Reality

We don't watch that much tv - never really did - except....and there are always exceptions....for REALITY shows. Come on and admit it - everyone who has cable or a dish must watch some kind of reality series. Well I'm coming out of the sitcom closet tonight and fessing up to my addiction. It all started back a few years ago, with what I'd consider the first reality show - Trading Spaces! That got us hooked on other such shows like, Take this House and Sell It, or the ever popular Devine Design - sense a decorating your house theme here?

Pause - okay I just asked Rick for the name of Candice Olsen's design show b/c I couldn't remember what it was called (see Sunday May 16 blog ref altzheimers) and he wanted to know why I wanted to know, so I said I was doing a blog on reality shows, and he said 'that's not a reality show' and I said 'yes it is' and flipped to Wikipedia and googled the definition of reality shows which states,

"Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humourous situations, documents actual events and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors. "

Anywho (new word, not a typo - thx Kail), from decorating shows we progressed to food shows - my all time fave has got to be Hell's Kitchen (Gordon Ramsey is my uncle's next door neighbour in London, England - really - but don't mention his name to my uncle b/c he has no use for the man). Also on our list of food show addictions have been YanCan, Emeril - Bamm!, competitions around cake decorating, restaurant makeovers, 30 minute meals, etc. etc.

Also in the top ten are The Bachelor (only some seasons), ditto for Big Brother, Amazing Race, The Apprentice, and of course Dancing with the Stars - which I became addicted to in 1995, when I started working in the city, and spending one night a week sleeping on my mom's couch which happened to be DWTS night, and hence my mom made me an addict.

But, to commemorate the final episode of American Idol (in progress as I type) - this is hands down the one show that I prefer not to miss.

And, after this week we will shut off the television and begin living our own reality series - picked up from where we left off a few months ago - get up, go to work, come home, play with dog, make dinner, walk dog, sleep, do it all again....reality.

Until tomorrow....

Wanda