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Ça achève! Almost done B2's blanket! Only one more row to attach, then sewing across the rows, then the border. Then trying to find a way to package it, before taking it to the post office and paying a fortune to ship it. I'm not even trying for Christmas anymore, I just hope it'll get to him before New Year's.
Oh, I started knitting a pair of socks this evening.
All right, what to review next? Since I don't feel like tackling anything serious tonight, let's go for some disjointed commentary on
America's Next Top Model (season 1):
Remember way back, when they were still pretending the winner would be in couture runway shows? *sigh* Good times, good times.
Back when it first aired in Canada, I only caught 2 episodes, the second one being the infamous night out in Paris in which Robyn acted like a... geez, I don't even know how to describe the way she acted, it was that unbelievable. Even if she did object to the challenge, which was to wear a couture gown and convince some rich Parisian men that she was worthy of it, she could at least have been civil. Instead, she spent the evening reading her bible, refusing to engage in any sort of conversation, and turning her nose up at the food (and even if you dislike escargots*, or the idea revolts you, there are ways of dealing with that graciously). I found it especially funny that this is the woman who went on and on about how one should show class and grace at all times -- guess foreign men don't deserve to be shown that courtesy, or something. Go back to your fur coat and your 750$ boots.
Of course, I was unfairly biased in my appreciation for Elyse (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elysesewell); I've been reading her livejournal for quite a while, and her photo essays are hilarious, as are her descriptions of Hong Kong convenience store food. All I have to say is, "...Bitches!"
Regarding Adrienne's voice, I must admit that the accent was painful, but I have to wonder if anyone bothered to explain to her why Jay kept getting her to repeat "Passion" for her commercial. Maybe because I've been working with languages for a while, the difference between "passion" and "pyassion" seem obvious to me, but for someone who's never thought about it before, it wouldn't be. Couldn't they just have had her repeat "pah-pah-pah" for a minute, then got her to start over?
I was sad Kesse had to go, she seemed really sweet, and it looked like everyone liked her. Too bad her pictures weren't all that good. As for the other girls, Shannon = teeth! Ebony was gorgeous, but maybe a little psycho around the edges. Giselle had a pear face, and was a big baby. Can't think of any other memorable moments, so that's it for that.
* But really, what is there to dislike? They're practically tasteleses, and any excuse to eat garlic butter and cheese is a good one, in my book!
and !
America's Next Top Model (season 8):
This, along with season one, was yet another show I watched with A-L, during her stay. I swear, we did go out, we didn't just sit indoors watching mindless tv! Unfortunately, I still haven't managed to get my hands on the last episode, so while we know who won, we didn't actually get to see the final cat(walk)fight.
Once again, the makeover artists went weave-crazy, and I really don't understand why anyone would have approved the decision to give one to Jael, whose hair was already really short. And then, to have her suffer for EIGHT HOURS before deciding to rethink her look? She had every right to cry about that.
Anyway, A-L and I both had our least favourite from the start. From early on, A-L was making stabbing motions whenever Sara appeared on-screen, while I was hoping they'd boot Renée so she could go whine about missing her husband and son somewhere without cameras. Because Renée? I hate to be the one to point this out, but if your sole career option is becoming a top model to support your family, don't you think that you'll be spending quite a bit of time away from them, for jobs? Just a thought. Carry on. Also, I'm pretty sure that we look the same age, so either you're an old 20, or I'm a young 26.
I'm not disappointed that Jaslene won -- even if she did look like a drag queen Janice Dickinson -- because by now we all know that the winners of this thing fade into obscurity P.D.Q., but I was still rooting for Natasha. She was the only one of the girls who was always pleasant and cheerful, besides being super hot. I mean, hello, lips!. From what little I've read on the internet, it seems the finale was between her and Jaslene, and height must have factored in, seeing as Natasha is only 5'7", I believe.
