My Dissapointment

Originally Posted:  September 21, 2007

I don't get excited much these days. It's too easy to be let down if you get too excited. If you set your expectations low it's easy to meet them, or exceed them. Some may call that pessimistic. I call it, I like to have a good time and it's easier to have one if you don't have expectations. Set the bar low and it won't take much to get over it, that's what I say. 

But every once and awhile something comes along and I can't keep myself from getting excited. I think the last time I was super excited was for that hot date I had. That was four years ago. But two months ago, the excitement came back. I was watching this commercial. It was for a little show that I like to call, and everyone else likes to call, Kid Nation. 

It looked too good to be true. Forty kids, one abandoned town, no adults, they are one their own. They either thrive or they die. Awesome. What could be better than this?

I went ahead and immediatly got a season pass to Kid Nation. I don't know if I've ever done that. I always watch a show at least once before I go and do something as drastic as getting a season pass to it. But with every rule there is an exception. Kid Nation seemed like the perfect exception. 

CBS tried to get some hoopla surrounding the show. There was a small controvery around it for some reason. Just a bunch of PR stuff really. I tried to stay away from this stuff. I was already excited enough without being surrounded by this stuff all the time. I wouldn't be able to contain myself if I payed attention to this stuff.

Wenesday, September 19, 2007, 7 pm. The time was here. Kid Nation was coming on. The day I had been waiting two months for was finally here. I was doing stuff Wednesday night, so I didn't get around to watching it until Thursday night though. 

And let me tell you. I'm pissed off. These kids aren't on their own. They split these kids into four groups of 10. They even had this little competition to decide who had what jobs. They give them these fully stocked stores to run. 

As far as I can tell, none of this was their choice. They were forced into making teams, forced into competition, forced into jobs and forced into running these stores. They are forced to go to these town meetings, where they are foced into telling some guy whether they want to stay or not. 

Really the show is just that one dude who keeps telling these kids what to do. These kids are just window dressing. 

I hate Kid Nation. I don't want to watch it again. That's why next week I'm going back to my old ways. Setting the bar low. That way when I watch Kid Nation next week, it'll be the best show ever.