Another Night of The Hills

The highlight of my week is Wednesday night when I get to watch The Hills on MTV. I know, I know, its sad that I’m a 26 year old who is obsessed over the lives of Lauren and Heidi who are barely 20, but their lives are just that much more exciting than mine.
Oh, and I can’t forget Project Runway on Bravo.

And my biggest dilemma on Wednesday nights is which show to watch because both air at the same time. This problem could be easily solved if I just got DVR. I’m always behind when it comes to technology. Just recently I switched from dial up to high speed internet (Hooray!) Everyone and their mother has DVR but I just refuse to get it. Two reasons: firstly, I refuse to add another $10 to my already over-priced Comcast bill.

(And now for a little back-story. For over a year and a half, my roommate and I were getting cable for free. It was like the Gods rained the heavens on us. That was a great year and a half. And then one day I come home from work, turn on the TV and get nothing but static. At first I thought, hmm, the cable must be out (that has happened before), but then not an hour later I hear a tap, tap, tap on the door. No one ever comes to visit us, so I proceed to the door with caution. Slowly I open it, and there standing in the hallway is the Comcast Man. Now I’m kinda nervous cause I’m thinking he’s here to inspect my cable and then haul my ass to jail for stealing it. (And its really not stealing, when you plug in your cable cord and viola there is cable. Its not my fault that Comcast forgot to turn off the past residents cable, but I digress) I won’t even let him inside the door, and he’s trying to hand me a flier describing the cable options with his name and number. He leaves saying, “If you’re in need of cable, just call me.” I close the door, let out a huge sigh of relief that I’m not being arrested, and then the light bulb dings in my head. That fucker just turned off my cable. I was livid that those asses over at Comcast finally realized that I was siphoning free cable from them, and so they came and took it away from me. Out of principle for two weeks I did not call them. But I finally caved when the new season of Laguna Beach started (haha, that’s kinda funny that I’m writing about The Hills).

To make a long story longer, of course I had to upgrade to digital cable, but when it was time to check the DVR box, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. They were already sucking so much money out of me, that I would not allow them another penny more.

My second reason for not adding DVR is that to do this, I have to get a new box. And of course those asses can’t deliver it to me, and I’m just too freaking lazy to drive to my local Comcast office to pick up a new box. So I will not be engaging in this new technology that is DVR. But luckily for me, both stations air repeats like its going out of style, so I can catch Project Runway on the weekends.

I have to admit, The Hills is a lamer version of the classic Laguna Beach. I mean, if Lauren did not get back together with loser Jason, the show would suck ass. Its not like her internship at Teen Vogue is very exciting. Occasionally she gets to work a photo shoot or a runway show, but hey, who doesn’t get to do that everyday? And you can only watch so many scenes of annoying Heidi and her voice babble about quitting school to get an awesome job working for a promotions company only to find out that her awesome job is sitting behind a desk 9-5, running errands for her boss. Welcome to my life and every other working class person out there Heidi.

But even Lauren and Jason’s relationship is boring. I mean yes, they fight a lot, but I just came for a relationship where I fought all the time, and their fights are lame compared to the ones I had. And their pet names for each other are just god-awful. He calls her Woobie. What the fuck is that? My God, if I’m ever in a relationship where my boyfriend calls me a dumb pet name like that, shoot me, and make it count. And how are these kids always getting into clubs? They’re not 21!

But for the most part, The Hills is my must watch show of the summer. Maybe if I had more of a life, I’d find something better to do on a Wednesday night, but clearly I don’t.