Oh my God.....what was I thinking?? I not only watched yesterday's Chateau Diaries but also the newest 'Travels with Nitwits'.
Not to belabor the point, but watching Stephanie do admin work, pay bills, whatever it is she does in that pretend office of hers is not the sort of "chop wood, carry water" excitement that she thinks it is. B-O-R-I-N-G is what it is. And lazy: let's set up the camera watching me work so hard for your my money so I can insert the two or three minutes into my 10 minute vlog. Speaking of chopping wood, it's also B-O-R-I-N-G watching people actually chop wood. IMO, it ranks right up there with watching paint dry. I know some of you will disagree about that, since it's the tree guy and he's so talented. I maybe wouldn't mind if there was something else in the vlog that was giving me some sort of satisfaction.
On to Travels With My Friend. I was proud of the fact that I've never watched one of these abominations. But I was intrigued by this one. Where they were was simply stunning. 100% my design aesthetic, so of course I loved it! I wonder if, as Stephanie looks at beautifully appointed interiors, she thinks her hovel is on parr? Everything was o.k. until the end. The world is on fire - everywhere - with hits to democracy, terrorism, war, winter is coming and people can't afford heat, and political depravity abounds. The last thing I want to see is 5 minutes of Stephanie in a bathing suit, playing at being the sophisticated femme fatale, while she and her friend go on and bleeping on about how grateful they are. I'd feel grateful, too, if I was earning a living off the backs of people who expect renovation but get speed footage of myself "paying" bills and dragging a piece of equipment through my grounds!