jen's random ramblings part 1

Every time I sit down and try to post something on the blog, I stare at the screen, type a few words, then delete them and start staring again. I want to write about Madagascar, but that makes me miss it, and honestly it's a little depressing. I want to write about traveling the U.S. but don't feel like it's really that exciting. I want to write about jobs I've applied for but I don't want to get my hopes up.

So I'm going to talk about something not related to any of these. I'm going to talk about something that's been bugging me for a couple weeks now. I'm going to talk about the ridiculousness called Jon and Kate Plus 8. Now I realize that this show is heading into it's 5th season, and that since I've only been out of the loop for roughly 1 year, there were at least 3 seasons of this show before I left for Madagascar. But I had never heard of it until the end of March, when the drama shit hit the fan and there were accusations of affairs and whatnot. Now, I don't really want to hear about all of this, but I honestly cannot get away from it; it's on the morning news, in magazines, on the radio...everywhere. So when I was channel surfing a few days ago and saw the famed title on the DirectTV guide, I just had to tune in to see what the uproar is all about. Needless to say I lasted all of 1 minute before I had to turn it off. I really don't know what the appeal is. I think it's ridiculous and I think if you don't want paparazzi taking pictures of your children, you shouldn't have agreed to make a show out of their lives.

That's it. I just had to get that off my chest. I can't wait for the reality show craze to be over.

Oh wait, there is an upside to all of this attention to the Jon and Kate Plus 8 saga...I don't have to hear about the Octomom any more! Crap. Do you think I should I have put a trademark sign after Octomom?

Jen