Everyone's Broken This Week

February 28, 2008

Tyson Beckford totally came to the defense of the gays this week. And we're declaring Friday "Tyson Beckford Appreciation Day" around the office tomorrow. Read on...

So, this episode got a little dark, no? Right away this episode, we know something is off because it’s snowing. Well it’s not really the snow so much as Ronnie and Ben’s reaction to the snow. And each other. Awkward…

Judgement day. So we’re starting to suspect that America is male-centric. Either that, or good heavens, could the voters be...gay men? Goodbye Jacki darling. Ben and Perry return to the apartment and engage in what is our least favorite part of the show: The faux suspense at who the second person returning is and then the boys howl and rub up on each other in their strange wolf pack orgy ritual.

So they’re in the mountains and the winners will get to stay in a log cabin for the weekend. Why a log cabin? Tell us that’s not a reference to something. Poor Shannon. We were covering each other’s eyes because we were all waiting for an alien to come shooting out of her stomach.

Oh, right. This is reality TV. So anyhow, their photo shoot challenge is all about speed and motion and apparently falling down (which Niki neglects to mention). But actually, it’s sort of satisfying watching Perry fall down, over and over and over again.

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Do Your Own Damn Dishes

February 15, 2008

We got to tag along on a trip to the model house this week, where we shot some video valentines with the gang from Bravotv.com, and it turns out that Perry, Ronnie, and Casey have started an a capella group called "Serenade." We have footage of them singing a Valentine's Day song. We totally suggest you watch it, because wow, it's really sweet and awful.

Here's the main take-away from this week's episode: Frankie's girlfirend is named Frankie. And that was really confusing to the people editing their online diaries for a while. They thought it was a typo, and kept changing "Frankie" to "Baby" -- sorry, real life Frankie. Girl Frankie.

We also realized how much we like Shannon. We really do. So much so that one of us had a dream we were cuddling with her, but she was too tall and her legs hung off the bed. Anyhow, this whole conversation about respect... And wait, first let us say that Perry is getting more and more... adolescent as the show goes on. But the conversation - can people not just say, "Hey,
douchebag do the dishes," instead of making it into this whole processey, long-winded issue?

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This Show is Bananas

February 13, 2008

There was a great line that pretty much shut the office down for the night, but it was hard to tell who was speaking:

“This is like a fraternity. Except really good looking.”

At the time someone says this, Perry is wearing a weird mustache and talking in some kind of an accent. And everyone else (except, let it be noted, the girls) is playing some weird theatrical persona. Seriously, we’re not totally sure that the producers of this show aren’t lying to us, and just filming the freshman dorms at NYU. Are the guys doing trust falls and voice warm ups every morning before breakfast?

Because really, it’s WAY too gay to be anything like a fraternity. Well, unless it’s one of those fraternities that we read about in “First Hand.” Remember that? (We’re not as young as we seem…)

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