Epiphany

So the other day I was doing dishes and it occu­rred to me that we, those who read other people’s blogs, are the same bunch of peo­ple who crave rea­lity TV. We watch with horror as yet another 15 year old plans her $200K “sweet six­teen” with her daddy’s money. We watch 19 peo­ple try to win a million dollars on a deser­ted island, inha­bi­ted only by pro­du­cers, camera men, sound men, and deadly sna­kes. And watch as young hope­fuls get a ton­gue lashing on natio­nal tele­vi­sion for for­get­ting the lyrics of the song they attempt to sing in front of three jud­ges, and millions of viewers.

We love to take a glance into another life. We laugh at their follies, and roll their eyes as they give their own daugh­ter a made up cutest girl award. We love to see an occa­sio­nal pic­ture of this anony­mous person’s family, giving a face to the story we read each day.

We are sort of like anthropologists…or maybe more like pee­ping toms.… hmm. Something to ponder.

Now that is my epiphany. Deep, I know. You are impres­sed, aren’t you!

2 Comments

  1. Lady M said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 8:20 am

    Actually, I pre­fer blogs because peo­ple are too inar­ti­cu­late on rea­lity TV! :)

  2. chrisanne said,

    March 20, 2007 @ 2:34 pm

    So true!

    If you are inte­res­ted I tag­ged you for a Musi­cal Meme ;)

    Got your link from the blog exchange list, and love your blog!

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