Dachshund Rule! Private Practice Drools!

I have been losing interest in Grey's Anatomy for awhile now (see my March 19, 2009 blog post). I never got into Private Practice. I just watched the Grey's/Private Practice crossover because McSteamy looked really hot and naked in the commercials. His sexiness did not make up for how much I am over the Grey's/Private Practice universe.

Then the Taye Diggs character, Sam, says horrible things about my favorite dog breed and I'm offended. I shouldn't take stock of some stupid dialogue on some stupid show, but it was mean spirited, dumb, and untrue. Here is what was said:

"Dachshunds like to eat poop, right up off the street, other dogs poop. They're more concerned with their own needs than they are with making you happy, they're filthy and immoral. The owners of dachshunds are desperate, desperate for affection. But it's the wrong kind of affection, the kind that makes you always take care of them."

Now let's deconstruct it, using my little Dachshund Foxanne (Foxy) as an example.

1. My Dachshund Foxanne has never eaten poop. Not her own, not some random other dog poop on the street. She is disgusted by poop; she never goes near her bed or eating area. If she does go on a potty pad in the house, she covers it up, she doesn't want to look at it--let alone eat it.
   
   
2. My little Foxy is a people pleaser. She's a lover and looks for my approval. Sometimes she can be a little selfish and stubborn, but she's no worse than any other dog or person.
   
   
3. Foxy is a clean dog--not filthy. See above, about the poop.
   
   
4. How can a dog be immoral?
   
   
5. Then the bit on the dog owner. I do love the affection, but I'm not desperate for it. Foxanne is affectionate and she loves the attention. I love to give it to her. Isn't that part of all dog/human relationships? But, why are dachshunds called out, since these are characteristics of all dogs.
   
   
6. What dogs take care of humans? Some super alien breed that I'm not aware of? Since dogs need you to take care of them.

Dachshunds are great dogs. Don't believe everything you hear on TV.

Narrative Fidelity on Thursday Night Shows

It is Thursday night, just the time for unrealistic romance! I watch Bones and Grey’s Anatomy. While I generally like these programs, one major element annoys the crap out of me. The relationships between Booth and Bones and Derrick and Meredith don’t ring true to me. Guys like that wouldn’t be crazy about those women.

On Bones, agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and forensic science expert Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) work together to solve murders. He is fun guy who wears funky socks and is a caring divorced dad to his son. Booth does have a serious side as an ex-military quintessential cop, who has a knack for reading people who get gets emotional about the cases and has empathy and sympathy for people. Bones is the exact opposite; she is cold and is more comfortable dealing with skeletal remains. She views sex, love and romance like it is only like it is a biological function.

There is a little playful piece of their interactions that are cute and there is sexual tension, although I find it lacks fidelity. People say that opposites attract, but seriously? It doesn’t work because their chemistry is forced. Watch season 5 of Angel and David Boreanaz has much hotter chemistry with James Marsters—maybe nothing seems good to me when I am use to Spike and Angel chemistry.

Grey’s Anatomy has been pushing the Derrick “McDreamy” Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey)/ Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) thing since the first episode. There is that push/pull thing, but it has gotten old. They are educated doctors and they have the emotional maturity of toddlers, although that might be the point—that doctors are imperfect ego maniacs, but it is still obnoxious.

The couple is together they break up. They get together and his wife shows up. When they get close to marriage, he swings a golf club at the wedding ring. A guy like McDreamy wouldn’t put up with a self involved whiney bitch like Meredith, he could have any woman, but he can’t get enough of her and her morose attitude is rubbing off on him. Anyway McSteamy is much hotter, since he acts like a man and not a whipped little boy!

I haven’t watched the episodes tonight—I hope these relationships won’t bother me too much.