Of course Dyshaun waits until the finale to use spellcheck. I really liked his presentation better - the only thing I agree with was Anne and Joe's comment that he should have made better use of the background instead of that curtain.
So I suppose Johanna deserved the win. But Megan acted like a total ASS during the final challenge and was totally trying to sabotage Johanna. What a big baby!
Whatever - I was happy to see Ashlie again, even if for a few minutes. I so wanted her to win.
Dyshaun also had too much trouble communicating with higher ups or even coworkers. There was one episode where he snapped at the makeup crew to hurry up and they all turned and looked at him like WTF. He's talented, but needs to learn to curb his frusterations and communicate appropriately in a work setting.
Also, my roommate and I were wondering.. how does a young early 20s girl who recently dropped out of college afford to open a high end boutique in a swanky part of NYC?
@gold_gato: Oh, she mentioned it in the first episode. She got a very large chunk of money as an inheritance and doesn't like people to think of her as a rich bitch. Even though she is.
"but a good deal of the blog seems to be a window into how affected she was by being a reality TV subject, how she felt manipulated by editing, and how she's let negative internet comments get to her."
@CassetteLove: If you call yourself a bitch first, when someone else throws it out there, it doesn't seemingly sting so bad. Defense mechanism via domain name!
Whoa, Megan way to make yourself look like a sore loser who can't take the heat. I dispise the type of people who give it out, but can't take it. Megan, you're a mean girl and so when people are mean to you, stop pretending like its too much to handle. Or, stop being mean.
Dyshaun is someone who I would want to be the creative director of a fashion magazine and Johanna is someone who I would want to look over my work for spelling mistakes, double check facts and do research. Which I figure is essentially what her job will end being anyway.
This show was just toxically bad. The only person I actually liked was Katie (who I still call "Boobs," but with affection) because she was actually trying to learn about how to do her job.
Dyshaun was a horrible person on the show. Just absolutely horrible - like Katie said, if he'd been a straight man making comments like "on your knees is a good place for you, Chlamydia" there would have been serious repercussions. That doesn't make her a homophobe, that makes her a person who dislikes hateful people.
Blergh. I watched it, but I didn't like myself for it :P
How about yesterday when they were waiting for the final decision and he asked Johanna if she was nervous and when she said yes, he made some comment like "oh, how sad for you." He does good work but he seemed like a tool.
@fulanita: I think he's just a massively insecure person and his only reaction to this terror of himself is to be constantly throwing his attention at other people so there's no way he has to be alone with his own neuroses.
@Mkp-hearts-NYC: I disliked Katie because she seemed really quick to blame her teammates for shortfalls and just as quick to point out how well she'd done. That's not a team player in the least. She isolated herself too much. Those challenges were a team effort, if there was a mistake, you should be taking it as a team.
@Mkp-hearts-NYC: My b/f loves this show. He's so gay, I know.
I find this show harder to watch than say, charm school, for some reason. And I think it's so weird that reality TV is such a huge bulk of entertainment. And blogging is it's shadow, sort of. Modern times. Everyone laying themselves bare and people in turn making judgments. I do it to! It's just bizarre! Like, it's our era's guillotine or something. And it's highly addictive. And quite possibly just as destructive.
In fact, I often watch TV or comment (much of the time about things regarding TV!) instead of reading or drawing or walking outside when I'm not at work or something. I just can't seem to peel myself away from the spectacles, and their really quite boring and meaningless. Sheesh. I better go now! Go take a shower, get the kid some burger king and go to work. Let's see if I can't draw or paint tonight, instead of turn on the TV and/or come here or somewhere else and waste away.
Hey, I channel my brilliance out of my ass - not my insecurities. Right? Right?? Ya'll like me, right? Stupid Jezebel - IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! I'm like super mature and awesome and it's all tscheese's doing, making herself seem so cool and warm and gooey and I'm just honest, OK? JUST GOOGLE ME. I should win this commenter thing and if I don't I never wanted it in the first place and you edit my comments bad.
For some reason I think that Johanna is going to end up having a nervous breakdown during her internship. She just seems so obsessed with pleasing everyone and doing the right thing, that she just seems destined to fuck up badly. Or maybe this is a common attitude in the fashion magazine world and they need pleasers? She's like a prada-wearing ego fluffer.
@Uncommon Whore: NOOOOOO! "Infamous" is "famous for a bad thing." Like, serial killers are infamous. To use it in a sentence: "Donald Trump is infamous for his hairdo."
@Sophie needs to study...but isn't: Ha ha - it was actually from the Three Amigos... the whole premise for their adventures in Mexico. Yeah, I shouldn't go quoting that anywhere, I know.
This entire show is just so ridiculously formulaic... now I obsess over ANTM plenty so I'm not claiming intellectual superiority, but really, this show's obvious editing (even in the opening sequence! The fat girl is the comic relief!) and caricature contestants is the reason I stopped watching after ANTM's season ended.
And I too found Johanna's blog to be well written but generally boring. Ooh, another high waisted skirt that you love, no way.
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... okay, maybe not so much thought but said out loud, alone in my room, pointing my finger at the tv...
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So I suppose Johanna deserved the win. But Megan acted like a total ASS during the final challenge and was totally trying to sabotage Johanna. What a big baby!
Whatever - I was happy to see Ashlie again, even if for a few minutes. I so wanted her to win.
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*No really, I don't watch the show but I use to read her now defunct blog*
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Also, my roommate and I were wondering.. how does a young early 20s girl who recently dropped out of college afford to open a high end boutique in a swanky part of NYC?
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And yet she's titled her blog "MegaBitchMegan".
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Cmon. If you're going to be mean you at least have to be funny about it.
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Dyshaun was a horrible person on the show. Just absolutely horrible - like Katie said, if he'd been a straight man making comments like "on your knees is a good place for you, Chlamydia" there would have been serious repercussions. That doesn't make her a homophobe, that makes her a person who dislikes hateful people.
Blergh. I watched it, but I didn't like myself for it :P
12/18/08
How about yesterday when they were waiting for the final decision and he asked Johanna if she was nervous and when she said yes, he made some comment like "oh, how sad for you." He does good work but he seemed like a tool.
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I find this show harder to watch than say, charm school, for some reason. And I think it's so weird that reality TV is such a huge bulk of entertainment. And blogging is it's shadow, sort of. Modern times. Everyone laying themselves bare and people in turn making judgments. I do it to! It's just bizarre! Like, it's our era's guillotine or something. And it's highly addictive. And quite possibly just as destructive.
In fact, I often watch TV or comment (much of the time about things regarding TV!) instead of reading or drawing or walking outside when I'm not at work or something. I just can't seem to peel myself away from the spectacles, and their really quite boring and meaningless. Sheesh. I better go now! Go take a shower, get the kid some burger king and go to work. Let's see if I can't draw or paint tonight, instead of turn on the TV and/or come here or somewhere else and waste away.
12/18/08
You ASS. Be humble, for 5 fucking seconds! And lose the scarf!
ugh. I don't know why that scarf bothers me so much...
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Anne, as an editor, I expect you to know what "infamous" means, especially since it was obviously a voice-over so you had time to look up the word.
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:pats brow with handkerchief:
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And I too found Johanna's blog to be well written but generally boring. Ooh, another high waisted skirt that you love, no way.