February 4, 2013

The Bachelor: Sean Lowe: Season 17, Episode 5 Recap

Holy cow, FOUR hours of The Bachelor this week…. not sure I can handle it.  I like the show, but dang, that’s a lot for one week!  Check your DVR for tomorrow… I had to not record The Taste or Millionaire Matchmaker in order to make time for The Bachelor and Smash premiere to record… you might have other conflicts even if you don’t watch those shows.

Fast forward through “Tonight on the Bachelor…”  I don’t like the spoilers!  I’m sitting down to watch it, I’ll see it soon enough. Okay, at the women’s mansion and of course Chris Harrison walks in to start off the show. Three dates coming up this episode… Group date, one on one date, and the dreaded 2 on 1 date where one person stays, one person goes (that’s how it’s supposed to go, but sometimes they break the rules on the one).  He tells them to go pack their bags!  They’re going to be traveling around the world, but first stop is Montana!  What?!  Montana?  Not where I was expecting, but okay.  The HDTV does make it look gorgeous!  They pull up to a lodge that looks beautiful. Maybe I would actually like to vacation in Montana sometime!

The girls get the 1 on 1 date card and it’s for Lindsay “Let Love Soar – Sean”.  This is the one that Sean was heavily making out with last week that were going to move their action to the hot tub when crazy Tierra interrupted.  This should be a very steamy date!  Sean picks her up and it’s…. guess what…  A HELICOPTER!  How surprising for The Bachelor to change it up a bit!  lol… they really don’t change things up much, do they?  They take off to Glacier National Park.  They have a little picnic and are already kissing.  They definitely have a strong physical connection.  Cut to commercial, come back, they’ve changed clothes and they’re inside a lodge type area now having dinner.  They’re both talking about the incredible date they just had and how much fun it was.  Apparently it was boring for the cameras because they didn’t show ANY of their date up until this point.  So silly.  Lindsay briefly talks about how she was an army brat growing up and she didn’t like it and Sean says all the pieces of the puzzle have now fit together.  He understands why she wants to settle down and have kids and start a stable life with someone.

Group date card: “You make my heart race…”  Selma, AshLee, Desiree, Catherine, Sarah, Lesley, Robyn, Daniella.  Which leaves Tierra and Jacki for the two on one.

Sean and Lindsay’s date ends with a concert with Sarah Darling (?)… some country singer I am not aware of.  The whole town is out there and they’re in the center of it.  Really wish the producers would change it up a bit…. how many times have they done this exact date just at a different location with a different singer?  The singer is beautiful, however…. just no clue who she is.

Group date time: Outside in Montana and it looks like a competition is about to go down as Chris Harrison appears out of nowhere.  He explains it’s going to be a relay race and they will be split up in teams of four.  Starts with a canoe race, buck hay, saw through a log, then milk a goat and drink the milk.  Red team: Selma, Desiree, Sarah and Robyn… Blue team: Lesley, AshLee, Daniella, and Catherine.  Winning team will go on to the second part of the date, losing team goes back to the lodge.  This ladies look terrible in the canoe.  They don’t know what they’re doing.  Finally the blue team gets their act a little bit together.  Blue team’s hay starts falling apart and now the red team is catching up.  Red team gets through the cutting of the log first and are on to milking the cow.  Then Desiree just chugs the milk and the red team wins!  I really like Desiree and Selma so I’m happy!

Meanwhile, we still have an hour and a half left of the show and they keep advertising what happens on tomorrow’s episode.  Driving me crazy!

So Chris shows up at the Lodge and delivers a date card for the Blue team “sending you home didn’t feel good.  Please join me at the party tonight. I can’t wait to see you.”  Sean feels like he’s trying to find his wife here and it defeats the whole point to send some of them back home and not have time to spend with them.  So then he breaks the news to the red team… they’re not too happy.  Tierra decides she’s going to go find Sean.  At the same time the four losers are about to rejoin the four winners and the tension is building.  Red team is NOT happy at all.  Sean is giving his interview with the producers when up walks Tierra behind him.  She sneaks up and puts her hands over his eyes and says “Sean??” He says “Yes???”  and cut to commercial! Okay, back, Sean turns around and says, “What are you doing here?”  STALKER!  She confronts him about getting the 2 on 1 date.  She says she’s not happy about it.  Sean says he doesn’t know what to make of it, her coming out.  Sean goes back in and has his one on one time with each of the girls and the tension rises after AshLee butts in on his time with Desiree.  AshLee lays it on thick and says she adores him and he tells her he’s crazy about her.

“Love is a wild ride” is what the 2 on 1 date says for Tierra and Jackie.  Also a note from Chris that says “Two women, one rose, one stays, one goes.”  Dun dun dun!  Please Lord let Jackie stay!!

Okay, back to the tension filled group date… Sean spends time with Catherine and they’re both just so damn giddy.  They haven’t shown much of them together so it’s hard to know what they’re basing their “relationship” on.  But they do seem very comfortable and affectionate towards each other.  Daniella decides she’s going to break them up so she can have some time with him and finds Catherine sitting on Sean’s lap.  She just turns around and basically has a breakdown because of it.  Daniella definitely knows she’s on the way out.  So he grabs her and she’s crying.  Sean tries reassuring her and they end up kissing.  Sean decides to give the date rose to Daniella.  I’m kind of surprised at that.  I thought she would be going home this episode.  So the winning team is mad now that someone from the losing team got the date rose.

TierraNow the dreaded 2 on 1 date!  This should be good.  Tierra definitely has a plan formed on how she’s going to get that rose.  She is laughing and being cocky in her interview.  She is quite the girl!  I pity the man who ends up with her (let’s hope it’s not Sean!).   Sean arrives on a white horse and tells them they will be going horseback riding.  Jackie looks so beautiful in this scenery with her red hair and gorgeous eyes.  Tierra says she’s going to act like Jackie’s not even there.  Tierra says she’s on her date with her husband.  Jackie tells Sean in a very nice way that she’s real and genuine and Tierra is not.  That Tierra was flirting with a cute guy at the airport.  Sean definitely seems to be effected by this news.  Hopefully it doesn’t work negatively towards Jackie.  I think Jackie put it in a very sweet, non-catty way.  Dinner time and I think Jackie looks even more beautiful than earlier.  I hope Sean sees that as well!  Most awkward dinner EVER though.  He takes Tierra aside to talk to her one on one.  Sean kind of drills her a bit on her feelings.  Tierra explains she was with a guy for 5 years and he was in and out of rehab and ended up passing away.  She tried to show she was sweet and vulnerable.  They go back inside and Sean grabs the rose and after a long speech and me holding my breath the entire time he gives the rose to Tierra.  He says he just doesn’t have strong romantic feelings for Jackie.  So Tierra gets even more cocky and smug and it so seems it’s not even about her feelings for Sean it’s just the competition of it all.  Ugh!  Poor Jackie… I really liked her! Jackie

