Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

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I agree with everything BL said, plus I love that the "sweet" fat couple kept falling down. Why do these people go on these shows? They know they can't compete physically (the air traffic controllers), they are afraid of heights (the fat mom), etc. Do they not watch the prior seasons? Plus, there's no crying on The Amazing Race!

I actually hope the models hang around awhile so we can hate them in all their apparent glory. It will also help ratings, making CBS more likely to renew the show with me on it, although ratings should be good this season being on Thursday in Survivor's spot.

Oh, and the NFL models are morons for using their Fast Forward.

[purse junkie]

From slate's "Dear Prudence" column:
Dear Prudence,
My husband has a thing for Asian women (we are both Caucasian), and I don't know how to handle it. Whenever we are out in public or watching TV and he sees Asian girls/women, he can't take his eyes off them. It makes me uncomfortable and really throws a damper on any outing. From the time he spots one, he is distracted. I had a good friend who is Chinese, but the friendship fizzled after I found out (from him) that he came on to her once when he'd been drinking. He developed a crush on a co-worker of his who is Japanese, but fortunately they no longer work together. I don't believe either of these women encouraged him in any way. I had never felt prejudice against Asians until I realized that my husband is fascinated by the women. Now his obsession has turned into my obsession. My stomach is in knots every time we are in the presence of an attractive Asian woman. In my husband's rise up the corporate ladder, he may inherit a secretary who is Asian, and it has become one of my biggest fears. I really don't think I will be able to handle it. This isn't far-fetched because we live in an area with a higher-than-average Asian population. I have talked to my husband very honestly about my feelings. He denies that he is obsessed, but denial is standard operating procedure where he is concerned. I know I can't change what type of women my husband is attracted to, but how can I learn to live with this?

—No Asian Vacations

Dear No,
Well, now you are both obsessed with Asian women. Their attraction for American men is nothing new; they can be exotic-looking, along with having the cultural stereotype of a docile, man-pleasing submissiveness. This, of course, is not necessarily the reality. As for the electricity these women hold for your husband, there is nothing you can do except put in some time with a therapist—and maybe take your husband with you—to talk about your fears and try to come away with a way to manage them. No offense, but one wonders why your mate did not marry one of these women in the first place. Your response to the situation may be extreme, but it is evident that you did not manufacture this problem out of thin air. And you must resolve this insecurity if you are to have any peace of mind. Get thee to a shrink.

—Prudie, therapeutically

What she needs to do is not hire a shrink but buy a box of condoms to protect herself--her husband's inevitably going to start nailing one of these women and it's unlikely he'll want to live out his fantasy gloved.


--PJ, healthfully

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by purse junkie
From slate's "Dear Prudence" column:
Dear Prudence,
My husband has a thing for Asian women (we are both Caucasian), and I don't know how to handle it. Whenever we are out in public or watching TV and he sees Asian girls/women, he can't take his eyes off them. It makes me uncomfortable and really throws a damper on any outing. From the time he spots one, he is distracted. I had a good friend who is Chinese, but the friendship fizzled after I found out (from him) that he came on to her once when he'd been drinking. He developed a crush on a co-worker of his who is Japanese, but fortunately they no longer work together. I don't believe either of these women encouraged him in any way. I had never felt prejudice against Asians until I realized that my husband is fascinated by the women. Now his obsession has turned into my obsession. My stomach is in knots every time we are in the presence of an attractive Asian woman. In my husband's rise up the corporate ladder, he may inherit a secretary who is Asian, and it has become one of my biggest fears. I really don't think I will be able to handle it. This isn't far-fetched because we live in an area with a higher-than-average Asian population. I have talked to my husband very honestly about my feelings. He denies that he is obsessed, but denial is standard operating procedure where he is concerned. I know I can't change what type of women my husband is attracted to, but how can I learn to live with this?

