I’m a naturally cynical person. I usually assume that if something can go wrong it will. Every once in awhile a show makes me just melt. I was so glad to hear that HGTV was doing a $250,000 challenge. Real homeowners are judged on their own decorating & DIY skills in their homes.

Many of these people are about to lose their houses. The money will help them pay down their mortgages if they win. In a way I feel bad for the people who work so hard and don’t win. I hope they find a way to keep the homes that they’ve put so much work into. It just shows that sometimes there are huge problems that take even bigger solutions, like a TV show to help you make it through.

One of the most inspiring shows that has been on in a long time is Beverly Hills Groomer. It follows Artist the winner of the show “Groomer has it”. I was surprised to see how difficult life is even if you win a reality show. He can hardly pay his bills and his family doesn’t understand why he wants to go into business for himself.

Without a doubt Artist is the most driven person I’ve ever seen. He just won’t stop. It’s really inspiring even though I’m not a dog groomer. There are days that I feel rejected in my writing career, it’s the name of the game. I’ve practically filled up a mac memory with my work but I never seem to get anywhere. Instead, I need to take a clue from Artist and keep plugging away. He makes me think that it’s possible, all of those big dreams that we have.

The Season premiere of Brooke Knows Best was heart breaking. Out of everyone in the Hogan family I wouldn’t have picked Brooke to be the one to have her life together. I feel so bad for her. She basically has both of her parents dating someone close to her age or younger. It was weird not seeing the Hogans together. I know, I need to get a life and go have fun at the Stratosphere hotel and stop obsessing over these people that I don’t know. While that is true, I’ve been surprised at the character Brooke Hogan has shown while her family falls apart.

It’s like she’s become the adult and they are the irresponsible kids. It seems like she’s estranged with from Linda. I really don’t see why Linda dating a younger guy is different from the Hulk dating a younger girl. I feel bad for the family. Brooke used to be this bubbly girl whose biggest concern was that her father was overprotective. Now she has to protect both her parents and her brother. I miss the happy girl who couldn’t decide what tattoo to get. On reality TV they tend to gloss over things that later hit the tabloids. Then the stars go on talk shows and tell how it really was. I hope that the reality isn’t worse than the reality show is revealing in her case.