A sad, constant bid for attention

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The wife is a cleaning machine, which is why 2x/month is too much.

Apparently I use towels longer than I'm supposed to.

Taking a Page from Foley's book, I see.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Once a week is good for me, because I have a long-haired cat and a stinky boyfriend, and, aside from running the dishwasher now and then and cleaning the litter box, I do no housework whatsoever. She should probably come 2x a week, come to think of it.

I continue to have my housekeeper come even when I am away all summer.

When I return home, I am surprised to find that my socks, underwear, tee-shirts etc. have been color-coded, my pantry has been alphabetized, and my refrigerator sanitized.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I detest vacuuming and any kind of housework for that matter. It actually makes me angry to do it. As soon as I could afford to pay someone to do it for me, I did it. God, just thinking about vacuuming makes me feel like I want to hit something. I don't know why this is, and don't really want to go into therapy to find out. But there you go.

I guess this is a way of saying these posts are making my head hurt and I think I am just going to do the scroll by on them. Because you all wanted to know.

How do you feel about Princess beds and/or Michael Knight?

[Project Runway semi-spoiler, although it was a reunion show that didn't give anything away, so I'm not sure this spoiler warning is necessary]

1. The guy who got kicked off for having design books came back with guns-a-blazin', but looked like a fool. You knew you couldn't have the books. When you were confronted you admitted it and slinked away like a beaten puppy. Now you want to say that you were set up by the producers? That the books were magically returned so they could be found to create drama? Please.

Also, he told a PA that he was leaving and the PA pointed him toward the door. Okay. What the fuck are they supposed to do? Tell him he couldn't leave the show if he didn't want to? I've known people on these shows and they always say that you can leave any time you want. If it sounded like he was going to leave the show because he was found out, the PA wasn't going to try to stop him. I'm surprised he came back at all.

2. I hate the rocker dude, because he thinks he's better than he is. But I think he's shown an amazing amount of restraint regarding the mom challenge and Angela and her stupid mother. Sure he wanted to take her opinions into account. Sure he wanted to make something he was happy with and sufficiently reflected his style. She didn't say a damn thing to him throughout the whole process and then, a few hours before he was done, she started complaining. What the fuck was he supposed to do? Start over?

And what the hell is this crap about him being mean to her? She is a grown woman, not a child. He spoke to her like she was a grown woman. "Why am I being treated like this?" "No one talks to me this waaaay." What a weak, whiny loser of a mom. I would have told her that the garment is my responsibility and I need to make something that I'm satisfied will keep me from being eliminated. If she didn't like it, tough shit. She didn't deserve an apology and I'm glad she didn't get one. I can't believe Angela won't let it go and that she feels like her mom is some kind of fragile child. Fuck them both.

3. I despise Laura. I knew Michael would win most favorite. I think it will be between Uli and Michael for the win, although it looks like, in the next episode, the rocker dude may have just used a bunch of stuff he already designed for his collection.

Good shit.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I'm sure we're all fascinated with Thurgreed's new purchase, and by the way, the auto-tracheotomy feature has been around since Mrs. Cleaver, but thank's for noticing.

Damn, you got me there. I feel totally stupid.

TM

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Agreed.

I can handle it when something isn't 100% clean. I'm a guy. We're good at wallowing in our own filth for a few days. I miss my filth [sniff].

Filth flarn filth.

I'm a slob. I guess that is why I ain't home. wowza. you are lucky.

what is filth flarn filth by the way?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by patentparanyc

what is filth flarn filth by the way?

Coltrane is callin' out the classics.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
How do you feel about Princess beds and/or Michael Knight?

[Project Runway semi-spoiler, although it was a reunion show that didn't give anything away, so I'm not sure this spoiler warning is necessary]

1. The guy who got kicked off for having design books came back with guns-a-blazin', but looked like a fool. You knew you couldn't have the books. When you were confronted you admitted it and slinked away like a beaten puppy. Now you want to say that you were set up by the producers? That the books were magically returned so they could be found to create drama? Please.

