people all over the country have been talking endlessly about one thing over the last 24 hours.....the bachelor finale. now, unless you live in a cave or, unlike me, actually have high standards for how you consume your time, then you know exactly what i am talking about. i will spare you all my detailed analysis and personal opinions on mr. mesnick's decisions....mainly because i have been talking about them non-stop. in fact, i am pretty sure i have invested entirely too much time, energry, emotion and conversation into this season of the bachelor....unfortunately i am also pretty sure that that wont stop me from doing the same thing next season (yay for jillian being the next bachelorette!!!!). so instead, let's talk about how incredibly obsessed we are with these shows. obviously reality tv has taken over for quite some time now, but i really think it wasnt until these last 24 hours that i realized how strange a movement it really is. (by the way, is it sad that i'm watching biggest loser as i'm typing this...hmmm). here we are, watching these people develop relationships and make decisions about those relationships, something that is usually a fairly private process, and somehow we think we have the right, dare i say the obligation to tell everyone who will listen what we think is best for these strangers. it's almost as if we think we know them better than they know themselves (like really, weren't you totally creeped out when Creepster McCreepston came on the show and knew every detail about jason....but we're not THAT bad...are we?). obviously, jason, etc. have chosen to go on television and this is just the process and consequences, but it's weird, isn't it? i was reading people's facebook status last night, and people were just mean. but the thing is, (as molly pointed out during the 'after the rose' show) jason and molly and melissa, they are not characters on a tv show, they are real people with real lives in the real world. it is just so easy to get sucked into exactly what the show is trying to suck you into. while watching the first 'after the rose' within a matter of minutes i went from incredibly angry and disappointed & to finding myself 'aww'-ing and hoping things will work out when he starts talking to molly.....seriously? what the heck? we are so addicted to this stuff and it's a weird addiction. that's all i'm saying.
