sunshine0221's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reality Bites Reality Bites TV has wonderful, addictive shows that raise one�s expectations higher than they should ever be. Need money? Be a soap opera character. It�s a sure thing that your lover/enemy/friend/mother/father/long-lost-sister-back-from-the-dead will have an extra couple mil lying around and will either be happy to help, or will have done something heinous that you can blackmail them for. Also it seems that on most shows, when you start a business it immediately becomes wildly successful, and still allows you to spend a lot of time at glamorous parties. Need excitement? You can be a spy, or a vice cop, or an FBI agent. No need for that boring, ordinary job that pays crap. We�re talking travel! And danger!! Although if you happen to be on Alias don�t be expecting a high performance vehicle � for some reason all car chases are performed in a hatchback Ford Focus. Want to be thin and beautiful? No prob. And you can eat whatever you want. Lorelai and Rory eat twelve times their body weight in junk food daily, and still look great. Also no pesky exercise needed. Want love? We got your love. And we�re not talking boring, ordinary love. We�re talking caring, wonderful, sensitive men that can also beat up a room full of big bads without breaking a sweat. Your house needs work? Luke will be right over to do whatever needs to be done? Big plumbing bills? Spike will offer to help you out financially, although you probably won�t want to know where he got the money. Need protection? Angel will show up just when you need him most. AB on The Agency risked his life without a thought to help the woman he loved. Of course they may have both died, but hey that�s kinda romantic too. Need friends? We have mega-friendships. The kind where your friends risk their lives for you/forgive you when you totally lied about what you do for a living/get you fake passports and foreign currency and smuggle you out of the country when needed/also break you out of top secret military installations/offer to loan you money for the big house repair you can�t afford (while looking damn sexy). And while there are some ordinary people on TV shows, usually they grow to be powerful witches/work for the CIA/have a near-death religious experience and get much cooler/or just become heroes. I want to be a TV person when I grow up. 9:08 p.m. - December 02, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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