of that volunteer work you claim we should all be doing?
re: dog poop … So it’s disgusting to carry dog poop in a plastic bag? What’s the alternative? Not everyone is as ‘fortunate’ as you to have a backyard to let their dog do their business in. Some of us are required to walk our dog else we get a good pile of poo in our house everyday. You = ridiculous.
If that last line is ‘hate speech’ or ‘worthy of banishment,’ well I guess it just sucks to be me.
Lori, Tina, and especially dave: I am not advocating leaving the dog shit there, and forgoing the bag. I think that you should pick up after your dog, and if you don’t you are an asshole; especially if you let your dog poop on other people’s property or a park or something.
But I still think it is nasty. That is what I was saying. They make scoops to prevent you from having to touch the poo; even though you have a thin, bag-layer between you and it.
I don’t think stating that I think poop in a bag is disgusting even hints at being ridiculous, I think that it is exceptionally valid. If you think it is ridiculous to be grossed out by dog shit, well dave, I don’t know what to say to you. Again, my point was, I think it’s gross; that’s all. I still pick it up when we go to the park.
Oops. I think you interpreted the wrong tone in my message. Did not mean to preach at all…but I will shoot you if Sydney leaves dog poop in my yard
You’re missing the point (again).
It’s nastier if you leave the shit in YOUR own yard because Syd will step all over it again, eat it again, and then cuddle up next to you with that special scent on his breath. Not to mention the detrimental effects of excess nitrogen on your lawn.
THAT is the icky part, Duane.
They have been renovating the branch and testing the fire alarms all week and it is really annoying. Now we have this disembodied voice telling everyone to stop what you are doing and leave the building… and no one pays attention to it… we could be halfway burned down and we still couldnt get the customers off the internet. Sigh.
Duane,
After reading on your blog about how you got “sucked in” to SYTYCD, I watched the rerun of the auditions in Atlanta last night. I have to say, I did not think I would like the show, but there were parts of it I enjoyed. I thought the guy from Kennesaw that did the “robot” was very inspiring. I am by no means saying he is the best dancer I have ever witnessed, but he was really inspiring. I still do not see myself watching the show regularly, but I can see how it could suck you in.
Jim,
I have seen the entire ‘Planet Earth’ series and thought it was totally AWESOME!! I would suggest everyone should see this series at least once. Sit down with the DVDs or catch it on Discovery channel, open your mind, and enjoy!!!! It is really a shame to consider some or all of what was filmed could cease to exist if we do not start taking care of the planet that takes care of us!!!
Okay… so once you’ve scooped the poo, what do you do with it? You’ve got to put it in something or carry it around in the scoop the whole time. Enter the plastic bag…
So a thin bag-layer between your hands and dog shit isn’t sanitary yet a thin bag-layer between my cock and some chick’s cunt is supposed to prevent me from catching her STDs?
Lori, you are focusing on the unsaid; we don’t just leave it out there forever. While Sydney definitely gets the occasional poo-poo treat, James makes sure to pick up the yard regularly. Poo is just gross no matter where it is, and that was the whole point I was making. Actually, that’s not true, the point I was making, was that those bags that you pick up poo in, are nasty, because they have poo in them. I dispose of them ASAP, rather than carrying them around like a trophy; which is what I thought of when I saw that guy yesterday morning.
Dave, the scoop carries the poo until you put it in the trash. No need for a little bag. And as far as that last part, you never cease to amaze me with your over simplification of things; if you truly think that a plastic dog poo bag is the same thing as a condom, please, for the love of god, NEVER have sex again. You will be doing whomever you spare a great service, as obviously the two are no where near the same. And, in addition, I never said that condoms prevented all STIs, in fact, there are many that are still transmittable even with a condom; many of which are incurable. They do a great job on HIV though, and a much better job than a little plastic bag at that.
Wow…who thought a post about dog poo could be so contentious.
I bag it when I walk my dog, and I do hate to grab it through the plastic…this ick factor is magnified if you have a big dog. It’s not practical to carry a scoop on a walk. Some places are nice enough to provide baggies and receptacles for poopy dogs, but that is rare. I like to bag it and carry it until I find some one’s trash and then I just dump it. After all, it is incredibly ugly to leave those nasty green hurby curby’s in the road year round (instead of take them out on trash day only), so I figure I will at least put them to good use!
You mean holding on to it until he could throw it away in his own trash rather than sticking poo in a neighbors? Talk about focusing on the unsaid…
Lord, I never thought I would have to continually defend a statement that said that poo was gross, and carrying it around in a little bag was gross too. I guess I was wrong.
I’m with you on the dog poop… it reminds me of a comedy routine I saw a while ago (unfortunately can’t remember who the comedian was), talking about how it’s really the dogs that are in charge, because come on, the humans are picking up their poop and carrying it around.
“This boy does not do bags of poop, okay?”
Pally, just wait until nursing school when you not only have to empty out a patient’s colostomy bag, but measure the volume and document the color and consistency! Pet poop will be a joy!
Sean, I know! But I will have on gloves… now, if I had a supply of gloves on hand, pet poop wouldn’t be a big deal at all! LOL