I enjoyed my years of high school. It was the last real period of my life where I could have a little sense of freedom with no responsibilities. I liked not really having to study and the accessibility to new girls and relationships. Football was fun, baseball was too, I even got to miss class because of it. But then again, that was high school. Just like everything else, it was fun and I'm past that.
I bring it up because I have moved on and have experienced life outside of MTV. But sadly, MTV and Fox are trying to pull me and everyone else back into the social quagmire that nobody needs to experience anymore. I'm talking about the worst tv series on right now, Laguna Beach, with the possible exception of the OC.
If you have ever seen Laguna Beach then you know what I'm talking about. It's a semi-reality show on mtv that follows a group of high school seniors around and documents their lives, which consists mainly of gossiping about boys, creating drama, and pretty much every other little petty thing that goes on in high school. I call it a semi-reality show because every one of these kids were born into money and spend most of their time chatting over pedicure and manicure appointments. The only reality of this show is that the characters are real people. It's a modern day soap opera at best.
I could care less about who likes who or what someone said to someone behind someone elses back. That means nothing to me. If I wanted drama I could hang out with a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds and try to be the coolest college guy ever. The only difference would be that if I were to go to Laguna Beach then there would be a lot of pretty faces attached to the same kind of garbage.
Everything about this show is petty. The girls don't impress me and if it's cool to be a good looking guy with not much of a unique personality then mtv has done a pretty good job of convincing the world. I would love to put these same people in an environment not mistaken for a movie set and see how they handle life. Life without mommy and daddy and the ocean in their back yard. It wouldn't last very long and it wouldn't be very popular.
I don't really care about what goes on in Laguna Beach. I get that every adolescent girl goes through stages where the most important thing in the world is the latest gossip about who did what with who and who is the latest popular crush. However, I do care that most people who watch this show think this is what the world is about and that it's what they should become. It might not be evident on a conscious level, but it is definitely there. Don't put people on pedastals for having done nothing creative or intelligent. If I wanted to gossip then I'd be gay and have my own show on the E! channel.
Her's a little advice for the cast of the Laguna Beach and those who want to be. If he isn't that into you then GET OVER IT. If he made out with some other girl then that's too bad now isn't it? Get over that too. If you can't make up your mind between two guys then I hope they both make up their minds for you, while leaving you rejected. In the meantime, challenge my intellect, give me something wholesome, be unique, and don't rot my brain. But then again, it's mtv and a bunch of adolescents so nevermind.
*Oh and for ironic purposes, I have someone (or used to) who actually claims to be from the show as one of my myspace friends. I have no idea who she is and I'll keep it that way. In fact, I don't even know if she is on Laguna Beach or the O.C. To go even further, I don't even know if I could go through my friends list and find her (if she is even there anymore). Who knows.
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