 

 

 

 

Cocktail party time:  Tierra says she wants to punch every single one of the girls and she would beat “the shit out of these bitches.”  She separates herself from the group and Robyn decides she’s going to confront her about her attitude.  Robyn calls her out on her B.S. how she’s cold to everyone unless the cameras or Sean are in the room.  Tierra says that people handle anxiety differently and that doesn’t make her a bad person.  Tierra says “If I wanted to get engaged, I could get engaged.  There are plenty of guys in this world.”  Sean walks in the room just as Tierra is going off on Robyn.  He says that really caught him off guard.  She plays the victim and says they’re all attacking her “for everything.”  Sean wants specifics and she’s still pretty vague.  Sean takes Lesley aside and flat out asks her what is it about Tierra that everyone doesn’t like.  He needs specifics.  Lesley still doesn’t really put it all out there, but tells him that Tierra is very cold, she’s not engaging, she’s not interested in building friendships with any of the girls.  Sean is visibly shaken when he tells the ladies he has to go make a decision.  At this point I can see him sending Robyn home, but other than that I don’t have a guess aside from maybe taking Tierra’s rose away, which I don’t think he’ll do.  I still don’t think he sees what the girls see.  Maybe Lesley?  Hard to say.

Interview with Chris Harrison… Sean says it hasn’t been a good week.  He’s frustrated that he can’t figure out Tierra and frustrated that people don’t like Tierra but aren’t giving him specifics so he doesn’t understand why they’re even talking about her.

Rose ceremony: Selma, Catherine, Lesley, AshLee, Sarah, Des.  Robyn is going home.  Tomorrow’s episode is going to be good.  I honestly like all of the girls that are left except for Tierra.  I find Lesley to be a bit boring, so I’d be okay if she goes home, but the rest of the girls I really do like and think they are a good fit for Sean.  This is going to get really interesting!  Thanks for reading! 🙂

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January 28, 2013

The Bachelor: Sean Lowe: Season 17: Episode 4 Recap

So I missed last week’s of blogging because my best friend was having a baby.  However, I did watch the episode several days later and just quickly I want to say that I think Kacie B was a plant.  I think producers sent her in to spice things up a bit but both Kacie and Sean didn’t really want her there.   She didn’t look too heartbroken when she left, plus, she stirred the pot a little bit before she left… hence giving Sean a reasonable excuse to get rid of her before leaving.  I think it was all an act the entire time.  I was however a bit surprised he got rid of Ford Model, Kristy.  I thought they seemed to hit it off a bit at the photo shoot the week before and she’s gorgeous – with the exception of how she looked at the rose ceremony – yikes!

Okay, so those are my lingering thoughts about last week’s episode.  Overall, it was a fairly tame and boring episode and I am hoping this weeks is a bit better.

Chris Harrison greets the final 13 girls and drops off the first date card.  Pan to Sean walking around his digs in just his boxers.  He was saying something about finding a wife or something… all I heard was blah blah blah I’m walking around half naked.  Back to the date card: “Selma: Let’s turn up the heat”.  I love Selma!  I’m excited to see her on the one on one date.  Meanwhile Leslie H gets emotional because she wasn’t picked yet and really wants a date.   Sean comes to pick her up and he is beaming from the moment he gets there.  They get in the limo which takes them to their private jet.  Sean won’t tell her where she’s going.  The private jet drops them off in the middle of the dessert.  Selma immediately inwardly starts freaking out.  She said she does not like the heat… at…. all.  They hop in a jeep and Sean takes her further into the desert into the heat.  He finally tells her they’re rock climbing.  So up they go, she’s being somewhat of a trooper about it with minimal complaining. Suddenly she just takes off and goes for it.  This would not have been something she would have ever agreed to do on her own and she did it and conquered it.  She was amazing.  I’m impressed.  For the evening part of the date, Sean took her to this glam camping ground (had to totally all been set up by the producers) with a couple RV’s with different themes.   They have a nice time to talk and she explains to him that she cannot kiss him on national TV because of her Arabic background – she was born in Baghdad, Iraq.  She said they pretty much don’t even date in public much less kiss on national TV.  She thinks her mom would have a heart attack.  Wow… considering he’s already kissed half the girls on the show, this might be a tough one to get over.  But I know Sean is a true gentleman and it won’t be much of an issue.

Back at the house the ladies get the second date card: Lindsay, Robyn, Jackie, Catherine, Amanda, Ashley, Sarah, and Tierra “I’m looking for a woman who can roll with the punches.”

Selma explains to Sean why she can’t kiss him, and obviously he respects that.  You can see the two of them just really falling for each other and this is the whole reason I watch this show.  Not for the juicy drama, but for these moments where you can just see the love and gushiness between two people.  They’re both so smiley and giddy.  Love it!

Sean and SarahGroup date and Tierra is on it… you know there will be drama!  The woman and Sean arrive at a warehouse.  They soon find out they’re going to be doing roller derby.  The claws immediately come out… some of the girls biting their nails, others getting ready to use them…. Tierra in particular, of course.  Amanda says she’s done roller derby before to psych out the other team.  These girls are falling all over the place.  Most of them don’t even know how to rollerblade.  Amanda’s showing off and impressing Sean.  Sarah’s realizing this is a very difficult physical hurdle and she just really wants to be normal.  Poor girl doesn’t have the balance and doesn’t both arms to hold her up.  AshLee gives her a great pep talk and doesn’t want her to have any regrets.  Amanda was showing off, getting cocky, and suddenly she bit it on her face.  Did a face plant, more like a chin plant right into the ground.  She could have a broken jaw, and they send her to the hospital.  Sean decided to call off the competition and just go for a free skate disco party.  Although I think that was a good call, it was kind of a weird transition to “okay now we’re at dinner.”  All that build up for nothing.  Waaa waaa waaaaa.

Now at the part of the group date where Sean takes them all aside privately.  Sean first takes Sarah aside and reassures her that she has no reason to be embarrassed and that she did a good job.  Tierra’s jealousy is mounting.  Amanda comes back from the hospital and is fine and acting all bubbly around Sean.  She says in her interview that she’s going to milk the sympathy card as much as she can.

Back at the house… last date card: Leslie H “Could this be forever?” and it comes with diamond earrings.  Leslie is so excited she finally gets a date!

