30 days in 60 minutes

morgan spurlock's new show, "30 days," premiered last night on cable. now, "supersize me" irritated me, but i was really looking forward to "30 days," and, for the most part, i was not let down. morgan spurlock has been compared to michael moore, for relatively obvious ideas, but i dislike that comparison, mostly because michael moore, while having the right intentions, is basically just an asshole with access to a camera. michael moore derives pleasure from shaming innocent employees who happen to work for not-so-innocent companies; he uses inappropriate venues to tackily broadcast what are, admittedly, valid points that come out sounding just, well, bad. i think he failed the "medium is the message" part of his communication class. morgan spurlock, on the other hand, just plugs himself into the shoes of others (fast food eaters, minimum wage earners, muslim-americans) and tries to make his point by saying "i've walked a quarter of a mile in this guys loafers, and look where it got me."

anyhow, last night's episode of "30 days" was 30 days on minimum wage. not that it was "eye-opening" or anything like that, but it's a topic that really does deserve some attention. however, can i just say that morgan spurlock's girlfriend annoys me to no end? i disliked her in "supersize me," and i can't stand her in "30 days." chris doesn't like her either, so at least we have that in common- hating random people for no good reason. then, during the episode, they keep talking about how morgan's brother's kids are coming up to visit, and how kids are so expensive, how it must be so hard to have kids on minimum wage, etc. the kids finally show up, and, wouldn't you know, they're 17 and 14. i'm expecting five year olds, and here they get two kids who are old enough to go out and get jobs. the one is practically in college!

i started this blog entry at 10:30 this morning, and now it's almost 4. clearly, i'm not going to have the time to properly finish this. i just wish the people at work understood that i have blog entries to write and need a certain amount of "alone " time.