tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783567091319819082024-02-07T19:18:07.261-08:00The Take Home MessageThe Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-34644208866467819772011-08-09T11:47:00.001-07:002011-08-09T12:03:40.621-07:00I HAVE MOVED<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello Everyone!!!
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<br />The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-3760292652952333422011-08-02T09:24:00.000-07:002011-08-02T19:35:24.657-07:00Readers, Will You Accept This Apology?Dear World,<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I am very sorry for not re-capping and blogging this season of The Bochelorette. No, you did not read that wrong, it's not a typo... this season was a botched epic fail!!! Well, not really... I mean, what was I expecting??? I am just trying to blame my non-blogging on something besides myself!! Well, good news, the season is over and we can focus on Bachelor Pad... I can get a fresh start.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyfTjBpm_khHhsM2_RE_Sni4ggZIzIkq9Il-8GiRwOI2DbQL8BfxPlNHzDGkaGbA_RVV0QYiBIcMYdCpw0XhVJ6-vykSph0FAT7RBWgZTq3kiYS-cYC83Gq9h-iW9mWC1YIye8ATDDVa-/s1600/classic-red-roses-bouquet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyfTjBpm_khHhsM2_RE_Sni4ggZIzIkq9Il-8GiRwOI2DbQL8BfxPlNHzDGkaGbA_RVV0QYiBIcMYdCpw0XhVJ6-vykSph0FAT7RBWgZTq3kiYS-cYC83Gq9h-iW9mWC1YIye8ATDDVa-/s320/classic-red-roses-bouquet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636327781224445234" border="0" /></a>So anyway, what does everyone think of Ashley picking JP? I think it was pretty obvious she was seriously infatuated with him, right? So it was not a big surprise.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The biggest take home message I got after watching the finale is that I really think Ashley is just not a nice person. I had forgotten about it, but I actually am pretty sure I called her out for not really being a good friend when she was on Brad's season. She is really NOT the kind of person I would ever want to be friends with. I remember how she acted on her two on one date with Brad and the other Ashley.... which was she was out for herself.<br /><br />I also got this vibe from her at the MTA taping. I found her to be not really all that nice to the press and just got a general vibe that she is kind of stand-off-ish and not interested in really connecting with people.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI555EUtGSl1VYWOck3TfKQkRuYlobAX8Msc6t-JMcRybDYESGFfiZL0C6pOOSbxqWsgER065xw2mrjjjJ4WNcMdc8SxnaIYMQ19GDLjqvxmzqsISVZBPRReat1-oagxgBrySe1Eu3qhh5/s1600/havea-nice-life.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI555EUtGSl1VYWOck3TfKQkRuYlobAX8Msc6t-JMcRybDYESGFfiZL0C6pOOSbxqWsgER065xw2mrjjjJ4WNcMdc8SxnaIYMQ19GDLjqvxmzqsISVZBPRReat1-oagxgBrySe1Eu3qhh5/s320/havea-nice-life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636325719988213682" border="0" /></a>But the main reason I now think that she is pretty rude, is that I REALLY think that she led Ben on. It's not just because that dude was SO SURE that he was going to marry her and "get a new addition to the family," but I saw the way that Ashley was acting to him in the mud bath. I am sorry, but she DEFINITELY was leading him on. I mean, yeah I get that you are "dating two men" blah blah blah whatever. AND, if she really DID have to figure out who she was going to pick, then that would be one thing. But I think it was really obvious that she was going to pick JP from the get-go... so she could have been dropping some hints to Ben that he would not be getting the final rose, rather than rubbing mud into his crotch and making him and the rest of America VERY uncomfortable.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsJN8p2GE0FgZV81_fvQt4MHpEk4XqyMUbxkfzfDSy3fuox2w8edK7zNNNmkOL556osQE8EI220Jb0EFAA9cQbdSJYG6c4UxJgptKMILcHWRkNIJsBOZ_1x7pUHHIDos_pAUFti2mPRfH/s1600/muddycrotch2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsJN8p2GE0FgZV81_fvQt4MHpEk4XqyMUbxkfzfDSy3fuox2w8edK7zNNNmkOL556osQE8EI220Jb0EFAA9cQbdSJYG6c4UxJgptKMILcHWRkNIJsBOZ_1x7pUHHIDos_pAUFti2mPRfH/s320/muddycrotch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636329797292722018" border="0" /></a>I think she genuinely got an ego trip out making Ben fall for her like that. Well, I guess she really needed one since she is so insecure. I really didn't buy any of her "Oh Ben, I really care about you, I feel so honored to have had you in my life!" I think she's a bit narcissistic.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />As for her sister, I'm not really sure about that... at first, I thought the sisterWAS being rude and blunt. But then when Ashley confronted her, I was pretty annoyed with Ashley. She seriously did just want her sister's approval, not her honest opinion. It was pretty annoying. If either of those chicks was my sister, I would just leave the family. Oh, also... her sister is definitely prettier than Ashley, other than her sleeves.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0-AOudwUUiLKIRD5m9xr1gdi1PMR6iDEbMDB9YFXs123JwayAJPUbgxKCgVAG3pPh5kM0a9JueWSulIdFeR78Sh9aM3shA3Zb3-25zJDqVJIGoDeG5GowXyBDH8hr1HY0ZYuxKMWxGlx/s1600/sisterbitch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0-AOudwUUiLKIRD5m9xr1gdi1PMR6iDEbMDB9YFXs123JwayAJPUbgxKCgVAG3pPh5kM0a9JueWSulIdFeR78Sh9aM3shA3Zb3-25zJDqVJIGoDeG5GowXyBDH8hr1HY0ZYuxKMWxGlx/s320/sisterbitch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636396358878270242" border="0" /></a>Note to self: do not be a blunt bitch to younger sisters or brother.<br /><br />So, this brings us to the next big life moment to ponder... who will BTNB (Be The Next Bachelor). Has anyone heard any rumors? I checked Reality Steve, but didn't see anything about who would BNTB. I am hoping that it will be Ben.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BDha4U56InSP5XgE7WG7rEKbACyRYbB191TFa4_7CoF_Va8Z45SZiFO1UR_ENO6EN37d9dGVGRGpUSgSCN2_EgJcDjG0YaOyhebDSU-WnoxgqY5U3y_BtiO9Xf7SdqtvtlUef1JrYHWK/s1600/callme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BDha4U56InSP5XgE7WG7rEKbACyRYbB191TFa4_7CoF_Va8Z45SZiFO1UR_ENO6EN37d9dGVGRGpUSgSCN2_EgJcDjG0YaOyhebDSU-WnoxgqY5U3y_BtiO9Xf7SdqtvtlUef1JrYHWK/s320/callme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636396357038729794" border="0" /></a>Now realistically, I think that RYAN would make the best NB (Next Bachelor). However, I am so in love with him, that I would have a nervous meltdown watching a whole season of hot, skinny girls throwing themselves all over him. Here is why he is perfect though. He is HOT. He is successful, nice, genuine... and best of all... a bit "off." Now, don't get me wrong, I am in love with him and hoping he calls (I slipped him my #### at the MTA). But I can definitely see why he is not for some people... after closely observing him this season, I have concluded that even though *I* am in love with him and definitely think he should marry me (I would be perfect for him), I can see how he is kind of intense and goofy or a "goober." (That is not my word, the Southern dude called him that at the MTA). He is pretty dramatic, so he would really be a good NB, because he would no doubt create lots of intense drama... he would cry, fall in love with several girls, talk about having no idea how hard it would be, etc. So really he would be the best. DAMN! But I want him for myself!!!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BDha4U56InSP5XgE7WG7rEKbACyRYbB191TFa4_7CoF_Va8Z45SZiFO1UR_ENO6EN37d9dGVGRGpUSgSCN2_EgJcDjG0YaOyhebDSU-WnoxgqY5U3y_BtiO9Xf7SdqtvtlUef1JrYHWK/s1600/callme.jpg"><br /></a>Anyway, we'll see, I guess.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNARap7Ow7NNA1Py0fw3RFmVrvar_y4XBEITFvgvBvtBaC_NhSy3wPye3pHTs3WMHbsYjUU1eiOc08MQ7ZbVbR5t5wjsxb_8ncn_niAQoHAIICNPo5sWtu0vjq95m8U51EzgmoRJ6SiGl/s1600/heartsjpg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNARap7Ow7NNA1Py0fw3RFmVrvar_y4XBEITFvgvBvtBaC_NhSy3wPye3pHTs3WMHbsYjUU1eiOc08MQ7ZbVbR5t5wjsxb_8ncn_niAQoHAIICNPo5sWtu0vjq95m8U51EzgmoRJ6SiGl/s320/heartsjpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636396353702072802" border="0" /></a>It will be funny when/if her sister is right and Ashley and JP break up. Now, I have to say that I thought she should pick JP all along, but then my sister Grace pointed out a good theory... that Ben would actually BE better for her and she just wants JP bc he is the hot guy she could never get in real life. One good thing is that JP lives a lot closer to her and her family and where she's from, so I think that is helpful.<br /><br />Overall, I have gone from being neutral about Ashley, to really not liking her that much at all. And I pretty much am really just not that interested in her or JP. I AM in love with Ryan.<br /><br />Oh yeah, so remember on Ali's season, when I also fell madly in love with Chris L.... well, I am happy to report in case anyone was wondering that I am totally over him.<br /><br />ANYWAY, I am 85.6% sure that I WILL commit to blogging and re-capping "The Pad." Last time, I dissed it, but this time I'm thinking I really owe the world since I bailed out on Bashley.<br /><br />As soon as I know for sure, I will post and let you know for sure whether I will or will not re-cap it. It looks like it should be good and nasty!!<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-81112723905400253832011-07-11T11:37:00.000-07:002011-07-11T11:48:32.147-07:00Big Night!!<div align="justify">Well guys, I am pretty excited for tonight's Ep of The Bachelorette, how about you???<br /><iframe height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L-pR1h8i43g" frameborder="0" width="560"></iframe><br />Did you notice that last week was a REPEAT?? Seriously?? Do you realize that is the first time EVER in the HISTORY of The Bachelorette (that I can remember) that they actually showed a RE-run?? Wow. What gives??<br /><br />Anyway, the most exciting thing about tonight is that Em is going to sit down w/ Hare and talk about her break-up with Womack, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20506342,00.html">which is now official</a>.<br /><br />I read the article and she said some business about Paparazi hiding out in her bushes. I dunno about that, really. I see paparazi footage every day and have also been following her story and I really haven't seen much footage of her trolling around Charlotte.<br /><br />Brad and Emily were NEVER going to last, I think we could all tell that as soon as the finale aired last season. I'm just glad Hare got her to talk about it.<br /><br />Also, let's see if she does the Bachelorette.... hmmm....<br /><br />And I guess we'll continue to watch poor B-Ashley get trashed and abused by the show as well tonight! Fun times!</div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-30479755097091965532011-06-23T08:13:00.000-07:002011-06-23T19:19:10.583-07:00Deception ReignsRemember the SATs? Well I have an analogy for you all.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Bentley is to Ashley as...<br />ABC is to me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K-cKF3Ke7WfAbO9Ki-d47xhQIT8aPs-CkkdvcbpPOKhs8NnkHgDzEEYTgY3vhivn_u3VZ5oqHDa7bGHCERJO0dK6tGtv1b5pjz3s58bjHTjlTNwvVkkRp1xg2hWfim74LgmPcC9la4dK/s1600/sat_exam.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K-cKF3Ke7WfAbO9Ki-d47xhQIT8aPs-CkkdvcbpPOKhs8NnkHgDzEEYTgY3vhivn_u3VZ5oqHDa7bGHCERJO0dK6tGtv1b5pjz3s58bjHTjlTNwvVkkRp1xg2hWfim74LgmPcC9la4dK/s320/sat_exam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621543702685502114" border="0" /></a>I tuned in on Monday night to see Bentley come back!!!! The promos specifically SAID that he was coming back NEXT WEEK. Not just in general in the future on the season, no it specifically said he was coming back THIS WEEK.<br /><br />And just like Bentley tricked Ashley into thinking he's her future husband and soul mate, ABC tricked me into thinking B-dawg was coming back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NguazJvp5YBQmpyvS6tWMwlR3ZJBc3NrZgv2iYYxJpBaVpRd42jDLta5vH3Dfam-pJsY2FPT455CoIaDW0jQxZpMkwZ4I3N2CO3Zi7i91_fV2ZW7QhrjtjPA3Wfl9866krfdP8FCn0_9/s1600/bently-THE-SNAKE.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NguazJvp5YBQmpyvS6tWMwlR3ZJBc3NrZgv2iYYxJpBaVpRd42jDLta5vH3Dfam-pJsY2FPT455CoIaDW0jQxZpMkwZ4I3N2CO3Zi7i91_fV2ZW7QhrjtjPA3Wfl9866krfdP8FCn0_9/s320/bently-THE-SNAKE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621568094539334610" border="0" /></a>I know that I have said I'm over the Bentley story-line, which I am. But I really wanted to see if she was finally going to figure out what a miserable D-bag he is. I still find the whole thing very confusing.... not exactly sure why ABC is allowing this shite to play out. It is offensive to me, to Ashley and to all the women in America and throughout the world, as well as to our women ancestors who fought for our right to vote.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpp531kEmWLYgCnyAHomky1IRxwq6hVvM77W50h08yRKNQJxPkKuFWSQ_Z8WkyeJsn7AxEOvXrvsa1b2P_ofq6ucMHQjGN0yhOmHoZWXL_btWArWKrQ40kCkzhMdPfra7u3Z6X9jUJ2G8/s1600/women.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpp531kEmWLYgCnyAHomky1IRxwq6hVvM77W50h08yRKNQJxPkKuFWSQ_Z8WkyeJsn7AxEOvXrvsa1b2P_ofq6ucMHQjGN0yhOmHoZWXL_btWArWKrQ40kCkzhMdPfra7u3Z6X9jUJ2G8/s320/women.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621543460093018370" border="0" /></a>Also it's obvious that Ashley is partly not moving on, because she clearly watched The Bachelorette starring Jillian in which Ed "left" then "came back." Clearly THAT was scripted and made up to create drama. So she is confused as to if this is some other producer-made up drama, which is the real reason Bentley left. So she is "being true" to her feelings.... which is her infatuation with Bentley and her belief that he only left bc the producers wanted to create drama. She wants him to come back and win the final rose, just like Ed did.<br /><br />So anyway, in the spirit of treachery and trickery that ABC is promoting, this is not going to be a real re-cap. As we all know, I have really been lagging behind in my blogging this season. So let's just run down the cast of characters and get our (my) thoughts and opinions out there for the world to enjoy.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FIRST UP! is Ashley, naturally.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeqR8RUehsyTEBcW16CXHRWxc546imEXV9BJyBqbICFZfawBQmNivZp6GsWYuO9F5v_uWvWGkshbIsCOLcWzZKwbjG0wv-yFBgr5R0_e7HWDQMJQbv8FCcQYzzzOe7IBJgfLeK_8ngyt3/s1600/ashley+boxing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixeqR8RUehsyTEBcW16CXHRWxc546imEXV9BJyBqbICFZfawBQmNivZp6GsWYuO9F5v_uWvWGkshbIsCOLcWzZKwbjG0wv-yFBgr5R0_e7HWDQMJQbv8FCcQYzzzOe7IBJgfLeK_8ngyt3/s320/ashley+boxing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596297790022306" border="0" /></a>Ok you guys. Now I know that I have been defending her since last season w/ Womack, saying "Ashley is NOT insecure you guys... Brad just makes her FEEL insecure." Well I am here to tell you that I [finally] see it. I still like her okay... I mean, definitely I like her better than Ali. But she REALLY needs to let go of this whole "I know most of you boys aren't going to fall in love with little ole' me!"<br /><br />I mean, I get feeling that way a little bit. It's definitely true that even though the show is set up to have all the men fighting over one girl, in reality all the men really are NOT necessarily going to be into her. And it would be hard to be Ashley because you really would NOT probably be able to tell who was really into you and who was just going along with the competition. Furthermore, I hate to add to Ashley's insecurity, but she IS right that she isn't very sexy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8jh-lfsFm70yLgcrt4TOQR4c5o5suC9_Pm5TRmJXOrAThM_6pPBMQ0dvW0zBoBwG2rJS5_7Yev6vugbMZd_dw3imMSpvL4UIg70DUvE5CfK_0lSR5jxFU74CkLeZxkpHEzj_pKjAlyI_/s1600/ashley-olsen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8jh-lfsFm70yLgcrt4TOQR4c5o5suC9_Pm5TRmJXOrAThM_6pPBMQ0dvW0zBoBwG2rJS5_7Yev6vugbMZd_dw3imMSpvL4UIg70DUvE5CfK_0lSR5jxFU74CkLeZxkpHEzj_pKjAlyI_/s320/ashley-olsen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621570386582941714" border="0" /></a>NOW, don't get me wrong. I do think that she is cute and petite and dresses like an Olsen twin. And aside from her insecurity, she does seem like a nice girl, and I do support how she seems to be very honest with her feelings. HOWEVER, yeah, she really unfortunately is on to something when she notes that not all men are going to be into her.<br /><br />But I mean, all men are not going to be into MOST women, so she really has nothing to worry about. You don't need ALL or MOST men to be in love with you... you really only need ONE dude to be in love with you if you want to get married. So let's all just settle down now.<br /><br />But yeah, Chantal and Emily were sexy and pretty and curvy, so yeah, most men I think WOULD be in love with them... (although some people are turned off by Emily's copious amounts of plastic surgery and fake teeth and hair).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfHbM2aKKGXqTF__5NOEI4Oo_2POB4Wi3t-REYh5mFnBc8_KlURhjmT_RaKenPO77kB0rgYAGst0g0MLd_D0C-cyiH2WDzrZH6e0JvR_df1YS3-YYLXKwWZcW8mvbV6Ajg3natR5RpNDo/s1600/thia-man.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfHbM2aKKGXqTF__5NOEI4Oo_2POB4Wi3t-REYh5mFnBc8_KlURhjmT_RaKenPO77kB0rgYAGst0g0MLd_D0C-cyiH2WDzrZH6e0JvR_df1YS3-YYLXKwWZcW8mvbV6Ajg3natR5RpNDo/s320/thia-man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621563397278368914" border="0" /></a>Anyway.... one other thing to note about Ash. When she was on her one-on-one date with Constantine, she stopped a poor little Thai man who was just innocently trying to live his life and started pressing him for marriage advice. He said that you have to always forgive and forget, and that it's not about "winning." CLEARLY he meant it's not about winning an argument with your wife!! Well, Ashley TOTALLY misinterpreted this and somehow thinks that it not being about "winning" has something to do with the twisted little contest they have going on there on the show.... like it's not about "winning" the Bachelorette, it's about having a true connection. I very much think she missed the point of this advice. Ha! Oh wells....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JP.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl4VX7HmykvLYKpsdWceFTpHBkhqMwMoFL6DDz0wS5sBuz8_23KesOYP7SzqWxiOciN4_gOEi5DVRtBuSSHmOp5HIz5RP7vHPDAi3kKVmOYydCrqOMdYSo5Mp84nBml0r6TYldHaJSQux/s1600/jp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl4VX7HmykvLYKpsdWceFTpHBkhqMwMoFL6DDz0wS5sBuz8_23KesOYP7SzqWxiOciN4_gOEi5DVRtBuSSHmOp5HIz5RP7vHPDAi3kKVmOYydCrqOMdYSo5Mp84nBml0r6TYldHaJSQux/s320/jp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621583563700752018" border="0" /></a>So, I'm pretty sure she should pick JP. I will have to stay tuned and see what else develops, but right now I'm pretty sure he would be her best choice. He really does seem to be into her, although I'm not exactly sure why. I said before that I think he likes the ladies... so I don't know how genuine or specific his feelings for her are. But they are both from the East Coast, the Northern East Coast, so that is a definite advantage.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf7u6MXvk9REXBkxmp_cwRb_03T4jTxEjrPndnZH50MJeW8LhmXFa8PIStORqWdHK2gxSmSqhTgqyeo7Wij5EDIP4N9PkLyokP24xzQJ5uZzSM4JSKSWhlAQTDwDbA0bNlMdUbvmeFiI2/s1600/hot+jp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf7u6MXvk9REXBkxmp_cwRb_03T4jTxEjrPndnZH50MJeW8LhmXFa8PIStORqWdHK2gxSmSqhTgqyeo7Wij5EDIP4N9PkLyokP24xzQJ5uZzSM4JSKSWhlAQTDwDbA0bNlMdUbvmeFiI2/s320/hot+jp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621586064775845138" border="0" /></a>Also, he is REALLY cute. He is not really my type, what with the bald head and all, but he is DEFINITELY hot. He is cute like Matthew McConaughey. Now when they were getting their wrestle on, he made a comment about "I am the smallest guy here." I haven't especially noticed that he seems "small." But if he IS small, short, petite, whatever... then I think that makes him an even BETTER match for our teeny little Ash.<br /><br />So, all in all, I like him and his smile and his dimples and he seemingly easy-going personality and I think she should pick him.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RYAN, THE SUN GOD.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2SevBIwPfqzbaztZ__KdvqrHHFTeScDr_d6OpqOogB-wQDSzde3rOfu7Ky7TIoWYRmBOhyphenhyphenau_gpSj-IHjHT7Nv0H4y5r_MrJEW3fcgUtcAwDVE4qsEnSxwJQQGqJ4-LWM4J3nvmkkkek/s1600/the+sun+god.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2SevBIwPfqzbaztZ__KdvqrHHFTeScDr_d6OpqOogB-wQDSzde3rOfu7Ky7TIoWYRmBOhyphenhyphenau_gpSj-IHjHT7Nv0H4y5r_MrJEW3fcgUtcAwDVE4qsEnSxwJQQGqJ4-LWM4J3nvmkkkek/s320/the+sun+god.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621544530485812882" border="0" /></a>Now, don't think that I have forgotten about this ridiculous pose he did in the pilot, nor have I forgotten about how he bragged about starting his solar wind green turbo hydro electric pure fuel company or whatever it is. He started with one employee then grew it to --- however many. While I am not that impressed with Al Gore, I guess that it IS cool he "runs" a company he started (if that's really true).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb0TJq7xP_ANHZnPnnCzyyYFeCuaaZHXm2i_rIGVRfI_UBpQOEE6rzkOpOLwVuhlCUaiUm-wdZOEEXPQRTsLiHm8umPW-gXaCL-8ejH9G0IUxl4c05Qjr3KBguumK5tsjG_XYSnBK5IHU/s1600/sexy+ryan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb0TJq7xP_ANHZnPnnCzyyYFeCuaaZHXm2i_rIGVRfI_UBpQOEE6rzkOpOLwVuhlCUaiUm-wdZOEEXPQRTsLiHm8umPW-gXaCL-8ejH9G0IUxl4c05Qjr3KBguumK5tsjG_XYSnBK5IHU/s320/sexy+ryan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621586051853416578" border="0" /></a>Anyway, now THIS dude IS my type!!! He is really hot. So Ash -- please don't pick him, so that I can have him instead. So I've been paying close attention to how all the other guys think he is the most annoying man in the house. I have to admit, I don't quite see how he is so offensive. They all say that he is extremely intense. This is NOT a cute trait AT ALL. But he's not striking me as that intense in like a really negative, creepy way. He does seem like he has a lot of energy perhaps and is sort of busting at the seams. But then again, he also seems like he's pretty positive.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxhuaFWDdu8Um2luAG9sdNnVztSTVG8i4j5Q5NeLI7meosR3Es0BTYIOfogsCQcMEaswkChdslswnAtujrrBWl3ZFrw8HJrg1puooPH8GOuzw1hWCVjDbUFR4BUutuZuvDF2-lsJqcvO8/s1600/pushing+luggage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxhuaFWDdu8Um2luAG9sdNnVztSTVG8i4j5Q5NeLI7meosR3Es0BTYIOfogsCQcMEaswkChdslswnAtujrrBWl3ZFrw8HJrg1puooPH8GOuzw1hWCVjDbUFR4BUutuZuvDF2-lsJqcvO8/s320/pushing+luggage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621599104974995058" border="0" /></a>I did spot the part when he went and kicked the luggage they were dragging away after both dudes got sent home on the two-on-one date and thought that could be pretty annoying to have a dude who is always jumping around and throwing and kicking things.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7y9Old3UVhorevDYEisOA43rDeWHraVlSUOfWp1ySHrWhVRuo0V_pzQBWCNGGWLSCSKp7qwkxFnhld7yyUYBgmr1_z_gA3fplE2ekPPml_KQxuwzwvJwBI0NgOCuzU-wmSzkggtqQLWl/s1600/annoying-ryan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7y9Old3UVhorevDYEisOA43rDeWHraVlSUOfWp1ySHrWhVRuo0V_pzQBWCNGGWLSCSKp7qwkxFnhld7yyUYBgmr1_z_gA3fplE2ekPPml_KQxuwzwvJwBI0NgOCuzU-wmSzkggtqQLWl/s320/annoying-ryan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621568908296186514" border="0" /></a>But then when he's talking to Ashley and having real conversations, he seems like his head is on straight.... and it's got to count for something that he has that power company, right?? So, we shall see, I suppose. I will let you know as soon as I see/discover that he is annoying and intense.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AMES.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSnamWQjOib7NpFtCY4rDzvpRdROYKNTkkWGRZa6xxGsUU3UiejZBWjNse_Ub8W8gZXDFFw0Tv-sLXHZexKSI-zohx_KSZuGZly8ZpO3Q-LOw48DuAni8n1Q3RTIfnaCe3WIAdhvyuIev/s1600/ames-school.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSnamWQjOib7NpFtCY4rDzvpRdROYKNTkkWGRZa6xxGsUU3UiejZBWjNse_Ub8W8gZXDFFw0Tv-sLXHZexKSI-zohx_KSZuGZly8ZpO3Q-LOw48DuAni8n1Q3RTIfnaCe3WIAdhvyuIev/s320/ames-school.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621586051256213522" border="0" /></a>Now this boy turned me off in Episode One when he started talking about how he went to Princeton, then Yale, then Harvard, then Stanford, then Oxford in England, then Duke, then Brown, then MIT, then CalTech, then UNC-Charlotte, then LA Valley College, then Emory, then Ivory, then took a night class in wood-working. Like, OMG, u guys. Wow. Afraid of the real world much??? Going to expensive, fancy, private schools is real cute and all, but I'm not really that impressed until someone shows me the ability to actually make it in the REAL world, where they have to WORK for MONEY in order to pay theirs BILLS and survive.<br /><br />If you are 27 and you are still on your Mommy's cell phone plan (which she PAYS) then you REALLY need to check yourself before you start calling ME and MY life choices irrational and crazy. Yes "scientist" (but really just a student) ex-boyfriend, I am talking to you. Why don't you go out and get a big-boy job and then get back to me on who is the irresponsible, nonsensical one. Thanks!!<br /><br />Damn!!! I need to cool off for a second. As you can clearly see, I have personal issues with this situation.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5D3XYylQAT_DeqNmy4xGEVQU6l_fJe8ztAlNBw9Xa0cgrTi7MbRgtnj9uZn9fvakcCdEhMy1fPwS-BKa3oWPsVxJ3CYts3yFza0bVnA5c3OChtKsR2JD-KuD8Ze_yHOZuXa4Q0lCMKSC/s1600/cute+amres.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5D3XYylQAT_DeqNmy4xGEVQU6l_fJe8ztAlNBw9Xa0cgrTi7MbRgtnj9uZn9fvakcCdEhMy1fPwS-BKa3oWPsVxJ3CYts3yFza0bVnA5c3OChtKsR2JD-KuD8Ze_yHOZuXa4Q0lCMKSC/s320/cute+amres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621588937410227154" border="0" /></a>Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... deep breath. Ames had a lot to prove to me. But now I do think that he is so sweet!!!! I LOVE AMES!!! He seems like such a sweet gentle cute smart little dude! And he's this cute little pacifist who doesn't even know how to fight and got a concussion while wearing pink boxing gear! Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. I think maybe he should be the next Bachelor. HE is the kind of guy that every girl should marry. Maybe Ashley should pick him. But I can't really tell how into each other they are or not. He seems like he's one of the guys that really IS into her. I'm not sure if she is that into him?? I really don't know. But she should really consider choosing him, if she doesn't choose JP. Or maybe she should pick Ames over JP anyway. He is so cute!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILLIAM.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0_TXbMwHD489p0-ZEg2JKVkzwaOlQk2HxI0fKAOWHyPrKnwy5TOSsW0D3_dGDP05d8ji2QuMgor1B_Lf9Vu-6RmTM7ks2Q7fCRJ2VrZBJmAn3R8GcghCwwG8xwOHVxxl-Hz9RCRI7_1l/s1600/will.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0_TXbMwHD489p0-ZEg2JKVkzwaOlQk2HxI0fKAOWHyPrKnwy5TOSsW0D3_dGDP05d8ji2QuMgor1B_Lf9Vu-6RmTM7ks2Q7fCRJ2VrZBJmAn3R8GcghCwwG8xwOHVxxl-Hz9RCRI7_1l/s320/will.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596854329268050" border="0" /></a>OMG. What is WRONG with this guy?!??!?!???!!!!! I mean, he didn't really do much of note the past two episodes until his ass got thrown off after the two on one date. I thought it was pretty lame how he sold out that one guy - whatever the hell his name was - that he was on the two on one date with, saying "He can't wait to go home and Internet date." But I mean, whatever... I guess I can somewhat overlook that since he apparently DID say it "in jest." But what I really can NOT support William doing is when he is like "Some of the guys here are still thinking about you, and some are NOT." Then Ashley was like "Ughh... that just gives me this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach." Yeah. That was a really insensitive comment. Whether or not and how much truth is in it is really irrelevant in my opinion. I have NO interest or respect for people who say things that make other people feel bad.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh8vlbgf9f_OzQwKC10cES4RugaoXmaJKSl3B7Ij4E7oWxNUvfZmOBip3iLjs8BGa3_9vIjH-Cgpb4gf4XdWXwE2BMn_LszQn5G7ozH77aMEduAzPgRwnimDoTS3Y7FIe6R_rXseDQ-Fs/s1600/profanity.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh8vlbgf9f_OzQwKC10cES4RugaoXmaJKSl3B7Ij4E7oWxNUvfZmOBip3iLjs8BGa3_9vIjH-Cgpb4gf4XdWXwE2BMn_LszQn5G7ozH77aMEduAzPgRwnimDoTS3Y7FIe6R_rXseDQ-Fs/s320/profanity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621597014896376754" border="0" /></a>For example, let's say that Person A called me fat to Person B, and then Person B came and told me that Person A said I was fat. Personally, I will have more of an issue with Person B than Person A. If someone wants to say or think negative things about me or others... whatever, that is their opinion and business. But the person I REALLY have issue with is the one who is dumb and insensitive enough to go TELL me it and make me feel HORRIBLE!!! So yeah, I have no use for William who is going around saying things that make people feel bad about themselves.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzl5cjJotJQP39qy4L8ZiMmMMwTCf-WXo45dNtRrDKNxP6ngSj5iCuy_M9lEDAmZsFuALdnUYjriEyQyNYhxpyxXYlppslLxFged7IA4Y74YaD74b7PAfRO9DGoMpdsnyafIGMf2Zwy2Y/s1600/sad+wills.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzl5cjJotJQP39qy4L8ZiMmMMwTCf-WXo45dNtRrDKNxP6ngSj5iCuy_M9lEDAmZsFuALdnUYjriEyQyNYhxpyxXYlppslLxFged7IA4Y74YaD74b7PAfRO9DGoMpdsnyafIGMf2Zwy2Y/s320/sad+wills.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621597063459651842" border="0" /></a>But even as bad as he was starting to come off while he was ON the show, nothing can compare to his dramatic, crazy-laced exit!!! What in the HELL!?!??!?!? OMG!! He straight up said that when he looks in the mirror, he sees a loser. Uhmmm, ok. You wanna talk about insecure??? He said his whole life was pure S, that he ruins everything he ever does and that he was just going to go back to his miserable hidey hole. Uhmmm, wow dude. Seriously, seek counseling. You can tell that he is pretty messed up. He goes around being all "funny" but obviously he has some DEEP issues inside that he seriously needs to address.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKl7SeKQmqrSOrQ4YY_hcu0MtGQZ8hbRSh1B_dRNAAi6g0rQTtPzMCk4fECLtYEKJZNYXBawucBxjLswZsXd8c2094MHHcLE8qYrDDM8MQnIq7v8nJaRbnlKfwhzF2DNQXuxiBkhCyd9J/s1600/mirror.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKl7SeKQmqrSOrQ4YY_hcu0MtGQZ8hbRSh1B_dRNAAi6g0rQTtPzMCk4fECLtYEKJZNYXBawucBxjLswZsXd8c2094MHHcLE8qYrDDM8MQnIq7v8nJaRbnlKfwhzF2DNQXuxiBkhCyd9J/s320/mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621544694214846930" border="0" /></a>(Footnote: I think the guy in the picture isn't actually William, but some other dude from the first Episode... but wouldn't it be so much funnier if it WAS William? Hahaha).<br /><br />I also liked how Ashley said that she had a spark with him at first, and took him out on this two on one date to see if she could get it back. But she couldn't. EVER. That does totally happen sometimes. I have definitely met people and swooned, thinking "Ohhhh lalalala, oh wow!!" But then once you get to know them, you are like "OMG." Then you get all embarrassed that you ever liked them, and fervently deny it for the rest of your life. BAM, that's William.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalkm7tOg_JthpYSzX-dY3niZ8EhWJejt7FUIROGQViwDGknKO_FTdUZ-SUz_pqbvS6RGQBMx94WDJ1V9yy7zPew9DycaPkdyM3vhufAe1OMrWUCIcxaZC4laKu0fOW_AkJMmIGA-S7GHT/s1600/william.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalkm7tOg_JthpYSzX-dY3niZ8EhWJejt7FUIROGQViwDGknKO_FTdUZ-SUz_pqbvS6RGQBMx94WDJ1V9yy7zPew9DycaPkdyM3vhufAe1OMrWUCIcxaZC4laKu0fOW_AkJMmIGA-S7GHT/s320/william.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596852222995442" border="0" /></a>Oh. I also thought it was pretty funny when she was like "You know how you said you were a thirty-year-old boy?" And he was all "Yeah!!! I never wanna grow up, omg, I can't believe you actually remember that I said that. Wow." And then she was like "Uhm yeah. I'm looking for a MAN. Bye!"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC84wQlXWFnpY7_SElZUC9NYV7vbcCBH3hC0tIhRuSG7hXmHnxeNLv0cSTYu2HSY-jkWBtn34-RCOEJpjRu6YNdRMPk9Zdpo7oJtPtow_RGZ0oRsXeGJ_VELYmwj39d8F-LAK1Y4qx_9z9/s1600/no+spark.