Back to the group date, and Tierra is really acting out and showing her immaturity.  Tierra is saying she can’t handle this, she doesn’t trust anyone there, she tells producers she just wants to leave and she starts trying to track down Sean.  Meanwhile it keeps cutting to her bawling her eyes out to the producers.  Sean and Lindsay have a little makeout session and then go to get their bathing suits on to get into the hot tub when Tierra interrupts to tell her how she’s being tortured.  Sean convinces her to stay and says he can tell she likes him and he wants her to stay.  So Sean gets up and grabs the rose and shocks all of the ladies that were sitting around.  Sean says he really likes Tierra and he doesn’t want to wonder what could have been.  He says he wants to see where it goes and he’s crazy about her and gives her the rose.  Oh Sean…. she is one hot mess.  She’s so manipulative and sneaky!  I hope Sean finds this out for himself soon.

Leslie H’s date is the glamorous “kiss of death” date.  I swear if you added up all of the one on one dates that the woman gets the jewelry, the girl (or guy on the Bachelorette) always goes home.  Leslie should not be excited, she should be scared.    Sean takes Leslie to Rodeo Drive to go shopping… Pretty Woman style.  The stop at Badgley Mischka where they have the store to themselves and she tries on a number of fancy dresses for Sean.  He completes the look by letting her pick out shoes, purse, and then he takes her to get a fancy diamond necklace.  120 ct of diamonds.  So they’re both all dolled up, but I’m just not seeing any chemistry there.  I don’t see a spark.  Sean says this is the most romantic date he could have set up so if he doesn’t feel it tonight, he’s probably not going to feel it.  The conversation at dinner seems very awkward.  Sean admits the connection just isn’t there even though she’s a wonderful girl.  So here it comes… that awkward moment when he has to tell her after all of that that there just isn’t anything there.  I feel for her.  This is the worst way to go home.  She graciously tells him that some of the girls aren’t there for the right reasons and she wants him to find his wife and to be careful.  Kiss of death date lives on.

Cocktail party and Tierra is already flaunting her rose around.  Sean takes AshLee aside and reassures her that he’s been thinking about her even when he’s not with her.  He loves that she’s confident about what they have together and doesn’t let the other girls get to her.  Robyn realizes she needs to step it up because she hasn’t had too much time with him yet.  She does this awkward, cheesy move with a piece of chocolate and asks which chocolate he would like a taste of.  They then awkwardly kiss.   Robyn’s just kind of dorky and strange.  Tierra tells Amanda she’s tired of the heat being on her and she doesn’t know why everyone talks about her behind her back and she doesn’t do anything to them.  Tierra pulls Jackie and Robyn aside to confront them about why have they been “attacking” her and give a half hearted apology. “I came here to win this”, Tierra keeps saying.  Sounds like she’s on the Bachelor Pad, not Bachelor.  Catherine tells Sean she’s really attracted to him, and he tells her he feels really good around her.  She gets giggly, and he laughs.  They seem to have good chemistry together, but they haven’t shown seriously any of these previous conversations that they keep referencing.  So he says that he wants to kiss her but there are other women watching them.  She said that’s not appropriate for others to see.  They went for a walk and Sean sweetly kisses her.   They had a nice moment together.

Rose ceremony… Catherine, Desiree, Lindsay, Lesley, Robyn (surprised by this one), AshLee, Sarah, Jackie, and Daniella (again, surprised by the one).  Amanda is going home!!!!  Woot woot! So happy her plotting and scheming and almost shattered jaw didn’t keep her around longer.

The Bachelor is on TWO days next week!  Monday and Tuesday nights!

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January 15, 2013

Survivor 2013: Fans vs Favorites – Caramoan Cast

I love when Survivor brings back returning players!  Especially when one of those players is Malcolm Freberg who was honestly robbed last season and should have won.  This season is another Fans versus Favorites season of Survivor, but one thing that sets it apart from other seasons of returning players is that none of the players are from the first 15 seasons of Survivor and only two of them are from before the last 5 seasons.  This was a very conscious decision by the producers to make new all stars out of old castaways and not always relying on the same ones.  The tribes will be divided into two tribes, The Favorites on Bikal Tribe, and the Fans on the Gota Tribe.  The returning players are as follows:

The Favorites – Bikal Tribe

Malcolm Ferberg

Malcolm Freberg – Survivor: Philippines,  Age: 25, Hermosa Beach, CA, Bartender.  Interesting Fact: Malcolm filmed Caramoan just two and a half weeks after taping for Philippines ended.

Brenda Lowe

Brenda Lowe – Survivor: Nicaragua – Age 30, Miami, FL, Paddle Board Co. Owner.  She made it to the jury on her season after being blindsided by her ally Sash.

Andrea Boehlke

Andrea Boehlke – Survivor: Redemption Island – Age 23, New York, NY, Entertainment Host and Writer.  If I remember correctly, sweet girl but a little on the dense side.

Erik Reichenbach

Erik Reichenbach – Survivor: Micronesia – First season of Fans Vs. Favorites. Age 27. Santa Clarita, CA, Comic Book Artist.  Erik played what could be argued as the dumbest survivor move in history where the ladies convinced him to give up his immunity idol necklace and then they voted him out that night.  Erik appeared on the first season of Fans vs. Favorites as a fan and is now back as a Favorite.

Dawn Meehan

Dawn Meehan – Survivor: South Pacific, Age 42, South Jordan, Utah, English Professor.  Strong woman who found herself crying early on in her season which really surprised her.

John Cochran

John Cochran – Survivor: South Pacific, Age 25, Washington D.C., Harvard Law Student. Goes by Cochran, noted for his underdog physique and personality who flip flopped alliances half way through which led to his demise.  Definitely one of my personal favorites.

Fransesca Hogi

Francesca Hogi – Survivor: Redemption Island, Age 38, Attorney.  Francesca was the first castaway voted out on her season, and I don’t remember much else about her except that Phillip had a hard time pronouncing her name.

Phillip Sheppard

Phillip Sheppard – Survivor: Redemption Island, Age 54, Santa Monica, CA. CEO of Enter Computer Sales.  Complete lunatic.  Most memorable for his sagging peach colored bikini briefs he wore around camp.  Not sure how he makes anyone’s “favorite” list.  Made it to final three because he was a safe one to bring that wouldn’t get many, or any, votes.

Corinne Kaplan

Corinne Kaplan – Survivor: Gabon, Age 33. Los Angeles, CA, Clinical Consultant.  Yeah, don’t remember her at all, actually.

Brandon Hantz

Brandon Hantz – Survivor: South Pacific, Age 21, Katy, TX, Chemical Disposal.  Nephew to the infamous Russell Hantz who appeared on 3 (I think?) Survivor seasons.  Family stated they were ashamed of the game that Brandon played…. basically not having a good game play and constantly struggling between good and bad and following Coach and betraying him.

