Ok, so now that Flavor of Love has ended, the question begs to be asked:"is this for real?" I mean seriously, was New York really that into Flavor Flav that she came back a second time for all that drama and abuse? Or are these actresses? I don't want to diss Flavor, but these girls are a good ten years younger than I am, which makes them like 20 something years younger than Flav. I am missing the romantic attraction. And any girls that showed character, he booted off for that very sake. Bootz would not sleep with him prior to marriage, so he kicked her off. Tiger didn't like the idea of kissing him after he kissed 5 other girls, and he wasn't cool with that. New York started to get upset at the idea of his bed-hopping, so she was crazy and possesive (she did seem crazy though, but to me her reaction as far as that was concerned was quite normal). So am I the only who thinks this show is staged? Or am I just flabbergasted at how backwards our culture has become?
Project Runway has ended making way for Season 2 of Top Chef. What I like about these shows is seeing people with extraordinary talent get a challenge, and showing off what they can do. What I hate about these shows is the individual interviews where they just cut each other up. It is uncomfortable and not sportsman like. It makes me not care about the people and their abilities. Jeffrey had lots of talent, but he was so mean and nasty, no one cared if he won.
VH-1 has a new show: The Celebrity Paranormal Project. Again, are these shows staged? What is it exactly that constitutes "reality" TV anyway? In the first episode, the first bunch of celebrities had to explore a sanitorium (once surveyed by the Ghost Hunters) for paranormal activity. They were there for one night, and each team had some kind of major event happen to them like balls mysteriously rolling back to them, shadow people, voices, foot steps. I don't believe it. People live in haunted houses all their lives, and after 20 years have as many events as these people experienced in one evening. Ghost Hunters was there all night and got like one shadow person on tape for a second or something.
I also didn't like that instead of going into a "haunted place" to simply observe what happens, they attempted to "channel" spirits.
Which of course brings me to my Ghost Hunters. I think one of the reasons why I like this show is I like Grant and Jason. Despite their nighttime occupation, they seem so normal. They're plumbers. They have families; Jason has five kids, Grant has three. They're motivation is to help people who are afraid.
There was an episode last season where the house was not haunted, but they figured out that the homeowner had some electrical problems, chemicals for home restoration near his heating ducts, and mold in the basement. All thesethings could lead to a feeling of foreboding. So despite not finding anything "weird", they were able to help.
I would love to send them to my grandmother's house, but she would never let them in. Besides, all the creepy stuff happens when I am there alone anyway.
