Reality TV can bite my a$$

I have two very guilty pleasures--I occasionally pop a Benadryl so that I can eat Nutella out of the jar (I'm allergic to chocolate) and I like two reality TV shows.

The Nutella thing is okay. I don't do it all that often (rarely-if-ever anymore since I found out the hubby is allergic to hazelnuts) so it's not a big pressing issue in my life.

The reality TV though--well lets just say that Rockstar: Supernova and Project Runway have taken over my life. Right now, though, RS:SN can bite my ass. I mean it. Last night was the finale episode and I feel like I just lost 12 hours of my life that I'll never get back. Hubby and I even had friends over to watch it with us--that's how practically essential to life I've allowed this stupid show to become. Why, why, WHY must they make you watch an entire season when you can figure out who is going to win (Pukas! Ewww!) from the first episode? I feel completely manipulated and even a little dirty about the whole thing. I'm not going to bother flapping about what happened on the show--wasting any more time reiterating what happened on said show is probably not good for my mental health. I just needed to vent. No more RS ever. I mean it. Never again. Bleh.

At least Project Runway isn't a total disappointment. I miss season 2 musical numbers (Daniel Franco, where did you go?) and the ever amusing Tim Gunn/Andrea Red Lobster shenanigans as told by Santino. The designers are a bit flat this year. Although one of my all-time favorite lines ever would be from fabulous Laura (and I like her, I don't care if she's a bitch): "It's not your usual full-tilt-boogie-Angela-quilted-extravaganza-of-puff." Love the deadpan. Though, if they auf Jeffery from the show next week I am going to me more pissed than Tim Gunn being subjected to another hour of gross-scary-man Vincent this week. Ewww.

All this means nothing to you all who don't watch these shows, but I'm lame. I apologize for said lameness, okay? Carry on!

Em-dash Nazi

You know you are a grammar nerd when you are harmlessly perusing the new contestant bios on the Project Runway website and you come across a type-o that is so glaringly annoying (first paragraph, five lines down; check the HTML codes! It should be an actually em dash, not labeled "emdash" yeash!) that you take the time to e-mail the webmaster to let them know what a piss-poor job they did of copyediting the page, and then you check it the next day and it is STILL THERE!!! Not to mention that apparently they've never heard of serial commas and they use the annoyingly highbrow way of spelling theater; you design costumes for theater, major in theater; you work at the Majestic Theatre. One is not a proper noun, the other is not.

Here is the aformentioned webpage type-o:

Project Runway Bio for Jeffrey Sebelia

I'm sitting here sputtering because it annoys me so.

Project What?

I am a dedicated Project Runway fan and have never, ever missed an episode of either this past season, or last season. And you know what? I'm disappointed. Watching the runway shows last year got me excited--I wanted Jay to win and was so excited to see the amazing and innovative clothes that he came up with. Kara San's line was great, though a little too bling for my personal taste. Even Wendy's line was cohesive in cut, color, and fabrics.

Last night's show was a mess. Daniel V. was a mess. Chloe was a mess. Santino wasn't a mess, but it sure was boring. I wasn't impressed--with any of them. I cannot believe that Chloe won--what the hell was up with the fabric she chose? All of the materials she used looked like they could have been turned into upholstery or drapes. Yeesh. Yeah, her clothing was impeccably put together, but innovation? I don't know what the judges were looking at, but I didn't see any. And Daniels line was so safe. Those purses were a nightmare (woodshop 101, hello?), and what the hell was up with the tassels and gold buttons? Eeeew, ewwww, EWWW. Santino. Oh Santino, did you disappoint. Your maturity squashed the raw talent we saw so much of this past season, and we were left with such lackluster pieces. Even the colors were drab.

After hearing all the buzz on Kara's line--that was the one that I really wanted to see. I was pissed that she was eliminated anyway since I thought she should have won both the flower and makeup challenges, and thought that her evening gown was infinitely better than Chloe's. Take a look at the New York Metro pictures of her show here: Kara Janx 2006 Collection
I thought her collection was definitely the most inspired and interesting. Though I didn't love every single thing in it, it was still, by far, the most interesting.

I'm left with a sour taste in my mouth from Project Runway this season. Last season, I couldn't wait for the next show to start. I fooked forward to it all summer. This year? Let's just say Lost is still going to be the only reason to keep Wednesday nights free...