Rambling reply

Bachelorette notes…

1. I think Roberto has to have this in the bag. That said on Deanna’s season there was a lawyer from Dallas named Jeremy. This guy ripped through the season the way my son handles swaddles. Then out of no where Deanna drops him and leaves herself the choice between the 4 foot tall single dad and the “peter-pan”-esque professional snow boarder. Lesson to learn: people on reality dating shows don’t always make the smart decision.

(Side note on the Bennett reference. We have managed to get pretty decent sleep by putting the little munchkin in a swaddle. He makes it through the night pretty happily wrapped up like a burrito. That said, there is a certain time of night where he just hits a wall and says “screw it, ‘aint no cage gonna hold me.” Lisa and I can sit there and hear him grunting and sure enough in a few minutes he will burst both hands free, raise them over his head, and triumphantly go back to sleep.

Anyhow, Lisa has decided to bust out the swaddle-me, which as the link below clearly depicts, is a baby-straight jacket.

http://www.amazon.com/Kiddopotamus-Co-2e-Organic-Cotton-SwaddleMe/dp/B000TVZEVK

I refer to this as cheating. In my opinion, if both Lisa and I couldn’t figure out how to contain a one month year old he should be allowed his freedom. Bennett not one to back down from a challenge seems undeterred in his fight against our Velcro-enhanced swaddle. I think my proudest moment as a father was watching him get one hand out of the swaddle me.)

2. I do everything possible to avoid the previews and recaps in the bachelorette. It cuts down the show by 30%. I am for one preview, at the end of the first episode to get me amped for the season and then, just let it happen.

3. I agree that the Jake Vienna thing was riveting in the cliché “car crash” type of way. Here is my general thought… neither one is 100% innocent; but correct me if I’m wrong shed did cheat on him and she did sell the story to the tabloids, right? Again I’m not saying he was a good guy in all this, but are those two items true? If so, I don’t see how she has a leg to stand on.
That said my favorite bit was her calling him out on not being a pilot anymore. I really think this show would be 100% better if the contestants just admitted they were trying to get famous, and that if they also end up in a relationship it’s a nice bonus!

Non-bachelorette thoughts, but still reality tv

1. Survivor, Big brother… seriously what year is this?
2. Real World. Congratulations hair stylist guy. This is the fastest someone has managed to piss off the whole house. I fear he is going to be a drain on the whole season, when really we should be focusing 100% of our time on the trashy redneck girl!
3. I am a believer that they should run the challenges with people picking sides. In fact, maybe the viewers should pick sides. Either way I think it would be better to split up alliances.

Non-TV thought…

I am 100% mesmerized by the NBA free agency. Is it a problem when I care more about the off-season than I do about the actual games? I can’t decide what I want to happen. Some part of me wants all of the free agents to end up on the same team and destroy every record. The other part of me is hoping all the teams that spent 2+ years trying to free up space end up getting screwed. I think there is a poetic justice in teams that chose to put out a sub-standard product losing out on the big free agents… thoughts?