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC84wQlXWFnpY7_SElZUC9NYV7vbcCBH3hC0tIhRuSG7hXmHnxeNLv0cSTYu2HSY-jkWBtn34-RCOEJpjRu6YNdRMPk9Zdpo7oJtPtow_RGZ0oRsXeGJ_VELYmwj39d8F-LAK1Y4qx_9z9/s320/no+spark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596728824353842" border="0" /></a>HAHAHAHA!!! Truth!!! I am also interested in a MAN, not some BOY who doesn't want to grow up! WHY would someone think that is a good selling point -- that they don't want to grow up?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MICKEY.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGxRrhVjSDtDLWUMCv8hFmUQmr71iDd-TBH0ntg1ksMkwtIrEXJxynCJgbCduxAlRYvWKgKwrun-nCAVTH4yzCtVvW_hGGRLvOav2scIqDVSpvFovUcp-VIRHzld-Dz4ZYo9ttKcdqAx1/s1600/creepy+micket.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGxRrhVjSDtDLWUMCv8hFmUQmr71iDd-TBH0ntg1ksMkwtIrEXJxynCJgbCduxAlRYvWKgKwrun-nCAVTH4yzCtVvW_hGGRLvOav2scIqDVSpvFovUcp-VIRHzld-Dz4ZYo9ttKcdqAx1/s320/creepy+micket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621598519141529538" border="0" /></a>I still cannot forgive nor forget what he did the first night, which was try to kiss her as soon as he got out of the limo. She ducked away and was freaked out. And the look on his face was one of the skeeviest I've ever seen in my life. So I just think he is soooooo creepy and nasty and I feel dirty just looking at him on the TV screen in my apartment. I hope he goes away soon.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BEN F AND CONSTANTINE.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp9VD6R1eaoy42_CvEPNkkKHs85pmBWchOKKDrcYrnvjq1xbdURejv12ECs6uzIwetWUpWFBJQHmu5mQTFTcSGei0i8LwM-IYP6AENbSvgPBUlltz9DsmI5jjVeyHGXPMTua7MNZQOHDD/s1600/ben-constantine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp9VD6R1eaoy42_CvEPNkkKHs85pmBWchOKKDrcYrnvjq1xbdURejv12ECs6uzIwetWUpWFBJQHmu5mQTFTcSGei0i8LwM-IYP6AENbSvgPBUlltz9DsmI5jjVeyHGXPMTua7MNZQOHDD/s320/ben-constantine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596301872100818" border="0" /></a><br />Wait, these are two separate people??<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BLAKE AND LUCAS.</span></span><br />No one cares about them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuOEz0erVoA1erbPVNcPsf3M01HLxP7Al1haE05PiVpoGNowoEpf2k6tMz6B9g5Fq0NOROC25rdHJNZftTrOSAa2U68-j6F6LjLeb619bYyINNSErcaq5CSGPalvylwDOGvQV4vvpsn7w/s1600/finale-rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuOEz0erVoA1erbPVNcPsf3M01HLxP7Al1haE05PiVpoGNowoEpf2k6tMz6B9g5Fq0NOROC25rdHJNZftTrOSAa2U68-j6F6LjLeb619bYyINNSErcaq5CSGPalvylwDOGvQV4vvpsn7w/s320/finale-rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621597998750622754" border="0" /></a>So I'll be tuning in next week to see if Ashley can finally get some "closure" from the Bent-ster. Luckily I have so far been successful in avoiding any spoilers, so I really don't know who is going to win.<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />JulieJulie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bLuC_dkos-JGp3MsVx3w_F5X-uy_rx9tScN23MX80aLU65Vu10PSOoaWeUrpEUBZJRp0QaqeJXuCrSAnvBJ2_C0U3Uz3RYGgMByB8u4VZBjTdsUk6DbI8Ak5YnIV4NXhAqJY78Ap-xFm/s1600/champagne.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bLuC_dkos-JGp3MsVx3w_F5X-uy_rx9tScN23MX80aLU65Vu10PSOoaWeUrpEUBZJRp0QaqeJXuCrSAnvBJ2_C0U3Uz3RYGgMByB8u4VZBjTdsUk6DbI8Ak5YnIV4NXhAqJY78Ap-xFm/s320/champagne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621596732372839426" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5v2am3rNofPf20lmIImoOiOLhzGzUz0TE2Kdi5xXlvNe8AkTDhMvH0rLoJYFVrLq-7ktnCV8BmV0XKUVwzHIQHjF6oA4BsazAcK7e96KWbXE3ObPDZBt8jFwWH_axikmjkpXiD9PazXW/s1600/ames+stretcher.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5v2am3rNofPf20lmIImoOiOLhzGzUz0TE2Kdi5xXlvNe8AkTDhMvH0rLoJYFVrLq-7ktnCV8BmV0XKUVwzHIQHjF6oA4BsazAcK7e96KWbXE3ObPDZBt8jFwWH_axikmjkpXiD9PazXW/s320/ames+stretcher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621586053038126178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh229LvCD45eW8HaWuq9lakBPlVTow5AePaC_S7mlSeoZTT0nkDU64ZjZMQnRJICJH2Exmu-zjd9qIC3g8KnliAGGr2mMyFVut_Pdu8UGauwqJ9N6P9H3q99FukNSL8rMeQmaKJmJtz70u/s1600/wrestlers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh229LvCD45eW8HaWuq9lakBPlVTow5AePaC_S7mlSeoZTT0nkDU64ZjZMQnRJICJH2Exmu-zjd9qIC3g8KnliAGGr2mMyFVut_Pdu8UGauwqJ9N6P9H3q99FukNSL8rMeQmaKJmJtz70u/s320/wrestlers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621586061222764722" border="0" /></a></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-66005802900307843892011-06-07T08:26:00.000-07:002011-06-09T18:18:22.503-07:00I AM BACK!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello everyone!!!! I have missed you all dearly. I know we are already on the third episode, so I am just going to jump in now! No point in re-capping episodes that aired weeks ago. No one cares about last week. I will just mention some thoughts I had about people and previous episodes as we go along.<br /><br />Oh, but how can I not mention the interpretive dance Ashley did to get over Brad???<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjVYJaNk6w5Tl9uCCwu_O-Gnf1kEwcuQtwcQHhCrPk65gTM4sXby5mw-SpE6zJVW1Tto162YCSjKcpMuW2uIjfB6bsxZm1mii-jFRXtNALvXdrl_zXqNgM9_5i3sSJqx37BbK5RO9Aj3B/s1600/interprative+dance.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjVYJaNk6w5Tl9uCCwu_O-Gnf1kEwcuQtwcQHhCrPk65gTM4sXby5mw-SpE6zJVW1Tto162YCSjKcpMuW2uIjfB6bsxZm1mii-jFRXtNALvXdrl_zXqNgM9_5i3sSJqx37BbK5RO9Aj3B/s320/interprative+dance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615544639048021682" border="0" /></a>ANYWAY!!! Back to Monday.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nzTyegsyX1YLeum9Uzt5QnGR1t1LJTana6kwLqA0Q3OGa-EHPj52u1MEoS9as2oSr2kgjkJxl5UfMIEcr_YmqgOg3GdQ2-vXHIuJyGO-kbsBrLheRmCUn3tUHcGebMCE3slkBu0sYN5G/s1600/datecard.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nzTyegsyX1YLeum9Uzt5QnGR1t1LJTana6kwLqA0Q3OGa-EHPj52u1MEoS9as2oSr2kgjkJxl5UfMIEcr_YmqgOg3GdQ2-vXHIuJyGO-kbsBrLheRmCUn3tUHcGebMCE3slkBu0sYN5G/s320/datecard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615555930618160978" border="0" /></a>The first date is a solo date with one Ben C. He's not much to look at, but he loves to dance, ladies. He loves to dance. Ashley, truly being a dancer herself and only masquerading as a "dentist" therefore thinks he is the perfect candidate for the flash-mob date that she has planned.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0qxxa2RMjDAthZapQw62tdQLVIvusJ3zPmTYBhnwS305gOEfILYaasJR7XqFo6GliMFkigfZErB65ptsay4GxJJMxk99wPYCUQpRy12T9d0TnjFjpBoi6yjChSUxJ0xIzeI7ubtd1D45/s1600/ben+rehearsal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0qxxa2RMjDAthZapQw62tdQLVIvusJ3zPmTYBhnwS305gOEfILYaasJR7XqFo6GliMFkigfZErB65ptsay4GxJJMxk99wPYCUQpRy12T9d0TnjFjpBoi6yjChSUxJ0xIzeI7ubtd1D45/s320/ben+rehearsal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615556323863911730" border="0" /></a>First they head off to a dance studio where Ashley channels her inner Cheryl Burke and teaches Ben some dance.... but he doesn't know WHY or what it's for.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Then they go and picnic on a giant lawn, when Ashley just suddenly gets the idea that they should stand up and do the dance they just choreographed. Ben is a good sport and goes along with it.<br /><br />Before they know it, they are joined by all the lookers-on and a true Flash Mob is had.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUTy-GnaB44gqKMCCBRUsAPa8hk2hDJnyK22SvZDdjZXr5QTt9aXXrH0Aj9Wg8Qh0iM1JKkVax-4XdgFgDYYLSCx-iV2j-q_uu1PpbOz29dotm7FtWKURNOoLpPk7DGvHyTBQyB-DrsCI/s1600/flash+mob2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUTy-GnaB44gqKMCCBRUsAPa8hk2hDJnyK22SvZDdjZXr5QTt9aXXrH0Aj9Wg8Qh0iM1JKkVax-4XdgFgDYYLSCx-iV2j-q_uu1PpbOz29dotm7FtWKURNOoLpPk7DGvHyTBQyB-DrsCI/s320/flash+mob2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615884383542721410" border="0" /></a>Now. I do NOT know why...... but for some reason, I thought this was totally cute. Perhaps my ice cold heart of steel and stone is melting?!?!?!?!??!!??!!! COULD THAT REALLY BE?!?!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't know. But I felt like this old man as I watched:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSgsfI53N1tzCnKZRg2o2t5Tr8GEUxKhYhkWspxlG7buGewlfi3ZxnRa4yYfhcWAgOkST_TaS7D6aVTRNrDDRgYIbl0nvMTLVKFBXjC3c-_mCMJYzYstCXVIYfCPjuGC_asempbpB82QX/s1600/old+man.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSgsfI53N1tzCnKZRg2o2t5Tr8GEUxKhYhkWspxlG7buGewlfi3ZxnRa4yYfhcWAgOkST_TaS7D6aVTRNrDDRgYIbl0nvMTLVKFBXjC3c-_mCMJYzYstCXVIYfCPjuGC_asempbpB82QX/s320/old+man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615560020318455090" border="0" /></a>I just think it's interesting how communication technology advances and then these weird phenomena pop up and life changes.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchUQDjmgR8lH8kFA_YipA5ZltK2G48y-xydO-yJpaA6uH9njLwZkWZ-aQnfcfbLGKjzFFM9ig_5_X10rrImzxy2Z4NGdIDkL1JUFwf4BP2o0Eavr7xEs09MYkMftaFBwVHYIwm-wEgEFs/s1600/far+east+movement.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchUQDjmgR8lH8kFA_YipA5ZltK2G48y-xydO-yJpaA6uH9njLwZkWZ-aQnfcfbLGKjzFFM9ig_5_X10rrImzxy2Z4NGdIDkL1JUFwf4BP2o0Eavr7xEs09MYkMftaFBwVHYIwm-wEgEFs/s320/far+east+movement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615884380343524450" border="0" /></a>Also, I really like Far East Movement. I think this is the first time a band was on The Bachelorette that I actually liked and heard of. I guess I've heard of some of the other bands, but haven't been into them. Anyway, I totally support FEM, I love those Asian gangstas!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4X7kfHGeNVUnjcSHLbK2xApQzYHCL-zj2yIoPJUTf_VedU8O-z8BkQgC7SjtPqCxdzlj1kMRZ32hV6XK9a_WCxGZVWH0kVrj90sSR4oxXbxLbPxFnfwS2i45yXtSExgTJ_xCUCoVkuQ8/s1600/ben-believes-in-love.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4X7kfHGeNVUnjcSHLbK2xApQzYHCL-zj2yIoPJUTf_VedU8O-z8BkQgC7SjtPqCxdzlj1kMRZ32hV6XK9a_WCxGZVWH0kVrj90sSR4oxXbxLbPxFnfwS2i45yXtSExgTJ_xCUCoVkuQ8/s320/ben-believes-in-love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615882788584793858" border="0" /></a>So, Ben and Ash then go have dinner where Ben proceeds to tell Ashley that he is looking for unrealistic over the top sparkling and glittering eternal love. Ok, no worries, my stone cold heart is back. PLEASE!! I was totally turned off by this monologue. I mean, I'm sure being in love is a great feeling, but seriously you guys... it takes a lot more than just that to build a life together. This is my opinion.<br /><br />Anyway, she gives him a rose, blah blah blah.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KwF3jadPnw-t8Gy3131z8ow33mENLj2CG0BGbTjlKeMYVcosIk_jjKLAOdlsT0KbJW26a3MOC-JRjOy4Pgw-RkKtM7iEiTTpLxrFF4LDbauIJk9swym_FSD7DEj7EjKofaRFKXTH9n9F/s1600/group+date+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KwF3jadPnw-t8Gy3131z8ow33mENLj2CG0BGbTjlKeMYVcosIk_jjKLAOdlsT0KbJW26a3MOC-JRjOy4Pgw-RkKtM7iEiTTpLxrFF4LDbauIJk9swym_FSD7DEj7EjKofaRFKXTH9n9F/s320/group+date+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616294351822333810" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile back in the mansion, the group date is next. Invited are: Ames, Ben F(?), Blake, Jeff, Lucas, Nick, Ryan, William, Bentley... and the guy reading the date card, whoever that is.<br /><br />These clowns will be going to a comedy club to roast Ashley. Uhmm.... hmmmm.... I am NOT sure that is a good idea. Very risky, indeed. I think that is a pretty dangerous endeavor to roast the girl you are dating, right when you have first met her. So CLEARLY this was a brilliant date idea on the part of the producers... this should be sure to stir up some drama.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoS-zy4F2KaLS59zXnai3rIv3794DbWQzv9AIz_HrhzMueM1fU6caTEoDOho9n9iLViQwp8LLDuvKup7TiHhmuGL_Xi8aVqhGpRNKjtC-lTl-K0fRrSe-ioLWE9ak9j0JFDcUB3Mg6T5Vo/s1600/mask+bathroom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoS-zy4F2KaLS59zXnai3rIv3794DbWQzv9AIz_HrhzMueM1fU6caTEoDOho9n9iLViQwp8LLDuvKup7TiHhmuGL_Xi8aVqhGpRNKjtC-lTl-K0fRrSe-ioLWE9ak9j0JFDcUB3Mg6T5Vo/s320/mask+bathroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616299376496657570" border="0" /></a>Before the date, Masked Jeff takes Ashley aside and says that he is ready to take off the mask. Now, the first night, I could NOT stand the mask-guy. I thought that it was one hundred percent ridiculous. I do NOT believe that the only thing that matters is what's on the inside. Plus, it's just stupid and gimmicky, and he really seemed to be taking it seriously, which I do NOT support. But eventually, by week two and three, I was starting to think he was kind of funny. Clearly, he played along for the skit where they filmed him on the toilet wearing his mask. He swam laps in the pool with his mask on and agreed when another Bachelor said he should have worn a white mask, because it was so hot out. So then I started thinking it was kind of funny because it was so ridiculous and awkward.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpov6mf6AcMGIPRXRwYv-cGhPjuKFYkAHIZL5QTnBHzlywTedMzf_dEo4mT_pITDSpkkCnL8WtivTdW5iGXIpUmj67chXJ6XNibcPsLvs80RXpn3voNr4fjQxZ8rCz-1FAsHseMEeX6NUq/s1600/mask+reveal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpov6mf6AcMGIPRXRwYv-cGhPjuKFYkAHIZL5QTnBHzlywTedMzf_dEo4mT_pITDSpkkCnL8WtivTdW5iGXIpUmj67chXJ6XNibcPsLvs80RXpn3voNr4fjQxZ8rCz-1FAsHseMEeX6NUq/s320/mask+reveal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616287593149277602" border="0" /></a>Anyway, the whole stunt definitely did NOT play out to his favor. Chris Harrison said it somewhere that if you are going to don a mask for "three weeks" that you should really look like Brad Pitt underneath it. Word. Mask boy looked like he COULD have had a cute face under there, from what we could see of it... but I'm not going to lie, I was on the whole, disappointed when he took it off.<br /></div><br />And so was the local wild life.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbK3PHzZYnxdL57NhMzOhLUd84A6J4ttOIjMZ8fLfEaxHJuWYBDfkZzWkXgs4jhcGjxqxLH6ygb31ClKzrEGlSgidvuYFJMoowQcCb-zetJWJS90tkSqoT8F2NbnwT87eZlwT9iONWW92/s1600/squirell+scared.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbK3PHzZYnxdL57NhMzOhLUd84A6J4ttOIjMZ8fLfEaxHJuWYBDfkZzWkXgs4jhcGjxqxLH6ygb31ClKzrEGlSgidvuYFJMoowQcCb-zetJWJS90tkSqoT8F2NbnwT87eZlwT9iONWW92/s320/squirell+scared.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616287597778247314" border="0" /></a>And so was Ashley.<br /><br />They rejoin the guys and head off to the comedy club.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoM5mH7cJyYGBx3za2CL7jIHctB8ZV87g244QGWnHnLdYzkOEMby2Gd2CeRQ-g5cXdHS0GjERiq1pE_0MSZ0BxmuFB3wrlil8bcYsDhmi-ijV7Sg3g540-QMCqfPeRourFbSu9ut2v5rp/s1600/roast.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoM5mH7cJyYGBx3za2CL7jIHctB8ZV87g244QGWnHnLdYzkOEMby2Gd2CeRQ-g5cXdHS0GjERiq1pE_0MSZ0BxmuFB3wrlil8bcYsDhmi-ijV7Sg3g540-QMCqfPeRourFbSu9ut2v5rp/s320/roast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616295283785533042" border="0" /></a>So the basic theme of the night was that Ashley has flat boobs. That and some of the guys just decided to make fun of the other guys --- always a safe bet.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgP-qyQO1OXwQ9aanzzbbb8CVCkFj6xYkCxzk1bSyhvasskAIQk7bXRs6v-2xbVJviT0HhJAxdLEW2Hv-gPEVx1Jd1FgG8oA4EuM1mFF_SRn3-Gq3R45VWNd8IdnkHD_LAdWP9tZUZAcbY/s1600/small+boobs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgP-qyQO1OXwQ9aanzzbbb8CVCkFj6xYkCxzk1bSyhvasskAIQk7bXRs6v-2xbVJviT0HhJAxdLEW2Hv-gPEVx1Jd1FgG8oA4EuM1mFF_SRn3-Gq3R45VWNd8IdnkHD_LAdWP9tZUZAcbY/s320/small+boobs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616295308713063282" border="0" /></a>William, however, took it to the next level, saying that when he signed up to do The Bachelorette, he wanted to meet Emily or Chantal, but instead was disappointed to discover the Bachelorette was Ashley. FUNNY!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FcfReQKayFxl1j1ilH4o_TYSF4b8o2ek_3HcijZ1n-_tmV_crrvVcmaDzO6P9Lqf1aBGHN1T_yiNAjNJ1VnLF_dNit8UB3_2XT3rRjYDccXWcPDR9jkseVZcuQxdyplTW8J1zXPO7mPj/s1600/noashley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FcfReQKayFxl1j1ilH4o_TYSF4b8o2ek_3HcijZ1n-_tmV_crrvVcmaDzO6P9Lqf1aBGHN1T_yiNAjNJ1VnLF_dNit8UB3_2XT3rRjYDccXWcPDR9jkseVZcuQxdyplTW8J1zXPO7mPj/s320/noashley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615928517584149938" border="0" /></a>Not.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Soooo, this created some good drama. Ashley took it okay as she sat there, but afterwards, she went off into the folding chairs and was sobbing. I kind of found the whole incident interesting. You could tell that William really did feel terrible that he made her so upset and realized later that it was a BAD joke.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jzn8CZpwLgLz5lc-7wkRWEyxP1j5KTNnyaWelyp9EZz1MoOY2TKZeX0hJv-j2mPfzgtU1MX2kfEkR2hcDrvzc90szlIErmtASh6Q5LP_sTzfvMaDIkQVmy3j17or8IFHubrmjDuGeGHW/s1600/O+mouth.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jzn8CZpwLgLz5lc-7wkRWEyxP1j5KTNnyaWelyp9EZz1MoOY2TKZeX0hJv-j2mPfzgtU1MX2kfEkR2hcDrvzc90szlIErmtASh6Q5LP_sTzfvMaDIkQVmy3j17or8IFHubrmjDuGeGHW/s320/O+mouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616299389989219154" border="0" /></a>So when we first met William, in episode one, I totally thought he was cute as his umbrella kept popping inside out. He said that the whole string of women he dated previously had then gone on to marry the next guy they dated after him. He was ready for his luck to turn around. As I beheld him and noted his striking resemblance to Prince William, I could not imagine why this handsome young man was still single.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwURFUXloqELkmutLIcpPW2ohCOYLlYaMcsIhmkW3UUAfwpNkapjtOxkW6KaB-_S6RCk9ASEz2b4z884SkvTLXyW3z99a_mkBr7Rfp2YsDw9btAOBuUv4aJ07UvNTAgq2A_Z8zIRtlqgp/s1600/umbrella+boy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwURFUXloqELkmutLIcpPW2ohCOYLlYaMcsIhmkW3UUAfwpNkapjtOxkW6KaB-_S6RCk9ASEz2b4z884SkvTLXyW3z99a_mkBr7Rfp2YsDw9btAOBuUv4aJ07UvNTAgq2A_Z8zIRtlqgp/s320/umbrella+boy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615930073577977314" border="0" /></a>Well, now I totally get it. He is super annoying. And also immature. I felt bad for him that he made that bad joke... I mean, we can all relate to putting your foot in your mouth. But what I thought was telling was when Ashley was talking with him afterwards and he was basically like "There is nothing I can say or do to make this up to you, just go talk to another guy." To me, that is just immature. I mean, it is understandable that he would feel that way, but you kind of have to just be more mature, own your mistake and really apologize. You can't just totally bail out on a relationship bc you messed up and hurt the other person. So in my opinion, he's not really ready for a relationship. I got why Ashley felt frustrated that after saying that, he couldn't just comfort her, instead he was just like defeated.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4HIwiQNJLhWJCF-8PVzfAyTScH7geo5QsL4d1tLJiH9iuIiWUr7-q6yyHcR-dtaugoI102asGmU3xcMY7JP4Zv8xPalVd_sn3V7Ml__HxSVQj6zG-QAlp2IVzkXemWYmObB-lqXbZl-M/s1600/william+crying.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4HIwiQNJLhWJCF-8PVzfAyTScH7geo5QsL4d1tLJiH9iuIiWUr7-q6yyHcR-dtaugoI102asGmU3xcMY7JP4Zv8xPalVd_sn3V7Ml__HxSVQj6zG-QAlp2IVzkXemWYmObB-lqXbZl-M/s320/william+crying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616299385449968418" border="0" /></a>Now. I also gained some new respect for Ashley this episode. I feel like she really is "putting herself out there" and/or being honest with her feelings and emotions. Now, I am NOT saying that I "believe in the process" or anything like that. Obviously I think this is a ridiculous endeavor to take if you seriously want to find love. (But maybe she doesn't know that.. haha!) BUTTT she really does seem open and honest about what she is feeling, which I really like. I felt like Ali just spouted random crap that I could not relate to. I mean, I know they all *SAY* they are open, but Ashley seems like she really IS.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Last season, I would like to say that I NEVER really thought she was that insecure. I know that she came off that way, but I personally never got the vibe that SHE HERSELF was just standardly insecure, it always seemed to me that it was Womack who really brought out that insecurity in her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1wcex8EHsXyOuX9qVNxOkJWw4NWhBQD10h5itEUcHO9PpvzwHLbAXphCQAJzEbZoX7t-0e93pWphMz6tfqhymDmjCXarZMo0AupWOaiEA8anfUm2Iv7oudymB_Kv9528smfjD0Vn1Ydd/s1600/sad+ashley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1wcex8EHsXyOuX9qVNxOkJWw4NWhBQD10h5itEUcHO9PpvzwHLbAXphCQAJzEbZoX7t-0e93pWphMz6tfqhymDmjCXarZMo0AupWOaiEA8anfUm2Iv7oudymB_Kv9528smfjD0Vn1Ydd/s320/sad+ashley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616287586744103442" border="0" /></a>I liked the part when she came over to the guys after the show and said "I am NOT trying to point the finger or make anyone feel bad, but the notion that you wish I wasn't the Bachelorette hit on a nerve with me, and that is just how I am feeling right now." I highly support that. What I have learned in the past few years of my life, is that you REALLY should just say what you mean. I know that women are not wired this way... instead women are like "That roast was high-larious and nothing that anyone said hurt my feelings, I am the most easy-going lady on the planet!!!!!!!!!" That is a really bad life and communication strategy is what I have come to learn. No one can read anyone else's mind, so you will really be better off if you just speak the truth.<br /></div><br />SIDENOTE: this is ESPECIALLY true at work. I get that it is hard in your personal life to be all "Yo dudes, I am offended and sad." BUT seriously at work, there is REALLLLY no reason to beat around the bush and be all "Wellll... maybe next time, if it's possible you could do this little different, I mean, if you want to and all." Just be explicit, y'all!<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtMk8FM1RNvHRZZFyxgqZyzEJhbtRUYouGs6SaB7esVzQC3PyPyR2Vv0T_9SGwBTSllp_FvYzrxBhDRAZfXaWFjMwSY0RAb_tgIVTuGIwj6m65m0CiJfUgZXyV3y7Bw8z0psH8ysHAoYH/s1600/sad+on+hollywood+blvd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtMk8FM1RNvHRZZFyxgqZyzEJhbtRUYouGs6SaB7esVzQC3PyPyR2Vv0T_9SGwBTSllp_FvYzrxBhDRAZfXaWFjMwSY0RAb_tgIVTuGIwj6m65m0CiJfUgZXyV3y7Bw8z0psH8ysHAoYH/s320/sad+on+hollywood+blvd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616301553268649730" border="0" /></a>Anyway. So William went off and sad sadly reflected on his deeds on Hollywood Boulevard while Ashley just couldn't focus on having quality time with the rest of the men.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I too am considering being more open in life, and "putting myself out there" as they say. But then again, maybe not.<br /><br />Bentley decided to seize this opportunity to "mess with Ashley's head" and console her that he's into her, etc, etc, etc.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkCHbeB6TdES-_5XuNYoUESE8u2rzIByWa5Avp5xdyPf78L8I01TTLzcGEAvpH2QZVS0ZNvA71fQ8LoXX1Hqd-0NKA8poWdTxyr3L7DefpV_HZ0SabS86-wpGv9PzRPv-zJL0j3haMZIG/s1600/ashley-are-you-lying.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkCHbeB6TdES-_5XuNYoUESE8u2rzIByWa5Avp5xdyPf78L8I01TTLzcGEAvpH2QZVS0ZNvA71fQ8LoXX1Hqd-0NKA8poWdTxyr3L7DefpV_HZ0SabS86-wpGv9PzRPv-zJL0j3haMZIG/s320/ashley-are-you-lying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616294353030768930" border="0" /></a>All right, so let's address this whole Bentley issue. Even though I basically think the whole thing is so ridiculous that it's really beneath me to mention it, I guess I will have to say how I feel about it.<br /><br />So, really, it kind of just confuses me all around. It is OBVIOUSLY produced... I'm just not really sure whose idea the whole thing was. Like, was this Bentley's idea to act like this?? Like go on the show and be the biggest jerk in the entire history of the show??? Do the producers think this is entertaining to watch?? I just don't get it. I wanted to hear what Reality Steve had to say about it, but I also don't want to read any spoilers. Luckily my sister perused the site for me, but it didn't seem like Reality Steve had much to contribute. According to her, he was just kind of like "Oh the producers can soooo manipulate this." Well yeah, they can. DUH. But CLEARLY Bentley is in on this. I mean, the whole Wes thing, I really never bought into... THAT I thought was just a case of giving him a bad edit. The Rozlyn thing was shady too... But there is NO WAY anyone can claim that Bentley is merely getting a bad edit, but is in fact a nice guy. So I'm not really sure what the point of him is.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ_Tj8-SFcWzGGJkw8ik8kL5L0nAcaEpZixXl2UUz13RwwoITvsjwKBKqF9C8fOa1RIw9vgUpVSFFodbfoC_eQdQQWYF1s3CBnO0jA_6L0i-q4wIeWMFG-09UUO3JIOqlTneIxFmdUSKy/s1600/hahahabentley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ_Tj8-SFcWzGGJkw8ik8kL5L0nAcaEpZixXl2UUz13RwwoITvsjwKBKqF9C8fOa1RIw9vgUpVSFFodbfoC_eQdQQWYF1s3CBnO0jA_6L0i-q4wIeWMFG-09UUO3JIOqlTneIxFmdUSKy/s320/hahahabentley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616294363979441234" border="0" /></a>It is NOT fun to watch. It's not even interesting. Here is a Public Service Announcement for ABC: I didn't tune into The Bachelorette to watch men degrade and use women. If I wanted to see that, I could just look at the world around me. Uhmm... or watch a bad movie.... sorry, trying to be less negative/bitter. I just really find the whole plot stupid and beneath my dignity. ALSO, I really kind of feel bad for Ashley... unless she's just playing along with it, she seemed really hurt. So it really seems MEAN for the producers to just let him clearly state all that crap about tickling his p*ckle, hooking up with her and dumping her, etc, then go lie to her face. It's just offensive and I really have no use for it in my life. I am not getting any Take Home Messages from his BS.<br /><br />Anyway, Ashley gives the rose to that super hot guy on this date. That guy is REALLY cute, she should definitely give him the final rose.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5umqBop7gTZ-r4r_y0BIc_3woKQADEJetiDBX4oeA1QiWiD9GpWAM6J92gxo_KpsK1EIBG0Do0Nq2k6dBegU2XsdOewdMYi7r3DXTRIwy_JVVya2YpVcX0cReMQ3UbsRth9S47XCC2iya/s1600/ryan+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5umqBop7gTZ-r4r_y0BIc_3woKQADEJetiDBX4oeA1QiWiD9GpWAM6J92gxo_KpsK1EIBG0Do0Nq2k6dBegU2XsdOewdMYi7r3DXTRIwy_JVVya2YpVcX0cReMQ3UbsRth9S47XCC2iya/s320/ryan+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616302393210287634" border="0" /></a>The fact that she gave the rose to him and not to Bentley causes Bentley to decide it's time for him to peace out.<br /><br />So of course the next day, we are treated to a shot of Ashley telling us how much she just LOVES Bentley!! You guys, if this were the very ending right now, she would *totes* pick B....<br /><br />Which just makes it alllll the more dramatic when he goes to dump her.<br /><br />So the whole dumping was really painful and offensive to watch as well. He decided to pretend that he misses his daughter and that is the reason he is going home. Unfortunately Ashley "falls" for it and lets him go. He continues making super creepy comments to the camera the whole while, saying that she is the kind of girl he would hook up with and never call again.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq5AQEfriuun3Qohk4jQuCFNIx-XiqZCp2SjBkmBYX1yvTieZc_ngDxzJQXk4govEMo82xx4seM02-bheejE64b7jRd57nY8mkQ37R9Q7ahbrH0NHnJANkPHow3uZufEujGEX7jYA2GMg/s1600/crying+ashley+bentley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq5AQEfriuun3Qohk4jQuCFNIx-XiqZCp2SjBkmBYX1yvTieZc_ngDxzJQXk4govEMo82xx4seM02-bheejE64b7jRd57nY8mkQ37R9Q7ahbrH0NHnJANkPHow3uZufEujGEX7jYA2GMg/s320/crying+ashley+bentley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616295294137487554" border="0" /></a>It was really anti-climactic actually, because she still never saw his true colors. She just bought his story about his daughter... and THEN to make things as bad as possible, he said let's not end this with a period, but rather a DOT DOT DOT. First of all, I don't appreciate him stealing my phrases and sayings that I use in real life. And second of all, that is the WORST ending possible to a relationship. It doesn't let you really end it and move on, it just keeps you hoping it will be re-kindled. I mean, I guess that is the point, since apparently the whole Bentley story line is all about let's be the biggest possible jerk.<br /><br />But really it was kind of just a let down and not interesting AT ALL since she still never saw his true colors... so the deception just went on, and it's like - who cares.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aCOj3INFhH2oqi25WYlngVnXfLXmcPhqkArD2zVQYSn-6C4wVs4X0w6RIJCWwf9Uiz5H3gkBSO4bMI34DcIt54iXiIGVKShcZCrEmL2ZmvpNtuU0ik3ZOD2WLq3dwVK7bCdzDkKye34E/s1600/jimmy+kimmel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aCOj3INFhH2oqi25WYlngVnXfLXmcPhqkArD2zVQYSn-6C4wVs4X0w6RIJCWwf9Uiz5H3gkBSO4bMI34DcIt54iXiIGVKShcZCrEmL2ZmvpNtuU0ik3ZOD2WLq3dwVK7bCdzDkKye34E/s320/jimmy+kimmel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615884385057851346" border="0" /></a>I think the best part of her getting dumped was when the camera pulled out and we got to see Jimmy Kimmel watching Ashley crying in bed. "He's a jerk!!!!" said Kimmel. Then he told us that Ashley would be sitting down to talk on his show the next day.<br /><br />So I forgot to Tivo that, but fortunately, I found the video online..... on my YouTube channel. Wow, how did that happen?!?!?!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yw8tajELVlA?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yw8tajELVlA?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />It's still not really clear to me though from this interview, WHAT exactly in the hell is going on.<br /><br />After Bentley made like a tree and scrambled, Ashley then had a hot stay-at-home date with JP. Now THAT is what I'm talking about. The next time some guy pretends that he likes me, but really wishes that I was Chantal or Emily, then uses his daughter as an excuse as to why he can't be with me... I hope that a HOT man like JP comes over to comfort me immediately afterwards.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuG8DiveBjjNpqzR_t-00w8POfKKDmuhqunATSjz7GWHk2U5PlpUlxD9sNt9hip3IHU4Y1LSfZS7L9mYOfr0QW3-QqxWOoRyw2KgWsDsZaykuTNI6ySPZOXMnAvpi6yzDu_431tpqVBZR/s1600/come-hither.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuG8DiveBjjNpqzR_t-00w8POfKKDmuhqunATSjz7GWHk2U5PlpUlxD9sNt9hip3IHU4Y1LSfZS7L9mYOfr0QW3-QqxWOoRyw2KgWsDsZaykuTNI6ySPZOXMnAvpi6yzDu_431tpqVBZR/s320/come-hither.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616294381107577058" border="0" /></a>I think we all know that the only way to get over one man is to get under another. So Ashley puts that old adage into practice with one JP. Nice. JP is very good looking, despite his bald head. He seems very sweet too, but I'm not sure if he's genuine. He kind of strikes me as a lover of women, which I am okay with. Like, I feel like he probably gets a lot of ladies... and maybe doesn't necessarily make a habit of calling them the next day. But to me, he's only doing that because he really loves the ladies and being with the ladies, NOT because he thinks it's a fun sport to add notches to his belt, like B evidently does.<br /><br />I can't really tell how much chemistry Ashley has with him or not. Actually, overall, I can't really tell who she is most into and who might get the final rose. Anyway, she gives JP a rose, obviously.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwryrLXbSJgS-BqDTfpvYYn4ueIqduDPwKxoOhvNjsourpWMNheYupQQp-oFucVekTssN6GAYSWBoKm57PK7f39rOmdQBss1nMAEzNR3p2vVlK2zdL-TLYJ0HFBz9hC1fiiqKEihQ790wd/s1600/hare-ash.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwryrLXbSJgS-BqDTfpvYYn4ueIqduDPwKxoOhvNjsourpWMNheYupQQp-oFucVekTssN6GAYSWBoKm57PK7f39rOmdQBss1nMAEzNR3p2vVlK2zdL-TLYJ0HFBz9hC1fiiqKEihQ790wd/s320/hare-ash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616299418347768354" border="0" /></a>The next day, Ash has a fireside chat with Hare... mainly about Bentley. I really thought that he was going to spill the beans to her and be all "Well, you know Bent was totally playing you." He was kind of like trying to guide her that way and hint and teased me into thinking he he might say something, but he didn't. He kept saying "Welllll... isn't it kind of FAST to fall so hard for someone??" "Do you think it's just because Michelle warned you about him and you want what you can't have??"<br /><br />She says "Maybe. I just don't know anymore. In my gut, I still think that he was telling the truth, but I don't know."<br /><br />NOW, I am very curious to find out what she has to say when and IF she finds out about his deception. I have definitely had feelings in my guts about guys that they were good guys... and been WRONG. So I'm wondering if she feels that her gut compass needs to be reset or anything???