The Real World??

When I was young I had three main goals and I am totally serious about this:

1.  I wanted to be involved in a multi-story arc on either Days of Our Lives or As the World Turns.  In these stories I would play the long lost twins of either Marlena Evans or Lily Snyder.  The fact that Lily is actually only two years older then me was inconsequential.

2.  I wanted to be the author of an "Oprah Book Club Selection"

3.  I wanted to be the breakout star of "The Real World - Mobile"

Obviously none of these ever happened.

This brings me to what I feel is my biggest pet peeve on television today.  Is it violence?  No.  Gratuitous sex? Nope, never had a problem with that.

It is the Kardashians.

If you know me well you know that while I detest this Armenian family that simply wont go away, I apparently am on of the people who is 'keeping up" with them, which I guess is a good thing because they are not going away anytime soon, or ever.  They are everywhere.  They are endorsing credit cards, clothing lines, nail polish (Kim's is "Follow Me on Glitter"), tennis shoes, diet pills and even writing books.  Books?!?  This alone shocks me because I didn't think Harper and Row accepted manuscripts written in crayon but apparently they do.  Hell, I wish my biggest problem in life was the world thinking that my behind had implants in them.

I guess it just goes to show the differences in how people are raised.  My mom encouraged me to get good grades.  Their mom encouraged them to get professional athlete husbands.  I made the honor role.  Kim made a sex tape.  They call their mom "Kris".  If I ever called my mom "Pat" to her face I would actively be looking for a new set of teeth...

Lets get real about this real world that we are watching on television.  You shouldn't have a "momager" you should have a mother.  You shouldn't televise your fairytale knowing its going to end 73 days later.  You don't flaunt a twenty karat diamond ring by running you perfectly fake nails through your expertly styled weave while you family acts shocked and surprised around a dinner setting that would make Martha Stewart jealous...(I mean, is there anyone who thinks that Kim didn't buy that ring herself...or better yet is there anyone who thinks that ring is real)

So, I keep up with the Kardtrashians.  Their infection on society of their "real" world reminds me how happy I am to live in mine!!!