Teenage Terror
ok - I know I've been lax in posting recently. Well, with the LOVELY weather we had this past weekend in the NY/NJ area, I decided to devote a little down time to a show I knew existed but had steered clear of, mainly because the concept and what I assumed to be the content makes my skin crawl.
My Super Sweet 16
Yeah - it's as bad and worse than your own imagination. But it IS Must-See-TV. When you're bummed out about cash being tight or hating your job, you should tune in or fire up the DVR. I am a big fan of tools to put your own life and problems back into the proper perspective.
So you are having money issues, credit balances are mounting, cash is hard to come by and you're feeling blue. How can you NOT feel better when you see someone with problems much more severe than your own... for example:
You are celebrating your "quince" (the spanish/hispanic equivalent of the Sweet 16 is the 15th birthday - who knew?), your parents are spending roughly $150,000 on your party (yeah, that's $150,000!) and your bitch mother has the audacity to purposefully go against your wishes and order the centerpieces for the tables which you EXPRESSLY said you hated... all for the reason of saving $3,000 on party costs.
Well, don't feel too sorry for this poor downtrodden teenager. In a move that Osama Bin Laden would be proud of, she shows the world who's boss by becoming a teenaged terrorist and crying to daddy. The resolution? The father promises that the $3,000 her mother skimped on will be paid to the birthday girl, in supplemental cash. See? EVERYONE WINS!!!
So if you can push aside your own incredulity (if that's even a word), please, seek out and watch an episode or two. It's is well worth it for the sheer entertainment.
Another gem to catch might be Tiara Girls, although I've not yet tuned in. It is about youngish (teenagers again - damned MTV) pageant contestants. In a commercial, you witness one contestant lauding that she brings intellectual answers to the interview portion of the pageants she participates in. Kennedy is the current Vice President, right?
My Super Sweet 16
Yeah - it's as bad and worse than your own imagination. But it IS Must-See-TV. When you're bummed out about cash being tight or hating your job, you should tune in or fire up the DVR. I am a big fan of tools to put your own life and problems back into the proper perspective.
So you are having money issues, credit balances are mounting, cash is hard to come by and you're feeling blue. How can you NOT feel better when you see someone with problems much more severe than your own... for example:
You are celebrating your "quince" (the spanish/hispanic equivalent of the Sweet 16 is the 15th birthday - who knew?), your parents are spending roughly $150,000 on your party (yeah, that's $150,000!) and your bitch mother has the audacity to purposefully go against your wishes and order the centerpieces for the tables which you EXPRESSLY said you hated... all for the reason of saving $3,000 on party costs.
Well, don't feel too sorry for this poor downtrodden teenager. In a move that Osama Bin Laden would be proud of, she shows the world who's boss by becoming a teenaged terrorist and crying to daddy. The resolution? The father promises that the $3,000 her mother skimped on will be paid to the birthday girl, in supplemental cash. See? EVERYONE WINS!!!
So if you can push aside your own incredulity (if that's even a word), please, seek out and watch an episode or two. It's is well worth it for the sheer entertainment.
Another gem to catch might be Tiara Girls, although I've not yet tuned in. It is about youngish (teenagers again - damned MTV) pageant contestants. In a commercial, you witness one contestant lauding that she brings intellectual answers to the interview portion of the pageants she participates in. Kennedy is the current Vice President, right?
posted by Gina Bruce at 10:19
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