A royal fiasco

I just don't get it.  I really don't.  I didn't understand it when it happened in when I was in 7th grade, and I don't understand it now.  Why are we so bloody fascinated by a royal wedding?

And I'm not talking about just any royal wedding - when Swedish or Japanese royalty get married, you don't see the world put on its brakes to rubberneck the impending train wreck we call the British royals.

Frankly my dear Scarlet, I don't give a damn.

Don't get me wrong.  I actually kinda like the British monarchy.  I think Billy and Katie are sweet kids.  And I wish them well.  I hope they're happy, and have many fat, happy little princes and princesses running around the house in a few years.  Hopefully the resulting gene pool for the lineage is preserved for a few more generations by not marrying within the same branch of the family tree.

But really?  Guys?  Um...  hello in there.  <tap><tap><tap>  This is reality calling.  They are not that important.  Neither of them actually will rule over anything.  Maybe if they could still chop off a few heads here and there, this would be worth the attention.  Or if they were going to rule over an empire on which the sun never sets.  But c'mon here folks, They Are Not That Important.

I have heard from some that there is a fairy tale element to this.  In fact, this story (thanks to my twitter feed for pointing it out to me): KC woman quits job for royal wedding .  Um folks, this hain't no fairy tale. The media wants it to be and are really projecting the hell out of it, but there is no fairy tale here.  Move along.  Last time I checked, fairy tales require glass slippers, fairy godmothers, and at least one pumpkin.

Katie and Billy?  Can I call ya Billy?  Probably not.  Sir Billy?  Your Royal Highness Billy?  I wish you and the soon to be Mrs luck and all that, and I really hope you make good of things.  But stop wasting the time of reporters who should be covering important stories.  The Iraq and Afghanistan wars haven't gone away.  The Middle East is still a mess.  And for reasons completely beyond my comprehension, people still drink Budweiser.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled head in the sand...