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It has been a while since I have posted on the blog. Largely because I have been unable to keep up with current events due to being busy with work and an increased workout regimen from nothing to something. There are a lot of things going on these days. The election fallout in Iran; the economy; universal health care; blockbuster summer movies; the rise of Twitter; Supreme Court nomination of the first Latino; and my personal favorite Jon and Kate Plus Eight.
I am generally not a tabloid t.v. type of guy, but I love watching train wrecks and there is no bigger train wreck right now than JK+8. I am fascinated by watching the disintegration of a marriage. While sad, it is fascinating and cruelly funny. If loving JK+8 is wrong, I don't want to be right. Jon, seems like a regular guy who lacks confidence and is berated by Kate like he is child number 9. That is funny to watch. Apparently there is a point to where being embarrassed weekly by your wife on national t.v. becomes too much.
The emasculation of Jon finally took its toll this year. If you watch the show (and I do. . . now), they are rarely on screen at the same time and whenever one is at home the other is "away." Jon couldn't stand his wife so much that he decided not to be around to help Kate prepare for the kids birthday party. Then on Kate's birthday, he decided to go to Aspen for a skiing trip. That couldn't have been an accident. Watching this show is like having dinner with that couple that everyone knows is going to get a divorce. Its a little awkward, but when its over you laugh at them and thank God that it isn't you.
It is like watching the old t.v. show Married With Children, except with real people. Other people's misery is funny to me. Is that wrong?
I am generally not a tabloid t.v. type of guy, but I love watching train wrecks and there is no bigger train wreck right now than JK+8. I am fascinated by watching the disintegration of a marriage. While sad, it is fascinating and cruelly funny. If loving JK+8 is wrong, I don't want to be right. Jon, seems like a regular guy who lacks confidence and is berated by Kate like he is child number 9. That is funny to watch. Apparently there is a point to where being embarrassed weekly by your wife on national t.v. becomes too much.
The emasculation of Jon finally took its toll this year. If you watch the show (and I do. . . now), they are rarely on screen at the same time and whenever one is at home the other is "away." Jon couldn't stand his wife so much that he decided not to be around to help Kate prepare for the kids birthday party. Then on Kate's birthday, he decided to go to Aspen for a skiing trip. That couldn't have been an accident. Watching this show is like having dinner with that couple that everyone knows is going to get a divorce. Its a little awkward, but when its over you laugh at them and thank God that it isn't you.
It is like watching the old t.v. show Married With Children, except with real people. Other people's misery is funny to me. Is that wrong?
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