::making me cringe::

working on the computer, i've been bouncing back and forth between the news and bad, early evening programming on tv to keep me company. though distracted by the listings for sectional sofas on craigslist, i managed to hear the phrase "...she's just trying to prove she's a better maker-outer" and, well, just about hurled all over the keyboard. yes, this exercise in intelligence comes from the highly educated programming of upn and the show is called "elimiDATE". woah.

next comes a show called "dance 360" (three-six-oh! bust a move!). yea, another demonstration in intellectually challenging material where i witness the host ask an overweight, african american gentleman if he watched a lot of rerun on "what's happening!!" to pickup his smooth moves. again, more near puking commences and i have to shake my head and wonder what the world is coming to, a la revelations (which i haven't watched any of, just so we're clear on that). the ew!-change-the-channel! moment came as i witnessed two guys (complete strangers, mind you) in a dance off: one guy was hopping around in a handstand and suddenly the other guy starts shimmying up next to him. i literally shouted "ew!" and grabbed for the remote. i think i need to take a shower.