<br /><br />I would say -- that I can relate to falling HARD for someone, even when it doesn't necessarily make sense, but I really can NOT relate to falling FAST for someone. No way would I ever be that attached to someone I met 3 days ago. That would NEVER happen to me, I am WAY to skeptical of strangers. But you know, that's cute for anyone who can fall that fast.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vEWURWNES6lkR0W6BKUT0_LF9Hvk1WbRerGRHHx7qyzk8dB6CtjjGzymbFCqATGAzqmMHniD84q1gxq1Nhx1OR03hbp33kQMFXwpkBT0L7Xk2b9oMVGDFthyL3ny-izrrgtlQGdezS-Y/s1600/final-rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vEWURWNES6lkR0W6BKUT0_LF9Hvk1WbRerGRHHx7qyzk8dB6CtjjGzymbFCqATGAzqmMHniD84q1gxq1Nhx1OR03hbp33kQMFXwpkBT0L7Xk2b9oMVGDFthyL3ny-izrrgtlQGdezS-Y/s320/final-rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616294373349749762" border="0" /></a>OMG, ok, anyway. After their heart to heart, Ashley tells Chris that she is in no mood for a cocktail party tonight. THANK GOD... neither was I.<br /><br />So they go have the rose ceremony and she sends home mask-boy and some other guy that no one knows.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPDWdm2xdg2njX_G7tkW-G1weDdC23mKLkcRRIdDeym0CyDOJn-G9g0opPzDj7UfjzUL20V_79-2LX9cMBmXGkr03h2m1Yy7LlxZov-rO27fjcj6Po2hlLw1yqc-xdy-gEzsy-gCRCzj-/s1600/mask-before-after.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPDWdm2xdg2njX_G7tkW-G1weDdC23mKLkcRRIdDeym0CyDOJn-G9g0opPzDj7UfjzUL20V_79-2LX9cMBmXGkr03h2m1Yy7LlxZov-rO27fjcj6Po2hlLw1yqc-xdy-gEzsy-gCRCzj-/s320/mask-before-after.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616295287959640610" border="0" /></a>Now THAT has GOT to sting, you guys. Can you imagine!?!?!?!!!! Getting dumped as soon as you show your face. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSYTxcimQtk33UiEyXDT8xSMwkG6IYW0DnZAmstozjFAGbtd8Llg6j4KZLX3x-UrOtwBg1UUGdC4zLB-SgjhuLZ7rxqP-4yhsOiLT4QbJM4TNo4WDMRBtR7-VRKDRtXHvWuuN9oQQLqbz/s1600/william+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSYTxcimQtk33UiEyXDT8xSMwkG6IYW0DnZAmstozjFAGbtd8Llg6j4KZLX3x-UrOtwBg1UUGdC4zLB-SgjhuLZ7rxqP-4yhsOiLT4QbJM4TNo4WDMRBtR7-VRKDRtXHvWuuN9oQQLqbz/s320/william+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616301561638615058" border="0" /></a>I'm actually not surprised that she kept William around. I think she really does like him a lot. But I don't think he's probably a good idea for a relationship. I can kind of overlook the bad joke (not really). But the fact that he just can't cope with the gaffe is pretty bad.<br /><br />Soooooooooooooooooooo....... I guess we'll see what happens next, and it better be GOOD.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-zoMX4XPe8AtLNcPWfEPNMzWSN8HbU6lpbyi15jDKfaT_DWRiPbnh9ZdE97mMIl0jmoUb59l3uRzUFcAU-b0exujZfRTJRpJ9rUT3SUrHmsMpO10lxRe59R7Ccy4TTzXfRs1QIYb1drA/s1600/really+burnt+mask.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-zoMX4XPe8AtLNcPWfEPNMzWSN8HbU6lpbyi15jDKfaT_DWRiPbnh9ZdE97mMIl0jmoUb59l3uRzUFcAU-b0exujZfRTJRpJ9rUT3SUrHmsMpO10lxRe59R7Ccy4TTzXfRs1QIYb1drA/s320/really+burnt+mask.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616295316062816242" border="0" /></a>Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXX_3UbfNhBoa4ZV65BLAP5F11JbxIUHTNj84mSii7MvWTwtF4Yhoazs958E-DbRcYWIQ513U33osz6-q72cogRO5ZMEs7MHyo4f7-JFdbnMF7eOUQ1m4C6wbFqtRrHFKAL8ekNClv7o7/s1600/bad+fake+eyelashes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXX_3UbfNhBoa4ZV65BLAP5F11JbxIUHTNj84mSii7MvWTwtF4Yhoazs958E-DbRcYWIQ513U33osz6-q72cogRO5ZMEs7MHyo4f7-JFdbnMF7eOUQ1m4C6wbFqtRrHFKAL8ekNClv7o7/s320/bad+fake+eyelashes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616299367427623602" border="0" /></a>PS -- Ashley really needs some new fake eyelashes. I recently discovered the art of enhancing your eyelashes. Now I KNEW that people went around wearing fake eyelashes, but I did NOT know that you can actually get eyelash extensions. ALSO.... this is even more profound, did you guys know that you can DYE your eyelashes?!?!?! I guess I have heard of or seen signs for "eyelash tinting" but I never knew what in the hell that was. WELL, I finally discovered that you basically just dye your eye lashes. The point is basically so that your eyelashes always look dark, even when you are not wearing mascara.<br /><br />As all this knowledge seeped into my brain, you can believe that I was DYING to go get some eyelash extensions STAT. They are really expensive though. And I was thinking about what my family in North Carolina would think of me if I got EYELASH EXTENSIONS. They would really think that I've gone totally LA and lost touch w/ reality. So I decided that as a compromise, I would immediately go get my eye lashes tinted. This is what I would say about the results. It DOES help. My eyelashes are definitely basically black now, even w/o mascara, so that is certainly a nice addition to my life. But obviously they are not thicker or longer..... so all I'm saying y'all is that I have not ruled out eyelash extensions all together.<br /><br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-62279865248581360242011-05-24T17:23:00.000-07:002011-05-24T17:31:48.381-07:00You Guys!!!!Sorry for my delay on the blogging!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9Ds1ChklVnW9CVENXl14zz-4CUCuGoBP1h6vZs0xIDvrmrfJjxVlsDRkEiwx9q40Z6mlrINeAIB3XmnqKfYmrw_DfR_l5gqqWwXg2ElZxm2NIRhyphenhyphengVZSXfCYLzEUA6krU3T3xGEeeqTn/s1600/Untitled+Sequence.01_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9Ds1ChklVnW9CVENXl14zz-4CUCuGoBP1h6vZs0xIDvrmrfJjxVlsDRkEiwx9q40Z6mlrINeAIB3XmnqKfYmrw_DfR_l5gqqWwXg2ElZxm2NIRhyphenhyphengVZSXfCYLzEUA6krU3T3xGEeeqTn/s320/Untitled+Sequence.01_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610444742106367234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's face it -- we all know that no one cares as much about The Bachelorette as they care about The Bachelor. That's why they air it during the summer when no one watches.<br /><br />I WILL re-cap this one tho, I swear.. by the moon and the sun and the stars.<br /><br />However, I have had a life-changing job promotion, and I mean that in a GOOD way. I am VERY excited about this new position I got. I still work at the same place, just have a lot more to do and also earning more George Washingtons. I LOVE my new position... it is the greatest thing that has happened to me in a long time.<br /><br />SO, I obviously have to prioritize my job very high, since I want to do a very good job, etc. So anyway, point being -- I may be a little slower on the uptake this Bachelorette season, but I WILL still do it, I must!!! I can't let everyone down!!! Haha!<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-43664395730028663202011-04-11T18:32:00.000-07:002011-04-15T18:11:23.284-07:00Reality Rocks Convention<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello Everyone!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Last weekend, I had the chance to go to the Reality Rocks Convention in Los Angeles (where I live). To be quite honest with you, I wasn't that excited about going, because I'm kind of tired of old Bachelor/-ette contestants. I think for me, I'm more interested in watching the show itself and breaking down and analyzing people's behavior and calculating how they are being manipulated and then from that extracting life lessons. That is really what my blog is about. I'm just not all that especially interested in what Natalie-Who-Loves-Bears is doing with her life. No offense to Nat!! I mean, I really enjoyed her on the show... but I don't know that I needed to devote a Saturday to seeing these cats in the flesh.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkZmNhC1S6qBXafsgu20mfwCaklUfsdjnK5zCTAyAgqO0ASMl9QtX3jhXqwZ6emc2ZZGJtnA6hcJHu5pedFLvqPPJVNoLSMi9qvFAOnCrdyseKK9bcKCYRkv7H6h7FBJonRN1PYuqk2AL/s1600/IMG_0840.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkZmNhC1S6qBXafsgu20mfwCaklUfsdjnK5zCTAyAgqO0ASMl9QtX3jhXqwZ6emc2ZZGJtnA6hcJHu5pedFLvqPPJVNoLSMi9qvFAOnCrdyseKK9bcKCYRkv7H6h7FBJonRN1PYuqk2AL/s320/IMG_0840.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595968731904088722" border="0" /></a>Anyway. It turned out to be fine. The MOST exciting celebrity spotting I had was when I saw <a href="http://realitysteve.com/">Reality Steve</a>. Now, I have always found his blog to be really funny. He is very irreverent. So on my blog, I'm always kind of trying to not quite "go there" so that I don't lose my job, get sued by ABC and then end up homeless on the streets (which is my deepest fear). I also get worried, thinking about what would the contestants say/think when I see them in person?!?!?!?! I know these fears are not founded in "reality" (get it, punny!!), but that doesn't stop me from having them.... I have to worry about SOMETHING. Anyway, RS has no such worries or inhibitions, so I find it even funnier when I read his blog and he just SAYS things, then I am like -- "Yeah, wow, I really shouldn't worry about my little comments."<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LHDNBSfGQvQ?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LHDNBSfGQvQ?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, I am impressed with how many WORDS he has. Like personally, my brain is overflowing with words, like alphabet soup or cereal. If you sat me in front of a keyboard and told me to type for twenty minutes, I'd write like a hundred pages or something... and that would be single spaced 10 point font. It's embarrassing when I write emails. So for someone to be able to out-write and out-type me and write so much that even I can't read it all --- is pretty impressive. I was pretty excited to see him and he was nice enough to let me interview him... so click above to check out the interview. I think I did okay, considering that this all happened on the spot, so it's not like I had time to prepare or think of questions ahead of time. The other thing to note in the video is how much I talk like a Valley-Girl. Uhhmm... WOW. I think I might need to enroll in speech therapy sessions with my sister Angela who can help me with some "accent modification." Geezus.<br /><br />The next best thing at the Reality Expo was Jillian Harris. I unfortunately did not actually get to interview her personally, but my co-hort Paige got a good interview with her. I am putting up her as her own video in honor of Grace, who LOVES Jillian, Jilly-beans. Jillian is also my favorite of all the -ettes.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYe58gMDtXQ?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYe58gMDtXQ?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So I actually didn't know and/or remember that she was working on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but I am very pleased to learn that and fully support her career choice. I always thought she had a great television personality (unlike SOME of the other Bachelor/-ettes, who will remain nameless.) So I am really happy to see that she is working on that show and loving her job. I was also interested to hear about the book she read about nice girls not getting rich or whatever. I need to look into that, because I too am a nice girl who is currently NOT getting rich... and I really don't support that.<br /><br />ALSO, I thought it was cool how she said that she should not have taken her engagement with Ed seriously. Yeah... I OBVIOUSLY agree with that statement.... actually I think the whole world could have told her that... AT THE TIME. But oh well... I guess that is what they mean when they say "Love is blind." At least she dumped his ass and moved on.<br /><br />Okay, and finally, I lumped the rest of the interviews we got into one video. I don't know if you heard or not, but Kasey "I will guard and protect your heart" Kahl is now dating Vienna, the one who would not stop INTERRUPTING Jake-Tom-Cruise-Pavelka. I actually think that they make a really good couple, for some odd reason. Maybe I am just being a softie romantic! We'll see what becomes of them.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2r9AVuyoY0?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2r9AVuyoY0?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And then Kiptyn and Tenley are still "going strong." Honestly, something about them doesn't quite sit right with me... like I don't know, it seems like there's something disingenuous about them. Not really sure what their deal is, but hey--- whatever works.<br /><br />We got a little bite from Mike Fleiss, who is the skeezy creator of the show... yeah, he is really skeezy. But tall (Mollie, I'm talking to you.) Actually I was really surprised by how tall several of them were. Kasey is really tall too. Kiptyn and Tenley are not.<br /><br />But back to Fleiss... yeah, that is one skeezy dude. Has this been talked about or said before -- I totally feel like he bangs a lot of the girls. Or sad, pretty girls that WANT to be on the show. Just, ew...... or good for him...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjL4KAK1GppQrL7LtuDfIh14Gnq3vOYeDzOuRueBEo2VuFKK18clOIrhbOYuEW2mLYIYKfNYW6TxBJ830ds8x12H6_exarFhNRpK0zMG3QImp_IoFzRNOc76sUrjTf4O1Yji5zsRCGvOQ/s1600/IMG_0729.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjL4KAK1GppQrL7LtuDfIh14Gnq3vOYeDzOuRueBEo2VuFKK18clOIrhbOYuEW2mLYIYKfNYW6TxBJ830ds8x12H6_exarFhNRpK0zMG3QImp_IoFzRNOc76sUrjTf4O1Yji5zsRCGvOQ/s320/IMG_0729.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595954958450482066" border="0" /></a>And finally, we got blown off by Ali and Roberto's bitch-ass publicist. THEY were really nice and TOTALLY would have given us an interview, but we got stuck in the WORST position on the red carpet... DEAD LAST, like we weren't even ON the red carpet anymore, that's how far away we were. And when you are on the END like that, you don't get interviews, bc the stars are over it by that point, or their SNOTTY publicist pulls them away after they already conducted ten interviews. I got very huffy and started saying things like "OMG, you do NOT treat Entertainment Tonight like this!!! My producer will hear about this!!! We are the number one syndicated news magazine in the world!!!!!!!!" However, none of that helped. Unfortunately, we were there for the website (and umm, kind of my blog) so no one really gave an S.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AfIj_lWdNLY?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AfIj_lWdNLY?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div>Anyway, that's about it. Overall, it was a standard day, not great and not horrible. I just wish that I could somehow explain what it's really like to people. Like, I think the event itself was a bust. There was very small turnout... and it's at a CONVENTION center downtown. Maybe it is just me?? But I feel like there's something inherently creepy and kind of just off about convention centers. I can't imagine what it would be like to be one of these contestants that was on a few seasons ago and now just doing random things like Reality conventions?? The red carpet was pretty small. And red carpets are so weird in real life, because there really aren't glamorous. They aren't moving and pushing in close on people and zooming up their legs, doing fashion tilts on their dresses. I think that is the most different thing about red carpets in real life, versus red carpets seen through camera lenses.... in reality they are just so static.<br /><br />Then anyway, I don't think there were hugely major press outlets there... or maybe there were... you can't necessarily tell, unless it's someone with a mic flag. And it's just weird to see them give interviews to people, just walking straight down the line. And they're talking to people who don't really personally care what they have to say most likely, bc it's just people who are there working, doing their own job--- the press. So you have to be pretty narcissistic and a bit disconnected from "reality"<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"></span> (haha) in my opinion to just go around and talk about yourself like that, over and over and over. Like, I guess it's one thing to do the show, then go back to your normal life -- aka my favorite Shawntel, the funeral director. But I guess I feel it's a bit odd to do a season, then just keep hanging on and going to creepy convention centers in your spare time. But hey --- who I am to judge?!??! Maybe they got paid a pile of money to do it or something??? Who the hell knows. (Or cares?)<br /><br />That's all for now!!!! Royal wedding is approaching... that's nice. And I guess Ashley is currently in the process of filming The Bachelorette right now. Fun stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-3292508840203973082011-03-22T11:51:00.000-07:002011-03-22T16:41:19.559-07:00Royal Wedding Watch<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi All!!<br /><br />Was your Monday night as empty and lonely as mine was, without the likes of Womack and his gaggle of young girls to fill your heart with love and desire??!?!?!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvHhnyfMJb_g67sqFF0-bFuza0TkUqauMp1aappH8qVFqMAAF0CmIcqQqquZgQEBtlWoDlvrQW2UHqmydpkr6Q2ZN7cArU-pevZYUhoMnxKtv1z_JPh00MuBG_GuJwn_VTK8Bg3ZdKle2/s1600/photo%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvHhnyfMJb_g67sqFF0-bFuza0TkUqauMp1aappH8qVFqMAAF0CmIcqQqquZgQEBtlWoDlvrQW2UHqmydpkr6Q2ZN7cArU-pevZYUhoMnxKtv1z_JPh00MuBG_GuJwn_VTK8Bg3ZdKle2/s320/photo%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587034120969224642" border="0" /></a>Well, I have another topic I have been meaning to get off my chest: Prince William and Kate Middleton.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAifruRcNauMq6jzHIIlZVb90faj0LUmqg-YgtHgUSU7tjK6yymPB6PWZs4OnfRzvu52s3dSy1oA7sHqew8a-jnnWipOmP5eug3iHJpJZPCg5cvbPiEW_0r27msn_Woga8MVAYkzOCJtG/s1600/kate-middleton-404_671480c.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAifruRcNauMq6jzHIIlZVb90faj0LUmqg-YgtHgUSU7tjK6yymPB6PWZs4OnfRzvu52s3dSy1oA7sHqew8a-jnnWipOmP5eug3iHJpJZPCg5cvbPiEW_0r27msn_Woga8MVAYkzOCJtG/s320/kate-middleton-404_671480c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587052378962439554" border="0" /></a>So when I first heard about the Royal engagement, I was back home in Charlotte, NC with my parents as my Dad was having knee surgery. My Mom <span style="font-style: italic;">AND I</span> were sitting in the hospital waiting room and it was ALL OVER the news. My first reaction was: "OMG, who CARES!!!?!?!?!!" I was just kind of over the Royals in general. I mean, it IS 2011.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, when I got back to work, I was of course forced to see and hear more about those two crazy kids in deeper detail.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfrKoA43aMVU-G5eVoUn-KNhJS7wKDLI3lrCWTViclyRkDQSVXq3lX-6saCrwi94bli3-SB4FpI-9kRffLWlQl6PoQWXxoFPs61d4Zl3uRJJs_sKeBPEnZ6sp7hNZGmZpy44CiqNhsLgD/s1600/caption-Prince+William.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfrKoA43aMVU-G5eVoUn-KNhJS7wKDLI3lrCWTViclyRkDQSVXq3lX-6saCrwi94bli3-SB4FpI-9kRffLWlQl6PoQWXxoFPs61d4Zl3uRJJs_sKeBPEnZ6sp7hNZGmZpy44CiqNhsLgD/s320/caption-Prince+William.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587052386338100274" border="0" /></a>After learning more about them --- and I know this will really mean A LOT to the royal couple --- I give Prince William and Kate Middleton my blessings for their marriage.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I just think that they both seem like nice young people. They have been together for like nine years or something?? So I really support that, because I think it's important to know each other well before you get married... as opposed to, oh I don't know.... meeting someone for a few weeks on reality TV. Especially in the case of marrying a Prince where you will basically have to sign over your life to the public, I think it is EXTRA important to know what you are getting into. I guess he is considered a "catch" or whatever, but I seriously would NOT want to hand over my life and freedom like that, so I think she is nice to marry him.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV60g_mtFIWVaHMNqbEtZsADw20HvtPvBJrMyva8J_zHXa1IKbTltC7l5a9p-cDIFiNkY6G3se5OtBw79JS9JYiJbvGresao8QaKmVKKlEb5tNugEsbajWBFUuL2nrW6ZCrf-PL-Yqi8Ef/s1600/caption-009william_468x407.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV60g_mtFIWVaHMNqbEtZsADw20HvtPvBJrMyva8J_zHXa1IKbTltC7l5a9p-cDIFiNkY6G3se5OtBw79JS9JYiJbvGresao8QaKmVKKlEb5tNugEsbajWBFUuL2nrW6ZCrf-PL-Yqi8Ef/s320/caption-009william_468x407.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587050574854302866" border="0" /></a>Apparently, Diana was only 19 when she married Charles, who was 32 (approximately? if my math is right). So THAT was doomed from the start if you want my opinion. It is my belief that getting married so young is NOT a good plan. And getting sucked into the royal family like that would be difficult at any age.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KeHYOrgUW0gTmElNUdAODUmNHMxTE5ev1OaPuqa4pIYMq1WCFsP6KiRU5WW_6f993zAbcsCpCycOt8YIAsWcVLFBnaFIYQfjzp3q5zEJsg3FqOODZC0SSnuzbKfYXTvTtuhcoBPqpMF4/s1600/kate_middleton.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KeHYOrgUW0gTmElNUdAODUmNHMxTE5ev1OaPuqa4pIYMq1WCFsP6KiRU5WW_6f993zAbcsCpCycOt8YIAsWcVLFBnaFIYQfjzp3q5zEJsg3FqOODZC0SSnuzbKfYXTvTtuhcoBPqpMF4/s320/kate_middleton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587052383628657250" border="0" /></a>Kate is a much more respectable age of 29. I think that is a much more appropriate time to get married. In fact, she is even somewhat of a cougar, being about six months older than William.<br /><br />So, I saw the two of them giving some interview or something, and they both just seemed very nice and poised and polite. When Kate was asked how she felt about being compared to Diana, etc, William said that there was no pressure for her to be like anyone else, she would be her own princess. And also Kate seemed very nice and composed when talking about their relationship, and the time when they broke up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So I really support them and wish them the best. They seem like two nice people and I wish them a lifetime of Royal Happiness!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVI7ghAMfAlZG2889grT7bd0sLkdvxJxK0ZFxi1b3SFa5WhyphenhyphenDH7g8rzLxEqtxhYeOlb5rqdjq_CFLpDkAMNaOHMJgqzIWbJJrzM2yPJQ_gS6EAthAIimtHo1UkGSunvRXwrV5k63XL4PY/s1600/prince_william_and__367359a1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVI7ghAMfAlZG2889grT7bd0sLkdvxJxK0ZFxi1b3SFa5WhyphenhyphenDH7g8rzLxEqtxhYeOlb5rqdjq_CFLpDkAMNaOHMJgqzIWbJJrzM2yPJQ_gS6EAthAIimtHo1UkGSunvRXwrV5k63XL4PY/s320/prince_william_and__367359a1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587051395328331330" border="0" /></a>Their wedding will be on April 29 if anyone wants to start a countdown.<br /></div></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-88936921230728250922011-03-15T09:33:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:12:45.664-07:00After the Final Bottle of Bailey's<div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, so another day has dawned and I have had a chance to <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s>sober up</s> calm down after watching "The Bachelor" finale. Yes, I will be quite honest, it took me a LOT of Bailey's to get through that pointless episode. After Womack proposed, I was just so <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">drunk </span></s>OVER it, that I went to bed.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The Take Home Message from last night: Don't Drink and Blog!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HVp7TG7thCDVTdz-Bp9QjLcAdNso6kN8jiNDRvOHRB66TX_vbsySOhbwyYwQzUZOsNdB579M3xCEzxWXbb-N-iGTQYl3gZzOyTtJq6kEyv9tH3v2RmduVFEBOoUyW_HdKQq7A9br0gQm/s1600/hare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HVp7TG7thCDVTdz-Bp9QjLcAdNso6kN8jiNDRvOHRB66TX_vbsySOhbwyYwQzUZOsNdB579M3xCEzxWXbb-N-iGTQYl3gZzOyTtJq6kEyv9tH3v2RmduVFEBOoUyW_HdKQq7A9br0gQm/s320/hare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584377951104297442" border="0" /></a>Anyway, now that it's the next day, I'm seeing some clips, etc, on TV of the After The Final Rose. So I am now watching that little "special," which seems like it actually IS interesting.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So obviously first out comes Chantal, to meet up with Brad. Womack walks out and is like "OHhhhhhhh it's awkward!!! It's SO AWKWARD!!" Uhmm, yeah NOW it is. So arrogant! And he's all "Oh, are you all right??!!" Please!! Yes, she is fine, she dodged a bullet by getting dumped by you. I don't know.... I found their conversation to be OK.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LRjgg3SSqGfM4Kq9OQPSD1fLwJyzQwOEYPdOcZrrlMfJnjmynXyUGV3vbtqpCSqUJ20j3Ao_Ds9fr_10fWFIdB6yOp0cMBZYo-1rmvrCLbQaoKiaDmnkZ4GzHaFlfA7tHR5bUEJnjfAh/s1600/sorry.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LRjgg3SSqGfM4Kq9OQPSD1fLwJyzQwOEYPdOcZrrlMfJnjmynXyUGV3vbtqpCSqUJ20j3Ao_Ds9fr_10fWFIdB6yOp0cMBZYo-1rmvrCLbQaoKiaDmnkZ4GzHaFlfA7tHR5bUEJnjfAh/s320/sorry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584383569700048834" border="0" /></a>When I was thinking all along that Brad was going to choose Chantal, I was thinking that I could really see them together, and that she really felt something special for him. But now that he did NOT choose her, I feel more like she is just that kind of annoying-ish, very pushy girl who kind of just gets whatever she wants. Which is good for her... but not so much my style. Another thing that really struck me about Chantal is that I really feel like she is just VERY open and has a VERY open heart. Like I just find it interesting that she can sit up there and fully cry and be emotional and sad over what happened with Brad, while at the same time having moved on and found another guy. Pretty interesting and I guess something to be admired... like it's the opposite of what Emily keeps saying about "not wanting to be hurt again."<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So now to the main course --- Brad and Emily reunited on the stage together for the first time as a couple for the world to see. Wow. I don't really know what to make of all this. So BRAD says that he loves Emily so much, that he would marry her right now. He has been looking for her all his life and he is NOT going to let her go. He is even so paranoid about losing her, that he asks Chris is she is going to come out and break up with him.... definitely a valid concern and something that this show is NOT above!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSuEFIUff-Uif_v57_3j5mEXNLK07WOdPHzB2xaOLUGcA0owKGeEl0c5Sc8aRJ3ai5rkfnmN9Pws5PgpWrBuTXqXMiruRMbpvPp5x0KtaePFIPKMmm_fbprLikeL65Bt9oxIgkZLlfZGH/s1600/couple.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSuEFIUff-Uif_v57_3j5mEXNLK07WOdPHzB2xaOLUGcA0owKGeEl0c5Sc8aRJ3ai5rkfnmN9Pws5PgpWrBuTXqXMiruRMbpvPp5x0KtaePFIPKMmm_fbprLikeL65Bt9oxIgkZLlfZGH/s320/couple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584367986610735810" border="0" /></a>Emily comes out and we find out that she's really not so much into it. She claims they are "together" or whatever, and even "engaged," but that she is NOT going to marry him now, NOR is she even going to move to Austin right now.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So, wow, I don't know. What is everyone else's opinion?!?!?!?!!! I mean, I think she is obviously very SMART not to just jump into this ridiculously and pretend like it's all easy, breezy and beautiful. But also.... I really don't know if she really is even all that into him?? I mean, she could LITERALLY marry probably just about ANYONE she wanted to. So, I REALLY do not know if I see this working out. I mean, they ARE being honest, but uh.... I guess sometimes the truth hurts!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjsK9U7hMnLrUqxe6hpKYZJgPiuuiGgCu-Qc-mGyMHjaeVkk8MU-jeWWRUqmOBpNdjHhe2GJ5kkvuqBht4W3cyFo31tmcsIRj-vz96sVSKbdTFiu-W55PgN3_O0Traxfck-CFpaD3lqiF/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjsK9U7hMnLrUqxe6hpKYZJgPiuuiGgCu-Qc-mGyMHjaeVkk8MU-jeWWRUqmOBpNdjHhe2GJ5kkvuqBht4W3cyFo31tmcsIRj-vz96sVSKbdTFiu-W55PgN3_O0Traxfck-CFpaD3lqiF/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584377377356823298" border="0" /></a>I was also kind of surprised to hear Emily talk about how jealous she was of watching Brad with all the other women. I don't think anyone has really admitted that before. Or if they did, they were like "Oh it sux, but I totally understand!!!" Like they have been so beaten down and just are so glad to be picked, that they will accept any treatment. But Emily is NOT like that. I think she KNOWS that she does not need to put up with that kind of shiz. I was also glad to hear her admit how boring she came off on the show.<br /><br />When she was like "Well one of the issues we need to work out is his temper," I was like DAMN!!! That is pretty bad, in my opinion!!! If one of your flaws is having a bad temper, then uhmm... yikes!! I just don't know. I guess for me personally, that would be a deal-breaker!! But I guess there are some people out there who enjoy a bit of drama and spice in their relationships. ALSO, I did NOT really guess that about Brad actually!! I sensed that he had a darker, like drunker side, which his whole Texas Gentleman act is meant to cover, but I actually did NOT guess that he had anger management issues. Someone who I DID peg as an Angry Man was Mr. Jake Pavelka... but yeah, Brad hid it well from me!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQvcgx270aU0eFhUa3dCjhVRfZShV2ihIpzzXaXyi3UwTtcw9dfqpZo451WQ-NjjBHZZNpCvzRU5HO33rFx6hebEf2gFKkkP3TUOnFscGFhP0Ra8EsuPqUXjFHiHctEAGRCC_kbXsatkl/s1600/advice.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQvcgx270aU0eFhUa3dCjhVRfZShV2ihIpzzXaXyi3UwTtcw9dfqpZo451WQ-NjjBHZZNpCvzRU5HO33rFx6hebEf2gFKkkP3TUOnFscGFhP0Ra8EsuPqUXjFHiHctEAGRCC_kbXsatkl/s320/advice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584377373258114178" border="0" /></a>Next up, they trot out the ONLY three successful couples in the history of the show. Right?? No one else made it, did they? Yet Harrison was like "Some of the favorite couples!" Hahahaha!! No, more like the ONLY couples that are still together.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQQyiAOPrB0z1H8SiUAYqJdZNyAYF3EBDH0HpJbIDSrxUIRLZA1hg4ZPgZH3oLJddZLkBliO-xU3Ojtin0HixODHr9LIUvE9X8EpSUX07_FBmrQNDW5wzpu02xmDA9x9Z_49mCPMjU8S4/s1600/molly.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I felt like this part was pretty funny, as they all tried to "relate" to Emily and give the "happy" couple advice. Not to be rude, but NONE of those girls comes close to being as beautiful as Emily, who I thought looked extra pretty last night. Her hair was SLIGHTLY darker blonde, and straighter... so she looked REALLY pretty... like the fake blonde Dolly Parton (who I love) look was toned down a little. Am I the only person who thinks Emily is like SOOOOOOO pretty, or does everyone feel that way? I mean, I know I'm in good company with Brad, but does everyone else think she is the prettiest girl ever made?<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQQyiAOPrB0z1H8SiUAYqJdZNyAYF3EBDH0HpJbIDSrxUIRLZA1hg4ZPgZH3oLJddZLkBliO-xU3Ojtin0HixODHr9LIUvE9X8EpSUX07_FBmrQNDW5wzpu02xmDA9x9Z_49mCPMjU8S4/s1600/molly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQQyiAOPrB0z1H8SiUAYqJdZNyAYF3EBDH0HpJbIDSrxUIRLZA1hg4ZPgZH3oLJddZLkBliO-xU3Ojtin0HixODHr9LIUvE9X8EpSUX07_FBmrQNDW5wzpu02xmDA9x9Z_49mCPMjU8S4/s320/molly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584384985091391058" border="0" /></a>When Fedotowsky started giving Emily advice, I seriously was like laughing. Ali is ok, she is cute enough, I guess.... but comparing her to Emily is just funny. I mean, I know the point of all this wasn't to compare looks and all that, but I kind of felt like none of the girls could REALLY relate to Emily, because she is just SO pretty and sweet, that I think what she's really thinking is -- Uhmm... yeah is this REALLY worth it, when she could go have her pick from ANY man she wanted and not have to deal with all this. I just don't think people who aren't that beautiful can really understand what that is like.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN4ACXnj_8eyA7sh2MP8gZa3IGLWL11PzTVuZ47SWM1835oCxGQUaIdKaohqMYjMkxyKKCmPoRYZ7ZubEEpgT_1ytY6BhiuqQ1E3EcSB-w-_Grw-t7reQJUx99aoiAuPnAkVks30taaDV/s1600/molly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN4ACXnj_8eyA7sh2MP8gZa3IGLWL11PzTVuZ47SWM1835oCxGQUaIdKaohqMYjMkxyKKCmPoRYZ7ZubEEpgT_1ytY6BhiuqQ1E3EcSB-w-_Grw-t7reQJUx99aoiAuPnAkVks30taaDV/s320/molly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584369177102163714" border="0" /></a>So good old Molly of Molly and Jason fame got a nice slam in to all the bloggers out there!! She made fun of us for sitting behind a computer and just writing stuff!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Dz-9dlJ8_WC8eNhNWuh8lynK59Znux4kVnqinxF4CuOIuQKXT4eKXmC4diVNy06sB8KuhLQzj51kZs9vp_zlLROIX_Yhgc3jqfWhNeYkDXp_ApFJc9JMtvyRCRBL59v1hEyurM9fu8rE/s1600/emilys+ring.