what the heck is generation renovation?

i was sick so i had to stay in bed and just veg ...

when you're sick you can't really read (nothing makes any sense) ... and you can only sleep so much before you get bored with sleeping LOL

so have you ever turned on the telly and watched some of these programs? you have to kind of wonder how many people actually watch these things by choice.

there's this whole channel devoted to renovating. all these programs -- from spend thousands of dollars to completely change your place and we're coming back in a month to make sure you didn't screw up our fabulous design, to let somebody come in and destroy your weekend making you sort through and throw away all your sentimental stuff and aren't all these designated storage areas just wonderful, to just buy a couple gallons of paint and let the bitchy lady tell you how her taste is sooooo better than yours, to trust a college student to transform it and pray they won't screw up your house, to just rearrange everything in the house and sorry i didn't know that was your favorite shirt but isn't it a cute throw pillow.

okay, maybe it seemed weird because i was sick and taking dayquil and the dog wouldn't stop trying to snuggle me in weird places

... but i kind of watched this channel and kept making comments to my dog (who incidentally agreed with most of it).

like, that lady with the fakey sounding accent and buckets of really LOUD and RUDE colours of paint. does she realize how mean she is to the GUYS on her show? does she realize how bitchy she sounds? does she purposely just ride roughshod over the people she's destroying houses on? she clearly doesn't care what they think ... she even tells them to shut up and stuff. it's all about her and her wonderful ideas, and damn anyone who says i don't like how that looks, you know?

i felt so sorry for that newlywed couple, but then i thought ... hey, you gotta be some kind of STUPID ... i would NEVER ask a complete stranger to redo my bedroom on the air, and i sure wouldn't let someone make public insinuations about lagging sex lives!! you get what you pay for, huh? or maybe, as mum says, you can't always get what you want, so be careful what you ask for.

or how about that show where they focus on three people who do weird craft things and try to look really cool doing it. like that lady who was trying to look cool jumping up and down on her trampoline. or the lady who thought it would be really cool to make these weird facial contortions as she went step by step making her stuff ... and i'm sorry, but three days being sick at home, and three different features on making soap ... yeah, i was so thrilled.

NOT.

there's sometimes a person on there who does something kind of neat. like that lady who does the polymer clay figurines of her family. (they didn't really look like the people, but it was still really kind of cool). or the lady who did the felting demonstration (even if i personally wouldn't get off on felting big bowls because who needs big bowls? i like boxes.)

but most of them ... geeeeeeeeeeez ... sorry, lady, but that cigar box purse looked weird and it isn't a secret compartment when you put it right on the front with a big latch thingie! you almost want to shake them and say GET A LIFE!!!! or maybe ... (ohhh the horror) ... maybe that IS their life ...

i mean, give me a break!!! neat craft ideas? oh, sure ... we allllll have thousands of dollars to blow on a craft whim like my very own kiln or glassblowing equipment, or hey ... i really love that everyone they feature has like HUGE entire rooms and all kinds of really expensive equipment dedicated to a type of craft. right. this is realistic. this is do-able. NOT.

seriously ... i kind of watched that channel because the shows kept repeating so i didn't really have to pay close attention (i couldn't anyway. dayquil is scary) ... and i got some interesting ideas powered by dayquil i think.

heh

okay so ... what if i redo my room? i hate the sandpaper texture on the walls. it really screws up anything that comes into contact with it. i could get a few gallons of plaster stuff to retexture the walls. and then i hate that they're so bland. off white. ew. so i could get a couple gallons of paint. how about ... midnight blue for the ceiling with twinkly shiny mica bits? yeah, and maybe a warm pinkish sand for the walls. i kind of thought it was interesting when one of those design student shows painted a band of contrasting color from floor to ceiling around the windows. yeah. that might be cool. a desert sand maybe. with lots of mica. heh.

and spiffy new window treatments. (dang, and i thought they were called curtains and drapes LOL) okay and the show that did the headboard as a shelving unit thing. yeah.

no, wait. when i feel boxed in, i like to move stuff around. so, how about captains beds. you know, the ones with the storage underneath.

hang on. i'm short. that won't work. i'd need a step stool to get in and out of bed. LOL

okay how about the whole wall turned into shelves. hey, on the show it was easy ... they just went out and bought the wood and sawed it all to pieces and it all fit perfectly. yeah.

in my dreams.

maybe i'll just clean my room.