So these are the favorites that are returning.  I might post the bios of the castaway fans at a later time.  For the most part, I am pleased at the returning cast.  Jeff Probst told EW.com that there will be a romance this season as well as really tough weather that even led to a couple evacuations.  He said the elements were the hardest on this season than anything they have encountered before.  Survivor Caramoan premieres February 13th on CBS.

Survivor-Caramoan-Cast

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January 14, 2013

The Bachelor: Sean Lowe: Season 17, Episode 2 Recap

Warning — long blog, but it IS a 2-hour show.  Hard to keep the recap short!  Skip to the bottom if you just want to know who went home:

So it is down to 19 girls and this is when we start to see the personalities (and claws) of the ladies come out!  I always skip past the “and tonight on the bachelor…” where they show the teasers for the show you’re about to watch.  Just seems a bit overkill, plus I like to be totally surprised, or at least not see anymore than what they showed at the end of last week’s episode.

Sean working out and taking a shower… they could make that part last a half hour if they wanted to!

Chris Harrison drops off the first date card and Kristy reads it to the girls: One on one date with Sarah (one-armed woman).  The girls immediately act excited for her but are obviously jealous.  As Sarah’s getting ready she mentions or two times “Just because I have one arm…” and I can’t help but think of the SNL skit Amy Poehler where she played Amber with one leg and she’d say every time, “I’ve got one leg….”  SEE CLIP

Of course, because it IS The Bachelor afterall, Sean shows up in a helicopter to pick Sarah up.  Sarah then joins Sean in the helicopter and off they go.  Sean said that it was endearing that she addressed the elephant in the room immediately with her arm on the first night and explained to him that she was born that way.  The couple gets to the top of a skyscraper building and Sean takes Sarah over to the edge and explains they’re going to free fall 300 feet to their champagne toast that is on the ground.  Oh Bachelor, why do you do this to me?  I’m freaked out by heights and I just think making these poor girls go through things like this is ridiculous (but I do recognize that it makes for good tv).  If I were Sarah I would probably immediately start crying and go in the fetal position and he would send me home.  The men in charge of this stunt explain that they’re up 360 feet, they will free fall 300 of those feet going about 40 feet a second.  Are you kidding me??  I can hardly type right now because I get clammy just thinking about it!!  So they’re strapped to these harness things, holding hands, about to jump.  Sean suggests they sit down on the platform and inch forward to the edge.  5….4….3…..2….1…. and down they go straight down screaming all the way.  They survived and now they feel closer to each other than ever.

Sarah and Sean are now at dinner and Sarah says there’s a story that I want to tell you that pertains to today.  She begins telling him that she was in Las Vegas with her dad and she told him she wanted to go ziplining. They went through the process of filling out the paperwork, getting harnessed up, and then an employee came running to her and said she couldn’t do it because state regulations prohibits them from allowing someone with a disability to go ziplining.  She was humiliated and crushed and she said that her dad then told her that she needs to find a man strong enough to go through moments like that with her.

Date card #2 arrives at the mansion with the women… Kristy, Amanda, Brooke, Kacie B, Leslie M, Daniella, Catherine, Robyn, Katie, Selma, Diana, Taryn, and Tierra “Let’s Capture the Romance” the card says.

Back to the date with Sean and Sarah…. after some more talking, Seans presents the rose to Sarah and says she’s blown away his expectations.  And they share their first kiss on top of the skyscraper.  Okay, seriously though, I wish I had counted how many times the camera pans to her non-existent arm.  We get it already!! She has one arm and he likes her anyway!  Stop making such a big deal about it.  As they’re kissing, the camera shifts down to her non-existent arm.  Why??  We get it.  Enough!  It’s no an issue.

Group date time: The girls arrive at this HUGE, gorgeous mansion/castle.  Seans tells them they will be doing a photo shoot as cover models for Harlequin Models.  The person that the Harlequin folks select will be featured on three romance novel book covers.  Kristy (the Ford model) can’t stop her little happy dance and “woohoo”-ing.  She’s already a little annoying.  Tierra is another obnoxious one that is judging the other girls.  The girls are split into different themes.  The first is the cowgirl theme.  Lesley M probably looks the best of the four girls in her cowgirl getup.  Sean and Lesley share a little kiss and the other girls go crazy with jealousy.  The next set of girls are in the vampire theme shots… fangs and all.  The the historic themed girls.  Then sexy themed girls.  Each girl is trying to outdo the previous girl.  Tierra got a bit more aggressive and now Kristy is up and making even more moves.  Kristy ended up winning the three book deal.  Meanwhile Tierra is getting more intense and aggressive in her interview talks.  These two definitely seem to have the biggest egos.

Nighttime on the group date and Sean pulls Lesley M aside first for THE most awkward conversation ever.  Sean says in his interview that he wanted to kiss her, but every time the moment was perfect she would start talking about something trivial like the weather and it kept messing up the moment.  He says he thought it made her look even more cute, but it was very uncomfortable to even watch.  So Sean moves on to Kristy, meanwhile Lesley M is plotting to go back to him to plant this kiss on Sean.  She’s kicking herself for missing the opportunity the first time.  Leslie approaches him in a clumsy manner and then kisses him.  I know initial dates are awkward, but man, it just seems so uncomfortable and forced!

Kacie B’s turn with Sean.  He explains that he was completely caught off guard by her coming out of the limo.  They had a good conversation about getting out of the friend zone and into the girlfriend zone.  I’ve always like Kacie, but I don’t remember her laugh being so annoying before.  I kind of hope she sticks around awhile though anyway.

Catherine tells Sean “I’m vegan but I love the “beef””  Sean finds this joke hilarious.  Selma looks beautiful during her one on one time with Sean.  She seems very sweet and sincere.  The girls are starting to get bothered by Tierra’s standoff-ish behavior.  Sean says she looks down, so he pulls her aside to talk to her.  So Sean reassures her and tells her he really likes her.  He says he can see she has a sweet, genuine heart.

Date card #3: Sarah picks it up…. Desiree… “Love is Priceless.” She’s one of my favorites, so I’m happy to see her go on a one on one date.

