Thursday, July 24, 2008
First Smile
On Tuesday, Erika claimed that Makena smiled at her (legitimately... not just a pooping smile). I didn't believe her. But, yesterday when I was holding her after I got home from work, she definitely smiled. It didn't last longer enough to get a picture, so we'll see if we can get one tonight.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Snoring
You'll have to turn up your speakers pretty loud. Yet another trait she gets from Grandpa Roland.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Meta-Reality TV
As if one layer of "reality" wasn't enough...
I just saw a commercial for Design Star which is a reality show about picking out a host for another reality show about home design. This is what I've feared. Up until now, all reality shows were non-recursive, thus limiting the total possible number of shows to the total number of "reasonable" (read: sellable) topics, which is some finite (albeit large) number. At some point, we would simply run out of "reasonable" topics for reality TV and it would slowly burn out. Now, someone (HGTV) has demonstrated the plausibility of meta-reality TV (reality TV about reality TV) and in doing so has created an infinite number of possible realty shows for every given "reasonable" topic. Now we're going to see a reality show for picking the new judge on American Idol, and then after that, a show about picking the host for the show about picking the judge for American Idol. Then possibly a show about picking a producer for the show about the host for the show about the judge of American Idol.
I just died a little on the inside and I think I can hear Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch giving each other high-fives.
I just saw a commercial for Design Star which is a reality show about picking out a host for another reality show about home design. This is what I've feared. Up until now, all reality shows were non-recursive, thus limiting the total possible number of shows to the total number of "reasonable" (read: sellable) topics, which is some finite (albeit large) number. At some point, we would simply run out of "reasonable" topics for reality TV and it would slowly burn out. Now, someone (HGTV) has demonstrated the plausibility of meta-reality TV (reality TV about reality TV) and in doing so has created an infinite number of possible realty shows for every given "reasonable" topic. Now we're going to see a reality show for picking the new judge on American Idol, and then after that, a show about picking the host for the show about picking the judge for American Idol. Then possibly a show about picking a producer for the show about the host for the show about the judge of American Idol.
I just died a little on the inside and I think I can hear Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch giving each other high-fives.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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