VMA's Sucked? No Way!

After hitting the sack fairly early last night, this morning I awoke to a plethora of stories about the MTV VMA's which happened last night in NYC. I am not sure if it will lower my credibility or make me that much cooler to admit that I am pretty in the dark about most of the attendees and winners. I could not have watched the show even if I had wanted to since I don't have cable, but what I found most surprising is the number of websites that liveblogged the event that basically spent three hours lamenting about how much the show sucked along with a slew of snarky commenters.

Did it ever occur to any of these people to just turn it off? I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just don't get the trend of people wasting so much time trashing things. I have a pretty awesome job that allows me a lot of time every day to pursue my interests, which mostly revolves around three things, listening to music, reading, and watching documentaries and films, and the occasional season of television on DVD, and you know what? It's still not enough time to curb my appetite for things I am interested in. And to think that there are people out there that waste so much time trying to feel better about themselves by belittling things THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY FUELING is the true definition of irony! If it sucks, DON'T WATCH IT, EINSTEIN!

I have certainly taken my share of beratement for not being overly critical, but it helps me to not feel like the total twerp that I see people morph into when they have gone on record tearing some celebrity or musician a new asshole, and then they meet them in person and kiss that freshly minted 8-pointed asterick. No medium will ever be able to completely sum up who anyone is and I know from experience people can often be misrepresented. The bile that can be spewed from someone sitting alone in their apartment with the room lit up by only the glare from their monitor is some of the most self-loathing hatred I have ever read. And the funny thing is, the majority of people who are willing to type it would never, ever have the guts to say it to someone's face, cause it would just make them look C-R-A-Z-Y.

I don't know where I am going with this other than, God! People! Get A Life!