It's been a while since I've done a rant on my blog so I decided it was time to bring back Kaitlin's Rant. Now today's rant is about something that I'm truly passionate about and something that I hold close to my heart. Yes, my television programming.

Now you're probably wondering why am I going to rant about something I love and care about so much? And you're also probably wondering how this will tie into a Blogmas post? Don't worry, I have an answer to both of these questions. Well during the holiday season, the TV networks and our TV shows are just plain evil. Why's that? Well with their "winter finales" of course.

Winter finales or midseason finales, are the last episodes we see of our TV shows in the current year and we have to wait until after the New Year to see how our shows will continue on. All of my shows ended this week and there hasn't been anything remotely good on TV to fill the void. So I've been taking advantage of all of the shows on Netflix and binge watching some old favorites and looking into new shows to fill the gaping hole in my heart, but I digress.

The first problem I have with these "winter finales" is that they take place before the first day of winter. The first day of winter is December 22, and it is only the 19th. How can a winter finale take place before the first day of winter. Ladies and gentlemen, this does not make sense! Someone must have made this point to networks because now more commonly, the last episodes of shows that return in the new year are called midseason finales. But for the shows that do not return as part of the same season in the New Year they are still called winter finales, even though they end before winter even begins. I don't know about you, but that really grinds my gears.

The second thing that really irks me with these midseason finales is that the finale episode is probably the best episode of the season. Well you're probably wondering why is that a problem? WELL, it's a problem because if the episode was really good don't you want more? OF COURSE YOU WANT MORE! But no you can't have any more until next year. The networks are like sorry sucks to suck doesn't it. NO SIR OR MA'AM, YOU NETWORKS SUCK.

Now not all of the winter finales or midseason finales weren't that great to rant about, but four or five did stick out. Two are actually going to get compliments. Shocking right? Shoutout to Amazing Race and Survivor for having amazing winter finales and I look forward to the new upcoming seasons, later in the year. We ended on good terms and I can't complain. BUT I will complain about the midseason finales of The Flash, Arrow and Quantico. Now I'm not ranting or complaining because the finales were bad, it's quite the opposite. The finales were TOO GOOD and I just want more.

The Flash is my favorite TV show at the moment, and I feel a little lost without it. The midseason finale was just too good for words, they brought back Mark Hamill as the Trickster and Captain Cold, my favorite villain. Plus Harrison Wells 2.0 is going to try to destroy Barry because he's being blackmailed by Zoom?! PLUS WALLY WEST IS COMING?! For any Flash nerd, this episode was HUGE plot wise. There's so much going on and they're really building up the last half of this season. I just want to know what else is going to happen. PLUS after The Flash finished its midseason finale they showed a trailer for the midseason premiere!!! Which shows Barry deciding he's going to tell his girlfriend, Patty Spivot that he's the Flash BUT then she gets KIDNAPPED. This is too much for my heart to take guess I'll just have to count down the days until January 19 for when The Flash returns.

Arrow's midseason finale brought me to tears and made me rage. Everything about the midseason finale was going perfectly fine until the final minute. Oliver and Felicity got engaged and all ready to live happily ever after. BUT NO WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. So the people behind Arrow may or may not have killed off the best character on the show, Felicity Smoak. HOW CAN YOU ATTEMPT TO KILL FELICITY OFF ARROW DO YOU NOT HAVE A SOUL?! If Felicity is dead next year I think the answer is obvious. Meanwhile, I'll be here worried sick wondering if my favorite character will make it out alive until January 20. Don't mind me sobbing.

