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Oh my God, Mexican TV is Even Worse Than I Remember!

August 21, 2006 12:27 AM

lright, today was a pretty good day. More about that later. What's important right now is that Spanish TV is not only terrible, low-quality, and sexist. It's also - somehow - has even less moral fiber than its American counterpart.

Right now, I'm sitting here with my mother and aunt. The show we're watching is called "Cantando Por un Sueno." It translates as "Singing for a Dream." Here's the best way I can come up with to explain how the show, which is one of those pseudo-reality shows, works. First, think about American Idol. So, there are singers competing for a prize, with the best singer getting the prize. But here's the special, unscrupulous twist: the singers have cancer, or some other deadly illness. And the prize is an unlimited amount of money for treatment. That's right, the winner gets cured, the losers are allowed to die. Holy fucking shit, tell me that's not evil?

On a much lighter note, today was my first full day back, and I got to see all of my extended family. We all sat around and they told hilarious stories about when people were much younger. We also talked a little about politics and gave each other advice on pretty much everything. It was really nice. The thing that really pisses me off, though, is that I always appreciate that kind of shit way more after it's over than while it's going on. I wish I could appreciate it as much as I do now while it's going on. I guess something's just terminally wrong with me.

In other news, my cousin's daughter, Mia, is now a year a half old. She's running around and trying really hard to pronounce things correctly. Everyone claims that she's a genius. I originally dismissed that idea because it's my impression that every parent thinks their kid is a genius. But, apparently she's actually way ahead of kids her age, so that's great. I hope she grows up to be a super-genius. God knows the family needs one.

Later, my cousin Kaky and I went to watch Little Miss Sunshine. As Santi already pointed out, it's a great movie. While I don't think it's the best movie ever, I agree that it's an amazing movie, at once funny and touching.

After the movie, I went to In-n-Out again. To recap:

Total double-doubles, animal style, consumed: 3
Total french fries, animal style, consumed: 2
God, I love In-n-Out.

Now, I'm getting down to some serious TV watching. I don't have cable at home, and my parent's seem to have every channel known to man. They even get a channel that, inexplicably, broadcasts nothing except a Sony DVD player screensaver. It's really strange.

Anyway, I guess my aunt and I are going to the casino tomorrow. I can't wait.



4 Comments


Santi said:

She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mama...

Heh, once that song started I knew exactly what was about to take place. Adelina was basicaly in convulsions by the end.

August 21, 2006 10:58 AM



LawNut said:

LOL - Telemundo and Univision always get me cracking up!! No scruples whatsoever!!

August 21, 2006 4:13 PM



Dee said:

mexican TV sorta prepared me for taiwanese TV, in the bunny trail sense of the word. the best show i have seen thus far is basically called "smile pasta" and centers around the pop music aspirations of two douchey looking guys and the girls who think they're cute.

on the episode i saw, there was a battle of the bands type scene, and there was a flashback to some girl drowning after running into a stream with some maracas in her hand. because why not?

you would love it here.

August 26, 2006 8:37 AM






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