I should start this post with clarifying that I have no factual evidence saying that the abbreviation BFF actually stands for Best Friend Forever (eventhough I’ve checked out the website briefly).

I’ve been fairly non-updated regarding what’s going on on TV these days (apart from Mythbusters and Top Gear), but this night I happened to see a little snippet of  Paris Hilton’s My New BFF. I’m quite honestly and truly stunned. So, where to begin with this? I’m seriously wondering if it is true that there actually exists fourteen girls in this world which all have the full and clear intent to actually be nominated “Paris Hiltons New Best Friend Forever”!

Obviously there is also a weekly nomination. One of the girls is selected to be Paris’ pet! I probably wouldn’t care as much if I knew what it meant, but hearing it completely ripped out of context like that almost knocked me out of the sofa, and that’s not including the immense feeling of emptiness in my soul when I saw the nominees reaction – complete and utmost happiness! I mean, what the hell!? After having gained conciousness again it turns out that being Paris’ pet requires you to be some sort of spy keeping your eyes and ears on the rest of the group of girls and then reporting back to Paris on what’s going on. And what does the newly nominated pet do? She tells everyone that she is the new pet! Again, what the hell!?

I wonder what the feeling must be while sitting there in the middle of the stage with a serious face and without a flinch have to listen to every girls motivation as to why she should be the new best friend of Paris. Oh! And the fake tears are a must! Especially when one of the girls has to tell everyone with a broken voice what a shitty life she had while growing up and that she didn’t have any self esteem what so ever and that she believes that she can be the true best friend forever because she is a strongly believing christian.

What I’ll take away from this short experience of modern day television is that I now officially know that I’m getting old. You know that you’re old when you no longer know what the abbreviations used in the daily language of todays youngsters stand for. Let me give you an example: after one of the girls got eliminated another one said something and ended it with “TTYN”. I had to use google and then check what was listed on Yahoo! Answers to get it!

I’m doomed! I will now crawl back under the stone from which I came this evening. See ya.