I don't care

[ksmith]

...about Britney Spears. Passed out at a nightclub. Snatch shots. D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Fed-Ex. With Paris. Without Paris. I have heard all these terms--well, except 'snatch shot,' which is undeniably crude**, but shorter and more to the point than the twee "photographed without her panties"--from adults who should be ashamed of themselves for reporting this tripe. I change the station, and There She Is Again.

Showing a story about her, followed by a Cialis commercial, takes real timing.

Keith Olbermann--I know it's a story your producers force you to cover. You could at least wear a fake nose during that part of the newscast in order to hide your identity.

They say "The Public Wants To Know." Who is this Public of which they speak? No one I know *cares*. And they're smart, well-informed folk. With televisions.

For the record, I also don't care about Paris, Lindsay, Brangelina, who Jennifer is kissing now, or American Idol in any way, shape, or form. One of my 2007 resolutions is to continue this trend.

**I have moments of undeniable crudity. I used to shock my dad, the Marine. I hide it until I can't stand it anymore. I have been called "tasteless" in the past. I will likely, at some point, be called "tasteless" in the future.

Comments

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha!

I'm with you and will add Survivor and the rest of the reality TV offerings to the list of "Don't care about at all".

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I was going to go back and add Survivor.

Don't people realize that those people are the last folks you'd want with you on a desert island?

I know, I'm looking at it *realistically*. Can't have that interfering with the reality, can we?

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

We have seen "The Marching Morons," and they are us.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Where's DangerMouse when you need him?

I mean, the glory days of Nickelodeon (TV for kids--surely you jest) beat today's TV all to hell.

I sound like such an old fogey.

Kris, longing for the days of "Oh, crikey! Oh, crumbs."

[coppervale.livejournal.com]

Hey Kristine - you're tasteless.*

*But to be fair, my tongue was cold when I licked you, so you might really have taste after all.**

**This comment may be seen as tasteless all on its own, but given the topic I was responding to, figured I'd be covered by irony, at the least.***

***Or the pills I just took for my migraine. Yes. That's it. It was the pills talking.****

****Sorry. But considering you STARTED with a comment about she who shall stay nameless, there was no place to go but up with the taste quotient, here.*****

*****And for what it's worth, I SO TOTALLY agree with you, and refuse to stay at Hiltons for associated reasons.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

**This comment may be seen as tasteless all on its own, but given the topic I was responding to, figured I'd be covered by irony, at the least.***

Well, if we ironed your tongue, at least it would be warm.

Tasteless At Twenty Paces? Ball's in your court, Sparky.

And I can't even blame the drugs. It was so long ago, after all...

(*boo hiss* on the migraine--hope it vanishes soonest)

[coppervale.livejournal.com]

Warm? I got warm covered.

Built up the fire to warm up and rest a bit more, and didn't notice one of the sparks that jumped out when I tossed on a log. I thought I was smelling an electrical fire until I realized my shirt was ablaze.

I now have a Starchild t-shirt with a four-inch hole in it.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Starchild almost went nova.

Ow--how did you not burn yourself?

I have a woodburning fireplace, so I know about sparkage, not to mention chimney fires, mice in the woodpile, and "dammit--who closed the damper?"

[coppervale.livejournal.com]

Undershirt of apparently better (or at least sturdier) quality than the t-shirt.

I'm getting a new shirt: "It's 2007, and I'm on fire!!"

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'm getting a new shirt: "It's 2007, and I'm on fire!!"

Hey, a place to put your iron!

And we come full circle.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Right there with ya, girlfriend.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

::icon love::

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I dinna think I wanted to know what Fed Ex had to do with anything... Surely this stupid young woman has figured out that her only hope is to file for divorce and get her tubes tied? And then maybe her audience will forgive her idiocy?

And as crazed as US "reality" shows are, have you seen some of the **Japanese** ones? Ye gods....

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Keith Olbermann, that font of all knowledge, has shown excerpts of Japanese quiz shows. Some that stand out: the one where guys get clubbed in the nuts if they answer questions incorrectly--guy rolling around on floor practically retching in pain--yeah, that's funny--and the little girls who stood with their heads poking up like human whack-a-moles through a table while a Very Big Lizard ran around atop the table--did I mention that the girls had pork chops tied to their heads to attract the lizard? And that the girls were all scared of the lizard? Girls screaming in terror as lizard bolts around table--sooo funny.

Then there was the little girl who wore a white seal costume and was then told to walk in front of the polar bear swim tank at a zoo. Polar bear sees "seal", and leaps into water and tries to get at it through the glass as the little girl screams and cowers. The best.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I caught outtakes of the pork chop episode. I really would rather stay poor and dignified...

And now there's the ninja obstacle course, which is actually a challenge, but only for the super-prepared...

[windrose.livejournal.com]

This kind of crap makes me want to crack open my skull and scrub my brain with a wire brush. Why is this considered news? Why????

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It's easy meat. And it supposedly boosts ratings, according to some sources. Gossip mags are supposedly selling through the roof, and TV is doing whatever it can to attract viewers.

Because in-depth intelligent news shows and stuff--who in their right mind watches those?

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

"The Public Wants To Know" all sorts of things like how the hunt for Osama bin Laden is going, whether or not there will be a serious 9/11 investigation, why President Bush bought tens of thousands of acres in South America, and so on, but the media doesn't seem interested in answering those questions for us, do they? *Huff*

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

why President Bush bought tens of thousands of acres in South America,

Ohh, didn't hear about that one. More, please?

but the media doesn't seem interested in answering those questions for us, do they? *Huff*

Book after book has been written about how the media have fallen down on the job these past six years.

Paraguay

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

This isn't something you'll find on mainstream media sources, but I confirmed it awhile back looking in South American news sources (and found also that Bush's daughters made an extended visit to the place late last year). Anyway, here's a more cynical account:

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2006/10/14/11926/843

(And it seems Bush Sr. is the one who owns it--I mistakenly attributed it to the current Bush.)

Re: Paraguay

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

That's interesting.

Disheartening and a little bit scary, but interesting.

Although honestly, if I were going to send someone to recon or close a deal, it wouldn't be Jenna Bush. I'd sooner send Barney.

Re: Paraguay

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Although honestly, if I were going to send someone to recon or close a deal, it wouldn't be Jenna Bush. I'd sooner send Barney.

LOL!

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

OK, it's freaky that you posted this because practically an hour before you posted it I'd just turned to my partner, who was flipping through channels on the TV and had landed on the "news", and said, "Who gives a sh**!"

Because of course they were showing Britney and her antics on New Years.

So I join you in the "I don't care!" chant that will hopefully drown out all the coverage of Britney and all the other assorted clones out there.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The last segment of tonight's Countdown was devoted to, you guessed it, the B-Word. Still no fake nose for KO, but I think I should email him and suggest it.

He used to air these segments with the preface "stories my producers are forcing me to cover," but I haven't heard it lately. Possibly because he's in the midst of contract negotiations and is trying not to give anyone any ammo.

I now declare this blog a Britney Free Zone!