S4, Episode 4: Season 1 rules!

After all, beings from the vast extents of the universe (as well as local beings who have access to the CW website) picked out challenges from Season 1 as their favorites, thus subjecting another group of beauties and geeks to suffer through what I had to do three seasons ago. Continue reading “S4, Episode 4: Season 1 rules!”

S4, Episode 3: I’m too sexy for my… skin

Everyone seems to be getting more comfortable with each other now, though Sam still sticks out like a sore thumb. He says the guys just “gotta do it” and he’s doing it more than the rest of them combined. There’s self-confidence and then there’s cocky—I can’t recall seeing any beauties being truly cocky before. I’m trying to put a finger on it… he’s a male beauty and he’s trying to put as much distance between him and the other guys as possible. I think before this point, there was always some degree of interaction between the beauties and the geeks. It wasn’t always harmonious—far from it—but it didn’t seem like anyone was trying to blow off so many people all at once. I don’t like it. Not at all. Continue reading “S4, Episode 3: I’m too sexy for my… skin”

Season 4, Episode 1: This is evolution?

I know, I know, this review is really late, but it’s not my fault—this season is a pain in the butt. It’s not that I haven’t found the time to watch the tapes, though that certainly hasn’t helped, but there are way too many contestants on the show this season. 10, count ’em, 10 couples in the mansion. It makes for a little more drama and several more episodes (and shitloads more money for Ashton Kutcher and friends), so whaddya gonna do? Jot down a few notes, quips and observations, that’s what! … Ahem. Where was I? Continue reading “Season 4, Episode 1: This is evolution?”

Another snag in the plan

It’s called “going on a trip to the cabin with my family and praying that the VCR will record properly on Thursday evening.” Said snag will also delay the Episode 1 review, but given that I’ll be at the cabin, it’s quite possible that you’ll be stressing out about it a lot more than me. If it helps at all, I’ll take an extra nap this weekend for your benefit. No need to thank me—just doing what I can to help out.

Well, you’ll miss out.

And wouldn’t you know it, I did. Thankfully, they’ll be replaying the first episode of this season’s Beauty and the Geek again on Thursday, so you’ll have to wait until then for a vaguely amusing review based on what the editors show us plus my personal biases.

I think my reason for missing most of the show is legit: I was having dinner with some family members to celebrate my grandma’s 90th birthday. We decided to meet at 6:00, which meant I missed the last (retelevised) part of the USA v. Nigeria game in the Women’s World Cup; thankfully, the team won 1-0 without me and took the top seed in Group B. “USA! USA! USA!”

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Anyway! Because the restaurant we went to was a buffet and I went back for thirds—salad, main course, ice cream… plus a few cookies and a breadstick for good measure—it took a while to finish and I got home with about 20 minutes of Beauty and the Geek remaining. Damn…

Aside from all that, happy 90th birthday, Grandma! Hope you can make it back for a second plate on your 100th, too.