Flavor Flav!!!

Today, I'm sleepy. Nobody's fault but my own. My after work plans for yesterday included going home to eat, workout, watch NCIS and Law & Order: CI, follwed by a good night's sleep to begin at exactly 9:00. But what did I do when L&O goes off, I flipped through the channels and landed on my secret indulgence..."The Flavor of Love, 2" Most people who know me would think it is totally out of character for me to love this reality show. But it is the fact that it is so unbelievable that I love it.

Back when I was a teen, I was a huge Public Enemy fan and loved the messages in their music. I still think Chuck D has one of the smoothest voices in the rap game. I remember watching them and thinking what purpose did Flav serve, was he just the gimmick man? Once they took a backseat in the rap industry, I never wondered what happened to Flav, he was totally forgettable. Then who should appear on "The Surreal Life"-- Flavor Flav himself. He continued where he left off, just an older version of the clock wearing lunatic. I didn't watch "The Surreal Life", but it seemed Flav was back on the map.

Not only was Flav back on the map, he was looking for a special someone to share his new found success with, hence "The Flavor of Love." The premise of the show-- start off with about 20 women who compete for Flav's heart. He eliminates "contestants" each week and he tries to weed out those who have motives other than total committment to him. The show is filled with catfights, backstabbing and words that have to be beeped out every few seconds. I knew the show was on, but I never took the time to watch it, then one day out of boredom, I watched the show. At the time when I caught the show, he was down to three women, Pumpkin, Hoopz, and New York. I just sat there mesmerized by these women and their worship of this man. Anytime he kissed them, I'd cringe. How could someone kiss this horrific looking creature?! But, I must admit, I was hooked. I watched as he choose Hoopz and gave her a grill at the end of the show. For those of you who are not familiar with the hip-hop scene, a grill is a set of teeth that goes over the natural teeth. They are usually made of platinum, gold and sometimes have diamonds in them. Most rappers have them, but I have seen a few of our students try to hold them in their mouth as they talk, pretty amusing. Anyway, it seems once Hoopz was chosen, she realized she wasn't ready to settle down, but wanted to take advantage of her new found success and dumped Flav.

So now we have season two and I have been a faithful viewer. I watched the women come and go and have been thoroughly entertained with each episode. He is now down to New York (she came back!) and Delesious (pro-nounced Delicious) and next week's season finale should be very interesting. Personally, when he brought in his six children and two grandchildren, I would have made my exit, but I guess love is blind.

So, now I try to make it through the day because I am hooked on "The Flavor of Love." Who would've thought?