Back at the group date… Katie (big, crazy hair girl) is getting more and more insecure, and possibly drunk.  She tells Sean she’s really not comfortable being there and that’s not the right setting for her.  Katie wants to go home, and Sean doesn’t even try to keep her, and says “let me walk you out.”  Sean then gives the date rose to Kacie B because he says he knows it’s hard going through the process one time, let alone twice.  Tierra says she wanted to punch her.  hahaha

Sean’s date with Desiree… Sean and Chris Harrison set up a prank/hidden camera joke on Desiree.  An art exhibit is set up,  one piece is going to come crashing down, and Desiree will think it’s all her fault.  Kind of testing her sense of humor.  I don’t agree with “testing” your date, however this is pretty funny.  Limo pulls up and lets Desiree out where the art gallery is set up with staged art and staged people/actors around.  The “artist” shows up and says a few things about his pieces.  Sean is starting to feel bad for setting this up.  They walk into the private area set up with the piece that the “artist” did which is worth $1.5 million.  The producer comes up and asks if he can do a quick interview for a minute, leaving Desiree in the room by herself.  Now the hidden cameras take over.  As Chris Harrison and Sean are watching the hidden camera, they discuss how Sean’s a bad person for doing this.  He is, but I’m loving it anyway!  Art piece falls and shatters everywhere and Desiree’s jaw just drops.  her face is now red, and a photographer than the artist comes in and she says, “I didn’t touch it.  I didn’t touch it.”  She smiles out of nervousness, then Sean comes in and finally tells her they were actors and it was all set up.   She laughed and handled it all pretty well.  They were probably hoping for a little bit bigger reaction out of her, but it was still cute how it all came together.

They then go to Sean’s place where “he has prepared dinner” *cough catered cough*.   The two talk about their family lives and their parents and how similar they are.  They both seem very comfortable and happy together.  Desiree is still my favorite!!  Glad girlfriend hasn’t let me down.  Without hesitation he gives her a rose, and for a minute she fakes him out and has a long dramatic pause before accepting the rose.  Then they made out in the pool.

Cocktail party… Sean says he already has a feeling of the two he’s going to send home because he just doesn’t see a long term relationship with them.  He has a great conversation with wedding dress wearing girl, Lindsay, who looks amazing tonight and has a much better personality than she showed the first night.  Amanda is sitting with a scowl on her face, not talking to any of the girls, not responding, and just being weird.  So the other girls start getting catty towards her back talking about how rude or fake she is.  Robyn calls out the other elephant in the room… how Sean feels about dating a woman of another race.  Is he attracted to black girls? Sean loves that Robyn asks him about it.  He says he’s dated hispanic, persian, black… he doesn’t have a “type” or a specific thing he’s attracted to.  Can Sean really be any better?  Selma then teaches him Arabic.  He learned how to say “You are beautiful” in Arabic.

Sean steals Amanda away for a minute and she comes to life.  A completely different person.  All bubbly, happy, smiley.  The women just start raging about it.  All the girls want her to go home tonight.  Which of course, the producers love, I’m sure, and will be keeping her around longer.

Rose ceremony…. Ashley, Lindsay, Robyn, Jackie, Lesley M, Selma, Catherine, Kristy, Leslie H, Tierra, Taryn, Daniella, Amanda.  Brooke and Diana were let go.  Sean told Diana that he just didn’t want to keep her away from her daughters longer if he wasn’t seeing anything.  Can Sean be any better of a man??  I think not.

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January 13, 2013

Jodie Foster’s Speech at the Golden Globes

In case you missed it or you’d like to see it again, here is Jodie Foster’s speech at the Golden Globe Awards where she come out (though she’s really already been out of the closet), gives a whacky speech, and says she is not Honey Boo Boo child.

Click this link, not the video ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=agqEuFIQjYs#! 

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January 10, 2013

Britney Spears Leaving Xfactor!

TMZ is reporting that Britney Spears is giving up $15 million a season to judge the XFactor in order to focus on her music career. She is currently working on her 8th album with some help from Will.i.am and plans to go on tour once completed. I have to say, I am much more excited about new music coming from Britney than watching her judge XFactor.  Wonder who will replace her and if Demi Lovato will be coming back?

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January 9, 2013

Vanderpump Rules – Reaction?

Like the rest of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans out there, I watched Monday’s episode which led directly into the Lisa Vanderpump’s spinoff, Vanderpump Rules.  I got about ten minutes into it and I just had to shut it off.  I know Bravo claims the Real Housewives franchise is real, not scripted, not fake, but I’m not so sure the same goes for this housewives spinoff.  The staff at the restaurant SUR is completely casted.  They are all beautiful, and as the blonde says, each of them is either trying to be an actress, a writer, a director, a singer, etc.  On top of that they are all either dating or used to be dating or now dating someone else’s ex.  There is no way that this restaurant would have this many people in common in a city like L.A.  Therefore I have come to the conclusion that I have no interest in watching a scripted reality show that is too much like The Hills.  Anyone watching it?  What was your reaction?

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January 7, 2013

The Bachelor: Sean Lowe: Season 17, Episode 1 Premiere Recap

Sean LoweI don’t usually go for blondes, but Sean is so favorite Bachelor to date.  He comes from a great family background, he seems so genuine and kind, and he is definitely the most attractive Bachelor in history.  I am glad that Emily did not pick him so that we can enjoy him for another long season.  On my previous blog posting I introduced the women of this season so I won’t be getting into too much detail on their backgrounds on this recap.  However, I am anxious to see if my predictions and judgements from the abc.com bios match up with how they act on the show.

Show starts off how EVERY season of the Bachelor/Bachelorette starts off.  Sean talks about his life before The Bachelorette, his life on the Bachelorette, and clips from that show.   How he fell head over heals for the previous Bachelorette (Emily) and how she didn’t reciprocate the love that he had for her.  He was devastated.  He went back to Dallas, TX to be around family… his parents that have a great marriage and his sister who has a great marriage with two kids.  Their healthy marriages give him hope of what is out there.  He is ready to fall in love, ready to be someone’s rock.

Arie_Luyendyk_JrArie Luyendyk Jr comes to visit Sean before he meets the ladies.  So great to see Arie on here again!  Another adorable Bachelorette contestant, but not quite as lovable as Sean.  Arie gives him some dating advice which is absolutely hilarious.  They practice saying “will you accept this rose?”  And discuss how he’s going to break up with the girls.  This whole conversation seems very contrived, but regardless, it’s hilarious and it’s nice to see the show switch it up a bit.  Love to see the two of them smile!

First we meet Desiree who is a bridal stylist and just as my first impression of her from abc.com, I’d say she’s a front runner.  Very sweet and cute and someone who seems to have good intentions.

Next up we see Tierra in her hometown and her FREAK OUT over finding out that Sean is the Bachelor.  She says “he’s family oriented and that’s what I loved him about him!”  I seriously thought she was going to cry.  It was pretty cute, honestly.

Robyn from Houston, TX seems like an immature girl trapped in a mature body.  Like, she’s admittedly quirky, but seems a bit stiff/uptight as well.   She just doesn’t seem like the match.

