OMG!  BTV (Boring TV) is now in HD! 

I think this is a man thing.  Julie is playing at my feet, Roger is on the floor flipping through channels, and it’s a quiet Sunday afternoon at the Loo residence.  Quiet until Roger stumbles across some new channels that are now available in HD.  I don’t even know what we’re watching now, some ridiculously boring movie that I care nothing about…oh, but Roger cares a LOT about it because, “HELLO!!!, it’s in HD!”

When did watching something incredibly boring on TV become so interesting?  Roger argues that the quality is so great, he just has to watch “because it’s just like being there in real life!”, but seriously, would he be so interested in watching the interview about a guy and how he cuts paper with scissors “in real life”!?  OK, I’m making that one up, but I resorted to making up this example because I don’t remember any of the real-life examples of super boring stuff, because it was so boring that I totally tuned out!

Now Roger has informed me that Lily (the dog) also “loves HD”, because she’s taken an interest in a commercial with dogs.

This guy…he gets dropped off in the wilderness with his camera and a paperclip (actually, I don’t know what he has with him, but I think he really does bring a paperclip!).  Then he documents his survival efforts.  As I write, he just found some…errr…road kill?  A dead squirrel.  I dunno how long this guy (the squirrel) has been dead, now he’s tied him up by his nose, and he’s going to roast him on an open flame–how gross is that!?  What is more disturbing about him is that Roger is into the guy! 

 OK, I admit, that I’ve learned some interesting things.  For example, eating juniper berries will help “prepare your body for meat”?…oh, and my personal favorite, if you need water, just drink your pee!  YES, he actually DRINKS HIS PEE on the show.

Watching this show is like a train wreck.  I don’t want to watch, but I can’t turn away!  Currently, he’s splitting the charred squirrel with a sharp rock, and checking for doneness.  UGH.

Why does my husband subject me to this “entertainment”? 

This guy is always saying stuff like, “you catch yourself in the wilderness, don’t forget that you can <fill in the blank with something really gross>”.  I don’t expect to ever be “stuck in the wilderness”, and if I am, I think I would die before I eat some of the stuff this guy eats.  I guess that’s why men are the hunter/gatherers, and the women focus on caring for the babies (well, we have the milk, too).