—No Asian Vacations

Dear No,
Well, now you are both obsessed with Asian women. Their attraction for American men is nothing new; they can be exotic-looking, along with having the cultural stereotype of a docile, man-pleasing submissiveness. This, of course, is not necessarily the reality. As for the electricity these women hold for your husband, there is nothing you can do except put in some time with a therapist—and maybe take your husband with you—to talk about your fears and try to come away with a way to manage them. No offense, but one wonders why your mate did not marry one of these women in the first place. Your response to the situation may be extreme, but it is evident that you did not manufacture this problem out of thin air. And you must resolve this insecurity if you are to have any peace of mind. Get thee to a shrink.

—Prudie, therapeutically

What she needs to do is not hire a shrink but buy a box of condoms to protect herself--her husband's inevitably going to start nailing one of these women and it's unlikely he'll want to live out his fantasy gloved.


--PJ, healthfully

Plus once he goes there, it is only a matter of time before he is fucking men...

Originally posted by purse junkie
From slate's "Dear Prudence" column:
Dear Prudence,
My husband has a thing for Asian women (we are both Caucasian), and I don't know how to handle it. Whenever we are out in public or watching TV and he sees Asian girls/women, he can't take his eyes off them. It makes me uncomfortable and really throws a damper on any outing. From the time he spots one, he is distracted. I had a good friend who is Chinese, but the friendship fizzled after I found out (from him) that he came on to her once when he'd been drinking. He developed a crush on a co-worker of his who is Japanese, but fortunately they no longer work together. I don't believe either of these women encouraged him in any way. I had never felt prejudice against Asians until I realized that my husband is fascinated by the women. Now his obsession has turned into my obsession. My stomach is in knots every time we are in the presence of an attractive Asian woman. In my husband's rise up the corporate ladder, he may inherit a secretary who is Asian, and it has become one of my biggest fears. I really don't think I will be able to handle it. This isn't far-fetched because we live in an area with a higher-than-average Asian population. I have talked to my husband very honestly about my feelings. He denies that he is obsessed, but denial is standard operating procedure where he is concerned. I know I can't change what type of women my husband is attracted to, but how can I learn to live with this?

—No Asian Vacations

Dear No,
Well, now you are both obsessed with Asian women. Their attraction for American men is nothing new; they can be exotic-looking, along with having the cultural stereotype of a docile, man-pleasing submissiveness. This, of course, is not necessarily the reality. As for the electricity these women hold for your husband, there is nothing you can do except put in some time with a therapist—and maybe take your husband with you—to talk about your fears and try to come away with a way to manage them. No offense, but one wonders why your mate did not marry one of these women in the first place. Your response to the situation may be extreme, but it is evident that you did not manufacture this problem out of thin air. And you must resolve this insecurity if you are to have any peace of mind. Get thee to a shrink.

—Prudie, therapeutically

What she needs to do is not hire a shrink but buy a box of condoms to protect herself--her husband's inevitably going to start nailing one of these women and it's unlikely he'll want to live out his fantasy gloved.


--PJ, healthfully

Wait til she stumbles across his Asia Carrere porn collection. I know more than one guy with this problem and they would never make the mistake of marrying a white chick. This guy must have grown up in Kansas or some other place with a stealth asian presense if one at all. These things dont just develop over night. It takes years of living iwth an overbearing neutotic mother. Or wife. Perhaps she should modify her behavior?

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Perhaps she should modify her behavior?

Like her behavior of being married to him, and ditch him for someone who'll notice she's there.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by barely_legal
Did anybody watch this last night? I know you did....

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I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants when Steve's girlfriend Amanda was walking too slowly up the mountain and he screamed at her "come ON, Flo!"

I don't really love or hate anyone yet, but the guy who led the NFL wives to the earlier bus tickets because he didn't want "those blondes with the fake tits" to win cracked me up.

I think I'll root for the clowns right now. They remind me of the brothers in the last season who were my favorite. And I want the "Dating 12 Years/Virgins" couple to last a while just b/c I crack up every time their description comes on the screen.