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Dz-9dlJ8_WC8eNhNWuh8lynK59Znux4kVnqinxF4CuOIuQKXT4eKXmC4diVNy06sB8KuhLQzj51kZs9vp_zlLROIX_Yhgc3jqfWhNeYkDXp_ApFJc9JMtvyRCRBL59v1hEyurM9fu8rE/s320/emilys+ring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584380230682232178" border="0" /></a>Anyway, then they replayed the engagement that we had seen a mere hour earlier for Brad and Emily to watch and behold. So obviously I had been watching the whole episode, thinking I was so clever for noticing that Emily didn't have her ring on... but then they just HAD to pull one final trick out of the bag... it was being RE-SIZED!! Awwww... how sweet! I needn't have worried.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpq87M6woxVSaVjzfTXUAHs8-_cF2lDyqxko5YaL-Uc1nYc-oijFBHjjW-GMwjFYxlk76hZrZvKBW69t5vUxR14lhjqqTd27n8_CB3vfybFIsysyixp2TPkghDnVRchI-7nQwwBqQeXVeg/s1600/hare+ring.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpq87M6woxVSaVjzfTXUAHs8-_cF2lDyqxko5YaL-Uc1nYc-oijFBHjjW-GMwjFYxlk76hZrZvKBW69t5vUxR14lhjqqTd27n8_CB3vfybFIsysyixp2TPkghDnVRchI-7nQwwBqQeXVeg/s320/hare+ring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584380225613040818" border="0" /></a>Evidently, Chris Harrison was wearing Emily's engagement ring for safe keeping this whole episode!!<br /><br />So, there's that!!<br /><br />That's all she wrote. Brad and Emily are not doing press today, and issued this statement:<br /><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">"At long last, Emily and I can be open to the world and each other about our relationship. Though we are madly in love, it has been a bumpy couple of months for us and our priority right now is to focus on our relationship. We hope that you can respect our privacy as we return to normalcy and begin our off-screen lives together."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">We shall see!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Until next time......</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Julie Julie<br /><span style="color:black;"></span></p>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-298508834998910732011-03-14T11:59:00.000-07:002011-03-15T00:36:03.529-07:00Sometimes There Is No Take Home Message<div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, I will be honest and admit that I came up with that headline two weeks ago. I really tried to avoid the spoilers, so that I could watch the season "fresh," but unfortunately I was eye-raped as I trolled around other sites trying to promote my blog and saw that Chantal was the winner. That is what <a href="http://realitysteve.com/">Reality Steve</a> promoted from the beginning... Chantal wins!! Then recently, like a week or so ago, he changed his tune and said that no, EMILY is the winner.<br /><br />So anyway, that's when I came up with the headline... because seriously... I can't relate to EITHER of them. When the "winner" was Chantal, I could kind of see it and get behind it, but with Emily "winning" I am so lost, I have no words.<br /><br />So anyway, that's when I came up with that profound headline -- sometimes there IS no take home message!!! Because it also correlated with things in my own life. You guys, sometimes things really just are NOT fair!!! There is no lesson to be learned, no good comes from certain things. There's nothing you can do but just live through it!!<br /><br />Well then unfortunately the EQ hit Japan on Friday, and it actually fits my title even more. Like so much to the point that it's really not even funny. It's just plain TRUE. Living in Southern California, I too live with the constant knowledge that "The Big One" could hit us anytime. And it's so scary to think what that would even look like. And honestly, as much as it sucked when the EQ hit Haiti, I can personally relate/emphasize with the one that hit Japan even more, because that is an industrialized country with stricter building codes. So if some EQ came and rocked LA, it would be somewhat similar to what happened in Japan. And it's really unimaginable. Just soooooo much destruction!!!!!! It's so sad and crazy. I mean, I guess I would just try to hop on the first plane I could catch back to the East coast, where I am really from. And pray to GOD that my two cats (MK and Ash) were safe and could fly back with me. I don't know. It's just really sad. Sooooooooooooooooooooo sad what happened over there, and I mean this NOT in a funny way--- what IS the THM???? If there is one, I personally don't see it yet.<br /><br />Ok, then also..... I am NOT trying to be like crazy and doomsday saying... BUT... you know how the world is supposed to end in 2012??? Well, all I am saying is that A LOT of bad and/or crazy things sure DO seem to be happening lately. We have all the people uprising in the Middle East trying to take back the night from their insane, oppressive dictators. Then we have flocks of birds and fish washing up DEAD on the land.... Hmm..... I don't know. I'm really not trying to minimize any of these events... but seriously a LOT of crazy things ARE happening lately!<br /><br />So sometimes, I reflect and think what my Grandparents must have thought back in their day. It was World War 2 or something, and the threat of what---- nuclear attacks??? I really don't know my history.... but there were these World Wars breaking out... THAT must have been VERY hard to live with. And here I am living in a time with no wars... yet I feel this fear that the economy is going to full-on collapse, and with all these bizarre things happening, I feel like we could be on the brink of World War 3.<br /><br />ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Sorry for the INTENSE divergence from Bachelor-related material. But honestly, I found this finale to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO depressing that it offered me absolutely NO relief from all the bad things that are happening in the world.<br /><br />So... you know, in college I studied popular culture, and media (and Economics, whooo!!!). And there was this insight that showed that the worse things are in the world, the more fluffy and corny/ridiculous the popular entertainment of the day. I forget the exact examples, but I guess they were pointing out the extremely corny, ridiculous entertainment of like what --- the 50s or something?? This ridiculous and cheesy entertainment prevails while there are all these heavy and serious things going on in the world.<br /><br />And I have to tell you that I kind of feel like that's what's happening now. I mean -- Dancing With the Stars?????????? THAT is some cheezy SHIZ right there!!! The Bachelor --- CHEESE!!! There is a LOT of cheesy and hokey entertainment that is en vogue right now.... Glee!! When I think back to the 90s... grunge rock was cool -- like Kurt Cobain and flannel and ANGST! Angst was IN! Now, I feel like these TOTALLY cheese-tastic shows are in... or Jersey Shore... SOOOOO ridiculous! And I feel like it corresponds with how BAD things are in the world.<br /><br />So anyways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the philosophical divergence. And that's right --- I don't have any funny captions this week either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />But seriously --- I just have NO interest in Brad Womack picking Emily Maynard. I am sorry, but I just can't relate to that on ANY level... not even on a level that I could make fun of them!<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I really don't find it funny or interesting or entertaining. I find it nothing but DEPRESSING at this point. Brad is THIRTY EIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Emily is what -- I can't remember even from my own chart, 24, or 25 or something??? I dunno.<br /><br />Obviously I have nothing particularly bad to say about Emily. Who would??? What's bad to say? She is beautiful and sweet. And if anyone of my naysayers want to say "Oh Julie, you are just jealous." Well YEAH!!!!!!!!! Of COURSE I am jealous!!!!!!!! What's not to be jealous of!!?!?!? She is this beautiful, sweet, "poised" little, BLONDE Southern Belle with a cute(-ish) daughter and she basically just has everyone give her stuff.<br /><br />So, I think that Lisa called it!! She said -- Emily is just used to having everyone do stuff for her, because she is beautiful and sweet. Well, I totally agree and think she hit the nail on the head. That IS is. I think Emily IS a very nice, sweet girl, but I really DO get the vibe that she is used to having people do things for her, because she is so sweet and beautiful... like for example, I don't know... buy her a HOUSE.<br /><br />Well, I am sorry, but I can NOT relate to that on ANY level whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!! For better or worse (mostly worse, maybe??!??!?!!) I am an independent woman!!!!!!!!!!! I have NEVER had a man in my life just so that he can provide things for me, such as food and shelter. I am really, seriously sorry, but there is just no part of me whatsoever that can relate to Emily, other than to be jealous of her!!!!!!<br /><br />Chantal I could relate to a little bit more, because at least she had some spunk in her. I really can't relate to growing up in that kind of ridiculous mansion, but at least she seemed more like she had her OWN free spirit.<br /><br />And Mr. Bradly Womack.... I mean, I just don't even know what to say. Good for him???? I guess???? I mean, if you want to own a bar for 39 years, and then one day go marry a hot 24 year old with a cute, blonde daughter.... then good for you?????????? I mean, do whatever in the hell works for you, but I sure as sh!z can't relate to that.<br /><br />SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just really don't see anything romantic, cute or relatable in ANY of this disaster.<br /><br />What in the HELLLLLLLLL am I supposed to find cute or sweet about some old man bar owner marrying some cute, hot little 24 year old blonde girl?!?!??!<br /><br />Whatever. I just don't even know what to say. So, sorry to be a big old DOWNER this week, but yeah, that's about all I have.<br /><br />So, it is official, 100% of the votes came back for me to dye my hair back to brown, and by 100%, I mean, all TWO of them!! Lisa and Grace! I am very excited to go back to my natural roots, which is why it's even more depressing to watch Emily "win" the final rose. Chantal is very pretty, you guys!<br /><br />I am going back to brown hair. And I am 32 and single and do NOT have a kid or a house that someone bought me. That is all I have.<br /><br />So, if anyone else has any comments, thoughts or feelings that you need to get off your chest, feel free to do it here!!!!<br /><br />Also, I would really like to thank everyone who left me positive and encouraging comments all season!!!!!!!!! I kind of feel like Clay Aiken, when he came out of the closet! He was worried that people might not accept him, but instead, everyone was like "You go, girl!!" I feel the same way!! So thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I will see you next season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />LONG LIVE THE SINGLE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />--- Julie Julie<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-74534577703704660902011-03-09T11:21:00.000-08:002011-03-09T18:16:04.931-08:00The Women Tell All!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Well we have been waiting for this all season!! One of the best episodes can be when the (Wo)men Tell All. Luckily this was a pretty good one. Sometimes the Tell Alls are super boring. Now the challenge for me is -- what am I possibly going to put in the thought bubbles this week?!?!?!!?!!! Hmm.... well I'll see if I can come up with anything!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXYTtqsc4AKOsIG8YIOqJB9x4-zujHxztfyN776LU92ZbqUx3g3xiN1Z9NP514gdoh6Bp6HAsnNMhMqu7PvNAwJaSMXNoqjfWAToqlRlGpxqx3S0GWDljuA6ddwGtRq6SOO8LWFDP5maD/s1600/stage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXYTtqsc4AKOsIG8YIOqJB9x4-zujHxztfyN776LU92ZbqUx3g3xiN1Z9NP514gdoh6Bp6HAsnNMhMqu7PvNAwJaSMXNoqjfWAToqlRlGpxqx3S0GWDljuA6ddwGtRq6SOO8LWFDP5maD/s320/stage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252968891252434" border="0" /></a>So first up, we are treated to Womack's version of the season. He made several erroneous and/or offensive claims. First off, I was deeply when offended when he "admitted" that Shawntel's funeral home date was "awkward.... yeah, it was a little awkward... I'm not ready to think about death, YET." RUDE!!!!!!!!!! Listen Brad, it's not ABOUT death, it's how she makes her LIVING. I don't know... I just think it's really immature not to be able to take an innocent tour of a funeral home. As I have mentioned numerous times, my family on my Mom's side were funeral directors and I just think it's time that we all get over it and deal with it. There are worse ways to make a living.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb29HGRp194VpGJhUthikiQsQnukJndnQwLBafghZ6-l1QZ4kh469xaECIIVu-6fJ_kHhxyQvWNzn2La_jSDR0LdfrkR2VE7q133SyQa6124vUsQw2MFVqYCLQC0rpo2Mq8riFORXcGz2t/s1600/brad+funeral.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb29HGRp194VpGJhUthikiQsQnukJndnQwLBafghZ6-l1QZ4kh469xaECIIVu-6fJ_kHhxyQvWNzn2La_jSDR0LdfrkR2VE7q133SyQa6124vUsQw2MFVqYCLQC0rpo2Mq8riFORXcGz2t/s320/brad+funeral.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582254408630242050" border="0" /></a>Moving along, Brad then said that he is happier to be at this Tell All than he was to be at the other one, because "even the goodbyes were gracious." HA!!! Were they??? Because I thought they were all pretty harsh.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwB29TGeCq1gI-wJXHsnwq-7S2LHVTQ0oCwrIsk829BwH1cGUkMtN_NZCpaKH_3pVQHiN9fnqe59TerCTKZVEJGdI4rMfmKUbh_ml5GjIOYZChyphenhyphenQIpZtKDtku0qCRKMturHhZASFzyPl9/s1600/vienna+wes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwB29TGeCq1gI-wJXHsnwq-7S2LHVTQ0oCwrIsk829BwH1cGUkMtN_NZCpaKH_3pVQHiN9fnqe59TerCTKZVEJGdI4rMfmKUbh_ml5GjIOYZChyphenhyphenQIpZtKDtku0qCRKMturHhZASFzyPl9/s320/vienna+wes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252059134078178" border="0" /></a>OK - now we got to go to the casting <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s>couch</s> call for "Bachelor Pad." Let's see... what of note happened here? Well, Vienna debuted her shorter hair. That DEFINITELY looks better on her, she should keep it... like when Grace made me cut my hair: good move! Grace's favorite, most beautiful woman of all time, Rozlyn was there... but she didn't look QUITE as pretty, if you want my opinion.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkpiLLlJnP3_8jdFzI1hz_3IkSTqkfkyhkvcNaCxcm7jCLz6loa-yXjErQuLrjR3zI2gB6hwpO46VRyGSOgQM9WFAJoY_3zrQD8-MlbnlFpGpuHzcAo_NuhA2B1OiLEJS8Crto-QNu0io/s1600/roz.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkpiLLlJnP3_8jdFzI1hz_3IkSTqkfkyhkvcNaCxcm7jCLz6loa-yXjErQuLrjR3zI2gB6hwpO46VRyGSOgQM9WFAJoY_3zrQD8-MlbnlFpGpuHzcAo_NuhA2B1OiLEJS8Crto-QNu0io/s320/roz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252063437911826" border="0" /></a>So remember how everyone hated Vienna, but Gia defended her? Well, Gia went on to date Wes, who then went on to sleep with Vienna. Gia and Vienna had a Twitter war over it! So Gia told us that the rule of Women is to not sleep with or talk to your friend's exes. But the rule of Skank is to go for it. She is right. But this just goes to prove that women are shady. I used to be a card-carrying member of The Sisterhood, but then enough times girls who are friends of friends, etc, acted shady that I had to turn in my membership and now I am no longer a member. So I have to be friends with a girl for a long time or be her sister to believe she is a member of the sisterhood. Gia is so innocent!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsPpxvZjCjc23B7vDsFCXygH1R1Fa6Wfx0_ncIpavGaK35auLrpFmu2hA69liC-1-jVNYEc_a_RTH66Wvu7u78kg-V-F06qxP3NkHRcFO_tjfItqgoplRXCR94wIFbfY0Jgol5qeujF_U/s1600/gia.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsPpxvZjCjc23B7vDsFCXygH1R1Fa6Wfx0_ncIpavGaK35auLrpFmu2hA69liC-1-jVNYEc_a_RTH66Wvu7u78kg-V-F06qxP3NkHRcFO_tjfItqgoplRXCR94wIFbfY0Jgol5qeujF_U/s320/gia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582184779571349762" border="0" /></a>So we'll see who gets to be on "Pad" I guess. The whole affair made me want to get into a Time Machine, travel back to when I was eighteen, then instead of going to college, just move to Los Angeles, lose 50 pounds, get super drunk and be part of the "Bachelor" family where I would do nothing but drink and hang out in mansions sunning by the pool all day (because also in my fantasy I would have lovely olive skin instead of being basically allergic to the sun). I would hang out with all the hot men and all the hot ladies and life would be perfect. Then I would marry one of the Bachelors and we would move into our own mansion and have little Bachelor babies, and the whole thing would be funded by ABC. Yikes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvooz12y8menTSF9c0TXJX0iNcS7uUKOH56JPi7mg0nLNCDUZOIDDlSJEwBheQGqDoRGeXZqaxtw-yPiVcpekWdNJ3TJAOsf5fDbTKDgh5O8c7NFquWUaH7Eq9F8FNkD_7nIRUBVfGZo5/s1600/ew.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvooz12y8menTSF9c0TXJX0iNcS7uUKOH56JPi7mg0nLNCDUZOIDDlSJEwBheQGqDoRGeXZqaxtw-yPiVcpekWdNJ3TJAOsf5fDbTKDgh5O8c7NFquWUaH7Eq9F8FNkD_7nIRUBVfGZo5/s320/ew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252044639179906" border="0" /></a>So anyway, we cut back to Chris Hare, who goes "Yes, it's one big, bizarre, dysfunctional family." Did you notice how the word "happy" was notably lacking from his description??? He didn't say they were a HAPPY dysfunctional family, just that they were bizarre. Which he is right. So, I also think that Harrison is kind of over this gig.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DxsI7S3G5y-ArQPi91wbi2b_YiZ8x7Cw6I81jXOJX8E65TXwv9BT1-rFuPepuFZnca9jlEuk4lgKlXb6p-KTyX7H8oT7GqokUXHmsEgzhZFSm5N50y9BRQ97KLTFwZhZySrhl0EyUHTr/s1600/hare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DxsI7S3G5y-ArQPi91wbi2b_YiZ8x7Cw6I81jXOJX8E65TXwv9BT1-rFuPepuFZnca9jlEuk4lgKlXb6p-KTyX7H8oT7GqokUXHmsEgzhZFSm5N50y9BRQ97KLTFwZhZySrhl0EyUHTr/s320/hare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252033229425506" border="0" /></a>This is the vibe I get from him: when he started out, he had big dreams of being a serious journalist, much like Anderson Cooper. He took a couple hosting gigs along the way, to help pay the bills. When a little show came along called "The Bachelor," he had a little credit card debt he figured he could pay off with the money. He never expected it to last 20 thousand seasons and be such a big hit. Now, he is Chris Harrison, host of The Bachelor, and that IS how he will be earning his living. It's a good living, so he can't really complain... but his soul hurts a little bit on the inside.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbtqRkxKgeOZd5qgeSMpeq7H0s2Euld2gRqJWt6xkyFoUnJO2AssfLKqNCqiViFJTiwiBcYhAv-V0SJZsLdvgFIANVQLxBg-Pgk1ivNeSLoSUYhy9Iq7svUlAMyulsgT8d7vDHVRUDDG6/s1600/girls.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbtqRkxKgeOZd5qgeSMpeq7H0s2Euld2gRqJWt6xkyFoUnJO2AssfLKqNCqiViFJTiwiBcYhAv-V0SJZsLdvgFIANVQLxBg-Pgk1ivNeSLoSUYhy9Iq7svUlAMyulsgT8d7vDHVRUDDG6/s320/girls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582255599506311410" border="0" /></a>Anyway, back in the studio, it's time for the Women to Tell All and get catty with it. They all kind of go at it at first, then we get into specific victims. First to go sit in the hot seat is Melissa, of Raichel vs. Melissa fame. I don't exactly remember what I thought of this drama at the time that it played out, but last night, Raichel DEFINITELY came off looking like the insane one. Melissa seems like she is not very bright and has several screws loose upstairs. But Raichel seems like she is just MEAN and vicious.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3J8gS88KmTb_H21-CyJbLAw1niJ50IzxJ1Np3uKexV6mN0b-sXoS2ANg9REzD3qUT8X_cu8es3cFmj3oSQUqmYLwU0fKRthkwCWLTR89DDFgqzSiKolmTCJSMtEx6cTYItpXmm2nrZD_M/s1600/meliss.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3J8gS88KmTb_H21-CyJbLAw1niJ50IzxJ1Np3uKexV6mN0b-sXoS2ANg9REzD3qUT8X_cu8es3cFmj3oSQUqmYLwU0fKRthkwCWLTR89DDFgqzSiKolmTCJSMtEx6cTYItpXmm2nrZD_M/s320/meliss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582256028682741858" border="0" /></a>My feelings about Jackie got a little mixed up last night. It really bummed me out to see her, because she is such a dork and I am NOT a fan of her or her prissiness. However, she did start calling out some truths that I kind of did have to agree with... so it was a very emotionally confusing time for me. For example, she said that Melissa didn't ruin Raichel's chances with"The Bachelor" (as Rach claimed) but that Rach ruined her own chances by acting like a fool. Truth!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyKW2MgxO9htm_gFeErRm5HnwVSU43nDSdHmx3is2CVVKhWPYAvaTnh2MXb0fAbyICYMomZlIJ5mXxW-rLBV5sbtJDKYgNHA64_V1sNYa9cdT4I5D7-5HV_KvqANjTI0RigEdz2-Kf4yH/s1600/michelle+cry.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyKW2MgxO9htm_gFeErRm5HnwVSU43nDSdHmx3is2CVVKhWPYAvaTnh2MXb0fAbyICYMomZlIJ5mXxW-rLBV5sbtJDKYgNHA64_V1sNYa9cdT4I5D7-5HV_KvqANjTI0RigEdz2-Kf4yH/s320/michelle+cry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582184784539189266" border="0" /></a>Next up to the hot seat is Michelle, of "Psycho-Michelle" drama and fame. Her <span style="font-style: italic;">main</span> antagonizer was Stacey, though many of the other girls also were not into her. So, I don't know. I kind of just didn't find the Michelle drama that interesting anymore. Michelle's defense is that she has an extremely dry sense of humor. I get that.... I mean, I do have friends with very dry humor that is sometimes lost even on me. But at the same time, Michelle really doesn't strike me as especially funny or witty. Sooo.... eh, I don't know. I guess I just don't really have much of an opinion on her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEsD3LNnU8FL-hYnvmA_QRxQ35JPNATEIu_Qzl6JsYWVEjRXclesnF48y9c4-MibgVsqOJuSCYkm30G5B_rW-vh3uwr1Nc-Xcwp-Lm-uTphc1GbnMpjxmKOBLsfA8dbibxxfmJw2SxxUU/s1600/stace.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEsD3LNnU8FL-hYnvmA_QRxQ35JPNATEIu_Qzl6JsYWVEjRXclesnF48y9c4-MibgVsqOJuSCYkm30G5B_rW-vh3uwr1Nc-Xcwp-Lm-uTphc1GbnMpjxmKOBLsfA8dbibxxfmJw2SxxUU/s320/stace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582256402433888370" border="0" /></a> It was at this point that I lost so much interest in the show that I got up and started doing dishes and generally straightening up around my house. That is pretty bad, as I basically never do dishes or straighten up. The Michelle crap dragged on through two commercial segments and was so boring that I managed to wash all my dishes, put away all my clean clothes, pick up everything off my floor and pack a gym bag for the next morning.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDZ4sAX0YYOju9WaDtn-lDBAGf96PIWi5acZUDPF_sm_I7xnO3BAiXbacAT2O-EePp_V4w4htDaDGOSieRWaf6PSdujOZua0xsqOyDY0pDe6uSnaFlD_iEWDAbbR7av0x8VPZbWY-H7dJ/s1600/ashley+s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDZ4sAX0YYOju9WaDtn-lDBAGf96PIWi5acZUDPF_sm_I7xnO3BAiXbacAT2O-EePp_V4w4htDaDGOSieRWaf6PSdujOZua0xsqOyDY0pDe6uSnaFlD_iEWDAbbR7av0x8VPZbWY-H7dJ/s320/ashley+s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582257256939010978" border="0" /></a>FINALLY when that was over and I came back to my senses, it was Ashley S's turn in the hot seat. I always liked Ashley S. and was sympathetic to her cause. I felt really bad for her when she got dumped by Brad with a punny little saying. It devastated her and she couldn't stop crying. She didn't especially seem like she was really over it last night either, but I guess she seemed ok. I know exactly how she feels though... when she was saying "I feel like I am finally doing everything right and learning from all my past mistakes and I really thought it was going to work out this time." And I also especially relate to her saying all her past relationships were bad, since that is basically how I also feel and I too "can't take it anymore." Oh wait... those might be my words, not hers. But whatever, I know how she feels. But it IS kind of interesting, bc why DOES she feel like that? She is cute, funny and nice, so I really wouldn't think she would have relationship issues. Just like everyone thinks about Jennifer Aniston!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zymqKye0hkKykw1q6GT-4RQBsF1GDsaZcapULo2tLNxPUa1NXOF8rhL57Ly3haVUuydDj_MsHCDj2dVgvAnV2NG8GeEJ9gNbyMnLK-_kCK8ZnVsaUxYBPUMCYxDH-WjVIOdJeeARkLKE/s1600/sad+ash.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zymqKye0hkKykw1q6GT-4RQBsF1GDsaZcapULo2tLNxPUa1NXOF8rhL57Ly3haVUuydDj_MsHCDj2dVgvAnV2NG8GeEJ9gNbyMnLK-_kCK8ZnVsaUxYBPUMCYxDH-WjVIOdJeeARkLKE/s320/sad+ash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582258800369025698" border="0" /></a>Anyway, she also completely validated what I was saying all along, which was how much it hurt when Brad said that crap about "You will make a good wife, you will NOT make a good wife for me." What a jerk!!!!!!!! She said she wanted "closure" or more of a explanation, or whatever.... but she didn't get it. I mean, Brad DID say she WOULD be a good wife... but she missed that part and only heard the part about her not being a good wife for HIM. So whatever, Brad is a jerk and she can do better.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The only advice I would really have for her is: the truth is over-rated. She should definitely start lying to herself, instead of focusing on all the negative ways in which men treat her. For example, remember that one chick who got thrown off and was all "F Brad, I could be dating a million men tomorrow if I wanted." Yeah, that attitude might help Ashley S with her depression over men. She should just start thinking that way, she would feel better then.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9HmLgUl_8b6oSHkmiU8lpRsIyno8ACJ3lu6QVZT2LVpyqc_KUBq3UQTemeBJz6ia34_IOP8ufT9rAs85v-NOmLL0mg2KTN0RusovK2EjzRIMb7VKG4YNcSAzg-0C95sRCS3VCd14E-fk/s1600/ashley+h+brown+hair.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9HmLgUl_8b6oSHkmiU8lpRsIyno8ACJ3lu6QVZT2LVpyqc_KUBq3UQTemeBJz6ia34_IOP8ufT9rAs85v-NOmLL0mg2KTN0RusovK2EjzRIMb7VKG4YNcSAzg-0C95sRCS3VCd14E-fk/s320/ashley+h+brown+hair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252978101779106" border="0" /></a>Next, along comes Ashley H. to the hot seat. The biggest news here is that she now has brown hair. As with the other Ashely, this too stirred up many emotions for me. I actually do think that she looks good with the brownish reddish hair. It makes her look more mature and sophisticated. However, I'm not sure that I've really known her long enough to be able to process such a drastic hair change. I also thought that she looked good blonde, which made her look younger, cuter and more fun.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbsc2f1PQuDrjc5E9DmmQgYZGIdjV3H3OyGOYTZXo4fZyYj2lD4pfCSYY4bCaLIQr2IZDtAOC3Q3bjcXCtswLHMXMP8FDvA3KqpXaV-V8grWlvG_DLIWTMyYeQ0KIabd0_iM8cKNlTTxc/s1600/ashley+roots.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbsc2f1PQuDrjc5E9DmmQgYZGIdjV3H3OyGOYTZXo4fZyYj2lD4pfCSYY4bCaLIQr2IZDtAOC3Q3bjcXCtswLHMXMP8FDvA3KqpXaV-V8grWlvG_DLIWTMyYeQ0KIabd0_iM8cKNlTTxc/s320/ashley+roots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582251181018589650" border="0" /></a>She claims that this is her "natural color," which I don't believe. Check out her roots. It looks like she has that dark ashy blonde hair that isn't really any color. It kind of sucks on its own, but then the good news is that you can easily dye it to any color you want. So this really hit a personal note for me, because I too am thinking about dyeing my hair back to brown. Right now it is fake, bright blonde. And my hair unfortunately is a few shades darker than hers naturally, so it doesn't dye blonde easily, even though I look pale and like I could easily be blonde. It's really expensive and roots are a pain in my ass. Please vote below if you think I should go back to brown or stay blonde, thanks!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjaWQSGEZnL4pY5W6r9iu-rHfCfEXxRkvIl3ZtFaBpm4axWVm5enVkbtFCM9FgG3VeB63eIqsTKqXCcQ0WImORfuYW1mo9oUdTkgs1YH6Ib0AYjVUIyZU0lJ9bnsvzE1f3FVPADnwHuJH/s1600/julie+vote.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjaWQSGEZnL4pY5W6r9iu-rHfCfEXxRkvIl3ZtFaBpm4axWVm5enVkbtFCM9FgG3VeB63eIqsTKqXCcQ0WImORfuYW1mo9oUdTkgs1YH6Ib0AYjVUIyZU0lJ9bnsvzE1f3FVPADnwHuJH/s320/julie+vote.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582262860428137394" border="0" /></a>Ok. So back to Ashley's feelings for B-dub. I found myself liking Ashley more at this WTA. I don't know how, when, where, why, etc, but Ashley really seems like she is totally over Brad. I really did feel all season that she is NOT a jealous, nervous and neurotic person, but that Brad made her FEEL that way. I think she must have realized that at some point along the way too, because she seems pretty chill and NOT upset over Brad AT ALL. Brad himself even admitted it at one point that he "wasn't that guy" that could just make her feel calm and assured.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also -- according to <a href="http://realitysteve.com/">Reality Steve</a>, he has reported that Ashley H. will be The Next Bachelorette. I am ok with that... HOWEVER, if they start seriously pulling this whole pile of "I focused too much on my career, when I should have been gallivanting around, sleeping with all the other dental students to find my husband, but now I'm changed and ready to put some random guy I met a few weeks ago on a reality TV show first," crap, then I will be ANNOYED.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMekbvmohO8V-dSL9Etifcfg7INn0FYOXwCCAVkBukzjFBMTQkSqrVmvNz2i_nt4cahmUjjMLVMFnRUpUyE6A7dzSbhME5SpQl64gYND_hrt0fcU6zeNc2_wW1yMzu4JC5cB4dYoAP6xt/s1600/womack.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMekbvmohO8V-dSL9Etifcfg7INn0FYOXwCCAVkBukzjFBMTQkSqrVmvNz2i_nt4cahmUjjMLVMFnRUpUyE6A7dzSbhME5SpQl64gYND_hrt0fcU6zeNc2_wW1yMzu4JC5cB4dYoAP6xt/s320/womack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582263569783341090" border="0" /></a>Finally, out comes the Womack himself. He proceeds to creep me out right off the bat by saying, "I don't want to get in trouble here, because I promised my significant other I wouldn't be that excited to see all you women. But sorry BABE, it is SO GREAT to see y'all!!!"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">EW!!!!!! That really makes me think he is going to pick Emily. She seems like the kind of wife/woman you would say that about. "Oh, I don't want to upset my beautiful, precious wifey!!! Sorry Babe!!" Again this really hit a personal nerve for me... as you can tell, this was a very emotional episode for me. So is this what it takes to get a man??? We have to find someone and break them in and train them like they are some kind of dog?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Bad, Braddie, don't look at the other women!"<br /><br />"Good, Braddie, tell me ALLLL your inner feelings."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"What did I say about having more than 2.5 beers in one night, and then driving home, Braddie?"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqVv9GMULWi8OBYHsYRgbyHnSQcPJLAooU13hBuq-uOmHFJ6VMtYKEPjzrJboo4h1LCljWEAuMpfmDkBtP1kgZdjayHSKYdI0-2Y3aY5xMfpTMKMWzHV3uYRLlLjtBVfLSKaAdmqfkWN7/s1600/brad+brothers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqVv9GMULWi8OBYHsYRgbyHnSQcPJLAooU13hBuq-uOmHFJ6VMtYKEPjzrJboo4h1LCljWEAuMpfmDkBtP1kgZdjayHSKYdI0-2Y3aY5xMfpTMKMWzHV3uYRLlLjtBVfLSKaAdmqfkWN7/s320/brad+brothers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582251183822785618" border="0" /></a>UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! G-d d@mn it!!!! I guess I will be single forever, as I have NO desire to modify someone else's behavior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................. GROSS!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I'm so upset right now, I'm not sure if I can finish this blog.... Sigh.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ok. Anyway, I don't think Brad really said or did anything else noteworthy during his interview. Did he?? That I forgot about? Who knows...