Sep 28, 2011

ON THIS EPISODE OF THE REAL SPINSTERS OF COW PATCH COUNTY...

I'm not a studio executive (I just play one on TeeVee), but don't you think they've got it all bass-akwards with the whole Real Housewives thing?

Each episode features women who are at once so pretty and thin and well-accessorized, that you can only IMAGINE what it would be like to be them. A closet the approximate size of an airplane hanger? De rigeur. Personal chefs in the kitchen? Just an ordinary Wednesday. Dogs wearing little outfits and sipping champagne out of seven hundred dollar glasses?

Oh wait. That's me.

Anyway, my point is this: I don't need anything else to convince me that I should occupy space on a remote and distant planet. Let's face it kids, you cannot be a 45-year old spinster with an unfortunate mustache problem and your own zip code and still feel good about yourself after watching a size triple zero prance around in a bikini while bitching that her thighs are fat. (I've eaten baked potatoes that were larger than said size triple zero, so instead of feeling bad that the poor thing has low self esteem issues, I just want to slap the skinny right off of her and feed her a nice big bowl of effew.)

I am proposing that the Bravo folks get with it and feature some poor slob like me who can't find her way out of a wet paper bag with two hands and a flashlight, and who knows the importance of always having a nice meatloaf on hand in the event that Jeffrey Dean Morgan drops by for lunch. The cameras could capture my every move, and audiences would sit with rapt attention while I tackle that unfortunate mustache problem (see above), wipe up dog pee and champagne (also, above), and contemplate whether or not the pile of laundry could adequately be described as a bio hazard.

Can you say...Emmy?

I know there are shows that reveal poor housekeeping, or addiction issues, or even (horror of horrors) weight-loss situations, but wouldn't it be more fun to watch an ordinary every day person bumblecluck her way through a day filled with nothing but dusting and grocery shopping?

Stewey tells me that I've got it all wrong and that people watch these programs to see how the other half lives, but I still think that an hour of beautifully appointed females wearing two thousand dollar stilettos is hard on the 'ole self-acceptance meter. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to see me woop woop it up in the Target aisle over a pair of eighteen dollar slippers?

(They're fabulous, by the way, and I don't intend to take them off until Spring.)

I'll keep you posted on my progress with the pitch meeting, but please feel free to drop a line or two on Andy Cohen's Facebook page. (Does Andy Cohen even HAVE a Facebook page? If I become famous, will I have to have a Facebook page? More importantly, if Stewey becomes famous, will I have to be the one to update HIS Facebook page?)

These are important questions for the ages. Obviously.

I was making pretty good headway on the Prairie Moon piece when two things happened (almost simultaneously, by the way). Number one is that I ran out of thread. (I know, I know, I should have listened to Aunt Chrissy when she told me that there was no way that four skeins would be enough). And number two, the lights went out.

(By the way...just a word of advice to the gal that answered the phone over at Mishawaka Utilities: Remain calm and carry on, dear. There's no reason to holler "There's trees down and lines are on fire!" while pulling on your rubber boots and crash helmet. We'll be fine. Really. We will be. Just turn the lights back on when you get a moment and try not to panic.)

So that explains the measly progress. (If you stay tuned long enough, the dog will eat my homework, the sun will be in my eyes, and the check will be in the mail.) (I promise.)

I'm off to the laundry room! I thought that I was going to settle in to watch the Conrad Murray trial this week, but Stewey confiscated the remote control, glared at me, and said "Casey Anthony" and that was all she wrote. Apparently, I am incapable of remaining detached from celebrity trials.

Have a Happy Wednesday! I'll post the recipe for the root beer boondt tomorrow! (I have to figure out what I did with it.)

18 comments:

  1. Hell, I'd watch you. It would be quite a refreshing change!

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  2. I don't watch teevee for those reasons, and the time thing. But, if there was something really interesting on....

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  3. I don't watch those shows longer than it takes to flip through the channels.

    Now, if you had a show. That I would watch.

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  4. Or take your show ont he road... UI can see you up on stage with your little pee engine Stewy!

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  5. IF Stewey becomes famous? You mean he's not? I'm sorry to say, Spinster, if you get your own show, I won't be watching. I rarely watch tv. Not because I'm an intellectual snob, but I am defective. I cannot stitch and watch tv at the same time, so I don't watch. A gal has to have priorities, you know. But I'm sure you'll do well in the pitch meeting. (My verification today is "hangshon." Sounds like good advice from a lisper.)

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  6. Coni: You really, really need to look into writing for a TV show. I know, you must know you are very talented and it certainly is not just stitching. You are hiding this light under a bushel, so to speak.

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  7. Reality shows, I dislike them intently. However, one that featured our favorite Spinster Stitcher and her Little Dog I would definitely watch. You would both be celebrity's, BUT HEY, you already are!!!

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  8. I would even learn how to work the other TV remote control if they give you your own show, Coni. I'm there for you. I will update both your Facebook page and Stewey's! I would also gladly help you slap the skinny out of some of those TV people.

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  9. I'd love to watch you on TeeVee, but not the Conrad Murray case. I can't wait for it to be over. I am a prosecutor working in the courthouse where it is being held. The amazing crowd of crazies around the building should be looking for openings on any reality show or at any real job, for that matter. The number of people wearing single-sequined gloves is unrivaled. Outside, people have hung huge banners advertising their various pet causes. My favorite is "Bulgarians for MJ." If I'm hit in the head by one more cameraman carrying a steady-cam (poorly named, I might add) in an overcrowded elevator, I'll go postal. Speaking of which the overcrowded elevators are breaking down in record numbers. The more people that watch the gavel-to-gavel coverage, the longer this circus will persist. (Note: we can't call it a zoo, because zoos have fences and cages, this free-for-all has no boundaries.)

    Spend your free time scripting the real spinsters. It will be a real ratings draw!

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  10. Sorry to hear about the bad weather, you think you could send some rain down my way. I finally finished my quilt square needlepoint project and will be starting another very soon. I hope you get another supply of thread for yours. I am surprised that you don't have a fb page! I thought a famous person like yourself would have all that covered. Well have a good night. Your faithful blog stalker.

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  11. Coni I would watch you too!! I tried to watch the housewives.. I quit.. They are so fake and they don't even realize that they are.. That is normal for them... lol
    But you and Stewey I would buy the DVD set and watch over and over!! Why don't you write a book like the Pioneer Woman! I bit yours would be a best seller!!!

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  12. I'd love to watch a show like that. A show for the real people. A show for the spinsters of the world! (and their little dogs, too.)

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  13. ROFLMAS !!! am with you there girl all the way hahahahahah :) love mouse xxxx

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  14. I say bring on the new series! I never watch the housewives shows, but I could watch spinsters, stitchers, bloggers, etc.

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  15. OH HELL YES!!! I would watch your sitcom/reality show/documentary any day. I would even have the preschool neighbor kid set my DVR to record it for me!!

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  16. Amen Sister! I mean Spinter! And, uh, you mean you actually get to talk to a real live person when you call your utility company?

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