It really creeped me out how the other three girls all ganged up on her in episode 12, saying some bull about how she wasn't "sincere" or "genuine". I know that editing always has a hand in this, but until that point, we hadn't been shown anything that would lead us to believe that Natasha was lying to anyone about anything; even more telling, I think, is that none of the girls gave any specific example to back up their accusations, except for the fact that Natasha didn't wear a wedding ring, nor did she constantly moon over pictures of her husband and child. Of course, that's proof enough, isn't it? Married women ALWAYS wear a ring and mothers ALWAYS whip our pictures of their offspring to show everyone as soon as they're away from their baby for more than five minutes. As for the other girls being weirded out by Natasha's story of marrying her 40-year-old husband when she was 18 and spoke no English, I can understand. I can also understand Natasha not wanting to talk about it much: it's none of their business, and if I got that kind of reaction to my life story, I probably wouldn't want to share much of it either. Whether or not she was a mail-order bride, I don't think it's any basis for disliking her, and besides, maybe her husband speaks Russian and they met over there, who knows? It warmed my heart that they kept her and sent someone else home, and Natasha's reaction was the best it could have been, under the circumstances. At any rate, her genius performance as a hip hop guy gave her a free pass from me, so I would have forgiven quite a bit of bitchiness.
Another thing: again, I wonder at the direction. During the "high school" photoshoot, she obviously didn't understand the expression "teacher's pet", so why the hell didn't someone explain it to her and give her an example? It's the kind of expression that seems straighforward, when you understand each word separately, but it's not quite the same when they're together, and there would be no reason to think it means something very specific. Unless she did get a good explanation, still didn't understand, and we just weren't privy to it.
And the other girls? Jael is clearly insane, but at least she was generally funny (while being insane). Brittany had a perfect face for glamour shots, she looked liked an old-style Hollywood goddess. Whitney was so cute, I just wanted to pinch her cheeks. Dionne's short hair looked really good, as long as someone else styled it for her. Uh...
The funniest challenge was the one where they had the girls put on outfits, and then say what they thought about them. You could see the gears turning, as every girl tried to think of something nice to say, only to be told, "You suck! Those outfits are all hideous!" *rofl* Except for Natasha, who could actually pull off shiny leggings and a cropped shirt, with that smile of hers. And that sexy Russian accent.
I don't feel I need to rate these ones out of 10; it's ANTM, you know what to expect.
Oh, I started knitting a pair of socks this evening.
All right, what to review next? Since I don't feel like tackling anything serious tonight, let's go for some disjointed commentary on
America's Next Top Model (season 1):
Remember way back, when they were still pretending the winner would be in couture runway shows? *sigh* Good times, good times.
Back when it first aired in Canada, I only caught 2 episodes, the second one being the infamous night out in Paris in which Robyn acted like a... geez, I don't even know how to describe the way she acted, it was that unbelievable. Even if she did object to the challenge, which was to wear a couture gown and convince some rich Parisian men that she was worthy of it, she could at least have been civil. Instead, she spent the evening reading her bible, refusing to engage in any sort of conversation, and turning her nose up at the food (and even if you dislike escargots*, or the idea revolts you, there are ways of dealing with that graciously). I found it especially funny that this is the woman who went on and on about how one should show class and grace at all times -- guess foreign men don't deserve to be shown that courtesy, or something. Go back to your fur coat and your 750$ boots.
Of course, I was unfairly biased in my appreciation for Elyse (
elysesewell); I've been reading her livejournal for quite a while, and her photo essays are hilarious, as are her descriptions of Hong Kong convenience store food. All I have to say is, "...Bitches!"Regarding Adrienne's voice, I must admit that the accent was painful, but I have to wonder if anyone bothered to explain to her why Jay kept getting her to repeat "Passion" for her commercial. Maybe because I've been working with languages for a while, the difference between "passion" and "pyassion" seem obvious to me, but for someone who's never thought about it before, it wouldn't be. Couldn't they just have had her repeat "pah-pah-pah" for a minute, then got her to start over?
I was sad Kesse had to go, she seemed really sweet, and it looked like everyone liked her. Too bad her pictures weren't all that good. As for the other girls, Shannon = teeth! Ebony was gorgeous, but maybe a little psycho around the edges. Giselle had a pear face, and was a big baby. Can't think of any other memorable moments, so that's it for that.