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21_FU2-Y3elQu6SU88_Hes2MhPGoAhAh6a8vlLwmPIOU1XWetF-dGwtX_0qHt4kyvMwDXhkcVbTn24csakGosLpVwwkYEGsrBy38xbrEw2cKlHfhKTMnwKp9bARpUD0FJ2_7L6CYss5V1/s1600/cowboy+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21_FU2-Y3elQu6SU88_Hes2MhPGoAhAh6a8vlLwmPIOU1XWetF-dGwtX_0qHt4kyvMwDXhkcVbTn24csakGosLpVwwkYEGsrBy38xbrEw2cKlHfhKTMnwKp9bARpUD0FJ2_7L6CYss5V1/s320/cowboy+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582251187506285186" border="0" /></a>So I have been meaning to say this all season. Is anyone else a fan of the author, Sandra Brown??? She used to write trashy romance novels, and then kind of veered into mystery. Most of her manly heroes are tall, dark, handsome and from Texas.... and I kind of picture them looking exactly like one Bradly Womack. The only difference would be that if Brad was one of her men, he would be sharp and witty and very hard to understand, yet have a softer, gentler side that was looking for the right woman to break through his rugged exterior.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_YFGLClhmeZFo4DYHujJwIZhZ8aVDoh6w9OLN0YcZHi_tlWFHMFF7cuMjnA9UhD5VqoPANZTow7A35xugyEMx3H4WjnAivHJZuLJAfpx8F_3UIFtssVWdAtdtIGCtWUUvZ9Nl4npf7A9/s1600/kids.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_YFGLClhmeZFo4DYHujJwIZhZ8aVDoh6w9OLN0YcZHi_tlWFHMFF7cuMjnA9UhD5VqoPANZTow7A35xugyEMx3H4WjnAivHJZuLJAfpx8F_3UIFtssVWdAtdtIGCtWUUvZ9Nl4npf7A9/s320/kids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252979961497730" border="0" /></a>Anyway, next up, ABC makes us all feel like a bunch of jerks for worrying about our petty first world problems, when there are small children who can barely get an education and don't even have hot water.<br /></div></div><br />And finally, we get both a refresher course on Brad's relationship w/ Chantal and Emily as well as a preview of what's coming up in his relationship. They make it look like he storms out on Emily, although I SEVERELY doubt that happens.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhDsWayP_1m-nXkgybWWFZ3RnA9KxSAKgbXxMeqZxmIBmUB73TWPE3buVsAu9C3I59VpbH36RCHCLTTEfgP-bvBLy1yXGF0oMIPFMoOaMTgaO73h9JsZGq8QfrfoTnXIXoVwGlb2QKQ6l/s1600/brad+storm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhDsWayP_1m-nXkgybWWFZ3RnA9KxSAKgbXxMeqZxmIBmUB73TWPE3buVsAu9C3I59VpbH36RCHCLTTEfgP-bvBLy1yXGF0oMIPFMoOaMTgaO73h9JsZGq8QfrfoTnXIXoVwGlb2QKQ6l/s320/brad+storm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582264084913043346" border="0" /></a>I have to say, I think he should pick Chantal, he looks more comfortable around her. Everyone is saying he is in love with Emily, which I also did finally get, when they re-showed her walking out of the limo last night. I don't know. I'm just not sure Emily would really be that into Brad.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />All in all, I feel pretty emotionally UN-vested in whomever he chooses. I can't relate to Brad, Emily OR Chantal on ANY level.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and I also didn't find the out-takes that great or hilarious.<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Dch0Ef7VHJXK6fdN41AR6whR_og4MQxbRrKyQzWhmM3k67Jfd1BLp6_-cqpe8HjkbFHJ7O4l2K_yTrKtqC08JhOsMNz7XbA0w4BQ1aU3ejTkEeEBcU5T5-4ofsTYlZc1lh8yXcfoY08n/s1600/chantals+mom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Dch0Ef7VHJXK6fdN41AR6whR_og4MQxbRrKyQzWhmM3k67Jfd1BLp6_-cqpe8HjkbFHJ7O4l2K_yTrKtqC08JhOsMNz7XbA0w4BQ1aU3ejTkEeEBcU5T5-4ofsTYlZc1lh8yXcfoY08n/s320/chantals+mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582251190568162466" border="0" /></a>PS --- Does anyone remember the time when Chantal told Brad that her Dad cheated on her Mom and got some other girl pregnant and that she has some random half sister or brother or something running around out there?? Awkward!!!<br /><br />PPS --- This chick was really pretty. He should never have sent her home!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlprkp8GzqA2CUiDQiuWs_BnmXecz9JtXDFTCr04oG6xWbKjYYBHiTTpwqz8I6A7CJuLZfcMkrJGDZMo7DBaXhnNfa7nSqMjcLw19xMpAp8RauYUs_eRf0rGVxOx4LxgIOu2xycc61g9U/s1600/pretty.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlprkp8GzqA2CUiDQiuWs_BnmXecz9JtXDFTCr04oG6xWbKjYYBHiTTpwqz8I6A7CJuLZfcMkrJGDZMo7DBaXhnNfa7nSqMjcLw19xMpAp8RauYUs_eRf0rGVxOx4LxgIOu2xycc61g9U/s320/pretty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582252981828803554" border="0" /></a></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-3980646538820031942011-03-02T13:07:00.000-08:002011-03-02T16:37:27.998-08:00Dissertation on Charlie Sheen<div style="text-align: justify;">Ok y'all, so NO, this is NOT Bachelor related, but I think we all really need a safe space to vent about Charlie Sheen. For this week's (Monday, Feb. 28 - Final 3 dates in South Africa) re-cap, click <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://thetakehomemessage.blogspot.com/2011/02/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my.html">HERE</a></span> or scroll down below!!! That re-cap is up!! But I have more pressing matters trying to get out of my brain right now.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_Gt_UXRevt0gPzJSFLueWEdzeCGhFTQhKZA5MuXlDe4IPnBbPfLS4b5jGjcd8xg5XtuOJ5I_q6uf2WHDJRrA72RzmyPct9EcU1p5-1Oa0ORS63g767ndidTTk76xNU5aQIcBwSmqA_bw/s1600/101905_sheen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_Gt_UXRevt0gPzJSFLueWEdzeCGhFTQhKZA5MuXlDe4IPnBbPfLS4b5jGjcd8xg5XtuOJ5I_q6uf2WHDJRrA72RzmyPct9EcU1p5-1Oa0ORS63g767ndidTTk76xNU5aQIcBwSmqA_bw/s320/101905_sheen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579629963116116722" border="0" /></a>Ok -- so Charlie Sheen is a stark, raving mad lunatic!!! And I have thoughts and feelings about Charlie that go WAY BACK.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Once upon a time, when I was just a young lass, fresh out to Los Angeles, circa 2003, a new little sitcom started up, called "2.5 Men." I was there from the beginning... not ON the show or set or anything, but covering it. I remember when it first came on the air, and that cute little kid actor, Angus. Sidenote: why in the HELL would you name your child Angus?!?!?!?! Anyway, I didn't think much of it, because let's face it: most sitcoms FAIL. But I do remember interviews with Jon Cryer and Angus, and that kid was cute.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So some time wore on and apparently the sitcom was doing well. Personally, I don't really get it, because I don't personally see the humor in womanizers. But I can honestly say I've NEVER seen even one episode of that show, so I guess I can't talk. I have seen a few scenes here and there, but usually after a few minutes get so offended or disgusted that I have to change the station.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-4CdGWBeuwwpq_Lh2atyZRg-3K8sE-ZXp_PEBjde6Lf2w5q46UdYA_kvc7QUVi4S8W0TXPe86LQwx0fzyDyNLFtdqVBDHyLxqY5vfI5OagaeUyiJHIQeQFbn7HZmhyphenhyphenIP5LrGWtfnAoHA/s1600/two-half-men17.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-4CdGWBeuwwpq_Lh2atyZRg-3K8sE-ZXp_PEBjde6Lf2w5q46UdYA_kvc7QUVi4S8W0TXPe86LQwx0fzyDyNLFtdqVBDHyLxqY5vfI5OagaeUyiJHIQeQFbn7HZmhyphenhyphenIP5LrGWtfnAoHA/s320/two-half-men17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579628674361196066" border="0" /></a>Well one day, Denise Richards did a guest-starring role in the show and we were behind the scenes. I was GREEN with envy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because I felt like she had EVERYTHING I wanted!!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Back in those days, I still had dreams of being a famous actress. So I was jealous of all the actresses. But furthermore, she was all cute and I can't remember if she was pregnant, or just had their one cute little daughter. And she was married and was on a sitcom. So my OTHER dream in life is to work on a sitcom and THAT dream really has NOT faded, unlike my aspirations to be a famous actress. Plus she was all married and happy-(seeming) and her husband was a sitcom star.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So basically she had like EVERYTHING I could ever have dreamed of wanting, as far as I was concerned. She was cute, famous, pretty, married, rich, had a cute baby and was guest-starring on a sitcom. I think the only thing that would have made me more jealous is if she was like 21 and had a twin sister... bc I also get jealous of YOUNG successful people all the time and I always wanted a TWIN!! (Example: I am SUPER jealous of the Olsen twins!!!!... or I used to be... but still kind of am, actually... but then kind of not, bc now that I am older, I really would NOT want to be famous!!! But I WOULD like to have billions in the bank and be 21!!!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LHGWY-v1X78SAuJX7PM2uDt_NdMNnUMsDYWGs6klbkgAp4flTCDhI9BgyWrHOb2-4Db-K4-rW0QJC9gJSca8HENIXPHCVxZOxeBTa2UPTIHnoiD98gxmcm5CfLah-Se2Yg3Hc77q-bge/s1600/draft_lens1567690module9297189photo_12093149591.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LHGWY-v1X78SAuJX7PM2uDt_NdMNnUMsDYWGs6klbkgAp4flTCDhI9BgyWrHOb2-4Db-K4-rW0QJC9gJSca8HENIXPHCVxZOxeBTa2UPTIHnoiD98gxmcm5CfLah-Se2Yg3Hc77q-bge/s320/draft_lens1567690module9297189photo_12093149591.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579630410258951922" border="0" /></a>Anyway... Sarah was like "Dude, don't worry about them, SERIOUSLY. They have problems too. NO ONE's life is perfect, not even sitcom stars, not even rich people, not even successful 21 year old millionaires." So I was like "Yeah, you are right," and tried to console myself that maybe it WOULD actually suck to be rich and famous. Ha!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Well, I am sure that I would have forgotten all about that set visit if the saga had not continued.<br /><br />But little did I know that the drama was just getting started!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So, soon enough, Denise is pregnant with their second baby and filing for divorce. Now, I think that really says something BAD when a PREGNANT lady is filing for divorce!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, really now!!!!!!! You have to do something pretty bad for your wife to leave you when she is PREGNANT.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSz1yMh1_9EMZ3kGhYubJ5n5QBINi2u9TRuvQj2-Yx6iK_RhV0g2UwHRtLq8pt5FAEPV1aHMuGlcK71IOBgB7LHZeX53jy1zwbbnS3plHfswV-_RfHR2eeyz73xqYIG58Y39zSoYe3koN/s1600/Charlie+Sheen+and+second+wife+Denise+Richards+photo%255B10%255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSz1yMh1_9EMZ3kGhYubJ5n5QBINi2u9TRuvQj2-Yx6iK_RhV0g2UwHRtLq8pt5FAEPV1aHMuGlcK71IOBgB7LHZeX53jy1zwbbnS3plHfswV-_RfHR2eeyz73xqYIG58Y39zSoYe3koN/s320/Charlie+Sheen+and+second+wife+Denise+Richards+photo%255B10%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579629052685447202" border="0" /></a>So obviously I was interested in this story, since I had been SO jealous of them just a short time ago!!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />SIDE NOTE: I think that Charlie Sheen might have been known as a bad boy or something in the 80s, but I'm not really sure. You see, I wasn't really allowed to watch much television in my youth (ironic career path I've chosen???). So I spent most of the 80s listening to Burl Ives, dancing around in my living room, coloring and playing make-believe with my sisters. Yes, I was approximately 13. There are some drawbacks to being the oldest :( So anyway, maybe if I had known that Charlie was bad news, I wouldn't have been so jealous in the first place.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDjkG6bY3tD2531sGBcDfxpiLOrcq9uTRZuWW-HlMq6Oc5htMyEp59N13PlDl7wg6JpfsishIfW0lNudcl0PmgttYoqI92wSNygSDKjQgSLldAjlxEXoyoUpeiCLxTihDizgJFwauyKI9/s1600/Charlie-Sheen-Platoon-4.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDjkG6bY3tD2531sGBcDfxpiLOrcq9uTRZuWW-HlMq6Oc5htMyEp59N13PlDl7wg6JpfsishIfW0lNudcl0PmgttYoqI92wSNygSDKjQgSLldAjlxEXoyoUpeiCLxTihDizgJFwauyKI9/s320/Charlie-Sheen-Platoon-4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579635289554390370" border="0" /></a>ANYWAY... being interested in this divorce story between Charlie and Denise, I paid extra special attention to it. Not very noble of me obviously, but I definitely REVELED in their fall, as I thought to myself: "WOW, now THAT sucks!!!! I am GLAD that I am not you!!!!!!! One day I will marry a GREAT guy and live happily ever after and NOT get divorced!!!" Ha!!! We'll see.<br /></div><br />So, Denise wrote this long complaint to the court, spelling out all the erratic and crazy stuff that Charlie did. I read the whole thing one day at work!!!!!!!!! And seriously, just seeing a snippet or quote from it would NOT do it any justice. You had to read ALLL the pages to get the full effect. It was clearly something that SHE actually wrote FROM THE HEART. It wasn't a fine piece of literature or anything, all perfect and structured. No, it was clearly something that a distressed woman took the time to write out and think through as she tried to take back the night.<br /><br />You can read it <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/charlie-sheen-divorce-bombshell">HERE</a>. It's 17 pages long and I read the whole thing back in the day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't remember everything it said, but I remember a few things... he was like talking smack about her Mom who had cancer, like HIDEOUS things. He was paranoid about his daughters and didn't want to vaccinate them or take them to the doctor or give them vitamins, like weird paranoid stuff... even if you are skeptical of vaccinations, he was like crazy. Yeah, I really don't remember all the specific allegations, just that I really believed them and everything she wrote. Kind of like this whole post. It's not that well written and it's pretty specific, and also implicates myself, so I'm obviously not LYING about my jealousy, etc. That is what her letter was like.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fssv8hGvLxkbvnIOpD_rVD8DmZJzAp1LG1e8BKnOAa0kGnqzxLjNBSnnO5_2H_OCAwEm7jOxck6zCvQTrqBseSIRpuZnc4U5KK1UbRvoeg8N5QakX-3IWHreBvincmM7bv6GXPif2y8S/s1600/denise_richards4678467.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fssv8hGvLxkbvnIOpD_rVD8DmZJzAp1LG1e8BKnOAa0kGnqzxLjNBSnnO5_2H_OCAwEm7jOxck6zCvQTrqBseSIRpuZnc4U5KK1UbRvoeg8N5QakX-3IWHreBvincmM7bv6GXPif2y8S/s320/denise_richards4678467.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579629052106217010" border="0" /></a>So at that point, I was like -- hot damn!!! Charlie IS a crazy bastard!!! And that is the point when I became anti-Charlie. I was totally on Team Denise. And actually that wasn't really the popular opinion back then. I think most people thought that SHE was crazy. They thought he was the big rich sitcom star, and she was a psycho, hysterical, bitter ex-wife.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLYd015KB8smvR5f-Oe5P6oe9CrtFSYXIMzZtILXPXC-csB3B79-KJwevlf_qd9F7i2PEgAmUODIgaSoH9CqmVX18hyphenhyphencmse3do0Sg1kBD0-HfdAof79laRHUyyY6cKxFwCdJz5jy14VBs/s1600/charlie-sheen-300x205.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLYd015KB8smvR5f-Oe5P6oe9CrtFSYXIMzZtILXPXC-csB3B79-KJwevlf_qd9F7i2PEgAmUODIgaSoH9CqmVX18hyphenhyphencmse3do0Sg1kBD0-HfdAof79laRHUyyY6cKxFwCdJz5jy14VBs/s320/charlie-sheen-300x205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579637044220057170" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I KNEW Charlie was a MEAN bastard. And this is not just from Denise's letter to the court either. He has "mean mouth." This is a term I made up, where his lips are always pressed together in this hugely angry scowl. And he was also like going on this press tour, talking tons of S about Denise. Like he was just so INNOCENTLY trying to live his life, and this hysterical woman wouldn't just let him be in peace. Well, that is just obviously not true, in the sense that... if you were really so grandiose and SUCH the bigger and better person, then you really wouldn't be talking to the press AT ALL about your "psycho ex."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UwD8VV95vfTPnXRy6q6pdb7tbSfifKKvsbNN6CxE7dN59wtrlAw3yoDfXi9FZGvaoE4ZEL-q_kg1y2Gud2WWRXRrC89uz0r8siX-b_Xlpq1KbtDDfktmEg5jtMSUCVEyL81Ap-c50JDb/s1600/Charlie-Sheen-and-Brooke-Mueller.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UwD8VV95vfTPnXRy6q6pdb7tbSfifKKvsbNN6CxE7dN59wtrlAw3yoDfXi9FZGvaoE4ZEL-q_kg1y2Gud2WWRXRrC89uz0r8siX-b_Xlpq1KbtDDfktmEg5jtMSUCVEyL81Ap-c50JDb/s320/Charlie-Sheen-and-Brooke-Mueller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579631168270245650" border="0" /></a>So it was around this time that he joined forces with Brooke Mueller.... his new girlfriend. So they were like on a press tour, promoting how insane Denise was, and Brooke would all chime in to his defense like "Yeah, she is SOOOOOOO jealous of us!!! It's crazy, we are just trying to live and let live!!!!"<br /><br />And I was like "Broooke... what in the HELL are you thinking??? How can you NOT realize that your ass is going to be the one he knocks around next!?!?!?!?!" I mean, take some serious heed yo, if he's doing a press tour slandering his ex. As Dr. Phil says -- past behavior is the best predictor of FUTURE behavior. SERIOUSLY! Wow.<br /><br />Beware y'all of your flame's relations to their ex's bc good chance that will be YOU one day!!! Oopps..... hmmm maybe I should watch my mouth since I pretty much either don't remember or HATE my exes!! Actually I don't hate any of them... only ONE. I would mention his name, but then I would have to spit, and I'm in my office! Uhmm... I mean, I'm at home blogging in my spare time. I have ONE nice ex, who I really like, and his name is Jeremy. Anyway, I am seriously digressing.<br /><br />So. As I was saying... yeah, seriously watch out for how people treat their ex's. Now, let's say for example that someone really DID have a psycho ex. Now, that really does suck. Especially if you have kids together, and yes, I am sure that would be incredibly frustrating and difficult to deal with. However, you can still tell a lot about the person by how they DO deal with it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So somehow Brooke TOTALLY missed all the warning signs and went ahead and married Charlie like a DUMB ASS.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVvnLf4WNM5TFiNS6FSLOjZnz0om0LrqmmZ7YptAT11rYG5Ax4bHLxJZjGbp-FBe1fhNyM0WvWpkkP3i6rOQBoOau_rcWhlmGrvoIpoW_463Um2NBhYrSp7NLy_Dz6zF94761VoSr2Wp4/s1600/charlie-sheen-and-brooke-mueller-wedding-photo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVvnLf4WNM5TFiNS6FSLOjZnz0om0LrqmmZ7YptAT11rYG5Ax4bHLxJZjGbp-FBe1fhNyM0WvWpkkP3i6rOQBoOau_rcWhlmGrvoIpoW_463Um2NBhYrSp7NLy_Dz6zF94761VoSr2Wp4/s320/charlie-sheen-and-brooke-mueller-wedding-photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579631703783430290" border="0" /></a>Now, this was not that long ago, and by this point, my jealousy has QUITE faded for pretty much ALL famous people, as I have now realized that being famous is NOT cool and that I DEFINITELY do not want that in my life. Also, after my stint doing improv, I also realized that I have no big desire to perform, as I don't really like being on stage, bc it makes me feel fat. However, I WAS funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always feel the need to mention that, bc I feel like when I tell people that I did improv, but quit, I can see them internally cringing at the thought of this tall, quiet, shy girl on stage trying to be funny... but I WASS!!!! People laffed, yo!!! (With me?? At me??? I dunno).<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />BTW - I WOULD still like to work on a sitcom, I would perform for that, or write or whatever... just not be a PA and get ppl coffee... and I would also still gladly accept millions into my bank account and the chance to be 23 again!<br /><br />Anyway, so yeah, Brooke marries Charlie like some kind of FOOL!!!! And the press was all covering it like it was so cute and happy and they had some sort of inappropriately elaborate wedding, etc. And everyone in the world acts like this is all normal, and happy and that Charlie is this great guy who's the big star of a great sitcom.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-RbuV5TmuI3KYR-YIAiZsQHUB_rIXoUJTUm2X2D_AE9B1-fheWY5FLyeTmozb6aEo9Qm5mRo20iVCgmKlc1GYjhuXsdRQLedrv1LlE0HYGEQqgaB3MQ_XPYm5Ui4KECm2-cIgQ9Qal3w/s1600/charlie-sheen-brooke-mueller.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-RbuV5TmuI3KYR-YIAiZsQHUB_rIXoUJTUm2X2D_AE9B1-fheWY5FLyeTmozb6aEo9Qm5mRo20iVCgmKlc1GYjhuXsdRQLedrv1LlE0HYGEQqgaB3MQ_XPYm5Ui4KECm2-cIgQ9Qal3w/s320/charlie-sheen-brooke-mueller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579638335785780210" border="0" /></a>And the whole time, I was sitting in my little hidey hole nay-saying the whole thing!! Going "WTF WTF WTF WTF. This is NOT going to end well!!!"<br /><br />So, NOT SURPRISINGLY at all to me, Thanksgiving or whatever, Christmas?? I don't know, I can't remember the timeline... but out in Colorado, the police get a call and Brooke M. is like "My husband, Charlie Sheen is holding a knife to my throat!!" NICE!!!!!!!!!! You can even listen to the call <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20333373,00.html">HERE</a>. I remember being at home during the time, so it was definitely over some holiday and I was all kinds of "I KNEW IT!!!!" And reading the news. And everyone was like "Uhmm wow Julie, do you have a life?" (Apparently, I did not!)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So that relationship devolved into a steaming pile of abuse and BS, just like his other one! Oh wait, but not before she had his twins --- Bob and Max... because he was backlashing against the trend of giving your babies abstruse names that no one has ever heard of, nor can pronounce.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_TbhMghMhu_bKeTIOgJNMIi1zwGHGnZGMg0xwKyvMd6_ySqPLToWHndvWpZlWSlYf_rhp6PsOKQfuwe_hzQ9lOcwxbeKRbV1I4UGexv_A3mQghewXogS1MiVN3S8QiBHh_EqNt8s3zO6/s1600/charlie-sheen-brooke-mueller-pregnant.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_TbhMghMhu_bKeTIOgJNMIi1zwGHGnZGMg0xwKyvMd6_ySqPLToWHndvWpZlWSlYf_rhp6PsOKQfuwe_hzQ9lOcwxbeKRbV1I4UGexv_A3mQghewXogS1MiVN3S8QiBHh_EqNt8s3zO6/s320/charlie-sheen-brooke-mueller-pregnant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579632249969608066" border="0" /></a>Anyway, so now they're divorced (or divorcing?? I think it's been finalized). And I've felt for a long time that he is a TOTAL JERK and complete woman-abuser.<br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So, I guess that's the thing for me. The reason that I really strongly can't get down with him is because he is seriously a total woman-beater and abuser. So for awhile now, I've been offended on behalf of all women everywhere for all his ravings and living with porn stars or "Goddesses."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqjLbPK7dZz1LD-D4xq3ODecM61xiL0EfGF-xdVeqZcrXEPkWGZZMvgZqUXTZpLxuj33PbKcw4AVNTb243rIHhlhsLSyhM7tNX78jwAfKBUybjEEx2__n-9uxOXqLbX1id2OVOQUjnrB_/s1600/charlie-sheen-boards-a-private-jet-with-his-2-girlfriends-and-ex-wife-brooke-mueller-pic-barcroft-41404011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqjLbPK7dZz1LD-D4xq3ODecM61xiL0EfGF-xdVeqZcrXEPkWGZZMvgZqUXTZpLxuj33PbKcw4AVNTb243rIHhlhsLSyhM7tNX78jwAfKBUybjEEx2__n-9uxOXqLbX1id2OVOQUjnrB_/s320/charlie-sheen-boards-a-private-jet-with-his-2-girlfriends-and-ex-wife-brooke-mueller-pic-barcroft-41404011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579629966456110546" border="0" /></a>I am not really sure what started this recent unraveling in the media, actually. What happened, like he missed work on 2.5 Men for a minute or something?? Then did a radio interview insulting Chuck Lorre, the creator of 2.5 Men? I really don't know, but he has just started making all these totally CRAZY remarks to like EVERY MEDIA OUTLET that will listen. I bet I could get an interview with him for my blog!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />So then they finally cancel the show for the rest of the season due to the "totality of his actions and statements." And now he has just given out so many golden quotes that I can't even keep up.<br /><br />The New York Times brought up an interesting point --- abusing women and doing piles of cocaine didn't get Charlie fired, but insulting the producer did. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/business/media/28carr.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Check it!!</a> (I didn't read the whole thing).<br /><br />Now my emotions go three ways for Charlie.<br /><br />1 - On the one hand I am DEFINITELY laughing at his quotes. I mean, they are hilarious and bizarre. And he just keeps coming up with more and MORE of them!!! Today, when his twins got taken away, he said "Tiger blood now drips from my fangs." HAHAHAHA!!! To allegations that he is bi-polar, he says "I'm not bi-polar, I'm bi-winning." Really, there's no end to the string of bizarre and hilarious comments he's making lately.<br /><br />2 - On the other hand, I kind of feel like we are all laughing at and making fun of a mentally ill person, which I kind of feel bad about.<br /><br />3 - And finally on the THIRD hand, I don't feel bad at all, because he's a misogynistic woman abuser who has left behind FOUR children under the age of seven and two beaten ex-wives in the wake of his destruction.<br /><br />So that basically sums up my feelings. His general point now is that he is a ROCK STAR who is WINNING and the rest of us are LOSERS. The reason he is WINNING is because he is now shacking up with not one, but TWO women... or "Goddesses" he flies all over the world in a jet and drives a fancy car, does tons of drugs and generally does whatever he wants.<br /><br />Now, I think that most people can see that he is pretty mad. BUT... I feel like some people are going "Well, he DOES sort of have a point... I mean, he CAN do whatever he wants, and who WOULDN'T want porn stars and expensive cars?!!!?" So whenever I hear that, I get re-offended on behalf of womankind!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLB4NNyVLWFzo1M3B7MiuUicPc7GMRkBuXA1BD2pA1fDHZUOrZD5Gjth81my9dFT6F20zldziW02mo0HXMnh0USP84TYQismngieGd0rByzcc0mIL0yxg-7SZu3S9FMUURmILnQic4UHWM/s1600/URINE+LABEL2_post.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLB4NNyVLWFzo1M3B7MiuUicPc7GMRkBuXA1BD2pA1fDHZUOrZD5Gjth81my9dFT6F20zldziW02mo0HXMnh0USP84TYQismngieGd0rByzcc0mIL0yxg-7SZu3S9FMUURmILnQic4UHWM/s320/URINE+LABEL2_post.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579629966143719890" border="0" /></a>So now I would just like to give MY opinion on his lifestyle. First off -- do whatever you want, I really don't care. BUT, I am definitely not IMPRESSED with it. I mean, it's just hedonistic and selfish, which sure we all have a right to be... but it's not really anything special or noteworthy to just put yourself first. The fact that he has all these little kids though makes it really BAD. If you want to just party with porn stars and get high all the time, at least have the common courtesy NOT to hurt other people, such as wives and children while doing so -- aka STAY SINGLE, dumb ass.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeo7igPAUY-us3zNDgMyTLbvIeFfxHAZfECfhyr7y7Vsq9Pj_t8Ys4r016uOivXY9J3ixw5O9v6ghUTESn4rSkmfUgYmN7N253c_mFcvuBNvaE8OYRN1NVjd02fqJ2rJzEZN6IN6ywBeD/s1600/Leonardo-DiCaprio+-+1+-+The_Departed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeo7igPAUY-us3zNDgMyTLbvIeFfxHAZfECfhyr7y7Vsq9Pj_t8Ys4r016uOivXY9J3ixw5O9v6ghUTESn4rSkmfUgYmN7N253c_mFcvuBNvaE8OYRN1NVjd02fqJ2rJzEZN6IN6ywBeD/s320/Leonardo-DiCaprio+-+1+-+The_Departed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579628441630412850" border="0" /></a>Now, I even have a nice example of someone who seems to be living the playboy lifestyle POLITELY. Leonardo DiCaprio!!! That's right!!! Isn't he always running around with some 19 year old model??? Just recycling one after the other??? And Leo really isn't that young anymore (36).... so yeah, it's a little skeezy to just keep dating young model after young model as you yourself get older and older and older. HOWEVER, Leonardo is NOT a jerk or creepster about it!! I mean, most people probably don't even think of him as a perv!!! He is always extremely NICE to the media, VERY polite and sweet and humble and unassuming and just very NICE!!!!!!!!! He has never once offended me with his antics, and I am pretty easy to offend when it comes to women's issues. But hey -- what can I say?? If that is Leo's interest, more power to him!! At least he is not hurting anyone!!!! Go date baby models, what the hell do I care?!?!<br /><br />Charlie on the other hand is just a big JERK, running around acting like every guy wishes he was banging two porn stars in a private jet. And this pisses me off, bc I just feel like it isn't impressive and not good for gender relations.<br /><br />Honestly, it really is a LOT more impressive men who bother to commit and have a family. Not that I'm saying everyone should do that, just that it's a lot HARDER thing to accomplish than to just running around reaping destruction.<br /><br />So I guess that I just feel lucky and happy that my Dad and Mom decided to raise a nice little family of our siblings instead of just partying like rock stars while we sat at home drinking coke out of our sippy cups past 8pm or something.<br /><br />In the end, I guess go do whatever you want... but I feel bad for little kids with irresponsible parents.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepWWHP9MMwwWj4MDbfHHAarrlhFdOpRIAQ3_AgUL5YE4cyzbwkV-XUfS3cG-gugN5GfMuHoWzcLlX89MifgyXwwQlmCuCfB32cYzMQiLPCoWxLv2Te_wE_LX8jCWJsU1mk-bzzi5_xMVd/s1600/Charlie-Sheen-is-FINE1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepWWHP9MMwwWj4MDbfHHAarrlhFdOpRIAQ3_AgUL5YE4cyzbwkV-XUfS3cG-gugN5GfMuHoWzcLlX89MifgyXwwQlmCuCfB32cYzMQiLPCoWxLv2Te_wE_LX8jCWJsU1mk-bzzi5_xMVd/s320/Charlie-Sheen-is-FINE1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579628439236338482" border="0" /></a>I think that pretty much sums up not only my feelings for Charlie Sheen, but also my life story. Wow.<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-83702548294991044042011-02-28T19:00:00.000-08:002011-03-02T12:27:26.774-08:00Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Well, we have come a long way... we are almost there!!!! Only three women left for Brad to choose from. As per use, we start off in New York City.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsjgR0Dza6yozuWt_l2CB-tkWGVewQhBU3FqmNgvvB5-yktfW6P2TuG7seicKUY-bUCmPVLTrI7QhMdz2qMl4rtOq5NEXEZlWvgochQPyi8repOb_67wswNw05Dwg5-NnqIi3zka-UCgb/s1600/ny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsjgR0Dza6yozuWt_l2CB-tkWGVewQhBU3FqmNgvvB5-yktfW6P2TuG7seicKUY-bUCmPVLTrI7QhMdz2qMl4rtOq5NEXEZlWvgochQPyi8repOb_67wswNw05Dwg5-NnqIi3zka-UCgb/s320/ny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578945617115480178" border="0" /></a> The editors recycle a shot from last week of Brad standing on his balcony and try to pass it off as if he was standing out there on that porch in the same clothing this week thinking about his harem.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEs6Mx0BNqArgSBFwjJpWcWLPiTT09KIy8KtNxkvQssLf7349oLuYXG7k5OikxUj_DrXVUXp9SWD-BFjBs_f66OaEG4nyGFIAPkzDM1FSrRxplinGsZVJ9nu_Rus6XhRtBVkAPVAz9Pk_/s1600/brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEs6Mx0BNqArgSBFwjJpWcWLPiTT09KIy8KtNxkvQssLf7349oLuYXG7k5OikxUj_DrXVUXp9SWD-BFjBs_f66OaEG4nyGFIAPkzDM1FSrRxplinGsZVJ9nu_Rus6XhRtBVkAPVAz9Pk_/s320/brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579263237213162018" border="0" /></a>Then he goes back inside, laces up his shoes and catches a flight to South Africa. He spends the first segment of his trip, just as he leaves New York, thinking about his girl, Chantal O.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4PPwLdGxY6A9wIvqZGK7iev1XeXEaK60Sr1lQbUUZogtsKRYoZhyphenhyphennxsD5lozEuoebhFbgQvFep_2diSzEVe-eo1dEN2t6tgdV7xs7wh4qT0S9o_HtInGyiQikhyphenhyphenWXRO2bDOn7wTnL6WI/s1600/nyc.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4PPwLdGxY6A9wIvqZGK7iev1XeXEaK60Sr1lQbUUZogtsKRYoZhyphenhyphennxsD5lozEuoebhFbgQvFep_2diSzEVe-eo1dEN2t6tgdV7xs7wh4qT0S9o_HtInGyiQikhyphenhyphenWXRO2bDOn7wTnL6WI/s320/nyc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578945602778764178" border="0" /></a> He is comfortable and himself with Chantal. They have a connection, no doubt about it. He has wanted a piece of her ever since she slapped his face that first night after getting out of the limo. However, Chantal also is a roller coaster.
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2WmKgHAkd9YDWiJuLY0YGQR6V37RL9s2I9NqT_vG5ZMQoVzbemxUIoSdc7gj87m1qvZGC1qqhT8zmtF1sGUMB_41M6HMH4IKFydQ5RebhAPenX3ighOhFk4rcgeOLAJdH55nc3ND9WJ8/s1600/south+africa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2WmKgHAkd9YDWiJuLY0YGQR6V37RL9s2I9NqT_vG5ZMQoVzbemxUIoSdc7gj87m1qvZGC1qqhT8zmtF1sGUMB_41M6HMH4IKFydQ5RebhAPenX3ighOhFk4rcgeOLAJdH55nc3ND9WJ8/s320/south+africa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578945608247855298" border="0" /></a>As he approaches the north eastern coast of the continent of Africa, his thoughts turn to Ashley. She is almost like magic... she really is. Funny, intelligent, "professional" woman (if by professional, you mean still in school). But Ashley has some insecurities about their relationship, as opposed to putting all her trust into Brad, a man who is dating thirty other women.
