Post by usgeisha on Jan 4, 2005 23:42:25 GMT -8
Me, Myself and… the Amish?
In a way, I feel sorry for the Amish (these are people who live like people in the olden days). I could never live without technology, without modern clothes… Well, maybe now I couldn’t after experiencing the modern world. There was one time that I didn’t feel this way at all. Quite on the contrary, I wanted to be Amish. I remember it well. My family and I had been in Hershey, Pennsylvania, visiting the Hershey Chocolate Factory (which by the way is an awesome place. Go there.) At some point during that vacation, we visited the Amish. It wasn’t a place like Winston-Salem, NC where people pretend to be from the past. No, it was the real deal. The real Amish. I thought they were awesome. We were inside one of the log-type cabins and I was fascinated by the way they were dressed. Like something out of Little House on the Prairie. So I tugged on my Mom’s sleeve and asked her, “Can you become Amish?” She got a kick out of that. I didn’t really understand what was so funny, but anyway. After she laughed for a while and shared what I had asked with the Amish lady, who also seemed to find it hilarious (I still don’t get it), she finally calmed down and said, “No, honey, you have to be born Amish.” Darn, I thought.
She did buy my doll an Amish costume though. I guess I forgot about becoming Amish before she made me one (actually, that would’ve been cool). So, now I partially feel sorry for the Amish kids, but maybe I’m the one who’s missing out on something. I really respect the Amish though. It truly is amazing how they can live that lifestyle in a modern world. (Note: though I have never seen the reality TV show “Amish in the City”, I don’t like this idea. Respect them as Amish, don’t try to make them modernized people!)
Reality TV
[/center]I’ll say this right off the bat. I love “Survivor”. I love “The Amazing Race”. I like watching “Extreme Makeover”. The first season of “American Idol” was fantastic. This said, on with my subject. REALITY TV IS TAKING OVER AMERICA! Just kidding—but just kidding. Really. I don’t live in the US, but every summer when I go back home, I see previews on TV for the most RIDICULOUS ideas. TV shows about plastic surgery?!?! For God’s sake! “Amish in the City”? What is reality TV coming to? Before we know it they’ll be sending people to space to make a reality TV show about living on Mars. Or perhaps send brave souls to Antarctica wearing nothing but T-shirts and sweatpants. Maybe some producer will re-watch The Truman Show and take it seriously. (Hey, I could be a reality TV show producer!) The original concept was good. The concept now is going from reality to insanity. But for some reason, the shows are addictive. I find myself biting my nails, wondering what Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are going to do next on “The Simple Life”. Who will succeed in “America’s Next Top Model”? Which cheerleader will be the ultimate cheerleader in “Dog Eat Dog”? And most sadly I suppose, “Who Wants to Be a Princess”, where 30 people competed for a date with a prince… Honestly. Reality TV show are running out of ideas as fast as Disney is. So next time you see a reality show—flick it off, as fast as you can—unless of course it just so happens to be “Survivor”, “The Amazing Race”, or “Extreme Makeover” in which case record it and send it to me
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