Cha$e

As I lay next to my 6 yr old tonight, tickling his back to help him fall asleep,
I could hear the branches from our huge pecan tree in the backyard scratching against the windows. A cold front has been sweeping through north Texas this evening, and the wind heralds it's arrival with violent gusts. I love hearing it roar outside in the darkness, safe and warm under my covers inside.

I've in a phase of self-discovery and introspection. I analyze my every thought and decision. I've discovered I like dramatic weather. I love cold fronts that burst into the area or thunderstorms that rip through the silence. I like a little danger...but just a little.

I watched a new show today that I had never seen before. My older son recorded on the DVR for us to watch as a family. It's a reality show that just premiered this week on the sci-fi channel. It's called Cha$e.

They describe it as a real life video game. Ten contestants are being chased by “hunters" in a large park or wooded area. Throughout the game more and more hunters are released and the longer the contestants “stay alive” the more money they earn. The last person standing or reaching the finish line is the winner. Throughout the chase, contestants get messages on their phones about where they can find “power ups,” objects to protect them from the hunters (ex: invisibility glasses, which pretty much are glasses that make you invisible to hunters.)

It was exciting to watch. People sneaking through the woods, Hunters searching for them. Fun stuff. It reminded me of one of the times I played paint ball in high school. You are on teams, with guns loaded with paint balls. I remember being cornered by a few people from the other team, in the woods, just at the edge of a small cliff...and feeling like it was fight or flight...and I threw myself over the "cliff" and rolled down a hill to escape. It was awesome.

I realize I'm rambling now. But this show looked like fun. I always imagine myself on reality shows. If I was on Survivor, would I make it? Would I turn into a whiny biotch or be anti-social and homesick? Or could I fly under the radar and make it to the end? I'm not sure I could eat bugs...

Amazing Race appeals to me big time. Who would I partner with to race around the world? I imagine trying to do it with Texas Homeboy...would we be one of those annoying couples who bicker and aren't nice to each other? Could I do it with one of my sisters? I'd like to think I have a great traveling attitude and could make it far...

Forget Big Brother. That's more like a drama house full of twenty-somethings all trying to get laid or audition for acting careers. I'm not a great cook, so Hell's Kitchen is out, although Chef Ramsay is hot. Wife Swap and Supernanny don't seem right for me...

Anyway, you get my point. I like reality shows. I find the way people interact fascinating. I wonder if I could come up with a blogging reality show...stick a bunch of bloggers on an island but give us computers and see what we could find to blog about. Who lasts the longest? Who keeps the most readers? That would be interactive, yes? I'd tattoo advertisements on my body...

somebody stop me now.

What about you? Do you like Reality Shows?
What one would you choose to be on?
Who wants to join my blogging isolated island show idea?