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMHEuweyBxAwqR-PVHez5qrd076PPV24Hp1ED17bdSKzPPiDzSQU1r1JKnhVV5wTHFsVub2QBYqnrFwGoWJffx1W36zA1PbPLG4mXrQgaNnpT2rBxp3ti_qQCe657zb9BBBOPY9Ka5VIM/s1600/south+afria+map.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMHEuweyBxAwqR-PVHez5qrd076PPV24Hp1ED17bdSKzPPiDzSQU1r1JKnhVV5wTHFsVub2QBYqnrFwGoWJffx1W36zA1PbPLG4mXrQgaNnpT2rBxp3ti_qQCe657zb9BBBOPY9Ka5VIM/s320/south+afria+map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579265623331892450" border="0" /></a>Finally as his plane closes in on South Africa, he fantasizes about Emily.... who is one in a million. However, he is intimated by her past. Poor Brad.... he really has some TOUGH decisions to make this week!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXq5-RP5EK6ZMjNprQWOynd0wt-9Z1FR-swXX8PZeARrQRYtRtJO0docdvNJZ0WrfL0lMqc8wKc9JdfnYcf8ScVIS1bIPQtHInd9wRelT1kJ74vuWUcGwMpOkiNso_bTHlv1HGRvSktWM/s1600/monkey+family.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXq5-RP5EK6ZMjNprQWOynd0wt-9Z1FR-swXX8PZeARrQRYtRtJO0docdvNJZ0WrfL0lMqc8wKc9JdfnYcf8ScVIS1bIPQtHInd9wRelT1kJ74vuWUcGwMpOkiNso_bTHlv1HGRvSktWM/s320/monkey+family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578948898451689042" border="0" /></a>Here in Sabi Sands, South Africa, his first date will be with Chantal O. He rolls up in a Safari hat to pick her up. So now that I have seen Chantal O's house, it puts a whole new spin on everything I think about her and all their trips. For example, I don't really believe that she is feeling shocked or spoiled or surprised by any of the exotic locations anymore. I bet she has probably traveled all around the world in high style several times over. I doubt she was all "Ohhhh South Africa, really?!?!?!" She was probably more like "Oh yeah, SA... I know a GREAT safari company there!! You get plastic surgery then recover in the safari!" Costa Rica?? "Oh, I like CR, but I really like Bermuda better."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrOLFSXi-s91z5mgJWrj-WrkzdJiJP467kikTqVanYmt2-HFRXag4W_LdRBA1UPKSS0VGl9OnlTOoooxdL_KGkhl6hxs_UeoqCBi4-ca1toCJ6Mj5ZrbLFPB9_B5k2zuViWLUra8y80cs/s1600/safari.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrOLFSXi-s91z5mgJWrj-WrkzdJiJP467kikTqVanYmt2-HFRXag4W_LdRBA1UPKSS0VGl9OnlTOoooxdL_KGkhl6hxs_UeoqCBi4-ca1toCJ6Mj5ZrbLFPB9_B5k2zuViWLUra8y80cs/s320/safari.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579263238939101778" border="0" /></a>Ok so anyway, after they take a wild animal tour and spot some lions, which was Brad's MAIN goal, you guys... they have a picnic lunch by the hippo pit. Now did you guys know that hippopotami are EXTREMELY mean and aggressive animals?? I did not know this until my Dad informed me one day at the zoo. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#cite_note-straightdope2006-50">"Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation."</a> So I think maybe they should not have been eating there so casually.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYxEQJ-Hj-ciNRXR0r9AuQ1iyu8tiFvuT8nTko6tm-cYCtkbv8jk4dXIBeRXf1h7hBVZUbLerspqx9-aKfADUdTB61MXBezf36W1Y-Q4_KdDgMd1O4TwzVBZQoxfqA0pomrNzMoHgztp9/s1600/hippo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYxEQJ-Hj-ciNRXR0r9AuQ1iyu8tiFvuT8nTko6tm-cYCtkbv8jk4dXIBeRXf1h7hBVZUbLerspqx9-aKfADUdTB61MXBezf36W1Y-Q4_KdDgMd1O4TwzVBZQoxfqA0pomrNzMoHgztp9/s320/hippo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578941178176220338" border="0" /></a>During lunch, Brad tells Chantal, "Would it be weird to say I miss your family?" Chantal thinks that is really nice of him. I mean, what girl DOESN'T want a man who not only accepts but actually LIKES her family?!?!
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9_YJk5bUi-cVVG_FNLpQZvKlMIgGJP90j1KidTceU36egDVM-gQtEDawh6AiUBSkC9p_gTjTQhm2f13T3_KPswcRP29Y8KIGwinrJbcVynVe6Q_pIbKxw6C0r4KCRxLL29ltROGmBWXW/s1600/brad+misses+chantals+fam.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9_YJk5bUi-cVVG_FNLpQZvKlMIgGJP90j1KidTceU36egDVM-gQtEDawh6AiUBSkC9p_gTjTQhm2f13T3_KPswcRP29Y8KIGwinrJbcVynVe6Q_pIbKxw6C0r4KCRxLL29ltROGmBWXW/s320/brad+misses+chantals+fam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578951851486910706" border="0" /></a>Anyway, later they go eat dinner. So, sorry if this blog post is not as long as others... but this episode was extremely boring, and I really don't even have that many opinions/comments to make on it. It was just three dates. But ok, whatever.
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So Brad and C are eating dinner and Chantal can barely contain herself, she is so eager to get the overnight card. I wouldn't really consider that a good thing. But I don't know, I do feel like these two are comfortable together.... so I guess that's good?? I don't know sorry, I just don't really have a deep opinion about them. So after Brad accepts her pouncing on him, they go spend the night in a tree house. BITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQQxj1XUucm7vpd6ClZ_liWlyejNmQB9QFrYSJt3vudSBFBhcBRTFDtpRSGWj7LLNjJL3lR-sVVWOZGS3W97Ab8pkhCWnpSbki01j6_m6KHDts4IEwfqICf6WIlCAD93PyIiYcYQpyyS2/s1600/fantasy+suite.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQQxj1XUucm7vpd6ClZ_liWlyejNmQB9QFrYSJt3vudSBFBhcBRTFDtpRSGWj7LLNjJL3lR-sVVWOZGS3W97Ab8pkhCWnpSbki01j6_m6KHDts4IEwfqICf6WIlCAD93PyIiYcYQpyyS2/s320/fantasy+suite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578948119574330050" border="0" /></a>I'd be SOUR if I drew that date card and had to bunk out in the wild with mosquitoes sucking my sweet blood all night long!!! Overnight date FAIL.
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<br />Next up is Emily or "Em" as Brad so creatively and endearingly calls her. After greeting each other with the good old fashion run and jump, Brad then tells Em to hang tight because he forgot something that he needs to go back for "really quickly." After leaving Emily waiting for just long enough to start to piss her off, he re-emerges riding elephant-back.
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPdtKQTIbT40iagbXHz82ybBSWDuD8_Nd8SonkShVQmskfZwjixR-bHuUSAZagQ-stFzV2y5qpGmnLbZlJB65spiq58cFgFLlDRRHUGl-DuMiZTD_fnJpqUvlfLGNjQXJweyZ2GG14Wg1/s1600/weee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPdtKQTIbT40iagbXHz82ybBSWDuD8_Nd8SonkShVQmskfZwjixR-bHuUSAZagQ-stFzV2y5qpGmnLbZlJB65spiq58cFgFLlDRRHUGl-DuMiZTD_fnJpqUvlfLGNjQXJweyZ2GG14Wg1/s320/weee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579273788485287762" border="0" /></a>Emily freaks out because this is her EXACT fantasy!!!! My, what a specific fantasy! "I have ALWAYS wanted to go to South Africa and ride an elephant."
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R-PLOe-aU2QIbrv2ZHHVw2Zhe32fYbpmUfdmw89LHS_vk67NPeNv9-fhEjlZlPp5yGDeYl8k8s-18cuySCP_iMVOFgt97y5paMS3qfbnx7FmhOLp-OmQ0F9kr39_c8gXJ6dDBouFuHAr/s1600/elephant.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R-PLOe-aU2QIbrv2ZHHVw2Zhe32fYbpmUfdmw89LHS_vk67NPeNv9-fhEjlZlPp5yGDeYl8k8s-18cuySCP_iMVOFgt97y5paMS3qfbnx7FmhOLp-OmQ0F9kr39_c8gXJ6dDBouFuHAr/s320/elephant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579273782316077634" border="0" /></a>So they take an elephant ride around town, scoping out the scenery. So everyone, such as Grace Oh, is like "Oh yeah, he's in love with Emily, I see it now." Honestly, I don't know if I see it. I guess???? I don't know. Actually I don't. Maybe I do?? No, I don't. Really. He is just so boring and has no sense of humor, same goes for the Em-ster. I mean, I can obviously see how Emily is a good catch, bc she is pretty and sweet and from Charlotte. I don't really see what she sees in Brad. Omg, I don't know. Again, I really don't have a deep opinion.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_o5BcpEjjldt-oq7G7Jks2SxqI-d53e3d0cUEKUZnSxr1kdTXpDoH2uUiRC5Hkrbs00nuBzjGN0nmagMsp79RMsiceq4QOSHz6Q06Nb0Czf7cwYYT1mx9HEEqwfmzzM8cpRSyDWnJHaY/s1600/elephants.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_o5BcpEjjldt-oq7G7Jks2SxqI-d53e3d0cUEKUZnSxr1kdTXpDoH2uUiRC5Hkrbs00nuBzjGN0nmagMsp79RMsiceq4QOSHz6Q06Nb0Czf7cwYYT1mx9HEEqwfmzzM8cpRSyDWnJHaY/s320/elephants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578948108725950242" border="0" /></a>Anyway, they go have lunch and Brad busts out what is apparently his LINE: "I miss your fam." REALLY!!?? I bet Chantal was PISSSED when she saw him say that on TV. I would have been!!!! So un-genuine!!!! He uses the same line on all the girls "Ohhhh I miss your fam!!!" NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever!!!! Also, I would just like to say that that is a TOTAL player line, now that I think about it. It's akin to saying to a girl you met that night "Oh wow, our babies would be so beautiful." HAAAAAAAA yeah right!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like that is really what guys are thinking about the night they met you. FALSE. They have just realized it's a good way to get to the girl, bc that is what SHE is secretly thinking. Then she will fall for it, and go tell all her girlfriends "OMG you guys... HE was like talking about our babies and stuff... hehehehe, I just like wanted to date!." Whatever, she totally wants to marry him. Anyway, I digress.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJDf0PBzgpty7ZhSWroltc80thJidsKlLEaeRXi-shBAQMfhBLlU8YJP2RXG6aiw-tgaIwToa-WD-VA05VXOyFYxBugJygyxJzHKouITK4crdVSzm_fZQ_L5TKGumiPdBedaHQDhMwf7K/s1600/brad+misses+ricki.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJDf0PBzgpty7ZhSWroltc80thJidsKlLEaeRXi-shBAQMfhBLlU8YJP2RXG6aiw-tgaIwToa-WD-VA05VXOyFYxBugJygyxJzHKouITK4crdVSzm_fZQ_L5TKGumiPdBedaHQDhMwf7K/s320/brad+misses+ricki.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578951852495048530" border="0" /></a>So after lunch, they go straight to dinner. They spout some crap about Rikki or something, I don't know, I couldn't really focus bc I was so bored. She busts out that she is falling in love with him. And he is like "I'm falling in love with you too." Ouch... I don't think he's ever said that to Chantal, has he?? Despite her declarations that she IS IN love with him. Well whatever. So he breaks out the fantasy suite card from Chris. Emily says some irrelevant stuff about setting a good example for Ricky-tick. Irrelevant, bc she happily accepts the card and spends the night with him anyway.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUEh8OlcX31KyHDidZeCLXVOeEk1rtBVeFOTLS12kQMc-LtPU-wo0fmE9t6T5MrezBcll4gtoS11KxhwJM6Btq7kCJK-TiNM6ziRJk5Gwy1ofW6wEErWZf49ih2clX7hV-ovVFvS9EeGs/s1600/deer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUEh8OlcX31KyHDidZeCLXVOeEk1rtBVeFOTLS12kQMc-LtPU-wo0fmE9t6T5MrezBcll4gtoS11KxhwJM6Btq7kCJK-TiNM6ziRJk5Gwy1ofW6wEErWZf49ih2clX7hV-ovVFvS9EeGs/s320/deer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579273789976971794" border="0" /></a>Ok, finally on to an interesting date... Ashley's. Interesting bc of how awful it was!! So Ashley rolls up in some cruiser driven by a native and meets up with Brad.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo_P_jnFagEcgNtOiYfrJMmm1rih50E-TMgmTzhq6ULEx8a0l6jenV9AwU3CiHOp_N1o6o-GU1qQI7YW-LM-f3fLX2uRfPVB-rRGfzlwEoCrBRXchfn-V9rFvzpycCYEjjMmMlwlB_UP1/s1600/brad+ashley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo_P_jnFagEcgNtOiYfrJMmm1rih50E-TMgmTzhq6ULEx8a0l6jenV9AwU3CiHOp_N1o6o-GU1qQI7YW-LM-f3fLX2uRfPVB-rRGfzlwEoCrBRXchfn-V9rFvzpycCYEjjMmMlwlB_UP1/s320/brad+ashley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578952799642182914" border="0" /></a>Brad announces that they will be taking a HELICOPTER ride! Upon hearing this news, Ashley squeals with horror and in fact actually runs away. It was really the opposite of cute and endearing and in fact just annoying. So after she prances around about how helicopters are her WORST fear... again, so very specific. "My WORST fear is flying to South Africa, getting the third date with Brad and taking a helicopter ride!" .... they finally get in the chopper and fly over to some cliff to have a picnic.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEdSdHuMnH5B3m1w4EwhblAbMaA08ThshGXAdWJzNaP6vVti4zl4r-CNa6nsH1iTLyfUPbmTCnnJ8v0pqY86csej-lHCCDha5WtQSVa2dmbPAznJ-OC8JiAnWvKABuqmwJQDmqAV2ra9g/s1600/brad+ash+chopper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEdSdHuMnH5B3m1w4EwhblAbMaA08ThshGXAdWJzNaP6vVti4zl4r-CNa6nsH1iTLyfUPbmTCnnJ8v0pqY86csej-lHCCDha5WtQSVa2dmbPAznJ-OC8JiAnWvKABuqmwJQDmqAV2ra9g/s320/brad+ash+chopper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578953476035551314" border="0" /></a>Brad again uses the "I <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiireyPEzNYHl1kXMwc9MnmUguy6xgQmGO1iue5zN3uf7MS0CqcUixIvZyZ2Ia7Zd26yZ9z5E2dAOdiIN1evpktPg1mV1JKMh5JwaJaluRPHXbF4FSr6z7YLr4VIUBKs_qetAak1ocgpd62/s1600/ashley+toast.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiireyPEzNYHl1kXMwc9MnmUguy6xgQmGO1iue5zN3uf7MS0CqcUixIvZyZ2Ia7Zd26yZ9z5E2dAOdiIN1evpktPg1mV1JKMh5JwaJaluRPHXbF4FSr6z7YLr4VIUBKs_qetAak1ocgpd62/s320/ashley+toast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578954504462075938" border="0" />So I think The Take Home Message of this episode is to be HIGHLY SKEPTICAL of a man who gushes ONNNN about how much he likes your family. As you can clearly see -- that is a GREAT gimmick to use on a woman. Look how all THREE of these ladies ATE IT UP!!!!!!! I think it's clear that guys know that is a great way to get to you. So obviously you DO want a guy that likes and gets along with your family... but I'm just saying -- GIVE IT TIME. Time is the only TRUE test of a man's intentions. Don't let him meet your fam once and then believe he's in love with them and going to watch the Super Bowl next year at your family's annual party while you show off your large engagement rock to all your distant aunts and cousins.
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<br />Can you tell I am cynical?!?!?!?!
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1rQQ8okBsxalQ2j9RPJX0BKPdYcZI2TN-emYyAeK2vQl1UntaPRL23futSMD8Z-_fNb9p2SefE7sgDwhIyL6TrGwkAdEjSoMegoO1NJ1ZCsxG4fvqslrfJBnJwzhgPlJVz4wU4CevUGU/s1600/happy+hippos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1rQQ8okBsxalQ2j9RPJX0BKPdYcZI2TN-emYyAeK2vQl1UntaPRL23futSMD8Z-_fNb9p2SefE7sgDwhIyL6TrGwkAdEjSoMegoO1NJ1ZCsxG4fvqslrfJBnJwzhgPlJVz4wU4CevUGU/s320/happy+hippos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578963024890160514" border="0" /></a>Anyway, over lunch, they talk about their future planz. Brad starts totally fishing for Ashley to say "I would TOTALLY drop everything and move to Austin for you, if you proposed!" However, Ashley does NOT take the bait, which I loved. So, I'm not really a fan, nor am I an anti-fan of Ashley. I'm pretty neutral on her... the only thing I didn't really like about her was her two-on-one date with the other Ashley, where I felt she wasn't as nice to the other Ash. But whatever. After this hideous date, I actually started liking Ashley a lot more. I loved how she was like "Oh.... I'd like to live in southern Maine... I don't know." Mentioning like every place on the globe basically besides Austin. HAHAHAHA!!!
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<br />Brad then tries to imply that she has no balance in her life and is too focused on her career, just like HE WAS... 87+ years ago. She tries to agree and say something about having fun too, and he gets all kinds of defensive and is like "Uhhmm I didn't say that I didn't have fun."
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05kLo-jsKGji9yMxVEufK7rrubn3kTlW01jcZyWxGKiDXNPsBtETIhdriwKXKNEUyOgZPpEz5o6jZSfQ0z0JB72OIfVOal2s0byA5dbZgdhltI2RM-N8T9tat8JaAiObHvzFlUsghn3O1/s1600/baby+elephant.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05kLo-jsKGji9yMxVEufK7rrubn3kTlW01jcZyWxGKiDXNPsBtETIhdriwKXKNEUyOgZPpEz5o6jZSfQ0z0JB72OIfVOal2s0byA5dbZgdhltI2RM-N8T9tat8JaAiObHvzFlUsghn3O1/s320/baby+elephant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578951849287413410" border="0" /></a>So things started getting awkward, which I enjoyed. They wrap up their picnic and go have dinner, where things proceed to go TERRIBLY wrong. Brad calls her out for not saying that she wants to live in Austin. And I started liking her even more, bc she still didn't say "Oh, did I say that, I would TOTALLY live in Austin!!" Instead she is like "Uhmmm I've never been there, wtf?? Why would I commit to living there!?" HAHAHAHA!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS0KSNU8YpwgImREw5hzq4ohohyphenhyphenjDIud79Qtl7yFit0PKcr5fYtUtT2aDDsZdNubBqA0ClA1GvYc2d0-69BMvRPO4h2d2efdviYA8Q6Mp8_JDIJRjficJpLe9cLvw-VKrGsytTaJW-5bg/s1600/ashley+family.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS0KSNU8YpwgImREw5hzq4ohohyphenhyphenjDIud79Qtl7yFit0PKcr5fYtUtT2aDDsZdNubBqA0ClA1GvYc2d0-69BMvRPO4h2d2efdviYA8Q6Mp8_JDIJRjficJpLe9cLvw-VKrGsytTaJW-5bg/s320/ashley+family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578956245330182738" border="0" /></a>But basically, I kind of felt like Ashley was over him by this point. I'm not sure what happened, bc up until now, Brad has done nothing but drive her completely insane and make her totally neurotic and insecure. But now, she was totally over him. Maybe she met another guy during her time back at home chilling with her family before she went to SA. I don't know. Maybe she had a personal revelation that she doesn't need a guy who makes her insane. Whatever it was, I think she was OVER him by this date. She wasn't even bothering to fake an interest in giving up her schooling and hauling her cookies to Austin.... so this of course frustrated Brad to no end, bc he wants a woman to just never question him and move where he says.
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So Ashley too accepts the overnight date... but they are really "off their game" by now. As things get more and more awkward, Ashley is like "So, what do you think of the mosquito nets?" And Brad acts like really nasty and put out. All exasperated and angry... it was really mean. She was just trying to break the ice... bc he certainly has no sense of humor. Whatever. Another date FAIL!
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQiVHpu6dZ4-WCIxuOQ1SeK3VFycaCrxAGbZsnont5cXyplWC6HfLczA-qbcJ53BEdUJYcXu_QWvPMUA864RujI8f2dJYdGZUQxpyHYPWSFO_1YjPc8O6dbGQ4Nd7G3EIak9cPjuV4DeT/s1600/brad-chris.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQiVHpu6dZ4-WCIxuOQ1SeK3VFycaCrxAGbZsnont5cXyplWC6HfLczA-qbcJ53BEdUJYcXu_QWvPMUA864RujI8f2dJYdGZUQxpyHYPWSFO_1YjPc8O6dbGQ4Nd7G3EIak9cPjuV4DeT/s320/brad-chris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578959075308275842" border="0" /></a>All right, so next up, Chris Harrison flew in to dish with Brad about his women. I am not even going to front here, I totally fast forwarded right through this shiz. That is four minutes and forty-one seconds of my life I saved right there.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakdKfOm7Tt1WVOgzZ6Bb1QFvrCB8conzXeT6lsxXCmFmNvJMvHUvdghHAL_TdcaZfYcJYliuLQzsua09QZnWaYni3rDD_nYlo1o7iQ1_mDr6QNIe6F5DTOTgmMwbY3hlFocZQuQ7rfOLQ/s1600/final3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakdKfOm7Tt1WVOgzZ6Bb1QFvrCB8conzXeT6lsxXCmFmNvJMvHUvdghHAL_TdcaZfYcJYliuLQzsua09QZnWaYni3rDD_nYlo1o7iQ1_mDr6QNIe6F5DTOTgmMwbY3hlFocZQuQ7rfOLQ/s320/final3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579561493014123618" border="0" /></a>Finally it's time for the rose ceremony. All three ladies are lined up by the swamp, eagerly waiting for Brad. He shows up all nervous and pompous, and asks to take Ashley aside and talk to her "really quickly."
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<br />So I actually really did like this part and thought it was very nice of him to just dump her privately during a convo rather than have some ridiculous 3-way rose ceremony. And I also actually liked her reactions, which were pretty funny. As soon as he is like, I need to say good-bye, she stood up instantly and is like "OK BYE!" Then Brad was all trying to eat his cake and have it too... "Wait, don't be mad, can't we at least talk?" Then Ashley is like "What, I'm not going to beg." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another brilliant dumpee line!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2cPZXR2LHxw3rgjtL7talw2wteLpz_VeZmQppujk3lp35KKpC6WfaJjRgJeBDPW80ameRMg1T2f2l-BnywHGLZaaP3O_bCH2FBo-3t1FiqGo9iWT8NLRjT0yx6Woscwycd9gUZRRSWy4/s1600/ashley+serio.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2cPZXR2LHxw3rgjtL7talw2wteLpz_VeZmQppujk3lp35KKpC6WfaJjRgJeBDPW80ameRMg1T2f2l-BnywHGLZaaP3O_bCH2FBo-3t1FiqGo9iWT8NLRjT0yx6Woscwycd9gUZRRSWy4/s320/ashley+serio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578961130287439426" border="0" /></a>I also enjoyed her comment of "Wow, I'm really surprised." HAHAHAH!!! That's another funny line. Next time I get dumped, I am going to be like: "WOW... now THAT is a shocking decision on your part!!" Hahahahahaa!!!
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now true to form, Brad's jerky side now came out. He can't just dump anyone without first being mean and insulting them with his brutal and unnecessary honesty: "Ok, well yeah, I'm confident in my decision.... let me walk you out." Hahahahahah RUDE! But in order to not be sexist, I guess I should say I liked his line too. So next time I dump someone and they start mouthing off to me, I'm going to say "Yeah, I'm confident in my decision." Hahahaha!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOKlCoTRj8xRh9wGuIbjN-b7vbJWK8rTf0kau6MR_ucbAX3MUv-9IiYD4E1ujYm7F0-d9NV4CuAPT7UfGtpi-dKE1qTKAPdW_Pp3StkfAG40fHkQjWBud-rnDkpx-tcDl4r_ljfDQlHas/s1600/chris.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOKlCoTRj8xRh9wGuIbjN-b7vbJWK8rTf0kau6MR_ucbAX3MUv-9IiYD4E1ujYm7F0-d9NV4CuAPT7UfGtpi-dKE1qTKAPdW_Pp3StkfAG40fHkQjWBud-rnDkpx-tcDl4r_ljfDQlHas/s320/chris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579273791677524450" border="0" /></a>Anyway, after Ashley departs, Brad decides to continue and hold the rose ceremony anyway, just to "make sure" they want to accept the rose from him. By rejecting Ashley alone, he totally stole Chris Harrison's thunder, which I also thought was pretty rude.
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<br />Next week, they stay in Africa... wait actually, next week the Women Tell All. Whoooo can't wait for that one!!
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZxfyBlwmqhuqslxXmKOeeug9oSjmmYEpty8w4LzybyQJzFqtaavOUcEdIxiSNSEe5hSc6CGv7qLoZ6N98DFDPUaXLc-ZRUltO5ofFVg3aQlEETZIxzUsruxFuVj4dZIY-25D9KzqPivd/s1600/lions2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZxfyBlwmqhuqslxXmKOeeug9oSjmmYEpty8w4LzybyQJzFqtaavOUcEdIxiSNSEe5hSc6CGv7qLoZ6N98DFDPUaXLc-ZRUltO5ofFVg3aQlEETZIxzUsruxFuVj4dZIY-25D9KzqPivd/s320/lions2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579263249760186290" border="0" /></a>Then the week after that, they stay in SA and Brad pix the final one. So really, I don't understand why they don't go back to Austin and meet his family in his actual hometown... LAME. I mean, Ashley had a good point: I've never been to Austin. You can BET I wouldn't be accepting an engagement proposal and committing to live in a place I've never been!!!
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<br />Yours in the Single Life,
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<br />Here is a CLASSY video that emerged this week. It is of Brad and his bros rocking out to Firework by Katy Perry. Do take note of the can of Miller Lite that his brother has balanced on the STEERING WHEEL of the CAR he is DRIVING. NOT the kind of man I'd want to marry or have around my children!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not impressed!!!
