Ok, since I'm such an important and well respected member of this mailing list, I felt it was my duty to say something about the Real World. First off, T.V. is evil. It's bad.. it's a really pointless endeavor for the most part to spend much time in front of it unless you are watching PBS or the Hitler Channel, or movies. But, it should be kept in mind that TV is for entertainment. Music is for entertainment. I really have no problem with T.V. except I am really annoyed by commercials and try and flip away from watching them, mute them, or go do something else for 2.7 minutes during breaks. Also t.v. keeps you sedentary, unlike music where you can do other things. However, I have watched most of the Real Worlds since the first one except for London and the one before or after that was pretty boring. I don't think they are bad, I think they are pretty entertaining to watch how these different people bond through the course of time and watching the conflicts that arise. Also, if you are at all in to the technical aspect of film/t.v. they are really well done.. the editing and dramatizing of their lives in to 30 min digests set to sappy and dramatic music is fun to watch. Of course, I feel a lot of the action is staged to some degree which was confirmed on the very first real world when they went to Jamaica or whatever island paradise where the girls were told they should 'try and hook up with some guys'. So it's not even very 'real' but that doesn't matter, wrestling isn't real either but it sure does entertain millions of people around the world. Neither show is that much different than the works of Bill Shakespeare who retold stories full of conflict and betrayel and bloodshed that the common man would sit and watch for 2 hours as a break from his otherwise mundane life. So anyways, too much t.v. bad, but t.v. for entertainment, good. I went through a phase were I was anti-t.v. and didn't watch it at all for about a year. Didn't miss it that much, but things weren't that much different with it as without it. I do recall a sad, low point in college where I skipped class and watched C.H.I.P.S and Charlie's Angels and Talk Soup and anything else that was on for 3 or 4 hours a day and just because I was completely bored and miserable but it wasn't t.v.'s fault I did that, it was mine. p.s. big brother, survivor, and millionaire all suck. I wouldn't call you an asshole if you watched them, but I wouldn't condone it either. Zach Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
