VH1, I hardly knew ye.

Vh1 has changed. They used to be the music channel for parents back when MTV was playing videos for young people (aka me). I always imagined older people watching Vh1 and thinking, "Thank God for this channel because Vanessa Williams and Michael Bolton need an outlet for their amazing videos." I'll admit, my TV dial might have wandered over to Vh1 from time to time to watch the Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men video. Oh, what? That song/video was A-MAZ-ING and don't even try to tell me otherwise.

But the point I'm trying to make is this: when did Vh1 die and come back to life as E! Entertainment Television?

It's impossible to turn on Vh1 and watch anything other than a reality show. I dare you to find a block of music videos on during waking hours. Top 20 Countdown? Yeah, it's on at like 8 AM on Saturday morning and who the hell even votes for the videos anymore? And how do we know what the so-called "videos" even look like? All we see anymore is Bret Michaels, skanky girls, Bobby Brady, Sharon Osbourne, Scott Baio, Tila Tequila, and Flava Flav. What network in hell thinks that programming with "stars" like these is a good thing?

Well, that would be the same network that just premiered Confessions of a Teen Idol and Tool Academy. And here is where my argument falls apart because I watched BOTH of these shows last Sunday. Judge not lest ye be judged, I guess. Tool Academy is a piece of crap show that I won't watch again. Basically, girls tricked their bad boyfriends into going on a reality show, so that they might be rehabilitated into good boyfriends. It's hard to watch. The guys are total jerks (aka tools) and the girls should have left them long before reality TV show tryouts.

The real winner is Confessions of a Teen Idol because Real World's own Eric Neis is on it! Haha! Since when is Eric Neis considered a teen idol? There are also two dudes from Baywatch on there and some older guys who I didn't know at all and then there's the guy from 90210 who dated Donna Martin for a while and also had a #1 song - Jamie Walters. But the best thing about this show is that it's co-hosted by Scott Baio and the older brother from The Wonder Years! Riiiight. Because these guys have their shit together?? What?! Scott Baio gets married and has a baby and all the sudden he's hosting reality shows and giving advice?! Heaven help us all.

Like any show on Vh1, they pile the idols into a warehouse and put them through exercises designed to help them discover themselves. There are focus groups, makeovers, tantrums, tears and more! And I think that at the end they'll all find work just like Bobby Brady and his crazy wife did...on another reality show. Because, listen closely washed out celebs, no one cares about you anymore. You will forever have a career on Vh1, but that's it. We won't be seeing the new movie starring "That one guy from Baywatch!" any time soon. Give it up. Or try and convince the geniuses at Vh1 to give you Another Shot at Real Love from a Tool Teenage Idol who Doesn't Play Videos Anymore.

Celebrity Sighting...Well Sorta....

Last night Andrew and I went out to eat in celebration of his 26th birthday. After what was probably the most delicious meal I’ve ever had at Outback, we hit up WalMart for a battery for his RoboDuck. I wanted to check out the jeans in the men's section because my little brother Riley really likes Wranglers and I wanted to see if they had his size. They didn't. But believe me, I didn't leave the jeans section disappointed.

As I was leaving the section a young man pushing a buggy caught my eye. He looked extremelly familiar and after I saw the young lady clinging to his arm I knew exactly who he was. It was the eldest Duggar child and his teenage bride…her name escapes me now, but it doesn’t matter. I’m sure they have changed it to something that begins with a J – probably Janessa - it was probably part of their wedding vows - "I promise to love, honor, obey and go by the name Janessa, as long as we both shall live"... As I looked at them trying to be 100% certain of their identity I ran through a "Duggar Woman Checklist" of sorts:

• Long crimped brown hair - Check
• No make-up - Check
• Long blue jean skirt - Check
• Short-sleeve plaid button up shirt - Check (mind you it was 25 degrees outside)
• Clinging to his arm cause until the day they got married all they were allowed to do was hold hands - Check

Yep - if it walks like a Duggar, dresses like a Duggar and looks like a Duggar it must be a Duggar!

I was estactic. I wanted to say hi, begin a pleasant conversation, become friends, but after the blog post I wrote about them a couple of months ago I didn't feel it'd be right. So instead I began whisper yelling at Andrew trying to get his attention so he'd turn around and see them too. He told me later he was intently staring at the tacky lingerie across the aisle trying to come up with a joke to crack about it and that's why it was so hard to get his attention. Finally he turned around and I told him of the Duggar sighting. He turned (pretty obviously, I might add) to check them out.

Andrew offered to take a picture of me with the Duggars and looking back I regret that I was too embarrassed to ask them - what a gem that would have been. And I could have posted on the blog along with my post.

I think I talked about my "celebrity" sighting for a good 45 minutes after it happened and I'm sure Andrew was thinking "these people aren't celebrities" but to me they are. It's like I told Andrew, I'm so used to seeing them on the tv doing things in Fayetteville, but never actually seeing them in Fayetteville that sometimes I'm not sure they're really real. Last night confirmed it - all 21 of the Duggars are real.

Oh and for those of you who have seen the show - no, Joshua and his teen bride "Janessa" were not accompanied by chaperons.

And if you're bored...they have their very own website!