Buzzin'- Are you watching?

So every morning since last Wednesday (the East Coast premier of Buzzin') I hear the theme song for the main character of the show Shwayze. The song is catchy, yes, but I am weary to watch because I think I poison my body with enough television.... but of course I watch anyway. So this week I stayed up WAY past my bedtime and watched the show for the first time. I must say it was entertaining, but REALLY??? What is going on with the youth (younger than I) these days??? I know that reality TV is not quite reality but why is it that this is ridiculousness is what is making us tune in. So, just in case you did not watch: Shwayze is part of an up and coming band and the show is basically about his attempts at rising to fame. Last night, his friend was dumb enough to park his car illegally and because of the parking tickets S had accrued, he got a boot on his car. He convinces his manager (i think this is who it was) to give him $1000 advance to get the car out of the impound but of course he spends it on a party. I go back to saying I know reality TV is NOT reality, but really??? who is watching this show? Youngsters! and are we trying to teach the youth that this is the way to behave in order to come up in life??? Am I thinking too much into this or does anyone agree with me that we need people that are actually DOING IT and doing it right to be on TV???? UGH! Let me know if I'm just out of the loop. (BTW I know that this is what attract ratings, but really? Must we?) OH! and for those of you that have not seen the show or heard of it Shwayze is black- which makes me all the more upset. It's like the media portrayals can never be positive. Ok I'm done.

working for the man

I am sitting at my desk wondering why I work for "the man". I realize that I came into this job thinking that because it is considered "non-profit" work I thought I was not working for the man, but low and behold it is worse- I am working for the man and the WOMAN! Let me explain: I guess you come to expect from a pompous uppity man that he will make you work until your skin falls off... and then you work for someone who seems to look like you and have the same views as you, but then you realize that SHE is worse than the man. She is trying to be THE MAN and since she can never be, well because she is a WOMAN and we women know that we will NEVER "measure up to a man" esp in the eyes of an uppity one (don't get it twisted- I am a proud WOMAN and a proud LATINA at that so I know that I am just as qualified and oftentimes moreso than my male counterpart, but that is neither here not there). So, what is worse: working for the man and knowing that inevitably it will be miserable or working for the woman trying to be the man and be disappointed when you realize time and time again that she is not who you think she is? Here in lies my issue.... I have several reasons why at this point in my life I must swallow my pride and keep doing what I know I have to do- first and foremost my kids and then well how will I feed us and keep a roof over our heads if I jsut quit this job and tell them to F* themselves???? I am proudly part of a two-parent home which is unlikely in this day and age so I will not put more burden on my man then he needs by leaving a job "just because I want to kill everyone when I walk in here", but I guess until I have the opportunity to say a big F U to everyone here, I will blog away to keep my troubles at bay. (Sorry I'm a mom I'm used to making things rhyme so that my little girl will remember).