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Thursday
Jul012010
Real World Killed the Video Star
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:33PM
I'm sitting in the same bar I've sat in every night for the past 6 nights, somewhere in the middle of Los Angeles, all by myself. I always think that these work trips are going to be so totally amazingly awesome, that I'll get so much done and enjoy the peace and quiet I am constantly begging any deity who will still listen to me* for.
And then I get here and my daughter calls me to tell me she meeds me, momma, and my middle son has emoticon text wars with me and my oldest son tells me every single thing he's done for me to keep the house together while I'm gone, and I try to go to the gym to sweat out the fact that I undeniably miss them but what I really end up doing it eating all the cheesecake room service will bring me and watching MTV all night, which doesn't actually have music on it anymore. Yo Yo Yo, MTVdumbteenagers! It just doesn't have the same ring to it.
And so I fall asleep at one and I wake up at four because my ears are ringing from the silence which is okay because in three days, when I'm home, I'm going to be bitching about how my house is clearly an echo chamber and how, though I do little right in life, I can totally make a mean pair of lungs. Three times over, in fact.
Yes, there is a point, and it is that we're talking about getting enough rest at my little review blog and it's the very last post in a series that ends in $100 gift certificate going to one of the commenters, so get going already. I'll be sitting here trying to figure out what the point of this Bachlorette show is.
*Turns out, there aren't any. Not even that delicious Flying Spaghetti Monster.
And then I get here and my daughter calls me to tell me she meeds me, momma, and my middle son has emoticon text wars with me and my oldest son tells me every single thing he's done for me to keep the house together while I'm gone, and I try to go to the gym to sweat out the fact that I undeniably miss them but what I really end up doing it eating all the cheesecake room service will bring me and watching MTV all night, which doesn't actually have music on it anymore. Yo Yo Yo, MTVdumbteenagers! It just doesn't have the same ring to it.
And so I fall asleep at one and I wake up at four because my ears are ringing from the silence which is okay because in three days, when I'm home, I'm going to be bitching about how my house is clearly an echo chamber and how, though I do little right in life, I can totally make a mean pair of lungs. Three times over, in fact.
Yes, there is a point, and it is that we're talking about getting enough rest at my little review blog and it's the very last post in a series that ends in $100 gift certificate going to one of the commenters, so get going already. I'll be sitting here trying to figure out what the point of this Bachlorette show is.
*Turns out, there aren't any. Not even that delicious Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Reader Comments (23)
I agree with you -- work travel is soooo over rated! I never sleep well becuase it's too quiet....I'd much rather get back home as quickly as possible.
Funny how we all miss our kids so much when we're away. And strange how little home time it takes to recover...
What are you drinking at the bar?
I'm at work, and my husband just called me to say that my daughter just knocked her own tooth out with a meat mallet, ON PURPOSE, and when I made horrified noises, he thought it would soothe me by telling me that it was a TOY meat mallet, and it was clean, besides.
Sometimes it's good NOT to be home.
I resorted to YouTube to show the Oldest that, yes, MTV did, once upon a time, play music videos.
As far as the Bachelorette, did Justin really think he was going to pull the sham off?
So you're a walking example of the old adage "Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em", huh?
Being childless means quiet throughout the house, bars any night you want and a purse where everything in it is yours and yours alone. However, there is no one to show you they can take care of their siblings, or send you silly little messages, or to call to say they meed you. Appreciate the silence for now because silence all the time is deafening....
BTW I personally believe MTV should change its name to Kiling Brain Cells of Youth One at a Time TV. It is where they are going...
The Bachelorette - ahhhh, what a lovely way to pass time when your kids/husband aren't around. Or if you're like me, when the kid is around and you're too tired to deal with him, so you kill brain cells watching a show you actually LOATHE, but you can't turn it off because turning it off means that exhausting task of actually parenting.
MTV has become a horrendous crime against nature with their continued pursuit of the most vomit-inducing programming around. it makes me sad bc so much of my childhood TV memories revolve around watching hour upon hour of music videos. it's a wonder i can form sentences what with all the time spent having my brain fried via boob-tub
Ha-Ha! Yep, why does missing them make us resort to old TV reruns and bad TV new-crap? And gee, aren't you really happy to know how much you are needed and loved by those little ones? The same ones who strive to make you feel completely and utterly unnecessary when you are in the room? Just sayin'. Have fun on "business"!! Get home soon!
MTV just isn't what it used to be...
You might be just a little bit too young to remember pre-MTV days, when we would stay up as late, late, late as we could or babysit for someone and watch Friday Night Videos. And I have specific memories of the hype leading up to Michael Jackson's video...which one was it...that one where his face morphed into all the other faces? Yeah, MTV was way cooler pre-Real World.
Life changes so sadly sometimes. I remember when I didn't have MTV and I wanted it sooooo badly! Where did they go wrong? It was once perfect for my short attention span. :(
Turning on MTV anymore makes me feel like an old shouty lady in adult underpants and support hose.
I much prefer the History Channel, because at least then I can pretend to be a self righteous know it all ass.
Do you read Miss Banshee's wrapup of each Bachelorette episode at Mamapop. She is priceless, and the only reason I watch anymore is to keep up with what she is talking about.
Even when I am away and should be relaxing and relishing every second to myself, I get a little antsy from the quiet as well!
You know what sucks? We didn't get MTV until it was no longer a music channel. When I was a teen I desperately wished for it.
And room service cheesecake.
Good luck with that Bachelorette thing.
Now, now. I'm sure the FSM would still touch you with his noodly appendage.*
*not a metaphor
He's CATHOLIC?
*ducks*
The Bachelorette is like cigarettes: I know it's bad for me and pointless, but I can't resist its magnetic draw...
When rap pervaded music MTV went south.
Since then its been nuthing.
If Prince's statement that the internet is dead has meaning, he must have been thinking of MTV.
As far as that fraud bachelor show, I mean, women will never get it right. When only three out of seven shows has even had the slightest hint of a real first date yet alone lasting love, pleaseeeeee
women, raise your sights a few yards. At least when you watched threes company, it lasted a whole 10 minutes.
Dude. I am totally a deity AND you can bribe me with beer and cheesecake.
I'm not going to lie. I took my long-promised mommy weekend all by myself in a lovely hotel/spa, and in addition to spa treatments, all I've done for two days is watched MTV. There was a Hills marathon. I'd never even SEEN the show before (we don't have MTV at home), but now I can talk to anyone about the nuances of the Kristen/Lauren/Brody love triangle.
I need to get more than one chapter of my book written or my husband will disown me.