tonight while feeding Nicholas and flipping channels I stumble upon a reality show called Meet the Barkers on MTV and I wonder who the fuck are these people? I've seen bits of the show before but usually just flip on past to something that approximates interesting. so I check here and find out that the tattooed goon husband half of the pair is the drummer for the pop/punk band Blink 182 (almost wrote bling but that counts too).

so it comes to that that a reality show can be built around anything, and anybody, for this married pair have not even the sliver of charisma or talent that makes the show worth watching. they do not possess a fraction of an ounce of likability. at all.

so why get so exercised by another reality show. why to submit a proposal. how about a reality show that features a poet and his/her family life. consider the possibilities.

for example:

watch the poet sit for hrs at a time reading from a book or a computer screen.

watch the poet get up from his/her couch/chair/bed to feed the baby, and return to his/her book or computer screen.

watch the spouse/partner of the poet read or flip tv channels as the poet reads/writes most nights of the week.

watch the poet talk nonstop, sometimes brilliant and fascinating, most times just gibbering away.

watch the poet daydream, some days all day.

watch the poet play with his/her baby.

watch the poet clean the house, then go back to his/her book or computer screen.

don't watch the poet at work, the kind that pays the bills and keeps the poet in the three Bs (beer, burritos and books), because whatever he/she does to pay the bills is the least interesting part of the poet life.

watch the poet drink beer/wine/coffee/sodas almost daily.

watch the poet read the prose of travel writers, then stare off in the distance like he/she can really see India/China/Japan/Iceland over yr shoulder and out the window.

watch the poet comfort his/her crying child.

watch the poet remain in love with his/her spouse/partner.

watch the poet cook dinner.

watch the poet overeat the food his/her spouse/partner cooked.

watch the poet shop for books, journals, cds and dvds (and sometimes, with reluctance, clothes).

watch the poet think about getting a Vespa, but not a motorcycle.

anyway, a reality show about a poet and his/her daily/family life is endless. perhaps, even endlessly boring. who knows, but not half as bad as the crap on tv now.