It's A Surreal Life

First of all, I just wanted to thank everyone for all the positive responses yesterday. It really meant a lot to me. Thanks for your open-mindedness.

Now, I must enlighten you all on another topic: VH1 Celebreality. Last night, I was lying in bed, flipping through the channels. I paused for a moment on the Yankees/Red Sox game that my husband had been watching for the past three hours. He's a diehard Yankees fan, while I root for whatever team Johnny Damon's on. Anyway, I stopped on CNBC, where Donnie Deutsch was interviewing cast members of the latest Surreal Life. For those of you that haven't seen the show, they basically put seven C-list celebs together in a house and let all hell break loose. This cast lived together for twelve days and managed to have very, very strong opinions about one another. Fighting and name calling were just the tip of the iceberg...

The current cast includes Pepa (of Salt 'n Pepa), Apprentice villain Omarosa, former supermodel Janice Dickinson, model Caprice, Pink's fiance' Carey Hart, Bronson Pinchot (Balky off Perfect Strangers) and former baseball player Jose Canseco. The first episode aired last Sunday and it was truly a spectacle.

Janice freaked out because she accused Bronson of groping her, and all the women were scared of Jose because of his past domestic violence record. The house is done in a circus theme, and Bronson said he didn't like it because he was afraid people would think all the people that lived in the house were like "circus freaks."

Um, ya think?

Anyway, everyone gathered on Donnie's show last night with the exception of Carey and Pepa. Apparently Janice needs to re-assess her 12-Step Program because she was acting insane the entire 12 days. She's such a villian that she made Omarosa look like a victim! Now that's really saying something...

And everyone was utterly in love with Jose, singing his praises. I believe Jose Canseco is going to be the only person in Surreal Life history to ever actually benefit from appearing on the show. I think the show's going to be fantastic for his reputation, and horrible for everybody else's.

In past season, there have been other C-listers such as Erik Estrada (Ponch from CHIPS), porn king Ron Jeremy, former Real World cast member Trishelle, Tammy Faye (Baker) Messner, Vanilla Ice, Christopher Knight (Peter Brady off The Brady Bunch) and many, many more. The one negotiable B-lister to appear was Verne Troyer a.k.a. Mini Me on last season.

It's hilarious to watch these celebs try to co-exist in a microcosm of celebreality, all fighting for the chance to be famous once again. Some play the camera for all it's worth, and some like Dave Coulier of Full House just try to keep everyone sane.

After the game was over, I told Bert all about the crazy interview I had watched with The Surreal Life cast. This began a 30-minute discussion we had of other celebs we thought should appear. Bert said almost any member of an 80's rock band could be on there, specifically Survivor, who sang the Rocky anthem "Eye of the Tiger." We named tons of past celebs...like Tina Yothers from Family Ties, any cast member of The Brady Bunch, "Kimmy Gibler" from Full House. Bert swears he thinks Tori Spelling should appear, but I disagree.

We laughed and laughed thinking about all the people we thought they should cast.

"You know who I think The Surreal Life was invented for?" he asked me.
"Who?" I inquired.
"DAVID HASSELHOFF!" he exclaimed.

How right he was...

As I slipped into a deep sleep, I dreamed my hair had been streaked purple. Maybe it came from thinking about all the craziness of the latest Surreal Life. The show's fabulously entertaining, and I'm glad these people are able to poke fun at themselves. Life's too short to take yourself seriously all the time, and I'm glad most of the cast is simply there for a new life experience.

New experiences can broaden our horizons and make a dramatic impact on our lives. And let's all face it...everyone's life seems a little surreal sometimes.