Hair salon owner, Diana, has two children which I wasn’t expecting.  She is divorced from the daughters’ dad.  Diana is more soft spoken than I was expecting and seems pretty sweet.

Sarah who is in advertising, only has one arm.  She lost her arm while in her mother’s womb.  She also seems sweet, but has a bit of an edge to her.

Michigan native, Ashley P, already annoys me.  She’s obsessed with Christian Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey.  She’s says that’s her man in her life.  Oy!  Why are the ones from Michigan always headcases? Such a disappointment from my home state!

Lesley, political consultant, calls herself a modern southern belle.  She is so sure she’s going to marry Sean.

Kristy, Ford model, is one tough chick who definitely doesn’t lack confidence.  She will be trouble!

The professional organizer, AshLee F, is not an organizer, she has OCD.  It seems extreme.  She was adopted at age 6 into a pastor’s home after going through several foster homes.  She seems very mature and very serious and intense.  It will be interesting to see how she fairs with the other ladies in the house.

Now it’s time for the women to come out of the limos.  This is when each of them will meet Sean for the first time and do some sort of cheesy line or antic to try to make an impression.  Never a dull moment, always the most awkward moment though! It looked like Sean said a little prayer to himself before the first woman got out of the car.  Pretty cute that he’s just as nervous as they are.

AshLee F is the first one to meet Sean.  Then Jacki who decides to put her “mark” on him which is a kiss on the cheek in her bright red lipstick. She totally branded him!!  Poor guy now has a kiss mark on his cheek!  Selma then comes out and takes a tissue out from inside her dress to wipe off the kiss mark.   Another equally awkward moment, but at least the lips are now off his cheek!  Leslie H tells Sean he’s a honk.  Who says honk in 2013?  lol  Daniella comes out looking stoned and does this really long, weird handshake with him.  Kelly is a bundle of energy who decides to break out in song to Sean.  Katie, the yoga instructor, does a yoga move with him.  Ugh, these women!  Ashley P comes out asking him if he’s read any good books lately and tells him she’s been reading Fifty Shades of Grey and then pulls out a men’s tie from her cleavage and says “maybe you can teach me how to use this later.”  Where do they find these girls?? Oh yeah, Michigan!  Taryn, Health Club owner, says she hasn’t watched the last few season so she doesn’t know about him and completely forgets to tell Sean her name.  Catherine has a very nervous laugh and tells him to find her inside for a dance.  OMG!!!  Robyn comes out trying to do backflips for Sean and completely falls on her face!  Totally made a fool of herself, but I’m sure won’t forget her.  Lacey, graduate student, gives Sean a heart of Lace and tells him to tuck it away in his pocket so he doesn’t forget her.  Paige, the fan on Bachelor Pad, is just as awkward as she was on the Bachelor Pad.

Tierra comes out and she’s shorter than I realized.  She shows Sean her tattoo on her ring finger that she explains is “open” and she’s hoping he will be the one to complete it.  They have this awkward silence for a moment and he says, “You know what?  Wait right here…” So we just KNOW he’s going to give her the first impression rose which is a pretty big deal since he hasn’t even met all the women yet.  She looks nervous as she’s just standing in the courtyard alone waiting for him to come back.  [commercial break] Sean tells Chris Harrison he wants to give Tierra a first impression rose.  He just clicked with her and she seems so warm, friendly, and positive energy.  She is just boiling over with excitement.  It is so cute to see both of them giddy right from the start.  Of course once she gets in the room all the girls get catty immediately.  They are not happy for her, obviously.

Amanda continues the trail of women coming from the limos.  She says they should have that awkward moment now where they don’t know what to say to each other and so they just pause and stare at each other.  Of course in true Bachelor fashion, they have the sound effects of crickets in the background.  It truly was awkward even though Sean says it wasn’t.   She has a crazy big smile!  Keriann says she drove x-amount a miles just to be with him.  She’s pretty attractive.  Desiree looks just radiant coming from the limo and she has pennies that they’re going to throw in the fountain to make a wish with.  It was super cute, she’s definitely one of my favorites.  Sarah comes from the limo and Sean seems extra sweet to her.  Probably to not seem like he’s surprised by her only having one arm.  Brooke comes out very forward and I swore she was going to start making out with him.  Diana asks if they can just call it a night and go just she and him.  He has to ask her for her name.  Lesley M has a football and she’s the quarterback and he’s the center and she makes him bend down and yells “Blue 32” about 4 times before she tells him she’s just joking.  She just wanted to get the view of him bending over.  Kristy, the Ford model,  comes out and asks him if he invited the other girls because she sure didn’t.  Ashley H says “Hi Ken, I’m Barbie.”  nice line! (sarcasm) Lauren says she comes from a close knit Italian family and they own a restaurant and a message from her dad that says, “If you break my heart, he’s going to break your legs.”  O-M-G no!!! LINDSAY, comes out of the limo wearing a WEDDING dress!  She says, “You may now kiss the bride” and she kisses him on the lips!  That is nuts… not necessarily the kissing, but the coming out in a wedding dress.  Even though he’s there to meet his wife, that’s still coming off a little strong.

Kacie BA SURPRISE bachelorette!!!!  Who is it???  Someone Sean knows, and I am assuming we know too, just got out of the limo.  UGH commercial break!!!  Okay, we’re back…. KACIE B from Ben’s season!!!!  I loved her!!!  He says he’s so happy to see her!  He really did light up – they must have met before and he seems genuinely excited.  And now the claws REALLY come out and the girls don’t think it’s fair that she’s there.  I couldn’t be happier that she’s the one that came back though.

Sean has his first one on one time with Kacie and apparently they have hung out before and she said she had a blast and wants to see what would happen.  Sean says that now that he knows she has feelings for him, he’s definitely open to exploring that some more.

Sean gives another first impression rose to Desiree!  So far I feel that Sean has very good judgement.  He’s picking brunettes who seem grounded and kind.  That makes me happy!

Girls are all upset because he gave out ANOTHER rose.  “But this isn’t how it’s done!”  And now Tierra’s all like, “but MINE is the best because I just said a SENTENCE to him and I got it.”  Girls, you’re letting me down!  Have some class, will ya?  Now another one is passed out and another and another.  The women are getting nervous and the tension is rising.  How awkward for him though when he talks to a girl and decides not to give her a rose just yet and then he has to just walk away from her with the rose still sitting there.  So now girl in the wedding dress is completely drunk and flat out says, “I wish I was more sober right now.”  Sean is not going to marry someone who is sloppy drunk upon their first meeting.  Ashley, Fifty Shades of Grey from Michigan chick, is completely drunk and dancing like a fool all over the place.  These women are not only embarrassing themselves but all of woman-kind.  “I’m so scared for him right now” one of the girls say as Ashley approaches Sean.  Too funny!  Sean says “Fifty Shades of Grey became Fifty Shades of Drunk tonight!” Best line ever!

