The Bachelor

I will be the first to admit that I watch way too many television shows.  If there is a show that's on TV that I find even remotely interesting, I've probably seen every episode.  I'm not kidding, I'm actually a little embarrassed to admit how many different shows I watch.  However, a couple months ago, I started watching The Bachelor.

I know The Bachelor has been on the air for, like, a hundred and fifty years, but I've never really watched it before.  I mean, I've seen the odd episode here and there, when there's nothing else to watch on TV; I know the whole premise of the show even if I've never been a diehard fan of the show.  So when the new season started at the beginning of January, I had no real intention of watching it; why would I?  But then curiosity (and friends Facebook status's) got the best of me and I watched the first episode.  Talk about a bad life choice.

Anyway who has ever watched a season of The Bachelor (or The Bachelorette) will know what I mean when I say this show is addictive.  You feel like you need to keep watching, episode after episode, to see what happens.  Unlike most other reality competition shows, where the "loser" of the week is eliminated, or a group of people vote on who is sent home, this show uses the thouhgts and feelings of only one person, deciding who to send home.  Another huge difference is that the winner doesn't just got money, or a title, or what have you.  The winner has the possibility of being proposed to! A lot of other competition reality shows claim that it can "change your life" but with The Bachelor, that is actually completely true.

Anyway, I am so beyond addicted to this season.  I think Ben is a complete tool, I don't think he's overly attractive, and I don't think he's using his brain or his heart when he makes his decisions.  The only logical explanation is that there's a lot of stuff happening that they don't show us, which I understand is necessary.  They have to edit out things that aren't crucial to the development of the relationships.  But either way, Ben's decisions so far baffle me, to say the least.

If you have been watching this season, or know anything about the women who have been eliminated, or the two women who are left, let me know in the comments!  Also, if there's any shows that you are similarly addicted to, that you have to watch every week, tell me about it!

PS. I am so procrastinating right now.  I have a midterm tomorrow and I just do not want to be studying for it at the moment.  Yikes!