What Are We Doing to Ourselves???

Before I start what I really want to blog about, I want to mention something that I forgot when I was updating you all. You can scroll on down if you are not a fan of "The Shield" (Cody, you may be the only one reading). Why, oh, why did Shane grenade our beloved Lem?? That was horrific. The man was going to prison to have God knows what happen to him--taking one for the team--and he scorches him!! What?? I seriously was upset with the writers. I wrote them. That is very upsetting to me that they would write him off in such a way. Lem. He was the kinda good bad good guy. Brent and I both had nightmares and night sweats after we watched that. It was worse than when Gus died. Oh, my aching heart.
OK, now what I really wanted to write about. I felt a little left out in my house with the whole DVR thing. I really don't have a show of my own. We share Idol and The Shield. Nothing just for me. So, I said "fine. I am going to DVR Oprah." Now, I mainly think Oprah is full of herself and arrogant, and pseudo smart. She always acts amazed. Have you ever noticed that? However, sometimes, she pulls a good one out that makes me think. A couple of weeks ago, she did one about the marginalization of women. It really made me sad and it made me think. Basically, we are a celebrity infused society nowadays. We have become so enthralled in what they are doing, wearing and who they are making babies with that we loose a sense of reality. It showed how girls want to look like celebrities and spend tons of money to be people we see in the magazines, when all the while they are denying themselves of any opinions and sense of their own. Basically, Jessica Simpson is who women have to aspire to. That kind of thing makes me sad. It's not even the fact that I think Jessica Simpson is dumb, it's the opposite. I think she is smart and playing a role that makes her more profitable. Unfortunately, young women in our society look at that and idolize her for it. And it's not just her. It's what young women do to get guys to notice them and how sex has become such a casual affair. I thought I was not tempted by the celebrity nation that we live in, but then I thought about how much VH1 and "entertainment" shows I watch and I realized that I am a victim as well. The worst part is that this is a huge market that makes mega profit off of us being superficial. It really made me think about how I really want to change that. I have always been passionate about women finding their identities in Christ and having confidence and respect for themselves. This just made me realize how big the beast is that we have to fight against. I want to write a book about it. It's just yucky. My decision has been that I am no longer watching any "look how great these celebrities are" TV shows. Silliness. Also to not read the magazines in the lines at HEB. Wow. That's really hard to do. I really don't even want to admit to knowing who Lindsey Lohan fought at a club last week over Wilmer Valerwhatshisbutt. Superficial. It is so empty. Let's strive for life abundant ladies!!! OK, now that I have said my peace, what are your thoughts? Don't worry, you are not shunned by me if you sneak a peek in the lines. As most of you know, I tend to be pretty radical and it was something that affected me in my own way in my own world. For what it's worth.