This isn’t really a lesson that I’ve learned from you as much as a lesson that you can learn from me. I’ve watched your show from the beginning, before it was popular. I was such a devoted fan that I looked at cardboard displays to expand my knowledge of paper products. I even considered building a cubicle in my home office.

It pains me to say this. You have changed. Lose the plot. Some shows need plot, you do not. You are good at being funny. How many awards have you won for being the confusing slightly sad love triangle show? That’s right. Zero. Hope you get better soon. I still think of you as a funny show even though I can’t remember the last time you made me laugh.

Sincerely,

Sarakastic

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HGTV has been invaded by house hunting, house staging & house selling shows. They need to change the name of the network so it doesn’t include gardening anymore. It is pretty much just all about real estate now.

I’ve noticed a trend. Everyone else except for me seems to think it’s a huge deal to not have a separate guest room. Houses get crossed off the list if a guest room has to share space with an office. Growing up, we always just had one of the kids sleep on the couch & then the guests would stay in their room. We would vacuum & everything. Very fancy. Although that is probably why our guests never stayed that long. Who said that was a bad thing? How often could people possibly use their guest rooms? It reminds me of that episode of FRIENDS when Chandler & Monica were deciding what to do with their extra bedroom. Chandler wants something like a game room & Monica wants a beautiful guest room even though all of their friends live like twelve seconds away.

I have had many roommates & there’s always that awkward moment when you first meet them. I love watching the first episode of each season of The Real World because people always react the same way when they meet someone new that they are going to live with. It doesn’t matter who they are or what their secret is or where they are form, they always react the same way.

They pretend to be excited to meet the person & then they all stand around silently & someone finally asks “So when is everyone else getting here?” You don’t ask about things like if the person is clean, what their eating habits are, about their childhood or even if they take Anoretix. Then they get excited when the next person comes & then they add one more to the uncomfortable “So when is everyone else getting here?” group. It’s the one thing that I have in common with The Real World roommates.