Also, he told a PA that he was leaving and the PA pointed him toward the door. Okay. What the fuck are they supposed to do? Tell him he couldn't leave the show if he didn't want to? I've known people on these shows and they always say that you can leave any time you want. If it sounded like he was going to leave the show because he was found out, the PA wasn't going to try to stop him. I'm surprised he came back at all.

2. I hate the rocker dude, because he thinks he's better than he is. But I think he's shown an amazing amount of restraint regarding the mom challenge and Angela and her stupid mother. Sure he wanted to take her opinions into account. Sure he wanted to make something he was happy with and sufficiently reflected his style. She didn't say a damn thing to him throughout the whole process and then, a few hours before he was done, she started complaining. What the fuck was he supposed to do? Start over?

And what the hell is this crap about him being mean to her? She is a grown woman, not a child. He spoke to her like she was a grown woman. "Why am I being treated like this?" "No one talks to me this waaaay." What a weak, whiny loser of a mom. I would have told her that the garment is my responsibility and I need to make something that I'm satisfied will keep me from being eliminated. If she didn't like it, tough shit. She didn't deserve an apology and I'm glad she didn't get one. I can't believe Angela won't let it go and that she feels like her mom is some kind of fragile child. Fuck them both.

3. I despise Laura. I knew Michael would win most favorite. I think it will be between Uli and Michael for the win, although it looks like, in the next episode, the rocker dude may have just used a bunch of stuff he already designed for his collection.

Good shit.

TM

Jeffrey was an asshole to Angela's mom because he hates Angela and thought she was trying to undermine him. Angela's mom was a pain in the ass to Jeffrey because she knew that Jeffrey hates Angela. They both handled the situation poorly and Jeffrey came off as this prickly arrogant fuck (which he is) and Angela's mom came off as this whiny blubbering crybaby (which she is). In other words, good TV. That would be my opinion if I were some fashion-reality-TV-show-watching pussy fag (which I am not).


(Maybe.)

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
How do you feel about Princess beds and/or Michael Knight?

[Project Runway semi-spoiler, although it was a reunion show that didn't give anything away, so I'm not sure this spoiler warning is necessary]

1. The guy who got kicked off for having design books came back with guns-a-blazin', but looked like a fool. You knew you couldn't have the books. When you were confronted you admitted it and slinked away like a beaten puppy. Now you want to say that you were set up by the producers? That the books were magically returned so they could be found to create drama? Please.

Also, he told a PA that he was leaving and the PA pointed him toward the door. Okay. What the fuck are they supposed to do? Tell him he couldn't leave the show if he didn't want to? I've known people on these shows and they always say that you can leave any time you want. If it sounded like he was going to leave the show because he was found out, the PA wasn't going to try to stop him. I'm surprised he came back at all.

2. I hate the rocker dude, because he thinks he's better than he is. But I think he's shown an amazing amount of restraint regarding the mom challenge and Angela and her stupid mother. Sure he wanted to take her opinions into account. Sure he wanted to make something he was happy with and sufficiently reflected his style. She didn't say a damn thing to him throughout the whole process and then, a few hours before he was done, she started complaining. What the fuck was he supposed to do? Start over?

And what the hell is this crap about him being mean to her? She is a grown woman, not a child. He spoke to her like she was a grown woman. "Why am I being treated like this?" "No one talks to me this waaaay." What a weak, whiny loser of a mom. I would have told her that the garment is my responsibility and I need to make something that I'm satisfied will keep me from being eliminated. If she didn't like it, tough shit. She didn't deserve an apology and I'm glad she didn't get one. I can't believe Angela won't let it go and that she feels like her mom is some kind of fragile child. Fuck them both.

3. I despise Laura. I knew Michael would win most favorite. I think it will be between Uli and Michael for the win, although it looks like, in the next episode, the rocker dude may have just used a bunch of stuff he already designed for his collection.

Good shit.

TM

My head magically stopped hurting. I agree with just about everything you said.