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<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-21724166586858109822011-02-21T22:42:00.000-08:002011-02-22T17:07:27.358-08:00The Take Home Message: Working is for SuckersSo this episode of The Bachelor has me feeling more cynical and deceived than I've ever felt in Bachelor history. After seeing all those hometown dates, I have to say... NONE of those girls are leaving the situations they have going on the home front to go shack up with Womack the <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s>bartender</s> bar <span style="font-style: italic;">owner</span> in Austin, or wherever the hell he's from in Texas. Brad is going to end up alone again. I mean, sure maybe he'll give someone the "final rose," but he's not getting a wife out of this if you ask me. Whatever... maybe they'll prove me wrong, but I'm betting against them!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxN3_40_VuxjEu68Uy8aDYY-YucABhyphenhyphenVzD7ZuUX5Te7DdXlieV-NwCB2Lvyzodh4j7mOaNTjBFqfFX5gQSdEzjRchSDcCVU9MfqQz_uJRjVohBidwH-JecdnrQAUrjwuLMffvN9Fz6p_o/s1600/ny1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxN3_40_VuxjEu68Uy8aDYY-YucABhyphenhyphenVzD7ZuUX5Te7DdXlieV-NwCB2Lvyzodh4j7mOaNTjBFqfFX5gQSdEzjRchSDcCVU9MfqQz_uJRjVohBidwH-JecdnrQAUrjwuLMffvN9Fz6p_o/s320/ny1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576409288302427026" border="0" /></a>So!!!! Brad hops a plane from Anguilla to New York City. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0zXhEOckFcaWFYlfo8pWWnreZv0SC4Osl8Q563D0bAlRIMXJh8JLx9N5A0RdTm3tEB7IrBYktpPnv8fO_GWdf9cDfO1t-4sJ0CTVnX0C3FZk06tM2BHnZNq36DrxOrbNFepcOSCgeyEd/s320/ashley+happy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576403809997369954" border="0" /></a>ASHLEY:<br />Pro - she is bubbly<br />Con - she questions Brad's love for her<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2VfYNAMBz1r9PEAPD1d-VG2mSqV8DDRPJsH5aUsL0l8Q2_kxlVzICOseFfDOX4vT0FEKf_Y-Qjvj6vj8BKdbUP0zdM1xB8BiKg1nNCH_tOh8iSjqBm2Z8p6XcaSF_UNnyxuut2u46MZP/s1600/shawntel+scary.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2VfYNAMBz1r9PEAPD1d-VG2mSqV8DDRPJsH5aUsL0l8Q2_kxlVzICOseFfDOX4vT0FEKf_Y-Qjvj6vj8BKdbUP0zdM1xB8BiKg1nNCH_tOh8iSjqBm2Z8p6XcaSF_UNnyxuut2u46MZP/s320/shawntel+scary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576409725211420210" border="0" /></a>SHAWNTEL:<br />Pro - She is beautiful and unassuming<br />Con - None mentioned<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNhthyphenhyphenqAkLW23KZI9vqTVqdnhMHm4ooKiWMHyXH9LkTqWxKbABUAG5TMvdpanRBZjtVaHB6ILBAiWe-3gzc94pQ8e2r5WIL_2WaqRpL8v0QryhcAEQGvkM45oA-uzfFIf5ohRLqF8B2j2/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNhthyphenhyphenqAkLW23KZI9vqTVqdnhMHm4ooKiWMHyXH9LkTqWxKbABUAG5TMvdpanRBZjtVaHB6ILBAiWe-3gzc94pQ8e2r5WIL_2WaqRpL8v0QryhcAEQGvkM45oA-uzfFIf5ohRLqF8B2j2/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405928816927570" border="0" /></a>EMILY:<br />Pro - None mentioned<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Con - Baggage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_ukzGRLWd069AfXmLC2IyJ6jQR_TNcLurdkn5qx_nvDQTUrOOMbkp76kmwAgyWv6P3GP5hyphenhyphen9r4p0vtK2twShw2WPmzKf8MPk0PePStt1P395I9QFVkBaRJYt5T-SkNtwoQXQxzu6WQH7/s1600/catch+cab.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_ukzGRLWd069AfXmLC2IyJ6jQR_TNcLurdkn5qx_nvDQTUrOOMbkp76kmwAgyWv6P3GP5hyphenhyphen9r4p0vtK2twShw2WPmzKf8MPk0PePStt1P395I9QFVkBaRJYt5T-SkNtwoQXQxzu6WQH7/s320/catch+cab.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576404275935637858" border="0" /></a>Having completed his reverie, Brad heads downstairs to catch a cab and fly to Seattle to meet Chantal's family. Mind you, it would have been much closer if he had gone to North Carolina or Maine first... but that's not important.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgts1WquO9n0f6qAcw8cjR68_0U69e0SdeJYJ7ln2mxeb4MjCbWMoXhc7st6oYgRwC1e14E88TdvXHX0GTZdIAr8DRNz5yF48SJy8xXr-SD0-6dUxJMoN7eMIzTyvaJ2NsPN8R7Qgcz8f/s1600/chantals+home.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgts1WquO9n0f6qAcw8cjR68_0U69e0SdeJYJ7ln2mxeb4MjCbWMoXhc7st6oYgRwC1e14E88TdvXHX0GTZdIAr8DRNz5yF48SJy8xXr-SD0-6dUxJMoN7eMIzTyvaJ2NsPN8R7Qgcz8f/s320/chantals+home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405046335110482" border="0" /></a>First Chantal takes him to the house that she lives in, <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s>that her Daddy pays for</s> that she pays a respectable mortgage on with her assistant's salary.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjRzEKM7MZoODI-cLoiVet7EU1bXeYzyUTP3W8vvOZNRSMyQdADvQXeD95IheM03SfrdLDnrJug3FO32pZm2aZZrjavjkeE-ssPrtRnE8Vr5QKT9jPPcwFhG6SHhfdU6GYA2vaOFRrATU/s1600/cat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjRzEKM7MZoODI-cLoiVet7EU1bXeYzyUTP3W8vvOZNRSMyQdADvQXeD95IheM03SfrdLDnrJug3FO32pZm2aZZrjavjkeE-ssPrtRnE8Vr5QKT9jPPcwFhG6SHhfdU6GYA2vaOFRrATU/s320/cat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576622769106329442" border="0" /></a>Inside, we get to meet her cute little dog and her fluffy Siamese-looking cat.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGCkWp9qE-4vn3AlDVuQspVwjANKWw-plWq_oo0V5RumeCgQ4aDxiyQoQg7y4ucKVLZc6UL8Ffw6V5Qxz5-JF89pVmAoHVUaK28yB46x9aTdPtu3rItKjC-euYfF7mQDNuwojsQhdQxiw/s1600/arf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGCkWp9qE-4vn3AlDVuQspVwjANKWw-plWq_oo0V5RumeCgQ4aDxiyQoQg7y4ucKVLZc6UL8Ffw6V5Qxz5-JF89pVmAoHVUaK28yB46x9aTdPtu3rItKjC-euYfF7mQDNuwojsQhdQxiw/s320/arf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576618040915215554" border="0" /></a>So, they have some little conversation about how this will be a great place to "visit." I mean, Chantal KNOWS that they will be living in Austin. But still... it will be nice to just VISIT her family here. Brad made some comment like "Yeah, I guess I've made that clear that I need to live in Austin... maybe TOO clear." Uhh... ok??? What does that even mean? Too clear?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also he was like "So if we move to Austin, who is coming with you?" Like which of her pets. What in the HELL???? That is the DUMBEST question I have ever heard of. Why would she NOT bring all of her pets??????????? What in the hell. Obviously they are a package deal. So weird.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNA8OrKVRahFvdvUXXCvWL47asjSXvSSzMr6RJpwtWUwTxzG5ROJKfknKxRDrvllvsBlfbrv7Rwq33mcTi6jRVq3HTcI6edoGnbcAaphx5JgB-hEKOIsvjtSzBYet4U_J9z00rXSaTrJV/s1600/dog3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNA8OrKVRahFvdvUXXCvWL47asjSXvSSzMr6RJpwtWUwTxzG5ROJKfknKxRDrvllvsBlfbrv7Rwq33mcTi6jRVq3HTcI6edoGnbcAaphx5JgB-hEKOIsvjtSzBYet4U_J9z00rXSaTrJV/s320/dog3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401403105733458" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Chantal lives a few streets away from her parents and she often goes over to her parents' house for dinner. So Brad and Chantal head over to the House of O. Which turns out not to be really so much a house as it is a <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->palatial mansion.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8yXx2zcc8viMJRaZwSNNzHC9IS60zvmlkIwiEGNQ-HI0S3TaStUZVmGtoi2Y3rR3D2GmALb8Y2cB_5_Uss9_anD9b4vX4heuHtlyCLAEultzfGFCM-8dc8F8KZEt9umEa5PUgs9i2J8I/s1600/chantals+mansion.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8yXx2zcc8viMJRaZwSNNzHC9IS60zvmlkIwiEGNQ-HI0S3TaStUZVmGtoi2Y3rR3D2GmALb8Y2cB_5_Uss9_anD9b4vX4heuHtlyCLAEultzfGFCM-8dc8F8KZEt9umEa5PUgs9i2J8I/s320/chantals+mansion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401392251590610" border="0" /></a>So here at the mansion, we met what appeared to be her family in what appeared to be her house??? In case you are wondering what her father does to earn his piles of cash, according to the interwebs, it seems that he used to be either a professional football or basketball player for the Seattle Seahawks (what are they, football?) And now he has a car dealership.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6qSgfpvqOKCZSrLIoMfDln3Ia8AnrSVkd3nhgXRyvBJVztJIiUkM9lYktnRbNzZrHW9vFoHpmw6EongCN35cmdoYe20cqmV58TRpcRaEUNSkulQgjUJgd114Qhhy1CO3LNaxVBtjDxtQ/s1600/boarding+school.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6qSgfpvqOKCZSrLIoMfDln3Ia8AnrSVkd3nhgXRyvBJVztJIiUkM9lYktnRbNzZrHW9vFoHpmw6EongCN35cmdoYe20cqmV58TRpcRaEUNSkulQgjUJgd114Qhhy1CO3LNaxVBtjDxtQ/s320/boarding+school.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401111782335186" border="0" /></a>I guess that was Chantal's mom??? She referred to her as "Mom." I kind of thought she was more like her Dad's fifth wife or something... but she seemed to act like it was her mother.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz50txoeu5jYayuuTnbzZT0lqoqi8szYR8QFMbQB_ma8ZLUXy3pMPRGNolvx_i5vD_jOy_biqT-PdqJsZaFT53QRxOMZ1Bztd7Ni5EcM-BOYsGPoRS9qK5l8uMQPo3W6v7FjpfEPutp4kv/s1600/chantal+plastic+mom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz50txoeu5jYayuuTnbzZT0lqoqi8szYR8QFMbQB_ma8ZLUXy3pMPRGNolvx_i5vD_jOy_biqT-PdqJsZaFT53QRxOMZ1Bztd7Ni5EcM-BOYsGPoRS9qK5l8uMQPo3W6v7FjpfEPutp4kv/s320/chantal+plastic+mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576404538460953858" border="0" /></a>Yikes.... it kind of looks like Shawntel got a hold of her face and embalmed the $hit out of it. Anyway, that all sit down and eat or whatever.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXw0VTvJ6nqbl8cXlQPlR2XC3c5cddAgLsJxQZFdTQbF21qeey8qA2iJu_Rp4Sxp3j40eWJk_zzwjYx2yPkSXrl7nUxZ2MEvIOaa-JRqm34Fa9ph0NFS33XcaZJBkbv0D9t48HsB0xRt_/s1600/brad+money.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXw0VTvJ6nqbl8cXlQPlR2XC3c5cddAgLsJxQZFdTQbF21qeey8qA2iJu_Rp4Sxp3j40eWJk_zzwjYx2yPkSXrl7nUxZ2MEvIOaa-JRqm34Fa9ph0NFS33XcaZJBkbv0D9t48HsB0xRt_/s320/brad+money.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576637604040272882" border="0" /></a>Yeah, ok so seriously.... I can NOT see Chantal leaving this lifestyle to go bunk with Brad in his bachelor pad. Seriously. I mean, I guess it's nice that she has been married before, so she has demonstrated that she does know how to commit, etc. But I really can't see her leaving all this. I mean, it's hard enough to leave your family even when they are NOT completely supporting you financially. And her so-called assistants job is being her DAD'S "assistant." Which if you ask me translates into doing NOTHING. I mean, I feel like if she actually did ANY work WHATSOEVER, her Dad would give her SOME sort of title like "Vice President" or something. But "Assistant" makes me think she probably doesn't do ANYTHING. So basically her parents bought her a spacious house a few streets away from their mansion where she hangs out all the time. I'm sorry... maybe I have really just gotten too cynical here, but I really can't see this lasting. "Connections" are nice between two people. But lifestyles are pretty important too. DAMN!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TKtO8pTV9fOjwmHTbzrwQ97gIUfSoSJbKLxv-_R-d252LTp3kFbszMoaXozlq2rG-yRvVkE7Di2e7m1K3MyYxYNlKNh5fJhGZKTZfWuH6_4nn2LrUQpCSLovTWPcqrEV_Ki5D1EK3ApB/s1600/botox.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TKtO8pTV9fOjwmHTbzrwQ97gIUfSoSJbKLxv-_R-d252LTp3kFbszMoaXozlq2rG-yRvVkE7Di2e7m1K3MyYxYNlKNh5fJhGZKTZfWuH6_4nn2LrUQpCSLovTWPcqrEV_Ki5D1EK3ApB/s320/botox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401119446314338" border="0" /></a>I really feel deceived too. They had Chantal trotting around like she was just some girl, like the rest of us, when in reality she is filthy rich and doesn't have to work a day in her life. How am I supposed to relate to that????????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioljAwqqSvfVZqgWxJAfYmDYIFZI63DnFp5XCd3l2mbKZEvqvSZjt3wGtBY_cFBrXQwPe3qXhuA4mm6n5HJ8reJOYkjVNdgf1oGmQLjhRBdeGsgCmuaLo2GmJz7ugh-2IfT7Chtq9994L2/s1600/chantals+statue.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioljAwqqSvfVZqgWxJAfYmDYIFZI63DnFp5XCd3l2mbKZEvqvSZjt3wGtBY_cFBrXQwPe3qXhuA4mm6n5HJ8reJOYkjVNdgf1oGmQLjhRBdeGsgCmuaLo2GmJz7ugh-2IfT7Chtq9994L2/s320/chantals+statue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401394789907826" border="0" /></a>Brad goes away and bonds with Daddy O. over both of them being self made men. Mr. O. in fact is SO proud of his self-made-ness, that he had a statue commissioned to commemorate the occasion. It's some guy carving HIMSELF out of a stone. Deep!!! And expensive!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLaJvuxUc1p7pzW2X-_GwBRKilPJKGJUJ934Mcvk9D-1u1kd97suoP0sEBQ7fkswoGdbddyRr9OrPsS5ur7p4Z_U-oiq-1hvE7gPPH7IoPTQAZua2xGBwn41nEeYrks-ORc3uG-3cGJ6W/s1600/mansion+living+room.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLaJvuxUc1p7pzW2X-_GwBRKilPJKGJUJ934Mcvk9D-1u1kd97suoP0sEBQ7fkswoGdbddyRr9OrPsS5ur7p4Z_U-oiq-1hvE7gPPH7IoPTQAZua2xGBwn41nEeYrks-ORc3uG-3cGJ6W/s320/mansion+living+room.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576408958254942114" border="0" /></a>Anyway, they wrap it up at Casa de O and Brad catches the next plane across the country over to Maine to meet Ashley's family.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The first thing Ashley has to say when she sees Brad is that she feels disconnected, etc. from him. Then she takes him to a restaurant to eat cheese fries covered in gravy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2O02dBkVeq-HdpcAYeqfjWfrVdSP8biXtCuChddlcQOeH08QCZvGkeagEa4ZphmLSMjp6dMIZhlmFVDiilydMQi-mnhUt5lHp5uUnqj_5O2u4GzYIRBOpPW_Jp9VASc9A5FwHjweQooG3/s1600/ashley+gravey+fries.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2O02dBkVeq-HdpcAYeqfjWfrVdSP8biXtCuChddlcQOeH08QCZvGkeagEa4ZphmLSMjp6dMIZhlmFVDiilydMQi-mnhUt5lHp5uUnqj_5O2u4GzYIRBOpPW_Jp9VASc9A5FwHjweQooG3/s320/ashley+gravey+fries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401106076666050" border="0" /></a>Then they go over to her house and meet her family.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRHzeqwMcEg9oTXckfPq80EBysqx0Zqy9OtQ5XpHKOSYKHD6vBtu_92e3n5Q9YaWwLc0Ef0YthojN3GpDGA3qoptPtVnthqdYYuqZvxKF0mOIQdNqIXSPaeff1bhYGn2_zw0e9E6kuTWh/s1600/tackey.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRHzeqwMcEg9oTXckfPq80EBysqx0Zqy9OtQ5XpHKOSYKHD6vBtu_92e3n5Q9YaWwLc0Ef0YthojN3GpDGA3qoptPtVnthqdYYuqZvxKF0mOIQdNqIXSPaeff1bhYGn2_zw0e9E6kuTWh/s320/tackey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576642105899062370" border="0" /></a>Ashley tackily sits on Brad's lap in front of her sister. What the hell? Are you like in seventh grade and this is the first time you have ever brought a boy over to your house?? Wow. That is TACKY!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So, one thing I noticed Ashley say is that her family always sees her feeling comfortable and confident and they don't know how much she really struggles and feels insecure. That is because she FEELS comfortable around them. Anyway, yeah I really DID notice that Ashley DOES seem WAAAAY more comfortable and relaxed here in her hometown. Seriously. I think Brad drives her crazy and makes her feel nothing but totally insecure and neurotic. So again, I do NOT see this happening. She would be MISERABLE in Austin, NOT around her friends or family... watching her little Braddie go off to the bar every night where tons of women THROW themselves at him. She would be eaten alive with insecurity and jealousy and misery. They could NEVER work.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx7Ndm96pGkkj5Cm70HPC41TW0GM24mIxm_lYm8kqwwre_i56EcFErnCSx6x5WFe1gsMHkAmDBa7jnJA13Yv5idu_8ZsCsV6xoeExpPz3PF-PoTilq-4xePmKA3ZwuB5sV_ktvza7fsJa/s1600/mystery+man.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx7Ndm96pGkkj5Cm70HPC41TW0GM24mIxm_lYm8kqwwre_i56EcFErnCSx6x5WFe1gsMHkAmDBa7jnJA13Yv5idu_8ZsCsV6xoeExpPz3PF-PoTilq-4xePmKA3ZwuB5sV_ktvza7fsJa/s320/mystery+man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576648471668228322" border="0" /></a>Anyway, so who was the old guy in the picture????? As you may recall, Ashley told us that she had no father.... that he was drug-addicted and homeless and that she actually had no idea where he was. So who was this guy? A step-father?? Uncle?? An explanation would have be nice, ABC!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAcwP89T4mr20QE0BRzc253tEob59XR0e6UOoDm93s0Rgcp4olPGK9GV1a3_1NRzfsWQTchP1c8iMJxI_b3k5cjKfaZyG4hLnKiWkmUkxAhIQf5xRtnI4QEuj6yCE-97xlz5VptZ-hBFr/s1600/ashley+sister+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAcwP89T4mr20QE0BRzc253tEob59XR0e6UOoDm93s0Rgcp4olPGK9GV1a3_1NRzfsWQTchP1c8iMJxI_b3k5cjKfaZyG4hLnKiWkmUkxAhIQf5xRtnI4QEuj6yCE-97xlz5VptZ-hBFr/s320/ashley+sister+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401104780464946" border="0" /></a>Also, I got a REALLLLLLY bad vibe from her sister. Like I got the vibe that she always likes to steal the spotlight and be the center of attention and that she shows no mercy and has no loyalties. I bet she tried out for the Bachelor along with Ashley and is still jealous that she didn't make the cut. I also kind of got the vibe that she would go for Brad and have no problem snatching him away from Ashley.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuOVtCOXEsE95Colp3r_VcIFdTW1Di4s47om6gATFgpg9bg2baOSCeyQ6hGjlz2-77rj5Dk60aa3VFXDluwzidJQjYqz4ZTycH6Sy7uRKfJu9FzpBVA7Uv97lyf6gPsgkGawf-2XU4pYZ/s1600/ashley+sister.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuOVtCOXEsE95Colp3r_VcIFdTW1Di4s47om6gATFgpg9bg2baOSCeyQ6hGjlz2-77rj5Dk60aa3VFXDluwzidJQjYqz4ZTycH6Sy7uRKfJu9FzpBVA7Uv97lyf6gPsgkGawf-2XU4pYZ/s320/ashley+sister.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576404063765530274" border="0" /></a>Julie's verdict: there's no future here!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Next up!!!! Not interested in any sort of fuel conservation or consolidating trips into legs that make geographical sense, Brad jets BACK out to the West coast to Chico, CA to visit my favorite bachelorette, Shawntel the funeral director.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhFQdqJxnlAEwAxrm5-2kKB2yrIxDRjoHH5vY22zE7qd29AnmPLBTidhB25Cu0tqdxPyQt-PupKKR0RVBHIu-_ql0inuNoItjMz7-uvVYyVp_XZ7uhVA8YM_qVDdP_piJ2Z2antBXft4-/s1600/commercial00001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhFQdqJxnlAEwAxrm5-2kKB2yrIxDRjoHH5vY22zE7qd29AnmPLBTidhB25Cu0tqdxPyQt-PupKKR0RVBHIu-_ql0inuNoItjMz7-uvVYyVp_XZ7uhVA8YM_qVDdP_piJ2Z2antBXft4-/s320/commercial00001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576658368780714946" border="0" /></a>First they play a really awkward local commercial for her funeral home, then they cue the scary, haunted music as she walks around the grounds of the mausoleum. Also, I bet her funeral homes sponsors a local T-ball team.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c1PBe_QAy-0W6W-qMkDRdR38rqLIPPsqNnrGTGsmf7VVs9H8pWuWoi7TD54rdX6fCIwQkDTEmAwTLAn47NsRQyneeQ7OJUAykZV_vB7w9pTk25pWt64AgoI6FApJSAJfHSyfBvcPEAje/s1600/shawntel+ashes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c1PBe_QAy-0W6W-qMkDRdR38rqLIPPsqNnrGTGsmf7VVs9H8pWuWoi7TD54rdX6fCIwQkDTEmAwTLAn47NsRQyneeQ7OJUAykZV_vB7w9pTk25pWt64AgoI6FApJSAJfHSyfBvcPEAje/s320/shawntel+ashes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576656004785439810" border="0" /></a>Then Brad shows up all creeped out and judgmental. What, Brad?? You're not going to die one day?????? You think you are above death!!??? DISLIKE!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6lbLSoeTNYMYLS_IIuPKcJ50Lg8f8CxoR_naRoPnRt5fq2UzyF6kbo8HEexomg26Q5LrWs7P0IYYGrHQS5QT1PloEJm4iF8lE755g5LkRj0zrHSUKpvfiSDdpgnK6_mC1x4rj51GLg3z/s1600/shawntel+embalming+table.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6lbLSoeTNYMYLS_IIuPKcJ50Lg8f8CxoR_naRoPnRt5fq2UzyF6kbo8HEexomg26Q5LrWs7P0IYYGrHQS5QT1PloEJm4iF8lE755g5LkRj0zrHSUKpvfiSDdpgnK6_mC1x4rj51GLg3z/s320/shawntel+embalming+table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576409720457133026" border="0" /></a>Sensing Brad's uneasiness, Shawntel decides to take him on a tour of the entire facility, complete with a thorough explanation of the embalming process. Just in case Brad had any questions about embalming, she also made sure to visually demonstrate everything using her TOOLS. Yes, she went ON about how she would cut open your chest, find a good vein to pop, drain all your blood... and so on and so forth. I can't imagine why Brad would feel uncomfortable?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qo5UCyWccQeVp9xfzP8AxhkzWGPgRhPLkmt9FIT3JpJ3uC8Vj-sfBBv2No1joBK_wG0SzcWkFMrATm4URI3snsml0F15yx26YW0TN67efgjhMyliEeXTHyswnjQ_u0Iogjwlj8Qwvww8/s1600/embalm00006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qo5UCyWccQeVp9xfzP8AxhkzWGPgRhPLkmt9FIT3JpJ3uC8Vj-sfBBv2No1joBK_wG0SzcWkFMrATm4URI3snsml0F15yx26YW0TN67efgjhMyliEeXTHyswnjQ_u0Iogjwlj8Qwvww8/s320/embalm00006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576657106498801922" border="0" /></a>So after the graphic tour, they did go upstairs and sit in the receiving room. And this is where Shawntel explained about how she is the first person to talk to people after a loved one dies and that she can really help them get through this process. So I really did respect her. And my question was answered: YES her family IS in the business. She didn't just play a freak card and decide to go to embalming school one day. I think it is nice that she is in her family business and helping people cope w/ death.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPMYReH93VLjcimD4EF1aYgjn8vS4t0FXISc9sl8vd2gJtK4Qdb6JwVfPyWlQWDtDLs3ppJsOR28WJvQ_CrqkdycP35qT7S8GmZhYNkMrDkgdoHHQOvHvNBq7xMyPvs6E1pYeMCDd2Ak-/s1600/shawntel+dinner2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPMYReH93VLjcimD4EF1aYgjn8vS4t0FXISc9sl8vd2gJtK4Qdb6JwVfPyWlQWDtDLs3ppJsOR28WJvQ_CrqkdycP35qT7S8GmZhYNkMrDkgdoHHQOvHvNBq7xMyPvs6E1pYeMCDd2Ak-/s320/shawntel+dinner2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576652726850239298" border="0" /></a>However.... her parents' house certainly isn't like Chantal's, so maybe they're in the wrong business after all. So they all sit down and have a nice dinner and then things get real awkward real quick as talk turns to the family business and how Shawntel was supposed to inherit it and carry on her father's legacy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW4oH0smidf7ZnMaO9vB9ncxfYUJ4I2lrYzf9SsmlsOaOdFHCPY8EszvMJbzRNpPjAUKvIWeSkFSm3QZ4R8F1E_iE_cg_ncL8ZxiyAPkEsxwIGNaHfsBamr1XyzdncUAqJcAj6fRpDldJ/s1600/i+do+what+i+want.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW4oH0smidf7ZnMaO9vB9ncxfYUJ4I2lrYzf9SsmlsOaOdFHCPY8EszvMJbzRNpPjAUKvIWeSkFSm3QZ4R8F1E_iE_cg_ncL8ZxiyAPkEsxwIGNaHfsBamr1XyzdncUAqJcAj6fRpDldJ/s320/i+do+what+i+want.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401677046794866" border="0" /></a>So Shawntel and her Dad have a really awkward conversation about who will inherit the family business. I really didn't want to be a part of this, but unfortunately I was forced to watch.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />In the end, I really can't see Shawntel leaving her family situation either. She told Brad that if she moved to Austin, she would just do embalming work around town, not host the whole funeral. I think Brad is really being judgmental about the whole thing. He was probably thinking he didn't want to have an embalming wife. I think he is too shallow to look beyond the dead people guts.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfvHSurH1UcrpNPpec7QHbW_lN3Oz-ufSSO-F5e8vYHJ_DUDDusfoSOzzF6WnsfSSauzq95uB4PEuhdv_4xgbd-gowlKApZP6PQKBrN_E1kYo0dprcSTxAg6HxW3LFJyi9wjGsKK7uNkR/s1600/brad+embalm+table.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfvHSurH1UcrpNPpec7QHbW_lN3Oz-ufSSO-F5e8vYHJ_DUDDusfoSOzzF6WnsfSSauzq95uB4PEuhdv_4xgbd-gowlKApZP6PQKBrN_E1kYo0dprcSTxAg6HxW3LFJyi9wjGsKK7uNkR/s320/brad+embalm+table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576404082843693618" border="0" /></a>FINALLY Brad flies back across the country once again to Charlotte, NC! (Now, I know that maybe these trips really WERE filmed in geographical order... but that is less fun to make fun of.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjjlnh2hOLfSTaBDoxLa8HhuiHGRWCsFUvpVdGdOWtVRulb6uifqOLXyQpXYOo4LqcU0nYu07G1ibk0ylIQzzgJLwPfRylhX69Z9bV82kSpFwml21A6llHQQPPrnLBlgzqck4rNUwOWg4/s1600/welcome+to+charlotte.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjjlnh2hOLfSTaBDoxLa8HhuiHGRWCsFUvpVdGdOWtVRulb6uifqOLXyQpXYOo4LqcU0nYu07G1ibk0ylIQzzgJLwPfRylhX69Z9bV82kSpFwml21A6llHQQPPrnLBlgzqck4rNUwOWg4/s320/welcome+to+charlotte.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576409813298386402" border="0" /></a>What!!???? THAT is the shot they have to welcome people to my home town???!!!! A dilapidated road sign??!! I am really offended!!!!!!!!! Just to show you guys the beauty of Charlotte, I am providing my own picture.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpBtEZWgDzsJ75vpQ28t0e7N-XZNcAVTa1UmHarwjcBxvrTn3Hcch5B4kvf0Wrxql9oYod9HYQs0ZfL5ayD0rMI1rv6AE0FjtC0Q0VwktppnInZuTkoQe2_7omICEjA8jX02eWxhlPskD/s1600/charlotte.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpBtEZWgDzsJ75vpQ28t0e7N-XZNcAVTa1UmHarwjcBxvrTn3Hcch5B4kvf0Wrxql9oYod9HYQs0ZfL5ayD0rMI1rv6AE0FjtC0Q0VwktppnInZuTkoQe2_7omICEjA8jX02eWxhlPskD/s320/charlotte.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576663354718051810" border="0" /></a>So there's Emily chilling out in Freedom Park, when her little daughter, aka "Little Riki" or "Riki Tick" runs up to her, saying "Mommy." Now again, maybe I'm just too cynical. But it didn't sound to me like her daughter was actually the one saying it. I more felt like the editors popped in a sound effects disk and added a "Child saying Mommy" track to the video.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8YsEMi3-1upHh5mXBlbWYQi0N5b3iiVoPWWyrherdh2yZlgyoq7aYDqRwlCU2NAEFWZWg_gwIH6Tz3nZj39_Ot0HwV8THzcM7uvSln1thExNRObT4augQLmzspzcNF68hSZVoCtlwvlL/s1600/emily+daughter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8YsEMi3-1upHh5mXBlbWYQi0N5b3iiVoPWWyrherdh2yZlgyoq7aYDqRwlCU2NAEFWZWg_gwIH6Tz3nZj39_Ot0HwV8THzcM7uvSln1thExNRObT4augQLmzspzcNF68hSZVoCtlwvlL/s320/emily+daughter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405567829276802" border="0" /></a>Since I refuse to partake in the exploitation of minors (I'm only ok w/ exploiting adults), I will not be showing Ricky's face on my blog. Also, I think it's kind of funny, like how we never saw Mr. Wilson on "Home Improvement."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjPZZlrher48Em-onxnZ5hhTOECvrGJ32PqKVwg64jvmPCWqVKcDvHK-BA1G7bhcaYSrxScM86CRH89yew-2uCrVGnHrvB4LewJhhHZpz3mNlCMZZXMKiT1lvhcVhywYveKRKRmNO3hr6/s1600/brad+v+riki.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjPZZlrher48Em-onxnZ5hhTOECvrGJ32PqKVwg64jvmPCWqVKcDvHK-BA1G7bhcaYSrxScM86CRH89yew-2uCrVGnHrvB4LewJhhHZpz3mNlCMZZXMKiT1lvhcVhywYveKRKRmNO3hr6/s320/brad+v+riki.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401388743506642" border="0" /></a>So Brad, Emily and LR play in Freedom Park for awhile. It was a snooze fest. Turns out it really is a good thing that Emily had her daughter, since apparently she has no other friends or family in the world. WTH??? WHERE are the Hendricks, LR's grandparents?? No explanation!!! Ok, so I hit up Wikipedia and it looks like the father, aka LR's Grandfather also died in the plane crash.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lTxNu5FEAwzFW9N6CspmqcA0zek91UOwJ_gsUKI3K9Q6xkv9d7laMCwRrZrEQ6iBJdh69siuhhYRldx7bkZsrfsoJg5GFpcox9xSq1mhIfb-B9kGEHWcTiLLNXmKxsqFHHAYR53b1MAC/s1600/emily+kite.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lTxNu5FEAwzFW9N6CspmqcA0zek91UOwJ_gsUKI3K9Q6xkv9d7laMCwRrZrEQ6iBJdh69siuhhYRldx7bkZsrfsoJg5GFpcox9xSq1mhIfb-B9kGEHWcTiLLNXmKxsqFHHAYR53b1MAC/s320/emily+kite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405572986815218" border="0" /></a>But anyway, where was the coal miner??? I thought that she was a coal miner's daughter, so here is her Dad? Where's her Mom? Does she have any sisters, brothers, etc?? Now that I think about ---- what do we really know about Emily Maynard, other than her story about her fiance and her daughter?????? Doesn't she have any friends? I mean, usually when a contestant can't get her family to come out for the hometown date occasion, they turn it into high drama for the show. But this was just like nothing, no explanation or anything.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeXKxI6OAuWvYMAxDl2xQUMZKEa9Ioz62rLRVaIca8qUaCNa3kVfE8Yuo4DOauL1SseQEkRg6G1IknmSvra6gZcDa4TJYZb0dDLMekVIJcVQmlWxbCzL7lNdY-OKT5tDpxRTdKh5fiZUN/s1600/emilys+house.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeXKxI6OAuWvYMAxDl2xQUMZKEa9Ioz62rLRVaIca8qUaCNa3kVfE8Yuo4DOauL1SseQEkRg6G1IknmSvra6gZcDa4TJYZb0dDLMekVIJcVQmlWxbCzL7lNdY-OKT5tDpxRTdKh5fiZUN/s320/emilys+house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405931808838050" border="0" /></a>So after their romp in the park, they head back to Emily's mansion. What I would like to know is -- where can I sign up for an event planning job for a children's hospital that pays well enough to afford a two million dollar house???<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey61ZTFuG9eKdvHcmrlrsjhJk6QHJ4meJNanoLrVDlJJcJizG8Q6lT5h3YtpIXYkJXW586eZqKxiFYKoiRZtm48DlJVhZrerDf8KyFQ2BxTER2DR-Xadhc8eUb4V3Hhd8kKSAuBrDV3j6/s1600/emilyshouse2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey61ZTFuG9eKdvHcmrlrsjhJk6QHJ4meJNanoLrVDlJJcJizG8Q6lT5h3YtpIXYkJXW586eZqKxiFYKoiRZtm48DlJVhZrerDf8KyFQ2BxTER2DR-Xadhc8eUb4V3Hhd8kKSAuBrDV3j6/s320/emilyshouse2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405937286017170" border="0" /></a>They head upstairs and play w/ LR's dollies for awhile before putting her to bed.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKwbTJRL3FSwPh9w3oWX7a0H9JFu9aWYrh7kRB49Nr9hgxWLT9WrEGcQfBSt3yxX_XmDaqFDM6nAll8pkzPWC2kbaqIvvH-mPaHC-LuyXxYlU8MwrFaiX4clPqWm8unyFNbRKih_rQd_X/s1600/emily+toy+bed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKwbTJRL3FSwPh9w3oWX7a0H9JFu9aWYrh7kRB49Nr9hgxWLT9WrEGcQfBSt3yxX_XmDaqFDM6nAll8pkzPWC2kbaqIvvH-mPaHC-LuyXxYlU8MwrFaiX4clPqWm8unyFNbRKih_rQd_X/s320/emily+toy+bed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405572303656578" border="0" /></a>I thought it was kind of creepy how they left a camera man alone with Ricki in her room.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hbSd1mLQH7PeDuH03fgHdRN7_FcpIktdxPn0DvkQvleK0eMxUVzUvUS6l5kc6FYa6qwxVM5QlqDulKhOQSwCQC-ItSWarNqDY6lLYVtQPy3c3f6zl2pUSlDRySNPmNOhqUK5r49NO9Gu/s1600/emily+bed+time.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hbSd1mLQH7PeDuH03fgHdRN7_FcpIktdxPn0DvkQvleK0eMxUVzUvUS6l5kc6FYa6qwxVM5QlqDulKhOQSwCQC-ItSWarNqDY6lLYVtQPy3c3f6zl2pUSlDRySNPmNOhqUK5r49NO9Gu/s320/emily+bed+time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405557829527794" border="0" /></a>So after the playdate, Emily and Brad go hang out downstairs and talk. This is when Brad goes "I just want you to know that I WANT to kiss you, but I can't, bc your daughter is asleep upstairs." Uhhhmmm...... really??????? What in the HELL?? Luckily Emily took the words right out of my thoughts for my blog and said "Well, if this works out between us, she is ALWAYS going to be upstairs." Yeah, exactly. I mean, I do get it to an extent, but also, is Brad 21 or is he a 38 year old bachelor?? Uhmm yeah, when you wait til you're 38 to get married, I'd say there's a nice, healthy chance you'll end up w/ someone who has kids!!! Or at least that you would date someone with kids along the way!!!!!!!! ????? Is he like in junior high?? Also, I noticed how he kept saying "I've never dated anyone who had a daughter, I've never dated anyone who had a daughter." Hmm.... kind of makes me think he's dated someone who had a SON, if you want my opinion. I just thought it was really weird and immature on his part.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafQRvEz26qivlHKxQ6dQazuKm0alzb-YQlECNFCms667MWNtz0BaCzOmqjk-ESuTnq0Uq62nbYI6bT3hveelzetAkgMTwVWA3O0feEdSU9WmikiY719-IzxU0-TWmgl6xt1r0mUGfY4XJ/s1600/emily+gay.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafQRvEz26qivlHKxQ6dQazuKm0alzb-YQlECNFCms667MWNtz0BaCzOmqjk-ESuTnq0Uq62nbYI6bT3hveelzetAkgMTwVWA3O0feEdSU9WmikiY719-IzxU0-TWmgl6xt1r0mUGfY4XJ/s320/emily+gay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401672601719778" border="0" /></a>Also, it's NOT a good sign. Kid upstairs or not, I think a guy should pretty much want to jump your bones, and if he doesn't, then your relationship is probably doomed.<br /><br />Awkward!