The midseason finale that really inspired this rant is Quantico. Now this is a new show on ABC, and it's actually very good. It's all about new FBI agents studying at Quantico so they can become agents. Well when they graduate and becomes agents, one of them bombs Grand Central and frames their classmate Alex Parish, the girl at the top of her class. So one of the classmates is a terrorist, and who is it? Well I don't know but there are theories... But anyways Alex and her team are trying to find out who framed her and the terrorist ends up bombing the FBI HEADQUARTERS. AND THAT'S HOW THE MIDSEASON FINALE ENDS. We don't know who exactly died, who the bomber is, we know nothing! And we have to wait until next year to find out what the hell just happened. Oh and we don't have to wait until January, we have to wait until March. THAT'S RIGHT MARCH. How does ABC expect me to this patient?! The last half better be good ABC... OR ELSE.

And those were the midseason finales that really frustrated and upset me and are really testing my patience. How many of you feel personally attacked by these networks? Or is it just me? Oh well, it's back to Netflix for me, until tomorrow.

Today Taylor Swift's album, "1989" was released and she has been all over the news and every social media platform. I am a huge Taylor Swift fan, I think she's very talented, and her lyrics speak to me and almost every other girl in the universe. Now you're probably wondering what does Taylor Swift have to do with a rant about double standards? Well how many times have you heard someone say "oh she's such a slut" or "I hate that skank"? I've heard it one too many times and I'm fed up.
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Taylor is 24 years old and of course she's dated several men. That's not surprising at all, in fact that's normal in today's society. But still people feel the need to label her as a skank or a slut. Now why does Taylor get so much flak? Because she's a celebrity! It's her job to write a song about a boy she's dated or had a crush on. She gets paid millions to do so, that's how she makes her money. Now how many boyfriends have there been since she has become famous? Let's count.

First there's Joe Jonas, who dumped Taylor over the phone so he could date Camilla Belle, jerk. Yes I am still bitter about this. But then again he, well Camilla inspired one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs, "Better Than Revenge." Then there was Taylor Lautner, they met on the set of Valentine's Day, and the song "Back to December" (another great song) is allegedly about her break up with Lautner. Now this next boy really broke Taylor's heart, good old John Mayer. He has inspired several of her songs, which makes sense because they were together for over a year. Since bad boy John Mayer, Taylor dated Jake Gyllenhaal who pulled a Joe Jonas and dumped her via text. He has inspired many of Taylor's songs off of her cd 'Red'. Now the next boyfriend was not an older bad boy like the two previous boys Taylor dated. Next was good old Conor Kennedy, ah a Kennedy, I really thought Taylor found love there but sadly that ended. Now I consider Conor to be Taylor's last boyfriend, but some people consider Harry Styles to be Taylor's last boyfriend. I'm convinced that was just a PR stunt, but then again I could be wrong, so he shall be counted so my credibility won't be ruined.

Alright so if we add that up we have a total of six boyfriends between 2008-2013. Six boyfriends within five years, personally I don't think that's makes her a "skank". Then again how does one define "skank"? Skank is defined by Merriam-Webster as a person and especially a woman of low or sleazy character. Now is Taylor Swift a skank? Personally, I don't believe so but others are sure to disagree. Now let's take a look at some male celebrities who were known to date a lot.

First there's Adam Levine, he dated lots of pretty models and actresses before settling down. He admitted to Fox News he was promiscuous and a bimbo. Was Adam Levine ever called the male equivalent of a skank? Probably not. Gerard Butler, was another infamous womanizer back in the day. He has been connected to Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Naomi Campbell, Madalina Ghenea, Angelia Jolie and Brandi Glanville. In an article by British tabloid Daily Mail, Butler is asked about being called a sex symbol and admitted it helped his ego. Even well loved Derek Jeter had been quite the player off the field, back in day. He dated Miss Universe Lara Dutta, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Minnillo, Jordana Brewster, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Adriana Lima and Minka Kelly. The amount of women he dated never tarnished his reputation, in fact no one can say one bad thing about Derek Jeter.

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One of the most famous womanizers in Hollywood is Taylor Swift's ex-boyfriend, John Mayer. Before Taylor he dated Minka Kelly, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Jessica Simpson, just to name a few. Then after Taylor, John decided to settle down with Katy Perry for a bit. Now was John called a skank? No, but he was called a douchebag, but that probably wasn't because of all the women he dated. It was most likely for all the rude things he has said, for example telling Playboy all the details about his and Jessica Simpson's sex life and when he called his dick "a white supremacist" when asked if he would be with a black woman.

