Don’t reality shows suck? Isn’t it annoying how people who watch them go on and on about it? How irritating it is to turn on the radio and have the hosts rehash all the details of a show whose characters I don’t know, and talk about it like it really matters.

Right now, all I seem to be hearing about is American Idol. Debates abound about whether so-and-so is only there because she’s hot, whether Frenchie should have been booted off for appearing in porn, etc. In light of recent world events, I honestly DON’T CARE who gets voted off next. Unless of course it’s that cutie Clay Aiken.

Back when Joe Millionaire was on, I couldn’t stand it when people at work or brunch would debate ad nauseam which one of the girls really cared about him, and which one was simply after a big chunk of change. They’d go on and on about whether he should pick Melissa, Mojo, Sarah or Zara. Everyone knows Zara was the obvious choice.

Yes, dear reader, allow me to expose one of the things I’m most ashamed of. I’ve managed to keep my reality show habit to following one at a time, but I seem unable to shake it entirely. Every time one of the series ends, I get suckered into another one. Reality TV is truly abysmal, but why can’t I look away?

(Go Clay!)