Sarah and Taryn are already insecure and crying.  Sarah says she’s still single because she only has one arm.  Sarah clears the air about her arm and Sean says he has enjoyed talking to her and gives her a rose.  She comes across very sweet and smart.  I still think there are claws underneath, but so far she’s sweet.

Rose ceremony time… not too many girls left that don’t have a rose.  Final roses go to… Amanda, Lesley M, Kacie, Kristy, Daniella, Taryn, Lindsay (wedding dress girl – for real??) .  Paige, Kelly, Lacey, Lauren, Keriann, Ashley H, Ashley P. were all eliminated.  No surprises there.

The rest of the season looks so good!  Very dramatic and in the end he finds love and that’s what’s important.  Monday nights are back to being my favorite night of television!

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January 2, 2013

The Bachelor: Season 17: Sean Lowe – Meet the Ladies!

The new season of The Bachelor starts Monday and I am just dying to watch it!  Monday nights will once again become my favorite night of TV.  Sean Lowe is the third place contestant from Emily’s season.  I dare say he is the most attractive, warm, kind bachelor I think ABC has ever casted.  That being said, he lacks just a little bit in personality and spunk but I am sure the ladies will make up for that.  Either way, I get to look at him and his gorgeous smile for an entire season so I couldn’t be happier.  Sean Lowe

I thought I would go on ABC.com to get a glimpse of the bachelorettes that will be vying for Sean’s heart and share with you all my predictions (solely based on looks and their online bios – I have no insider information).

Amanda, 26, Model, Bakersfield, CAAmanda

Can’t help but love her because she has my name!  She’s also wearing a very down to earth, girl next door shirt similar to the one Sean is wearing so already I think they will be a good match.  She looks sweet and in her bio she says she was offered a Prada bag or the money donated to the charity she volunteers at and she went with the latter.  I like this girl!

AshLee F., AshLee F32, Personal Organizer, Houston, TX

My prediction is that this girl is trouble.  She has an intimidating look about her.  When asked how long it takes for her to get ready for a night on the town she says as long as she’s allowed.  It could easily take her 3 hours to get ready.  Can we say high maintenance?  She might make it past the first couple cuts, but she won’t make it to the finals.

Ashley PAshley P, 28, Hair Stylist, Macomb, MI

Well she’s from my home state, so I think that means I have to root for her.  However, she looks like a party girl and not sure if she is serious enough for my man, Sean.  She also apparently responds to interview questions in text speak.  When asked if she considers herself a romantic, this is her answer: Yes! extremely I wear my ❤ on my sleeve and tend to let my emotions rule over my head and romantic attention (I am a Leo).  Oh Ashley P!  smh

Ashley HAshley H, 25, Fashion Model, Garner, NC

Cute little thing!  I like her answer to this question: Would you consider yourself adventurous or conservative?  She says both.  There is a time for work and a time for play.  She says she prefers organic food but will eat anything.  How is he going to keep all these Ashley’s straight?  My guess is he will eliminate one the first night just to make it easier on himself!

Brooke, 25, Community Organizer, Pittsburgh, PA Brooke

This one is hard to judge by her picture.  On one hand she looks like she could be super sweet, but her stance has a bit of attitude to it.  I like that she’s a community organizer.  Not entirely sure what that entails, but I would assume it’s taking care of the community she lives in and organizing events.  She says her favorite holiday is birthdays because she likes celebrating life.  I can appreciate that.

CatherineCatherine, 26, Graphic Designer, Seattle, WA

Completely making assumptions here, but she appears to be smart and worldly.  Top three things on her bucket list are: To eat traditional pasta in Italy, to go skiing in the Alps, and to ride an elephant in Thailand.  And when asked who she admires most in the world she responded: “Anyone who can look beyond themselves and unselfishly help others. Giving more than they may have. They are an example for us all.” She definitely seems like someone I’d want to be friends with, now will she be interesting enough for TV?  We’ll find out!

DaniellaDaniella, 24, Commercial Casting Associate, Belmont, CA

Oh yeah, she’s trouble.  She says she’s driven and you can see it in her eyes.  She looks like, “that is MY man, I am going to get him, and you better step out of my way.”  I think she’s going to have a lot of spunk and also being one of the younger ones could hurt her.  Daniella says her ideal mate’s personality is funny, sweet, driven, smart and charming.

DesireeDesiree, 26, Bridal Stylist, Northglenn, CO

She’s cute – I’m partial to brunettes.  She has well, thought out answers to her interview questions.  I especially like her answer to the question of if you could be someone else just for a day, who would it be?  Her answer:   An Olympic champion to know what it feels like to physically work so hard to be the best in the world at something and have all that hard work pay off.  So true!  Hope this girl doesn’t disappoint me and fall trap to the drama in the house!

DianaDiana, 31, Salon Owner, Salt Lake City, UT

Her very first interview question loses points with me.  When asked who she would want to be for a day, she answers Taylor Swift!  Because she wants to know what it’s like to be extremely talented.  Oy!! She said she prefers solo sports to team sports.  I’m going to label her as the “I’m not here to make friends, I’m here to fall in love” girl of the season.  I’m dubbing her the Blakeley/Courtney of this season.  Just the vibe I get.  Plus can’t see her name without getting the Michael Jackson song, “Dirty Diana”, stuck in my head.

JackieJackie, 25, Cosmetics Consultant, Ormond Beach, FL

Look at those eyes – Gorgeous!  She says her mom is the person she admires most in this world because she’s been through a lot but she’s dedicated a lot of time to volunteering and helping people.  Jackie admits she is clumsy and falls a lot.  I find that to be a very cute admission.   Can’t tell too much if she will be one of the more dramatic girls in the house, but she has an interesting look to her and I’m excited to see how things will unfold.

KatieKatie, 27, Yoga Instructor, Woodstock, IL

Before I even saw she was a yoga instructor, I had this hippie feeling about her.  I would like to predict right now that she will be gone the first night.  I think Sean is too conservative to go for this type of girl, as sweet as she might be.  She also looks older than what she is which could hurt her too.  Interesting fact though, she spent 3 months in Spain and lived in Madrid.

KellyKelly, 28, Cruise Ship Entertainer, Nashville, TN

I have to laugh at the occupation.  I am sure it’s great and she gets to see a lot of cool places and meet lots of people, but I can just hear Simon Cowell saying, “you belong on a cruise ship…” and that’s not a good thing.  It also doesn’t seem much like marriage material.  Being blonde and attractive I wouldn’t be surprised if she makes it a few episodes, but again, not a finalist in my book.

