To The Extreme

Many of my blog titles are either names of songs or albums. If it wasn't that, it would be names of books. There's this little section at our local chain bookstore that is, shall we say, for mature audiences only. I could pull titles from there, but you might get the wrong idea if I titled a blog Big, Spankable Butts. That would get your attention wouldn't it? See, I get all distracted. That's not really what this blog is about.

I watch way too much reality TV. I blame MTV. It all started with "The Real World". I really enjoyed maybe the first 7 or 8 seasons of that show. Then all TV went into a frenzy and decided that the majority of programming should be reality based. That's not why I watch TV. I watch TV to get away from reality. I have to say, though, that some of those people are seriously whacked out. It makes me realize how "real" my life is. And how happy I am about it.

I am very disappointed in "Extreme Couponers". Not all of the people on that show are looney, but the majority are. They make the rest of us couponers look crazy, too. See here's the way I coupon. I don't stockpile things we don't eat or use. Why? We eat a much healthier diet than most people on that show. I don't stock up on "healthy" waters or frozen pizzas or laundry soap. Well, I got stuck with laundry soap, but I'll use it and I probably won't have to buy it for another 6 months, but that's a different story. I stockpile, toilet paper, paper towels, toothbrushes (but not paste. We use a natural toothpaste, too). I used to stockpile deodorant, but we switched that. I stockpile things I know go fast in our home. I don't stockpile Koolaid because I could get it free. I don't buy many canned or boxed items. I won't use those for overage because there is always one more step. Donating what we don't use or eat. I don't need to add one more stop in my day, if you know what I mean. And if I'm not buying it because we don't eat it, I'm certainly not buying it so I can feed other people junk. I think the people on that show have some issues and need professional help. They are one step away from hoarding. 

I refuse to watch "Sister Wives". Are you serious?!? I love Big Sis, but if she ever wanted to marry my husband, too (which she wouldn't because she is so much smarter than we give her credit for), I would have to bitch slap her to death. I am the baby. I never really had to share. And I do not share my man with anybody for any reason. Period. Now if he wants to marry someone else, I have no problem with that. After he signs the divorce papers and I get 3/4 of everything. I'm nothing if not fair. And since I know for a fact that God brought hubby to me and me to hubby, I ain't sharing my treat with nobody. I don't even turn the TV to that channel when that show is on.

"Real Housewives" they ain't. The way they live their lives and raise their kids just makes me angry. Come back to the real world. Not that show on MTV, but the really real world. They are so far removed from right and wrong, good and bad. Selfish, selfish people they are and raising another generation of people just like them. I watch that show as an affirmation of what we are doing is right.

I've tried to watch shows like the current "Real World" or (God forbid) "Jersey Shore". I've even tried to watch shows like "Big Brother" and "Amazing Race". Just so done with boozing it up, fighting, back stabbing. Tired of man and women trying to find the right someone and kissing and dating 25 people at one time. I would never and my man better not. But until I get my own reality show, there just isn't much to watch. Must be why we're getting rid of satellite when we move.