Driven to Distraction

I have dreams and goals and stuff to do around the house. These are the things this week that kept me from getting to any of it.

Top Design 6: When Life Hands You Bacardi Limon...

March 14, 2007

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It gives me great pleasure to report that after the lame garage challenge of Episode 5, we have a fun challenge this week. The remaining six designers are going to be divided into two teams and design a party to honor the humanitarian achievements of Bacardi Limon … on the very spot of land, Todd explains, where Elton John throws his annual Oscar party.

This Elton factoid gets me to thinking. You know how sometimes houses can be haunted if they’re built over an ancient Indian burial ground or next to a mental institution or what have you? I would love it if the spirit of Elton John could somehow come up through the sidewalk, take hold in our designers and manifest itself as they work on the challenge. It would be hissy fit city.

Not that it isn’t already. Carisa and Michael get put on the same team and they hate each other. These two have the kind of reality show rivalry that as a viewer, you have to take a side on, but you’re not sure if you’re seeing the whole story. Based on the evidence at hand, I’m on Carisa’s side …but just barely. My friend and fellow TD fan, Tom, has a theory about Michael. He thinks that Michael is really Peter Billingsly, the adorable towhead from the movie A Christmas Story all grown up. I must say the resemblance is uncanny. Tom’s theory is that Michael/Peter is cranky because he didn’t work more after A Christmas Story and he’s taking out his frustrations on poor Carisa …and America at large.

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Early on Carisa and Michael’s poor teammate, Matt, expresses that he’s over the group challenges and I have to say, I’m with you, Matt. I hope from here on out we get individual challenges because with the group gropes it’s hard to separate the truly talented from the not as talented. We’ve gotten enough inter-team bickering for one season, now let’s see what the kids can do. At this point, Goil is the only designer whose sensibility I have any kind of handle on. Of course, that may be because he’s this particular blogger’s pet.

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Comments

jimmy wrote:

I love Goil as much as you do, but probably not quite as much as Tony does. Your blog had me laughing out lous, yes LOL. Can you not organize a Goil appreciation party? Please invite me, as I am also in NYC!

posted at March 15, 2007 12:14 AM

Landon Bryce wrote:

Andrea made Goil cry. And she's kind of boring. She must be punished! Goil should never be ignored- his whole life should be like his visit to Wolfgang Puck's: people should be grateful that he's there, being all adorable and brilliant, and just do what he wants. They should never make him feel like Jan Brady, and they should never, ever make him cry.

Love the Dipshits scene. Especially love the way you've set it up so that we're ready for a montage set to the Dipshits' cover of "Shotgun." Can't wait.

posted at March 15, 2007 04:57 PM

Gena Sylvester wrote:

I'm new to this site, and need to make a comment about the garage. I was astonished that none of the designers thought about a stage for the kids that could be dropped down from the wall on hinges with drop-down legs. Would've left a huge area for more storage and another car!

On the previous episode, the judges totally missed the boat - the "Armani" room won hands down with the drafting table, fabulous dual lamp - very chic and functional for garage finds. The "winner" - wasn't.

Last night was a bore. Both rooms were typical, but the tables with the lemons under glass were fresh. Too bad we never got to see the bottle chandeliers - I was really looking forward to that idea take shape.

I think all of the judges are forgetting that the contestants have an extremely short time period in which to create and complete their projects. I'd like to see just one episode where the JUDGES are given projects under the same constraints - perhaps there would be a little less attitude and a little more latitude. In reference to these contestants, the louder the designer, it appears,the less the talent.

posted at March 16, 2007 12:16 AM

KD wrote:

where were the celebrities?...you can't swing a dead cat in that area without knocking 3 off their barstools...and no one showed up for the free booze?

posted at March 16, 2007 12:37 PM

Jon A. Leslie wrote:

Dennis, yet again, another very fun blogarama!

I also was wondering who the f@#* the "celebrities" were as well. No one popped out there was anyone I've ever seen. And the two who were admiring the hanging lemons needed to be escorted to the nearest 99¢ store or a Norm's restaurant for eternity (bad taste is never acceptable unless it's intentional, like say, Divine or John Waters).

Hope Tony gets his "Goil"! He-he!

posted at March 18, 2007 06:41 PM

Laura L wrote:

Your blog cracks me up. Thanks.

I loved what you were saying about Todd's weird use of words. I at first heard this as well: “You’ll have half an hour to download them on everything you need.", but then I thought maybe he said "You'll have half an hour to down low them . . ." Still [T]odd lang, but maybe a bit more like English.

posted at March 19, 2007 11:27 PM

Keith wrote:

Um, someone wrote something in the comments that is NOT about Goil. Who is this Gena, and what is wrong with her that she prefers to write about garages than Goil? Wow, that's SO off base...writing about DESIGN. Please. Oh, Goil, forgive her... And please be sure to wear those cute shorts again...

posted at March 21, 2007 10:03 PM

Dave wrote:

Omg, I love your entries! I'm totally enjoying all the Goil references too. Loves' it!

posted at March 26, 2007 04:37 PM

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