Journal 2

I am really glad that I was assigned to read this essay and respond. "MTV Mike" really made me think about the effects that MTV has on me. I can say that MTV is the channel that i watch most frequently and there are shows that I am obsessed with and can't go a week without missing it. For example, The Hills is my secret obsession. Every Monday night i watch The Hills and it is the most superficial show ever. Who honestly cares about all the drama in LC's life. The show is totally fake but I still want to have a life like hers. I think it is safe to say that most girls in the MTV generation think this way. We all see how sucky LC's life is but we all are on the edge of our seats to see who is going to screw her over next. I like how BLUNT "MTV Mike" is in his essay. He makes references to serious problems like alcoholism so nonchalantly, that it makes me feel like he might personally have connections to these issues. I also really like the similes that he uses very frequently throughout his selection. I would never be able to come up with the ones that he uses in his selection. I am not witty at all and almost all of them made me chuckle. I think that "MTV Mike" is able to use similes like these because he is talking to an age group that should be able to understand what he is talking about. The MTV generation should be mostly kids in high school and if they can't get what he is saying, they are fricking stupid. It is clear that he wanted to prove a point that MTV is a channel based solely on showing kids how they should NOT act. Now that i am sitting here thinking about it, I am surprised at how brainwashed i am from watching that kind of crap.