The Boob Tube

I had a completely delightful tv watching experience on Tuesday night. Glee was back and I really enjoyed the episode (no, the show isn't perfect but it still makes me chuckle and Darren Criss' It's Not Unusual was terrific.) After that, there was a half hour of Zooey Deschenel playing a version of herself and even though the previews for The New Girl basically revealed the entire episode, I still found it enchanting. Finally, Raising Hope was messed-up funny as usual.

I was not as lucky last night. Sure, Survivor was good and I got really into the immunity challenge when Ozzy's team came from behind to win, but MY GOD, there is one contestant who is probably the most reprehensible character I've ever seen.

His name is Brandon Hantz. He is the nephew of Russell Hantz, who is known as a villain on the show. He is 19 years old, married and, of course, a "good Christian". Honestly, I have no idea why these "good Christians" keep coming on a show that basically forces your to treat people poorly. Oh yeah, 1 million dollars! I mean, I get it. In order to win you may have to do some things that, in the real world, would be horrible. But it is a game. So many of them don't seem to understand that.

Anyway, this Brandon person is such a Christian that he decides he needs to get rid of an attractive, strong woman who is an asset at camp and in challenges. Not because she is a threat, but because she flaunts her body (no more than anyone else on the show and less than most) and he is a married man. What? That's your problem, dude. Not hers. She hasn't been flirting with him (which is probably the problem) or anyone for that matter.

Thank goodness for the awesome editing of this show. Whenever they have voice-over of Brandon complaining about this girl, they show multiple clips of him leering at her! He's just so skeezy. I really can't stand it.

As if that weren't enough, I then flipped to Lifetime to watch Project Runway only to find it had been preempted by a marathon of Dance Mom's. I was so annoyed. Yeah, I watched a couple hours of Dance Mom's. So what? I didn't even realize until this morning that Runway isn't on until tonight and that I had missed ANTM! ARGH!

Aunt Pittypatt at German Fest

Today I went to the German American Festival with some friends of mine. I was excited to get out after my incredibly boring Labor Day Weekend. I wanted to make sure I did it right. I looked at the weather (it was supposedly 74degrees) and decided to dress in jeans, a short sleeved blouse and my Hannover sweatshirt I got in Germany. Appropriate, no?

We got there around 2:30 and I almost immediately went to get a sausage with cole slaw and potato salad. Everything was going well, I enjoyed my food and the four of us were just standing around and talking for a while.

I noticed that it was getting really warm. My face was seriously "glowing" (not sweating, glistening) but I was trying to play it cool. Rather quickly, my brain went a bit fuzzy around the edges, I felt lightheaded and couldn't quite figure out why. I thought it would pass, but it didn't. Instead, everyone I was with seemed to float away like looking through the wrong end of a telescope. Luckily, our party had one chair which was being occupied by a sweater and a purse. I had the fortitude to say (probably a bit weakly) "Kathryn, I think I need to sit down or I'll..."

The next thing I knew, I felt vice-grip like fingers in my arm, I was sitting in the chair, and everyone was saying "Sara, Sara, are you okay?" My understanding is that when I stopped speaking I kind of hunched over the table where we were standing. Kathryn thought I was demonstrating what I would do if I didn't sit down, but then quickly realized we had passed beyond the demonstration state right into the actual doing! She said it was just a matter of a few seconds, but that my eyes were open the whole time. Totally creepy! Nothing like this has ever happened to me before, and I'm sure it was a result of the heat and possible dehydration (although I had a bottle of water earlier in the day).

In the end, I felt better almost immediately and I got some water to drink. All I can say is that it was the strangest sensation, and thank goodness my friends were there to help me!