This is your brain on Trash-tastic Television. Any Questions?

Strange happenings going on over here at The Complicated Compound.

My 20 month old has apparently become a vegetarian- eating only pizza and mac & cheese.

Mount Washmore- has melted, crumbled, evaporated. Whatever- its not there…  that for sure is NOT normal… stranger- I still have not seen the Laundry Fairy, but have caught glimpses of myself in the mirror actually using my coveted blogger swag –a lifetime supply of All Oxi-Active detergent! … at least Im pretty sure 6 bottles is a life time supply – & Yes, I’m scared too!

And perhaps strangest of all- My blog is neglected and I’m seemingly unfazed …. because … I am addicted to trash-tastic television shows.

Like SERIOUSLY addicted.

Describing a show who’s character’s behaviors may be questionable, but nonetheless leave a viewer rooting them on as if they were FANTASTIC.

a lil table flippin’

& Crazy Kelly Yacht Meltdown

Let me now further admit, I’ve also found myself at the edge of my seat and disappointed when I found out I was not watching a marathon but only 2 back to back episodes of… {{wait for it}} … THE HILLS.

THE HILLS! Who is this woman who has taken over my body? Who is at the edge of their seat over Brody Jenner and Kristen Cavallari’s on-again off-again romance?… and why do I know that its an on-again off-again romance?… ahhh! make it stop … Puh-leeze… ahh!  and the references I make (like that one- did you catch it?)- I can’t stop it!

Photo credit: Tammy Cedar Photo

Last week when this picture (left) was posted on Facebook, my first thoughts were not “Aww, how cute!”.

My first thoughts were: “FAB-U-LOUSSSS”

I’ve scoured the internet to do a side by side for you, and could not find not even one screenshot of (RHONJ)Teresa’s girls doing “Fabuloussss” – so now I KNOW I have problem… for if Google doesn’t see it, it might as well never have happened- right?

But the reality-references don’t stop in Franklin Lakes my friends, no no- they continue right down to The Jersey Shore… Do you know how many different puns you can make with “The Situation” alone?  Seriously, I can’t even help myself.

The other day a friend of mine tweeted something like:

“There’s various ways to perceive a situation, unless you are a cast member of The Jersey Shore- then there is only one way to perceive The situation”

…. and I giggled like a little girl who was sharing some sort of inside joke with a bestie :::yes!!! she gets me:::

In all fairness though, I am learning that Trash-tastic television watching doesn’t only apply to reality TV. It is also creeping into our thoughts while watching sitcoms and dramas. The other night while watching Glee– I found myself rooting for teen-pregnacny as my heart broke as Quinn gave up her baby. HELLO! She was doing the responsible thing- and I was disappointed? What kind of mother am I?

Come on, You see that happy ending right?

The images to the above would have pulled on the heart strings of any sane person, right??  Just look at that boy’s face- Clearly he is ready for fatherhood. I mean they could dress up the baby as the McKinley High Mascot while she does basket tosses with the Cherrios on the sidelines of his high school football games! Could you think of a better “Happily Ever After” than that? I think not.

Ok perhaps I should add Sixteen and Pregnant to my DVR schedule.

But if that wasn’t enough to tell you what TV is doing to my brain… Last night me and the hubby cozied up to watch a show we’ve been waiting patiently for, Season 4 of Dexter!

… and as I watched the last scene of the 1st episode I whispered to my husband while holding my breath in suspense “Oh-No! He had the body in the trunk!” …. O, No??? … O! No! The Joran Van Der Sloot of Television is about to get caught and I say “O, NO!” ? …Now I am rooting on not just Teen Pregnancy, Trashy situations “down the shore” (Get it?… Situations? … wocka-wocka) , Table flipping, or unstable relationships between kids who have no talent and too much money— but a SERIAL KILLER?

I know.

You have permission to stop reading this site immediately.

(However- if you love me unconditionally, you can still vote for me over at Parent’s Connect for “Best” Parenting blog (clearly that term is used lightly) …. so um, Mom?… James?… yea that would be you –

just 2 more days!! Vote here! )