I feel absolutely compelled to express my disgust with some of today’s television programming. Let me begin by stating that while growing up I was never allowed to have a TV in my bedroom. I still, to this day, don’t have a TV in my bedroom and most likely will not have one in the bedroom should I one-day marry.

That said, I reluctantly purchased my first TV the summer before my junior year of college from Target and only because I was living alone and thought it would be awfully quiet without one. When I moved into a house with two other girls during my last semester, I still kept the TV in the living room. Sadly–or not–it currently sits in the basement collecting dust.

Simply stated, I don’t watch TV. It’s not that I don’t watch it to be trendy or hip or clever. I just don’t watch it because there are so many other ways to keep myself occupied. And, well, I don’t watch it because the shows seem to kill a few brain cells anytime I happen to have it on.

Yesterday evening was one of those times. As I waited for my boyfriend to shower, I turned on his brand new 32” Vizio flat screen (the “idiot box” as he calls it) and flipped through the channels. I stopped at MTV (one of the stations I was not “allowed” to watch when I was younger) and was blown away by the short five minutes of “Dating Disasters” that I had viewed. It was utterly mind boggling that a show like that actually exists! I’m sure much of it is staged, but the dimwit brunette who chatted away like the stupidest and snobbiest girl I had ever heard just totally irked me in a way that I had to write this blog.

It reminded me exactly why I don’t watch TV anymore. To me, that girl portrayed the unfortunate young adult stereotype that I cannot stand. The fact that young girls (and guys) will watch these shows and attempt to emulate those personalities and appearances disgusts me even more.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I know plenty of shows air that are interesting and educational, but it seems like the majority are rather pathetic. I’d take a good novel over a TV show any day. Excuse me for the rant, but I just had to get that off my chest!