Amy’s Adventures

ABC’s The Bachelor makes another appearance and only 15 minutes in, I’m reaching for my book. With 7+ Bachelor seasons, it appears that ABC is doing nothing to shake up or ditch this biannual event that portrays women as caddy, cunning and evil all in the name of “love.” Despite this, other reasons exist on why this show should be pulled from the fall ‘10 lineup.

1. Host, Chris Harrison claims that “this is the most dramatic rose ceremony ever.” Hello, ABC, this does not work anymore and this is like walking through the airport as the TSA warns us the threat level is orange. No one is listening—we’ve heard it so many times we now tune it out.

2. It’s a racisit show. Have they ever had a black bacelor or bachelorette? And though ABC is careful to include a a black man/woman in the pack of 25, it comes across as a “token” to assure network executives that the show crosses the diversity divide.

3. Agesim! Older men and younger women. ABC never casts women over 35, yet they love men in their 30’s who can’t stand up to the strength of a woman their own age, therefore leading to the casting of dumb girls with zero depth.

4. The hottube. This is gross on many levels in the real world, but with one horny guy and 25 slutty girls in bikinis this hottube totally grosses me out.

5. 25 women living together in one house is just not once they’ve graduated from the sorority house. ABC , I thought you were a family network.

It’s just week one, but I hate this show so much I expect that in the next 8 weeks I’ll find more reasons for ABC to pull it. Stay tuned.

New Year’s Day is typically reserved for football fans or those who need inspiration to lose weight from a marathon of The Biggest Loser. But today, I found my inspiration from the Rocky saga. Even though I had seen them all at one point or another, somehow watching them all back to back brought a new perspective.

1. You may be down, but you’re never out.
2. There’s always someone that believes in you even when you don’t believe in yourself. “Yo Adrian!”
3. You’ve gotta have heart to win the fight and the crowd.
4. Don’t forget where you’ve come from and who helped you along the way.
5. Sometimes the enemy is within you.
6. What’s new and shiny is not always the best way
7.Go out on top.
8. There is a top and a bottom–you’ll be at both at some point in your life, sometimes even twice.
9. Sometimes you need to walk away.
10. You can reinvent yourself as many times as you need.

So on the 1st day of the decade, I’ve found that some of the best lessons come from three decades ago. I wonder what this decade will teach us 30 years from now?