Thursday, 15 November 2012  in defence of the ridges  seeing as
i have been going through some heavy stuff lately, i thought it
was time for a lighter pop culture post.  pretty out-of-date, i
know, but it's been sitting at the back of my mind waiting to
get out & now is as good a time as any.  i remember all the
times i've written on this blog about my antipathy towards
reality television.  i mostly can't be bothered with it, mostly
because there seems to be a lot of hostility & nastiness
involved in the competitive aspects of reality tv shows, and i
don't have the patience for that.  i did manage to sit through
one whole series of american idol, i can't even remember why. 
and of course i'm a well known masterchef fan.  but that has
generally been it, when it comes to me & reality tv shows.  so
you would think that "the ridges" is not a show that would
particularly appeal to me.  never watched the osbornes or the
kardashians or any other shows that concentrated on the lives of
a particular group of families.