Elegantly Confused

So I was flipping channels tonight and I happened to catch a few minutes of a show on MTV, My Sweet Sixteen (I think that’s what it’s called). This girl threw a temper tantrum (told her mom to SHUT UP! Shut up! I can’t even believe it) because her mom bought centerpieces for the table which the girl did not like. The mom explained that it saved them three thousand dollars (!!) and the girl told her that the mom was going to have to pay her the difference.

Then she went crying to her dad and her dad GAVE IT TO HER.

I know that people exist in the world who are like this. I know that our culture is based on capitalism, the mighty dollar, materialism, whatever. But the few minutes I saw of this show appalled me so much that it drove me to shut off the television and write this post. How on earth does this family live? I mean, I understand they’re rich, I’m not talking about being able to afford thousand dollar lanterns (or whatever the hell they were). I can’t believe that this mother let her daughter talk to her that way (first) and the dad basically threw his wife under the bus and gave the whiney brat whatever she wanted (second)! And this is considered entertainment.

Look, I understand guilty pleasures, I understand taking some small glee in people acting like jackasses on national television. But this didn’t seem funny or amusing to me, this felt like glorifying obnoxious behavior. Maybe because it was a snapshot of this family’s real life, or maybe because our protaganist was a teenager, whatever it was it was too much for me.

Snakes on a Plane?

Not that great.

I’ve been in a mood for awhile now, it’s most likely the reason why I haven’t really updated much in a long time. I’m not sure why I’ve been in this particular mood, especially since it irritates me to no end. Yet I can’t seem to shake it, and I have tried.

There’s no area in my life which is horrible or awful or traumatic. I just don’t have any energy. I just don’t have the desire to DO anything, which is very unlike me.

I do have to say though, I had a fantastic weekend. My friend Melissa throws a fabulous party, and I got to see Kyle (who was on vacation for a week).

So there we are, I’m not sure where that leads us. Maybe I need to sell all of my possessions and embrace Buddhism.

Or maybe not.

I think we’re cooking with gas now.  Theoretically I should have DNS forwarding set up, I attempted to import all of my old stuff (since I should now be able to have archives, which is really a large part of the reason why I moved) but I cannot get it to work, so that will have to wait for Mr. Banas.

So!  Here we are.  Isn’t it pretty?

I’m moving over, there may be technical difficulties as my guy is on vacation.