I do not like Laura as a person, but I would definitely wear her clothes. I do like Michael very much -- the best, actually -- he is the most likeable person on that show, and is probably the most talented, but I do not think I would wear his clothes because he hasn't shown me anything I think would look good on me. Uli -- like her, would wear her clothes. Jeffrey -- don't like him, would not wear his clothes.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Coltrane is callin' out the classics.

Cosby. I should have known. I'm getting early senility or something.

AoN, there is this sub-skit on Lucky Louie on HBO where the black couple the guy tries to do this impression of the Cos and his wife finds it embarrasing. it is kinda funny.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My head magically stopped hurting. I agree with just about everything you said.

I do not like Laura as a person, but I would definitely wear her clothes. I do like Michael very much -- the best, actually -- he is the most likeable person on that show, and is probably the most talented, but I do not think I would wear his clothes because he hasn't shown me anything I think would look good on me. Uli -- like her, would wear her clothes. Jeffrey -- don't like him, would not wear his clothes.

I did not watch the reunion show because a) half the contestants were already kicked off when I started watching and b) my workout ended.

When we were rooting on Vanessa two years ago, my brother pointed out that the process on this show is very similar to what architecture students go through. I'm not surprised at all, then, that Laura has done well on it. I like Michael the best, though, though his last dress really made me start having doubts about him. I really wish he'd gone in another direction, and I suspect that his overall performance on the show is what kept him in. I don't dislike Jeffery, and I've liked a lot of his clothes, but he doesn't feel like a winner to me. I'm not quite sure what to make of Uli. Though I like her clothes, they seem to similar every time. I'm a big fan of flowey clothes and crazy prints, but I'm not at all convinced that she could do anything else.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I like Michael the best, though, though his last dress really made me start having doubts about him. I really wish he'd gone in another direction, and I suspect that his overall performance on the show is what kept him in.

I think he has a hard time with handling pressure. When he is comfortable and relaxed, he performs well. Uli, on the other hand, gets lazy when she is comfortable and relaxed. She really needs pressure to turn out something good.

[patentparanyc]

While walking near Grand Central, I passed a group of businessmen and one of them said "Is she Chinese? she's gorgeous!" That was flattering and nice I thought.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I think he has a hard time with handling pressure. When he is comfortable and relaxed, he performs well. Uli, on the other hand, gets lazy when she is comfortable and relaxed. She really needs pressure to turn out something good.

That seems to be the case. And it seemed that he didn't realize that he didn't really need to stretch himself to make the judges like him. He just needed to do what he's been doing. Same goes for Jeffery. Both of them tried to go outside of themselves and then argue that what they did was them. Uli seemed to go within herself and pull out an awesome dress.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I also have a friend named Chris Craft and a cousin named Candy Hart.

I worked with a woman who went by Candy her whole life but after her marriage changed to Candace so she wouldn't be Candy Sweet.


ETA:

Originally posted by dtb
And an associate whose first name is Precious.

Is she from Atlanta? There was an attorney there whose first name was Precious.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I saw some of this last night. It was interesting. I didn't have to listen though -- just read the captions. That might have made it less annoying than it would be with sound. It seemed to be the final episode, though.

I have watched every season of Celebrity Fit Club (it is even one of the reality shows that Mr. Man admits to liking, and it often results in us eating better and/or working out when we see it on weekend mornings). It is in my Top 5 Reality Shows list. After Project Runway, Top Model and Survivor and before Amazing Race (what has happened to that show? much less watchable ever since that misguided Families season). Fine, I'd throw in the Real World/Road Rules Challenges if you'd give me a Top 6. [Note: This list is leaving out the entire category of shows like Biography, American Justice, City Confidential and Seconds From Disaster, because those are not what I consider Reality TV - more like documentary-style shows. A valid type of show in its own right, but not Reality TV in my categorization system (I'm sure the producers of those shows would be happy to hear from me.)]

My Top 5 non-reality shows list: The Office (US), The Office (UK)... hmm... give me a minute here... Does Colbert Report count?