...I watched almost 12 hours straight of "Jon & Kate + 8" over the past weekend. This show is about a young couple (the Gosselins') who have eight children - one set of twins and a set of sextuplets. It follows them around as they live through special events and day to day life. I thought have three children could sometimes feel as though you're going insane, but holy crap - eight freakin' kids? Six of them going through the terrible two's at once? I think I'd have a steady diet of valium and vodka.

The show was interesting but exhausting to watch. The mom, Kate, is a control freak with a major case of OCD, but she seems likeable enough. The dad, Jon,is kind of a happy-go-lucky "whateva's cleva" sort of guy, not my cup of tea. The kids are cute but my gawd, do they whine. Their whining is on a whole 'nother octave - like Mariah Carey squealing octave - it's seriously that obnoxious.

My theory is with that many kids, the whine factor is similar to the need for a fire whistle in small towns; the louder the siren the more apt that you'll get your firemen on scene (a.k.a. parents). It drove me nuts just watching it for the short time I did and I can't imagine living that life on a day to day basis.

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