* But really, what is there to dislike? They're practically tasteleses, and any excuse to eat garlic butter and cheese is a good one, in my book!
and !
America's Next Top Model (season 8):
This, along with season one, was yet another show I watched with A-L, during her stay. I swear, we did go out, we didn't just sit indoors watching mindless tv! Unfortunately, I still haven't managed to get my hands on the last episode, so while we know who won, we didn't actually get to see the final cat(walk)fight.
Once again, the makeover artists went weave-crazy, and I really don't understand why anyone would have approved the decision to give one to Jael, whose hair was already really short. And then, to have her suffer for EIGHT HOURS before deciding to rethink her look? She had every right to cry about that.
Anyway, A-L and I both had our least favourite from the start. From early on, A-L was making stabbing motions whenever Sara appeared on-screen, while I was hoping they'd boot Renée so she could go whine about missing her husband and son somewhere without cameras. Because Renée? I hate to be the one to point this out, but if your sole career option is becoming a top model to support your family, don't you think that you'll be spending quite a bit of time away from them, for jobs? Just a thought. Carry on. Also, I'm pretty sure that we look the same age, so either you're an old 20, or I'm a young 26.
I'm not disappointed that Jaslene won -- even if she did look like a drag queen Janice Dickinson -- because by now we all know that the winners of this thing fade into obscurity P.D.Q., but I was still rooting for Natasha. She was the only one of the girls who was always pleasant and cheerful, besides being super hot. I mean, hello, lips!. From what little I've read on the internet, it seems the finale was between her and Jaslene, and height must have factored in, seeing as Natasha is only 5'7", I believe.
It really creeped me out how the other three girls all ganged up on her in episode 12, saying some bull about how she wasn't "sincere" or "genuine". I know that editing always has a hand in this, but until that point, we hadn't been shown anything that would lead us to believe that Natasha was lying to anyone about anything; even more telling, I think, is that none of the girls gave any specific example to back up their accusations, except for the fact that Natasha didn't wear a wedding ring, nor did she constantly moon over pictures of her husband and child. Of course, that's proof enough, isn't it? Married women ALWAYS wear a ring and mothers ALWAYS whip our pictures of their offspring to show everyone as soon as they're away from their baby for more than five minutes. As for the other girls being weirded out by Natasha's story of marrying her 40-year-old husband when she was 18 and spoke no English, I can understand. I can also understand Natasha not wanting to talk about it much: it's none of their business, and if I got that kind of reaction to my life story, I probably wouldn't want to share much of it either. Whether or not she was a mail-order bride, I don't think it's any basis for disliking her, and besides, maybe her husband speaks Russian and they met over there, who knows? It warmed my heart that they kept her and sent someone else home, and Natasha's reaction was the best it could have been, under the circumstances. At any rate, her genius performance as a hip hop guy gave her a free pass from me, so I would have forgiven quite a bit of bitchiness.
Another thing: again, I wonder at the direction. During the "high school" photoshoot, she obviously didn't understand the expression "teacher's pet", so why the hell didn't someone explain it to her and give her an example? It's the kind of expression that seems straighforward, when you understand each word separately, but it's not quite the same when they're together, and there would be no reason to think it means something very specific. Unless she did get a good explanation, still didn't understand, and we just weren't privy to it.
And the other girls? Jael is clearly insane, but at least she was generally funny (while being insane). Brittany had a perfect face for glamour shots, she looked liked an old-style Hollywood goddess. Whitney was so cute, I just wanted to pinch her cheeks. Dionne's short hair looked really good, as long as someone else styled it for her. Uh...
The funniest challenge was the one where they had the girls put on outfits, and then say what they thought about them. You could see the gears turning, as every girl tried to think of something nice to say, only to be told, "You suck! Those outfits are all hideous!" *rofl* Except for Natasha, who could actually pull off shiny leggings and a cropped shirt, with that smile of hers. And that sexy Russian accent.
I don't feel I need to rate these ones out of 10; it's ANTM, you know what to expect.
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