And....Wecome Back!

Hello, and how are you?  How was your Thanksgiving?  Did you eat alot of leftover Turkey?

We did.  And stuffing, and ribs, and pie, and....oh, you get the picture.  Yes, I went shopping on Black Friday.  We had a great time with everyone.  The in-laws (who aren't mad at us for the 49er ticket debacle) went home on Saturday.  Maddie learned to color last week, and when she wasn't eating the crayons, she was actually quite good at it.  Yes, my pants look weird in this photo, but my hair looks good, so I went with it.

Another thing we did we start watching the giant pile of backlogged tv shows that are trapped in our Tivo, perhaps to never be retrieved, beginning with this current season of Project Runway.

I have to say, I am giving this show one more episode, because it's WAY too full of "eccentric types" this season, then I quit if some more of them don't get cut.  I'll watch the finale to see who wins, but I honestly can't take the quirkiness.  I know they cast the show so that we'll be entertained by the weird people as well as watching them make the clothes, but I really think they've gotten the balance wrong this season.

Here's what I mean.  This season we've got, to start, a guy named MARION, who is 39 years old, but looks like he should be on the street corner in that movie "Newsies," going "Extree, Extree-- read all about it!"  He seriously looks like the kind of guy that would be your next door neighbor, and then he'd turn out to be a serial killer, and then when they came to interview you, you'd be like "No, I knew that guy was crazy-- he didn't seem normal AT ALL."  OK, he got cut for making that ugly Pocahontas dress, so he's gone, but he's not even the worst.

The worst is Christian Siriano, who might be talented, but I'm sorry, is so egotistical and so annoyingly feminine, and has positively the worst looking hair I've ever seen.  I don't give a shit what he's designing, because I don't want to look at his stupid face anymore.  If we've learned anything from Jeffrey Sebelia, it's that annoying egomaniacs don't make good Project Runway winners.  I don't care that he worked for Alexander McQueen when he was 21, ok?  I don't care if he worked for Steve McQueen.  So....let's cut him and get on with it.  I honestly don't know where the casting directors find these people.  Is there no one left in the world who is normal and knows how to design clothes?

So far, I'm rooting for Victoria or Rami, because the concept of a 46 year old woman named "Sweet P" is enough to make me want to slash my wrists.   I might also want to mention Elisa, who is from Mars and spits on her clothes to measure them, Jack, who is too gay for practical life, Ricky, who has a hat that looks like Jiffy Pop and is already crying in every interview, and it's only Week 2, and Carmen, who seriously might be a post-op transsexual, and who Stephan has labeled "Maya Angelou meets El DeBarge."

What do I mean by "Too Gay for Practical Life," you might ask?   I mean that Jack's level of flamboyance has exceeded maximum levels of gay, even for me, and the last three cities I lived in were SAN FRANCISCO, MANHATTAN, AND LOS ANGELES.  At this point, Jack is too gay to be a fashion designer, ok?  He's too gay to be an interior designer.  He's too gay to be a GOD DAMNED Broadway choreographer.  Of course, I'm talking about the overly flamboyant "GAY PERSONALITY," which to me is mostly agenda, like it's so "in your face" and "challenging" that you can't even have a regular conversation.  HE'S GAY, OK??????  GET USED TO IT!!!!!  I used to work with a graphic designer who was like this, and I swear we couldn't even have conversations about client projects without him saying the words "I'm queer."  Yeah, we get it.  Now, let's move on. It's almost 2008, and it's really ok to just be what you are and to not hit people over the head with it. 

I swear, I can take one more week of the "totally eccentric cast of Project Runway," and then I am done.  Too wacky, ok?!  Too repugnant!  They have challenged us to continue watching, and I am not willing to accept that challenge.

Also, I am almost done with my novel for NaNoWriMo.  Exciting!

Comments

[Rachel]

I hate Christian too. He's uber annoying. AND Marion reminded me of Newsies too. Maybe we're sharing a brain.

Anyway, yeah...I don't know who to root (route?) for, but I'll continue watching it anyway. Even if Nina Garcia gives me the willies.