August 4, 2006

  • More non-puppy related stuff

    I have a new guilty pleasure.  I've been watching this reality show on SciFi channel called Who wants to be a Superhero.  Cool concept, you'd think that they'd screw it up, but no.  Stan Lee presides over a Big-Brother like situation where people are in a superhero lair.  Each show has different challenges and activities and there have been multiple eliminations per show so far.  It's cool to see how some of the people are really buying into their superhero personas.  I've seen one of the more interesting things done to an eliminated contestant in a reality show in the last show.  I won't say what it is in case some of you decide to try and catch some of the show reruns on SciFi.

    Another show I've been watching recently is Eureka also on SciFi.  It's about a secret town full of super secret government scientists.  Basically we follow the sheriff around and see things through his eyes.  It's an action drama with some suspense, but when I watch it, I get the same vibe I got from watching Northern Exposure, even if they're such different shows.  I am totally buying into the characters who are a good mixture of the stereotypical types you might expect in a show like this, but you get a real sense that they have more to them than you may think.

    Okay, one puppy incident.  Nori met his first bad kid today.  I was watching Mochi and this kid with his mom, aunt and grandmother gave Nori a kick.  Today was the first day in all my experience working with kids at Sunday School, Children's ministry situations, and Day care that I REALLY wanted to hit a child.  What kind of kid (he looked around 4-5) would kick a cute little dog. 
    I hope some bigger dog bites him.

Comments (6)

  • Actually, that's an interesting question. Why *would* the kid want to kick the dog? Perhaps he's acting out violence or anger that he's experienced or observed in his life. Perhaps it's a way of expressing power, control, and dominance. Perhaps it's both of the above.

    One of the truths I've learned as a Christian is that love is the greatest power that we have. It's sad to be reminded that our fallen human tendency is to turn to violence instead. I suspect that the urge to kick a puppy is related to those kids who drop stones off of highway overpasses.

  • the kid is just dumb.  jae, i would have beat him up too.

  • At least it was not the Chinese government:

    http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-china02.html

  • Aww MAN!!! this is why the chinese government shouldn't even be thought of as being civilized. too lazy to even put in any kind of health measure against rabies, they kill 50k dogs instead!? but what do you expect from a government who treats its people in basically the same way?

  • the superhero's thing is hilarious. the dog challenge was brilliant. but if you ask me, the show seems rigged. i mean, c'mon, a "reality" show? on the "sci-fi" channel?? about "superheros"???

  • well after that last episode, I'm pretty sure that it's rigged -- project runway it is not, but one has to admit that it's a fun show to watch.

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