KeriannKeriann, 29, Entrepreneur, Agoura Hills, CA

She’s smart, driven, and has a good outlook on what marriage should be.  She says her biggest accomplishment was completing college in 4 years while working several jobs and maintaining an honors scholarship.  When asked what does marriage mean to you, she answered: It’s a commitment, a friendship, a devotion of honesty, truth and true love. It’s also a willingness to be less selfish and accept someone as your other half.  Sounds like she’s ready to settle down and be married and hopefully there for the right reasons and not to just be on a reality tv show.  I’m predicting top 4!

KristyKristy, 25, Model, Darien, WI

First of all, she has terrible taste in movies.  Her three favorite movies of ALL TIME are 1. Something’s Gotta Give, 2. Dirty Dancing, and 3. Father of the Bride.  Secondly, she’s definitely just on the show to be on a reality tv show and not interested in Sean.  When asked to describe her ideal date she responds: My ideas are endless, I imagine exotic places, where love literally fills the air. I picture me and my date, exploring a tropical city, doing crazy adventurous things – all about the romantic paradise setting.  As if that doesn’t just SCREAM the last couple weeks’ episodes of the Bachelor.  HmmMmm.  But she could be like Courtney from Ben’s season and fool him long enough to make it that far.

LaceyLacey, 24, Graduate Student, Valencia, CA

I really can’t seem to make a judgement of Lacey.  She seems a bit young and if she’s a graduate student and maybe hasn’t had much career experience yet, that could be a downfall.  I think she is going to be one of the more quieter girls in the bunch.  She says she likes to stay in to and cook a nice dinner on a date rather than go out somewhere.  She’ll probably be a sleeper that slips by a few rounds.

LaurenLauren, 27, Journalist, Cranston, RI

She is going to be a strong, smart woman that I can picture calling the other woman out on their drama.  She’s not afraid and she won’t back down to them.  She could be another one of those that the woman hate but she could be a good match for Sean.  Her favorite book is “The Best Advice I Ever Got” by Katie Couric.  If Sean’s looking for a housewife to sit at home and raise the kids, Lauren is not it.  She is very career minded.

LesleyLesley, 25, Political Consultant, Fort Smith, AR

She says her childhood was perfect, which might make her a good match for Sean who also comes from a stable family life.   However, she says that she likes to “leave notes for my last boyfriend to find…in his dress drawers, on his pillow, in his car, in his suitcase when leaving for a trip…” which screams stalker/possessive/insecure to me, but maybe I’m just a cynic.  I think she will be eliminated early for not having more of a personality… again, purely speculation though.

LeslieLeslie…. the ABC site is messed up on her bio.  She’s either 29 or 26, either a poker dealer or an advertising conusltant, and either from FL or CO.

My guess is that she’s eliminated the first night because 1.) they don’t have her bio correct and 2.) they didn’t specify a last name initial even though there’s already another Lesley.  So I’m just going to skip on past her.  Good luck, Leslie.

LindsayLindsay, 24, Substitute Teacher, Fort Bragg, NC

Awww she’s a substitute teacher and doesn’t she just look adorable?  Sean would love to take her home to mom!  Oh wait, she describes herself as the party starter.  Hmm… she may not be getting many teaching gigs after this airs!  Nah, she says she just likes to see everyone have fun.  That’s nice.  I bet she’s a good party host.  I’m calling top 6 on this girl.

PaigePaige, 24, Jumbo Tron Operator, New York, NY

Oh!  It’s PAIGE!  From the Bachelor Pad Season 3!  She was one of the fans that got to come on the show, and I believe she was eliminated first.  Sweet girl.  She’s going to get eaten alive by these other women!

RobynRobyn, 24, Oilfield Account Manager, Houston, TX

Check out her arms! Very nice definition there.  She could be a handful.  She admits she is not shy and if she sees a man she has never seen before and wants to speak with him, she will just walk right up to him and say hello.  Yet she says she loves chivalry and wants to be courted.  Make up your mind, woman!  I don’t see her lasting more than the first couple episodes either.

SarahSarah, 26, Advertising Executive, Evergreen, CO

She has a french bulldog, Leo, that she refers to as her son.  Leo goes everywhere with her – even to work!  Will there be room in her life for Sean?  When asked what she loves most that her date does she responds: Compliments me!!! – Guys are forgetting how important it is to tell a girl how she looks! She spent a long time getting ready for you. Tell her you notice!!! Calls me rather than texts, plans the whole date without asking me anything. Gets creative, teaches me something new, shows me who he really is. talks and initiates great conversation.  Just a little demanding!

SelmaSelma, 29, Real Estate Developer, San Diego, CA

Selma doesn’t consider herself a romantic person.  Seems strange to go on the Bachelor then, but hey, what do I know?  She likes a variety of music including Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, and Rihanna.  She looks more like a waitress at a Hooters to me rather than a Real Estate Developer, but I am interested to see how she will play out.  Selma appears to have spunk which I’m sure the producers would love to see her hang around for awhile.  I’m giving her top 6 as well – not for being a good fit for Sean but for being entertaining.

TarynTaryn, 30, Health Club Manager, Portland, OR

She looks like a twin of Alison Sweeney!  I like her for this answer alone… when asked about her ideal mate’s personality she says: Optimistic on life, fun and open to new things, motivated, organized in his finances but not too uptight about them, can joke around when the time is right.  She seems to have a good head on her shoulders.  I hope Sean’s able to see that too!

TierraTierra, 24, Leasing Consultant, Las Vegas, NV

Tierra looks extremely familiar to me.  I swear I’ve seen her on a reality show or something before.  She says she’s been dancing she was 3 years old and she loves it.  She’s looking for her future soul-mate and just can’t wait to meet him.  I think she looks fun and sweet at the same time.  Probably outgoing, but hopefully not one of the pot stirrers.

Can’t wait to see how my predictions pan out.  I could be completely off about a couple of these girls, but either way it’s fun to make snap judgements about them now.  This is going to be a great season!  It’s been a long time since I’ve liked a bachelor as much as I like Sean!  I hope he finds himself a really nice girl to settle down with and it actually works out.

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January 2, 2013

RHOA Nene Leakes engaged to Gregg

It appears that divorce can do a relationship good.  Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes and her ex-husband Gregg are now engaged after she said yes to his New Years Eve proposal just after midnight.  Here’s hoping the second time is the charm!  Will they be remarried in 2013?  Will they make it into a Bravo special?  Nothing would surprise me at this point.

Nene and Gregg

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