Rants

There is almost nothing that pisses me off more than MTV. It was bad enough when the major networks jumped on the Survivor bandwagon and ushered in the era of "reality" television. But MTV has one upped everyone else with the volume of mind-numbingly stupid tv shows that are offered. I had to miss the end of the Indians game tonight because Melissa had to watch the season finale of The Hills. The general summarization of this (and every other piece of crap "reality" show on MTV) could be "The Insipid, Uninteresting Lives of Several Spoiled, Pampered Rich Kids." I am befuddled as to what the fascination is with thest shows. I don't understand why normally intelligent people watch this garbage. One of the things that is so bad about these shows is that I have male friends who watch them. Yes, you read that right. Human beings with a giggle stick and berries watching these shows. It's enough to call the continued existence of the human species into question.

And speaking of the Indians, when is "next year" actually going to be? It always seems like it's a year away. We gave up Wickman for a prospect and what closer did we put in his place? A guy who doesn't seem like he could close a door, let alone a ballgame. Two outs, bottom of the ninth. No one on. Hit batsman. Hit batsman. Walk. Game winning single. Three blown saves in three chances. WTF!

Earlier tonight, we watched V For Vendetta. I was less than impressed. It smacked heavily of 1984 and had elements of other pseudo post-apocalyptic movies. I'm not saying it was as bad as Waterworld or The Postman, but it definately didn't live up to the hype.