This is by far the best reality show on tv. I predict it will take me at least three weeks before I can fully root for or against anyone, although I hate the models right now.

I like the clowns, but I think they're trying a little too hard (or maybe the show is trying a little too hard by picking clowns). And the gay guys? Enough. No one there cares if you're gay and you're nuts if you don't think everyone doesn't already know. It was nice of them to share their room with team fattie, though.

The father son team seems like a repeat from last season with the gay male cheerleader and the hardcore dad. I think they should have done the opposite -- gay dad, football son or something.

Thurgreed(they get to do and see the most amazing things on that show)Marshall

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Like her behavior of being married to him, and ditch him for someone who'll notice she's there.

Like it's his fault that she isn't asian? He loved her enough to marry her despite her non-asianness and now you are advising her to divorce him over something that is completely her fault? Maybe this is why you became a lawyer instead of an advice columnist.

My advice would be to tell her to try to be more asian. Get a breast reduction, lose a lot a weight, bow a lot and wash his feet and stuff like that. Maybe their is some non-FDA approved cosmetic eye-surgery that she can get that would help.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Dar Williams, who I recall some of you guys love, is around for a couple of nights.

Dar? Cool. I'll meet you there, paigow. You look like a young Joanne Worley, right? I'll be the guy who looks like Rockford.* Afterwards we can paint the town like Frank and Mia circa 1969.

*or Burt. I appear to have lost my Rockford avatar. I'll have to find a new one.

Originally posted by paigowprincess
"Terence Trent D'Arby aka Sananda Maitreya"
Terence Tret Darby apprently had a sec change and got married and will be there. I saw him in some gay disco (not playing, just hanging) in Rio a zillion years ago. That explains a lot.

Makes you wonder who he was hanging out with underneath the sycamore tree, NTTAWWT.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by purse junkie
From slate's "Dear Prudence" column:
(1) I had never felt prejudice against Asians until I realized that my husband is fascinated by the women.

(2) In my husband's rise up the corporate ladder, he may inherit a secretary who is Asian, and it has become one of my biggest fears.

After hearing (2), I'm not so sure I believe (1).

TM

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Terence Trent D'Arby...

Makes you wonder who he was hanging out with underneath the sycamore tree, NTTAWWT.

And I thought it was just him and his massive ego... Sounds like the name has changed, the fans have moved on but the ego remains intact...

First album better than Sgt. Pepper?? Right.........

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
After hearing (2), I'm not so sure I believe (1).

Ya gotta love the people who start out a conversation on race by saying, "I wasn't a bigot until something caused me to hate and distrust all {blanks}."

It's as if they think the people who are raised by their parents to be prejudiced are somehow worse than the ones who become bigoted as a result of an irrational overgeneralization. "I didn't think much about black people either way, until one day one of them robbed me on the street. Then I knew." Whadda brainiac.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Dar? Cool. I'll meet you there, paigow. You look like a young Joanne Worley, right? I'll be the guy who looks like Rockford.*

*or Burt. I appear to have lost my Rockford avatar. I'll have to find a new one.

I'll see you both there, I look like a young Mariette Hartley, and if Paigow lays a finger on my Rockford I'll scratch her eyes out.

Edited to add that if you show up still looking like Burt (or Bob Saget), there won't be so much eye scratching.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

West Virginia will encourage smaller serving sizes: "Biggie fries=biggie thighs."

I think they ought to lay off the pork first, though.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Ya gotta love the people who start out a conversation on race by saying, "I wasn't a bigot until something caused me to hate and distrust all {blanks}."

Well, given her pathetic husband is attracted to all asians, it seems that her blanket fear of his being in contact with asians isn't entirely unjustified. Not that the solution is to fire the asian secretary, though.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
as Warren Zevon (the spirits bless him) would say

Wait --- he's not dead yet, is he?

A(they can still see his headless body stalking through the night)G