From what I've noticed in our society, if a man dates a lot of women, he's considered to be a sex symbol and stud. But if a woman dates a lot of men, that makes her a skank or a slut. This double standard has been around for centuries and by the looks of it, it's not going anywhere anytime soon. Women are slut shamed on a daily basis by both men and women. That doesn't happen so much with men. How can we live in a society where both women and men shame women for dating several men, but when a man dates several women, they're a stud. Will we ever live in a world where men and women will treat and view each other equally? I sure hope so.

Have you ever wondered what the face of madness looks like? Well look here.

That is me, and yes I have gone mad. Now why on Earth have I gone possibly crazy? Well if you lived next door to a daycare, I guarantee you'd go mad too. Now I'm not saying all daycares are bad, I'm just saying the one I live next to is about the equivalent of sitting next to 12 crying babies on an airplane for 10 hours straight for about five days a week.

Now there's one thing you need to know about me. I'm extremely sensitive when it comes to children. I went through a phase where I strongly disliked children and I was actually terrified of them. When my niece, Emily was born, I was scared to hold her as a baby. But once I got to know her and got used to her tiny self, I fell in love with her. Now I am her Aunt Kay Kay, (cute right?) and she's my precious little ballerina with too much energy. But I'm not going to lie, some children still do terrify me, only the children who I believe have potential to be the spawn of satan and are extremely evil.

But anyways, back to these annoying children. Let's go through a normal day in the life of Kaitlin. I wake up about 8:30 am because my dog Buddy wants to be let outside to go do his business. So I groan, get up and let him out because I'm a caring owner and then I go back to bed. Now, I Kaitlin Mary Simpson am not a morning person. My days don't start until after 11 am, unless I have a job or something important to do. Don't worry future employer, I'll be there to work bright and early! So I go back to bed and sleep, then about an hour later I am rudely awakened by the screams and cries of these pesky children. Oh and by the way, my bedroom is on the second floor of my house and it is literally right next to their back yard. My windows look into their yard, so I can see almost everything. When my windows are open it feels like I am actually at the daycare. I've actually learned some of the children's names because they get yelled at constantly.

Now it's not just the children's cries and screams. I hear them being yelled at by their caretaker and owner of the daycare. So it's not just the yelling and crying of a bunch of children driving me to insanity, it's also the yelling the 55-year-old woman who is being paid to take care of these children.

Once I am rudely awakened, I am grumpy and irritable throughout the day. I can't focus, I can't think. The yelling overwhelms me to the point where I can't hear the thoughts inside my head. I haven't been able to focus on my writing (which is part of the reason why I did not write anything for August, the other reason being traveling) or even watch some of my favorite tv shows!

Now anyways, this daycare business has been going on for over year. Props to my Mom for putting up with it for this long, I've only been dealing with it for the past four months. Listening to those children and their caretaker yell and scream all day, everyday, really takes a toll on you. I wake up with headaches and have them all throughout the day. I'm always angry and moody, unless I'm out of the house. The noise can get so loud sometimes that I can hear it all the way in the kitchen, which is on the other side of the house.

Now I've been dealing with this for four months, why am I complaining and writing about it now? Well I've gone mad, and I've reached the point where I can't take it anymore. Just recently I had a dream where I could hear the screams of the children. When I woke up, the screaming didn't stop. The screaming made it's way to disturb my subconscious. Does that sound normal? No it does not.

Look, I'm not anti-daycare. I believe daycares are essential especially for parents who work and not able to take care of their children during the day. I am however against daycares in homes. I don't think people should be allowed to run a daycare from their home. That's just my personal feelings towards it based on the one I live next to. If you want to run a daycare, cool good luck with that. I hope you do a better job than my neighbor.