Back in the saddle

I'm welcoming myself back to the fold.
I've been absent from writing for some time, but as I've so much to say, I decided that it was time to make a reappearance via my blogspot page. How exciting!
A lot's happened in the world since I've taken my sabbatical.
Most of it quite serious and life changing, but then of course there is always mindless reality television and all it has to offer the idled mind to fall back on.
I moved recently and with that, I had to subscribe to a new cable television company (zoning laws and all). So, I am now privy to MTV and all it' sister stations that have seemingly exploded on the airwaves. I remember when I was a kid (couldn't have been more than 15 years old) and MTV had one station and one goal...music videos, 24/7.
Well, to my utter surprise, the brains at the helm of this once innovative and entertaining station, decided to change the recipe and reduced the video programming and introduced a non stop fest of reality shows.
There is a new addition to the roster, called The Road To Exile which features young men and women who have been spoiled beyond anyone's wildest dreams and who have pretty much had their lives (and all the wonderful trappings) handed to them on a silver platter. This show is the spin off of MTV's other outrageous show called My Super Sweet 16, where kids celebrate their "monumental" birthdays with over top parties, repleat with ridiculous outfits, venues, star appearances and gifts that only a sultan would be satisfied with.
In order for these kids (usually two years later) to be brought back down to earth and be shown that life in the "real world" doesn't work like that, they receive a reality check from their family members and get sent off to various areas in the world to be taught what it's really like to live life, do chores, and basically learn how to take care of themselves and give back to human kind.
As one would expect, these kids don't exactly embrace their new surroundings or their required tasks which all take place in third world countries.
The whinning, the complaining, the tears, the tantrums...all great entertainment for those of us that truly believe that these millenial brats need a lesson (or 200) on how to really be in the world.
These kids are so helpless. They have virtually no responsibilities, other than to breath. They don't ask for things, they demand them!
I've always taken issue with people who swan through life with a sense of entitlement, but these kids really take it to a new level.
I for one am thrilled to see this kind of programming on the airwaves and I sincerely hope that there is more of it to come.