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GSlAoaJ50Yr-DlwGDzCJGmpnGHUmJBVrOfyYwZiDkFZsNpB-07lliD0z_p8yK5ss8Ud96d9VMsFqTUlzy8Qcl70MCJn1s5kyW0JhzpAWQ8iPQVPEhbt-WjDzbTAD3LfDtM1JjxmBb3oS/s1600/emilys+daughter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GSlAoaJ50Yr-DlwGDzCJGmpnGHUmJBVrOfyYwZiDkFZsNpB-07lliD0z_p8yK5ss8Ud96d9VMsFqTUlzy8Qcl70MCJn1s5kyW0JhzpAWQ8iPQVPEhbt-WjDzbTAD3LfDtM1JjxmBb3oS/s320/emilys+daughter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576405930320305394" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So yeah, once again, I really do </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">NOT see Emily leaving </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">this situation. Clearly</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><s style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=""> the Hendricks</span></s></span> someone has bought her a nice house in Charlotte in which to raise her daughter. I really don't see her uprooting herself to a bar in Austin. Sorry!!<br /><br />Whew!! So, now everyone re-convenes back in NYC for a rose ceremony.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTxWDnVI_ZuP3FbZte0-CmlrYInwh8UJQf1NUlL5aUr9rd-ZFpQSpCNFUmAnKskmCzgf-zIaSdWljC6Vqb2YgC2O1BmHVtQVHylyxRWaTj2dHmKfTBggrl3bp5pBNV1abO0vk6Ei63KSN/s1600/ny+statue.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTxWDnVI_ZuP3FbZte0-CmlrYInwh8UJQf1NUlL5aUr9rd-ZFpQSpCNFUmAnKskmCzgf-zIaSdWljC6Vqb2YgC2O1BmHVtQVHylyxRWaTj2dHmKfTBggrl3bp5pBNV1abO0vk6Ei63KSN/s320/ny+statue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401678593699682" border="0" /></a>Harrison fills in for Brad's therapist and helps him hash out all his feelings for the women.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzG_rYwR-b4QMOXRxfpcBsJHcYoQD5q9OgvIPbpO9l5BLx6bGg0f6eRAmFoNskbQgAb3Ki13qFBpSn7aBJv2ATEKlwYweGJPjAsHQKQCcFNKI93iMX8nwIGeO8ylHXY118TZQ4nQpVb-L/s1600/chris+harrison.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzG_rYwR-b4QMOXRxfpcBsJHcYoQD5q9OgvIPbpO9l5BLx6bGg0f6eRAmFoNskbQgAb3Ki13qFBpSn7aBJv2ATEKlwYweGJPjAsHQKQCcFNKI93iMX8nwIGeO8ylHXY118TZQ4nQpVb-L/s320/chris+harrison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401395194213474" border="0" /></a>Then they have a rose ceremony.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLiCNC7V04zg_m6GQfEwdopJEUIhU8ke2-p_9rG6Z8bJlh81-izgN_mdJ5zgFKTTkbE1oYa2EC2YTx6yfzdXgP2jU7AfP7wID5Wxir9f3JgYF6G_7kchAIqcbryrQ54UEVZr-pCSEhq67/s1600/rose+ceremony.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLiCNC7V04zg_m6GQfEwdopJEUIhU8ke2-p_9rG6Z8bJlh81-izgN_mdJ5zgFKTTkbE1oYa2EC2YTx6yfzdXgP2jU7AfP7wID5Wxir9f3JgYF6G_7kchAIqcbryrQ54UEVZr-pCSEhq67/s320/rose+ceremony.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576409289400155282" border="0" /></a>Brad gives out two roses-- Emily and Ashley.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qi0GHCctIG2-JG4BJltapJj4ObrufE8sA_lZ7SLCQeJvKURruAv1Q7hwF6N6uEczFfz9yfpZ9THR7ipEY4HlQj8w7muHLQOGAmayElfy3RTatayPp0xl0kVH9ItioGYFSti6VELptQ6M/s1600/final+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qi0GHCctIG2-JG4BJltapJj4ObrufE8sA_lZ7SLCQeJvKURruAv1Q7hwF6N6uEczFfz9yfpZ9THR7ipEY4HlQj8w7muHLQOGAmayElfy3RTatayPp0xl0kVH9ItioGYFSti6VELptQ6M/s320/final+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401670772329314" border="0" /></a>And then the final rose goes Chantal, sending my Shawntel the funeral director back to Chico, California.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JDU9Vh4wJsx3gD0UCnVLfirVLnVpklMFmq1aRKXLQgAevYAuzLpR6GUjmXDIb7HpClvqzPj8ep90zcaIwQS_Zfz8PIRhpj7QK_oAiKNtbheZBXgSrCUHYmcIPXUkzeQLrnJcJkcR4xcK/s1600/shawn-chan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JDU9Vh4wJsx3gD0UCnVLfirVLnVpklMFmq1aRKXLQgAevYAuzLpR6GUjmXDIb7HpClvqzPj8ep90zcaIwQS_Zfz8PIRhpj7QK_oAiKNtbheZBXgSrCUHYmcIPXUkzeQLrnJcJkcR4xcK/s320/shawn-chan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576401685332429314" border="0" /></a>True to form, Brad is very rude to the ousted bachelorette. He says "Can I walk you out real quick? Really quickly now, can I walk you out?"<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHYG4JHQx_-rMUSQodjlefRwty_klOBcnlLuijRgJcMGGWtq4XB8xSYgKgGWOk4eetIe0dJ5sJDvjb6uB5w_P9umYg2XES_AnpTSsKCiRJLv-S46ITl7Q-GdxwV0-KPF0sMRjweLm_z0G/s1600/nice+legs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHYG4JHQx_-rMUSQodjlefRwty_klOBcnlLuijRgJcMGGWtq4XB8xSYgKgGWOk4eetIe0dJ5sJDvjb6uB5w_P9umYg2XES_AnpTSsKCiRJLv-S46ITl7Q-GdxwV0-KPF0sMRjweLm_z0G/s320/nice+legs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576577244644532674" border="0" /></a>They sit on the bench and have a chat. Brad goes "Yeah, so you know that part when you said you were falling in love with me? Well, when you said that, I just kind of didn't really care. And I think that's probably a bad sign, right?" Rude!!! Seriously Brad, just say "You're a great woman, it's not you, it's me." Is it that hard?? I feel like Brad has just recently acquired the skill of expressing his feelings, and NOW he needs to spend some time acquiring the skill of TACT. Not every feeling or thought needs to be spoken, fool!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsbTkPkYKEy4kaEZ1T2lyjUY5jHieDU20nbO-JWvSwQMzdWnODO5UPg2tp1YzhncvpRCkKpex7gK50LFULHNcF-e2OG9ugTqSQ8hPG5ojyqv2QpZIz7sN0IRF2ecI-jj5WMfEBpkQRnwt/s1600/i%2527m+next.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsbTkPkYKEy4kaEZ1T2lyjUY5jHieDU20nbO-JWvSwQMzdWnODO5UPg2tp1YzhncvpRCkKpex7gK50LFULHNcF-e2OG9ugTqSQ8hPG5ojyqv2QpZIz7sN0IRF2ecI-jj5WMfEBpkQRnwt/s320/i%2527m+next.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576671373580266162" border="0" /></a>Ashley also stayed true to form by saying "I mean, it's sad, but that's like going to be one of us next week." Yeah it is. It's going to be YOU. So insecure!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFt8qSIy3ttTgY6I2KFMjEpW-b0SsClQASsxpzYJKtE7MCXLl6DA419PQYUzS-bS5p_0lPQBWP8IAzkoNgyGTsewur-9LHzsTxMx9nQsU-J0HvZqplU-7qLZrbgWzI8DCh_tJKLLUoz_b/s1600/Week+8+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFt8qSIy3ttTgY6I2KFMjEpW-b0SsClQASsxpzYJKtE7MCXLl6DA419PQYUzS-bS5p_0lPQBWP8IAzkoNgyGTsewur-9LHzsTxMx9nQsU-J0HvZqplU-7qLZrbgWzI8DCh_tJKLLUoz_b/s320/Week+8+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576684625872093938" border="0" /></a>OK!!! Now for some big news. Last week, <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><s><span style="">we were extremely short-staffed </span></s></span>all my hard work and blogging dedication finally paid off!!! I got to be on the conference call with the ousted Bachelorette, Michelle. Then I got to write a story about it, WITH MY OWN BYLINE!! OMG!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etonline.com/tv/107893_The_Bachelor_s_Michelle_Money_I_Had_a_Feeling_Something_was_Off/index.html">Click here for Julie's journalistic debut</a>.<br /><br />Anyway, this week I am slated to do the same. I will be on the conference call with Shawntel at 9:30 AM pacific time on Thursday. So if you have any questions that you would like me to ask her, let me know!!! I can't ask anything mean tho :)<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /><br />PS - This post is dedicated to my Dad, who was quite opinionated about this episode and also requested more thought bubbles!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />PPS - You can always click on the pictures to see a bigger version<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-41774834835827575142011-02-15T09:07:00.000-08:002011-02-15T17:45:04.513-08:00Revisionist History is Good for YouI would like to start this re-cap off with a grammar lesson called "The Difference Between I and Me."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vBcARb_XwRyAPrE0XyPHHAyhZ1gCo1OXVmQ9FzblvdVAtvC5q489h205w9RMM-BLbnUSbzx0_mQyCG_TePWkEOoi_pPBzm83QuEp3tINDsvPuJri192WdSyy-kcDhTHHY-4cLecOeaAA/s1600/grammar+lesson.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vBcARb_XwRyAPrE0XyPHHAyhZ1gCo1OXVmQ9FzblvdVAtvC5q489h205w9RMM-BLbnUSbzx0_mQyCG_TePWkEOoi_pPBzm83QuEp3tINDsvPuJri192WdSyy-kcDhTHHY-4cLecOeaAA/s320/grammar+lesson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574024525652571618" border="0" /></a>"I" is a SUBJECT. "Me" is an OBJECT.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It is therefore grammatically INCORRECT to say "There's no romance between Britt and I." OMGGGG!!!!! And the reason me is giving this lesson is because they ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS say this on this show over and over and OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!! It is like screeching birds in my ears every time me hear it.<br /><br />Would you say "It's going to be a great date for I." ??? No!! So why would you say "It's going to be a great date for Emily and I." ?????<br /><br />Now it's also obviously incorrect grammar to say "Me and Melanie are going to yoga," (Sorry, Mom!!). However, me don't really have a problem with that, because it's OBVIOUSLY wrong and whoever says it obviously is not trying to be pretentious. But when you say "The chemistry between Shawntel and I is amazing," it's annoying on all levels. 1 - you sound like a pretentious prick-a-zoid and B- it's not even correct!!!!!!<br /><br />Moving right along!!<br /><br />To Anguilla.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHY7O8N-fFaKilUkaSo8d16bISE0Y7tM2O9EJfuG3XJ2MvDe-53h_PKIzIzXwb3jRWpQKsEj0u73Bz7XyDi4tDgVw2cOjOEmmfSjrWqhNNTIeXQXGaJYeJKzP_L26zGA2zunb4THkKfKH/s1600/grammar+boat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHY7O8N-fFaKilUkaSo8d16bISE0Y7tM2O9EJfuG3XJ2MvDe-53h_PKIzIzXwb3jRWpQKsEj0u73Bz7XyDi4tDgVw2cOjOEmmfSjrWqhNNTIeXQXGaJYeJKzP_L26zGA2zunb4THkKfKH/s320/grammar+boat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574032205435824130" border="0" /></a>The grammatically-challenged Bachelor and Bachelorettes haul @ss to Anguilla. Thankfully Harrison graced us with his presence for this episode and told us that there will be three one on one dates and one group date. No roses will be on the one on one dates, so no pressure there. There WILL however, be a rose on the group date.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYkspxn4H44_VzV-A66d46wxBcU7Mes5oPK8VEnQuq1lxM1t-hC3ugYaPyEkhLWEMe32gGJCsjy-wSgIBI7k2ef5_0U3WEzSv17uds3NTwy-v5Li4uh78OqFXOv445QRhxY1XhGehMY1i/s1600/work.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYkspxn4H44_VzV-A66d46wxBcU7Mes5oPK8VEnQuq1lxM1t-hC3ugYaPyEkhLWEMe32gGJCsjy-wSgIBI7k2ef5_0U3WEzSv17uds3NTwy-v5Li4uh78OqFXOv445QRhxY1XhGehMY1i/s320/work.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574039298285646882" border="0" /></a>The first one on one date goes to: Emily!!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK2wJJsVbcR84ldn92y0NAWlhduIbwY6-EpaWb88CkBCJUjPFE6fwY9fjQ0HQYc6sFXmmaRhRmANALXi4VAnfKFWGMX9VBpXKSOZQ0iLPEmgRkucDxQtTPRAeQlkoyyKLixMXCs-qthH6/s1600/happy+em.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK2wJJsVbcR84ldn92y0NAWlhduIbwY6-EpaWb88CkBCJUjPFE6fwY9fjQ0HQYc6sFXmmaRhRmANALXi4VAnfKFWGMX9VBpXKSOZQ0iLPEmgRkucDxQtTPRAeQlkoyyKLixMXCs-qthH6/s320/happy+em.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574056508113775170" border="0" /></a> They take a chopper ride over to a stark, deserted, "private" island. But it actually didn't really look like it was that NICE of a private island if you ask me. Like, there was NO SHADE on it. I mean, I think I got sunburned just watching it on TV.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM2fU3K4kEnyPMpr1d3LkLwY16o7VntQUPwymtEHHMkV6rPshFvhYH9cZJmsRTUIqWUb9iKqgOClfBuAsnMWxrf6x2ChXwErybPAwTkwEbDAlBHEXxDP7_LQluQhoPBiSGFGPV_CyPVWM/s1600/stark.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM2fU3K4kEnyPMpr1d3LkLwY16o7VntQUPwymtEHHMkV6rPshFvhYH9cZJmsRTUIqWUb9iKqgOClfBuAsnMWxrf6x2ChXwErybPAwTkwEbDAlBHEXxDP7_LQluQhoPBiSGFGPV_CyPVWM/s320/stark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574056508335464082" border="0" /></a>So I think that there is no chemistry between these two. Sorry!!!!!! But I just REALLY do NOT see it. Brad says that he still feels nervous and tongue-tied around Emily. Well, honestly, I don't think that's a good sign. I mean, yes it's good to have butterflies in your lungs around someone and be all excited about them. But feeling nervous and like you can't quite say the right thing??? Yeah, no. In the end, I just don't think that's good. You should feel at ease and like you just want to keep talking about things and touching their arm.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the flip side, I really don't think Emily is that into Brad either. I really get the vibe from her that she KNOWS she could basically have any man she wants. She does not seem nervous or excited about Brad AT ALL to me. I don't think she knows she could have any man in a SNOTTY way. I do believe she is nice and sweet. But she really could have about any guy and I think she just is used to that and isn't worried about Brad. Clearly she has NO TROUBLE finding someone to date.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXoAC955vxQzwIFZi5G4ZjOXekFUhcALlRrZ8CMNbLnzv_yctGv2UKxDN8J1e2DqTQXvLEhon7YuCserjUk_n-0lU78eh-_vfv9ipq_NuygpBAesiSIfc2sdj3xerp7Z7r34nLIU0m5axA/s1600/sun.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXoAC955vxQzwIFZi5G4ZjOXekFUhcALlRrZ8CMNbLnzv_yctGv2UKxDN8J1e2DqTQXvLEhon7YuCserjUk_n-0lU78eh-_vfv9ipq_NuygpBAesiSIfc2sdj3xerp7Z7r34nLIU0m5axA/s320/sun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574056518645497090" border="0" /></a>Now Grace, I know that you think Emily is super-boring and I agree with you. However, I REALLY am hoping for her to Be The Next Bachelorette. She is pretty and she is from Charlotte. I love it when she says "Home to Charlotte." I love the way she says it and it makes me want to hop a plane and go there ASAP. It would be really cool to have a Bachelorette from Charlotte.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yYQXbJhdiLh5JrIry-nIGgOXQ8YexBFEM32j0SRuJkfJwwlEorSGIP_sI6PzMu2oM-KcvZQ9hpcrPKIMBJ5Cx3ckZ6VL-1kB-FoC0rK6VRinTsxErfyXyF3kQuiWILKzbonlTNXTgEBl/s1600/moon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yYQXbJhdiLh5JrIry-nIGgOXQ8YexBFEM32j0SRuJkfJwwlEorSGIP_sI6PzMu2oM-KcvZQ9hpcrPKIMBJ5Cx3ckZ6VL-1kB-FoC0rK6VRinTsxErfyXyF3kQuiWILKzbonlTNXTgEBl/s320/moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574056510528132786" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Brad and "Em" have dinner on the beach and have some conversation about whether or not Brad would get to meet her daughter if she got a hometown date. It was extremely confusing and I have no idea what in the hell they were talking about. Clearly it was edited into oblivion. Brad then does the most dramatic thing in Bachelor history, which is to tell her that she IS getting a rose at the next rose ceremony. Apparently, he tells her that so she will feel comfortable and decide to let him meet her daughter. Or something??? I really don't know. I'm over these two as a couple.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt0NeJQLAw2hv6Lq36hPMPL2WJ-vMuazzgyPOpFXDKY7M5qAijRCoSvedGYkXc0G1X7B6QjsqJjydws92opfMaULkiiT3CWBPCMZWEvM2v-2c7fuMsnmmwB4TZE0gr5672TKVM3q6nTjK/s1600/sunset.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt0NeJQLAw2hv6Lq36hPMPL2WJ-vMuazzgyPOpFXDKY7M5qAijRCoSvedGYkXc0G1X7B6QjsqJjydws92opfMaULkiiT3CWBPCMZWEvM2v-2c7fuMsnmmwB4TZE0gr5672TKVM3q6nTjK/s320/sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574056521728973378" border="0" /></a>So the next one on one date goes to: Shawntel, the funeral director. This is nice for her, but pretty bad news for Britt, who STILL has not gotten a one on one date. Shawntel and Brad are going to troll the streets of Anguilla.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsNpSt3NN5J9dC6P8OJioxETJNbikXpYfenMo7cafTo2dCaya-Slh9vgg3I5T3sVfkvpPBEyc18YUv6rOIfDsYTNM7_6q431fmWxyJY_yPE4jTo82zw1mGC26EDtApi5k2oJYw8zM-7zz/s1600/sad+britt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsNpSt3NN5J9dC6P8OJioxETJNbikXpYfenMo7cafTo2dCaya-Slh9vgg3I5T3sVfkvpPBEyc18YUv6rOIfDsYTNM7_6q431fmWxyJY_yPE4jTo82zw1mGC26EDtApi5k2oJYw8zM-7zz/s320/sad+britt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574061177105238482" border="0" /></a>Shawn greets him with an aggressive kiss, as she always does. Not a good sign for her.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqEldI9ypq9SqoXislbfsOAhk3w5m6KzjffkAomUwoQAEE96gaqve3VSlIDM5GyfGXt1mgvF4GMjMBKCdh5TdDalTemeuy3CBG8W5q9PgxAxhpWPeeR2ZtKJ_d0_UuFdnVutcEq3zKxab/s1600/shawnet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqEldI9ypq9SqoXislbfsOAhk3w5m6KzjffkAomUwoQAEE96gaqve3VSlIDM5GyfGXt1mgvF4GMjMBKCdh5TdDalTemeuy3CBG8W5q9PgxAxhpWPeeR2ZtKJ_d0_UuFdnVutcEq3zKxab/s320/shawnet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574064297241715778" border="0" /></a>They proceed to go walk through a Farmer's Market and play dominoes with the locals........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qcm7aAPR2hcigs7Y05BEo2jrHuITWJMZk2nKezkDV7iN3mwghYHtuuN8hp6g3v4hQgifMqMtNntSE2tchOb8froVtTKERr6UHlS9MmUx5HBl9SjSyLpS7srzR5_2I-98-if5d-ykl6LK/s1600/dominos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qcm7aAPR2hcigs7Y05BEo2jrHuITWJMZk2nKezkDV7iN3mwghYHtuuN8hp6g3v4hQgifMqMtNntSE2tchOb8froVtTKERr6UHlS9MmUx5HBl9SjSyLpS7srzR5_2I-98-if5d-ykl6LK/s320/dominos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574064298367565890" border="0" /></a> ......followed by a picnic of red wine.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmFrpod9R3Xz-RqC30rjCxKUwnsV08c_q9WY7gqlDFPRy9FqHOTXAUqLay_bi27yEKKgs2YxZonS1jEKVIvQKff5kxpmtn3NZmypKJL5phBKDzC0yTCWDK8BWXgBjp6t76AoX8zyVuSlW/s1600/shawn+picnic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmFrpod9R3Xz-RqC30rjCxKUwnsV08c_q9WY7gqlDFPRy9FqHOTXAUqLay_bi27yEKKgs2YxZonS1jEKVIvQKff5kxpmtn3NZmypKJL5phBKDzC0yTCWDK8BWXgBjp6t76AoX8zyVuSlW/s320/shawn+picnic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574065379513734322" border="0" /></a>After that, they go have dinner in a tree house, then get a concert (not a private one, mind you). Afterward they take a dip in the osh and Shawntel shows off her giant back tat.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtqGbT43tZgaJXlsgTT9AVUhUlGK7VzDV1KoXdoS8Yg7hAvOa77nLdgU-nciPu0zx1LivKR3LgItyHP6Ap4HMvIJvPQfEz-U7fsaDEfBwOnkBdJrYgR8AAigmUZhpuRsH6fd5mLiXQzD9/s1600/tree+house+dinner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtqGbT43tZgaJXlsgTT9AVUhUlGK7VzDV1KoXdoS8Yg7hAvOa77nLdgU-nciPu0zx1LivKR3LgItyHP6Ap4HMvIJvPQfEz-U7fsaDEfBwOnkBdJrYgR8AAigmUZhpuRsH6fd5mLiXQzD9/s320/tree+house+dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574071144169685250" border="0" /></a>I'm not really sure about Shawntel + Brad, to be honest. There is something about Shawntel I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's that they really haven't explained WHY she is a funeral director??? I mean, aside from that being the family business or wanting to make piles of money, there really is no normal reason to choose such a profession.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZR7U5XZJide7gVFObmBi84TCLLEVv3UoTPduXJxKelMOl_Wh4zAIT3_V0ZV6ogdAbFhIYgNTszEx1yZSU30urlnDoWCkKPCpW40orGY2UxC2YkTr2MPo0p2045f5bDJ3pkf5uLFHY6JB/s1600/concert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZR7U5XZJide7gVFObmBi84TCLLEVv3UoTPduXJxKelMOl_Wh4zAIT3_V0ZV6ogdAbFhIYgNTszEx1yZSU30urlnDoWCkKPCpW40orGY2UxC2YkTr2MPo0p2045f5bDJ3pkf5uLFHY6JB/s320/concert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574065386388636322" border="0" /></a>Now as some of you may have noticed, I trolled over to <a href="http://realitysteve.com/">Reality Steve</a> to promote my blog. But while I was there I did NOT read his spoilers. A little post did catch my eye, even though I didn't try to get too into it, but he was saying something about Shawntel has some sister who's all hot and a stripper or bartender or posed in a calendar or something. I don't know. But it kind of weirded me out. Like it made me feel like Shawntel is being a funeral director as a publicity stunt or something. But I really don't know. I also kind of feel like she just might be a genuinely odd but harmless person. Can't tell!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSXtFqT63V0uScVAo_tRF_qqjOnHwyBZpwR7MLmy3YkHMeeMy0fHDQOy60ExrdjveaNeRofSymYkXfqmfF-QJbDsXUN5tfmnHcYVJ2afZJkQZcK1dekNpg2ChpRabILlaQ2ECtZvjLss3/s1600/maybe+i+am+in+love.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSXtFqT63V0uScVAo_tRF_qqjOnHwyBZpwR7MLmy3YkHMeeMy0fHDQOy60ExrdjveaNeRofSymYkXfqmfF-QJbDsXUN5tfmnHcYVJ2afZJkQZcK1dekNpg2ChpRabILlaQ2ECtZvjLss3/s320/maybe+i+am+in+love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574065397170543698" border="0" /></a>Regarding her and Brad.... I really do feel like he seems to enjoy her company and have a good time with her. It feels pretty cliche to say "Oh, I think they have a friend vibe." But.... I think I do feel that way. And again, like apparently MOST of the ladies, I'm not positively sure how into Brad Shawntel is.......<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwwMdfSp0eHFLL9d-2Nr5i1MLZDmVBZqwEHboWHKIylnZdiGZo5dqBWyi3eFd_uk7I1Tq1eYzJf4_odWTCAXhVGNy_YuBaj2i0F082zXZfqH1eBjBAWph9lP_ounLoPFL2LyXxpMayl7/s1600/giant+back+tat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwwMdfSp0eHFLL9d-2Nr5i1MLZDmVBZqwEHboWHKIylnZdiGZo5dqBWyi3eFd_uk7I1Tq1eYzJf4_odWTCAXhVGNy_YuBaj2i0F082zXZfqH1eBjBAWph9lP_ounLoPFL2LyXxpMayl7/s320/giant+back+tat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574071139376679074" border="0" /></a>I can't quite figure this pairing out, I'll be honest.......<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGyCL-xwNjkcWGIck-H3n_EPVToaHyeMr_IvUI_cVGWv2gCeZ7HQYRlGip7Pk1WjsbhXygvVLkXJ-9T-bXSK-ZX6kAKh07eOpiFHN_Yd_oRfHtL90rGvLX4gaPgnCa3Ijdf4zEgYTpyt7/s1600/chap+stick.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGyCL-xwNjkcWGIck-H3n_EPVToaHyeMr_IvUI_cVGWv2gCeZ7HQYRlGip7Pk1WjsbhXygvVLkXJ-9T-bXSK-ZX6kAKh07eOpiFHN_Yd_oRfHtL90rGvLX4gaPgnCa3Ijdf4zEgYTpyt7/s320/chap+stick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574071137277266898" border="0" /></a>Anyway, the final one on one date goes to... Britt, FINALLY. She applies her Bonne Bell chap stick, then Brad comes and takes her away in a yacht. They sail over to a rock and then jump off a dangerous cliff. They swim around for a little bit, then go sit on the beach and have an awkward conversation.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZXFXNPmgkEdJVqwkm_Jlddtu5RMhK2N9lIQDLHNN0WWlLpLyIJYl-GecmgHP3JpcL1ogRy23EIIRv-dDao3NHBnz7VOzGVzSKTC0uHzQrQ_MXlIcjbT-CZgfb_1rlZ0Ml-p7lMQDZOcW/s1600/britt+skinny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZXFXNPmgkEdJVqwkm_Jlddtu5RMhK2N9lIQDLHNN0WWlLpLyIJYl-GecmgHP3JpcL1ogRy23EIIRv-dDao3NHBnz7VOzGVzSKTC0uHzQrQ_MXlIcjbT-CZgfb_1rlZ0Ml-p7lMQDZOcW/s320/britt+skinny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574071132950023170" border="0" /></a>Basically there is nothing there... no chemistry. And that's not my opinion, that's straight from the mouth of B-dub. He feels NOTHING for her, even though they are sitting in the most romantic spot on the globe. He just doesn't have a desire to reach over and kiss her. Yeah, bad news.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPwZraEopW_wJatoCOoeJga8qpvBlwPRdLMD8n-oZ1yAt2z4HlwEA7IcwxH3ofH2ZHRS-hHf_4h6jKR9smXJQ8MUoeiyZF3GcEeualIMZ4jLVw_kjuYuXdK-TwfLdrg8yP_0_nPrQ8tM/s1600/yacht.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPwZraEopW_wJatoCOoeJga8qpvBlwPRdLMD8n-oZ1yAt2z4HlwEA7IcwxH3ofH2ZHRS-hHf_4h6jKR9smXJQ8MUoeiyZF3GcEeualIMZ4jLVw_kjuYuXdK-TwfLdrg8yP_0_nPrQ8tM/s320/yacht.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574071134629311426" border="0" /></a>They swim back to the yacht to go have dinner anyways. I guess we all have to eat, as they say. This was pretty cringe-worthy, since we all knew what was coming. Of course to make it even worse for us, they had Britt say over and over how glad and free she was knowing that she didn't have to worry about a rose tonight.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-SwS6i6X4Xf9Z3lL1x0y8ev-hqwUeCPMxy2XLwaKRJY1766T1rxwKx4wDZJphVLu3cz7to9lkSVS7_b0Y_tdDk4UN3Y4uVXhdu2KIhxihutGKRypE2jniQzITBGiQijTwNv1-X2Ec12-/s1600/doom.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-SwS6i6X4Xf9Z3lL1x0y8ev-hqwUeCPMxy2XLwaKRJY1766T1rxwKx4wDZJphVLu3cz7to9lkSVS7_b0Y_tdDk4UN3Y4uVXhdu2KIhxihutGKRypE2jniQzITBGiQijTwNv1-X2Ec12-/s320/doom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574091126668310018" border="0" /></a>After a few sips of wine, Brad drops the bombshell: I'm just not that into you. He was able to say this a little bit nicer than he has said to the other girls. Instead of saying "I'm not physically into you," he at least threw her a bone and said "We're not physically into each other." So that was nice.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8F02f4ISy3WykCMhFKNoLeJP2fsp9AGq6aSfgvuGFjtZl_Vd08oE3XWUfcgC5wxA6Hy4_vmAi15Rmc54TjgEcyG_FnMZPLouYygugmslD70uwXi6vFhoAgoynksjOcjGVJKlTpkWq138/s1600/sad+dinner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8F02f4ISy3WykCMhFKNoLeJP2fsp9AGq6aSfgvuGFjtZl_Vd08oE3XWUfcgC5wxA6Hy4_vmAi15Rmc54TjgEcyG_FnMZPLouYygugmslD70uwXi6vFhoAgoynksjOcjGVJKlTpkWq138/s320/sad+dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574089699797255026" border="0" /></a>Britt tried one last desperate attempt, "Well, I am willing to give it time." But Brad shut her down. "Sorry babe, I am NOT going to string anyone along THIS time on The Bachelor. Peace out and please watch your step."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfjk6MoK6Bnm9sH769D_Ko95Ons6xlLTF8RgwOn8RDg3redWnizSClQV1Z1vJSoM1n0WRofEd37YqcCR_-sYuXwvSYvdN78SHVgRHbkQjubW9wVSIYS__m_pXmzraHp2ojiL_t2NI4gHH/s1600/watch+your+step.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfjk6MoK6Bnm9sH769D_Ko95Ons6xlLTF8RgwOn8RDg3redWnizSClQV1Z1vJSoM1n0WRofEd37YqcCR_-sYuXwvSYvdN78SHVgRHbkQjubW9wVSIYS__m_pXmzraHp2ojiL_t2NI4gHH/s320/watch+your+step.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574091130447026162" border="0" /></a>So then Britt got thrown off the yacht and had to paddle back to shore on a sad little life boat.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xIeUlBI5iqRUbIBsSbhL0oJBjErCEcZXeBsfh5BvNGhj1b8VruTm_9XyZ20f1xySF3FnH06kd73jLGk2G02G-4PkW2v1n4B62zFlKvOWK_qSreV09chWk-AiYxVkJJu0-_2kPNXRdm9G/s1600/sad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xIeUlBI5iqRUbIBsSbhL0oJBjErCEcZXeBsfh5BvNGhj1b8VruTm_9XyZ20f1xySF3FnH06kd73jLGk2G02G-4PkW2v1n4B62zFlKvOWK_qSreV09chWk-AiYxVkJJu0-_2kPNXRdm9G/s320/sad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092271302254434" border="0" /></a>At the mansion, just to make everything even MORE awkward, all the other ladies were shouting "Yay, Britt is back!!! I am so glad you are back, Britt, it is just not the same without you here. Welcome home! Yay!!"<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTURpVB1oAhE-AYcIhtXHXd42VPgGVFnIe-fvBpMRt7kKsf5ON0Ti1LGiit3x2NEh9Oeujp5IWJ2vPy7m-ln6zzyq7hHTX6CE0pAXU3c-t881Ib7GjyqW2Yj4x3LMKrAdtctILeRStpxl/s1600/brit+leaves.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTURpVB1oAhE-AYcIhtXHXd42VPgGVFnIe-fvBpMRt7kKsf5ON0Ti1LGiit3x2NEh9Oeujp5IWJ2vPy7m-ln6zzyq7hHTX6CE0pAXU3c-t881Ib7GjyqW2Yj4x3LMKrAdtctILeRStpxl/s320/brit+leaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092631400095650" border="0" /></a>Therefore, it was even more dramatic, when Britt was like, "Yeah, actually I'm packing my bags." Then she goes "It just isn't there for us." Now I don't know whether they edited out this conversation or what, but she made it sound like it was some sort of mutual thing.... which I personally find hilarious. He totally dumped her, but now she is making it sound like she might have dumped him.<br /><br />I think that's a pretty good strategy to have in life... revise your personal history into whatever makes you feel best. Hahahaha!!!!<br /><br />And I just have one final parting thought for Britt: cut your hair.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSbliwwui5nybqYMBpqeCXV2F_l-894r7fvsfbtjbWvfei0EaF5p7x0cmnVvt3vT3xZHCOjrzZkzzjoe8OAXmnzyu1VjWvlI_8iBiZLMH_I0ONAQIWVdGJN64L8DsypALZWdMGvkhoGa/s1600/long+hair+suitcase.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSbliwwui5nybqYMBpqeCXV2F_l-894r7fvsfbtjbWvfei0EaF5p7x0cmnVvt3vT3xZHCOjrzZkzzjoe8OAXmnzyu1VjWvlI_8iBiZLMH_I0ONAQIWVdGJN64L8DsypALZWdMGvkhoGa/s320/long+hair+suitcase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092269090027298" border="0" /></a>Sorry. Britt seems nice and sweet and I feel bad for her. She seemed to know she was doomed all along, but still just had to go through the date anyway. So I wish her the best. 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(Close call, Stace).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU9w2y-56K30QzrufB7MeUcQtxVr9dk-bjRbGJdD-MDiqYu9FGI2UQ2StGX-Vw1_hrcOSH8JMLdlWJ2fOHLO6w7d3tE6mYxQp7nUo3UlH2BVgU0DDvkc1Qk_xk3V22fMzFXW3wQ7gEsTO/s1600/photo+shoot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU9w2y-56K30QzrufB7MeUcQtxVr9dk-bjRbGJdD-MDiqYu9FGI2UQ2StGX-Vw1_hrcOSH8JMLdlWJ2fOHLO6w7d3tE6mYxQp7nUo3UlH2BVgU0DDvkc1Qk_xk3V22fMzFXW3wQ7gEsTO/s320/photo+shoot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092995578909858" border="0" /></a>Next up is a scandalous group date where Brad takes Chantal, Michelle and Ashley to the beach to pose for Playboy or Sports Illustrated or something where they pop their tops off. Sigh. UGH, I'm getting tired of writing this. This date was a bit tiresome and also quite interesting at the same time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX-hHtWfmf6BRGmKhDDCehhj5cMXBU4cFkmPHLfSU8QFQ9Pyt0WQR9JpHtCFi1WbmOFNsqLH28GyryT9J-4RrlX-Tad5SCFJbUVh2eRfeCwUOFLe5iIXni8EsMnkBn_-D75Zo2H7mptu7/s1600/top.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX-hHtWfmf6BRGmKhDDCehhj5cMXBU4cFkmPHLfSU8QFQ9Pyt0WQR9JpHtCFi1WbmOFNsqLH28GyryT9J-4RrlX-Tad5SCFJbUVh2eRfeCwUOFLe5iIXni8EsMnkBn_-D75Zo2H7mptu7/s320/top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574089681940326898" border="0" /></a>Ok, so they all roll around in the sand with their tops off. Ashley laments her lack of boobs, then puts some conch shells on them.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6VHkID_oH-S4r1gzTipaNR93ApzwgGnM1kZR2TNrg5g7L_gCFDE_3-D9Mr_uJ5jzkuF2CSJBYKYtjan1U3ZwHNUwHPwv7XzTWKRQiAfNNPRrxyJyOhV_iCl8f_EX8sbdAj6aUyNCBAFF/s1600/conch+boobs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6VHkID_oH-S4r1gzTipaNR93ApzwgGnM1kZR2TNrg5g7L_gCFDE_3-D9Mr_uJ5jzkuF2CSJBYKYtjan1U3ZwHNUwHPwv7XzTWKRQiAfNNPRrxyJyOhV_iCl8f_EX8sbdAj6aUyNCBAFF/s320/conch+boobs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574090611284413282" border="0" /></a>Michelle decides that in lieu of taking her top off, she will make out with Brad in the wet sand. This makes Chantal and Ashley feel sad, insecure and jealous.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPv_qoyA7QEcFBtT1wC7vXlLn6p_KI5-iDBQDjAP8ZiNNuNCZq_5Xo2S8Pu8MOi6kC6aDgpW6qC7emeplE-eLYcY0wykZP3AoRqO2H4t2gxJEj4NEEnnNNWOsmZqVLToJXCIDajJZZ7-5/s1600/gross.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPv_qoyA7QEcFBtT1wC7vXlLn6p_KI5-iDBQDjAP8ZiNNuNCZq_5Xo2S8Pu8MOi6kC6aDgpW6qC7emeplE-eLYcY0wykZP3AoRqO2H4t2gxJEj4NEEnnNNWOsmZqVLToJXCIDajJZZ7-5/s320/gross.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574091138936399378" border="0" /></a>After this pornographic photo shoot, they go have a pool party. Ashley and Chantal have hardcore withdrawn and are sullen and depressed. Michelle is..... Michelle.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAukqt2vK6DkiuUQuqpzU78jiXqMNsJk2aFc8-X2Fgom1m7rYVdaqpqi6fU0xXChokH39w0wDy7z9p7FVj39yl7gRXvpwpnSAxy4Avv_IVnCXKE_ER6B2NBepvXCh1fTPKyRekmXuHbPP/s1600/jealous.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAukqt2vK6DkiuUQuqpzU78jiXqMNsJk2aFc8-X2Fgom1m7rYVdaqpqi6fU0xXChokH39w0wDy7z9p7FVj39yl7gRXvpwpnSAxy4Avv_IVnCXKE_ER6B2NBepvXCh1fTPKyRekmXuHbPP/s320/jealous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574089690006198930" border="0" /></a>And Brad is just "MISERABLE." Ugh. He needs to chill out, for one thing. Anyway, he takes them each aside and has some tedious one on one time with each of them alone. He now feels guilty for getting so carried away and caught up in the public make out session with Michelle on the beach.<br /><br />He tells Michelle that he thinks they are too much alike and that in a relationship, they would just end up going around and around. The physical attraction would wear off and they would then just be at war all the time. Well obviously this is true. I guess the only news here is that it took him this long to figure it out. But then again, I guess in actuality not as much time as passed since he met her as we are led to believe.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr4ot-r8S3J4WgEGvVe_noeOUsYnV2kmDRHkJjxgZ2Mx3tXkOHOA0lSx0X3UnpcuyI0qKM1XKacMk-Fr9KeEmkA8Arg1jNvyYGaw77kI_svMiuHCOgmXXX06Iu4FTWw4qI47fQY6eYtAd/s1600/2drinks.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr4ot-r8S3J4WgEGvVe_noeOUsYnV2kmDRHkJjxgZ2Mx3tXkOHOA0lSx0X3UnpcuyI0qKM1XKacMk-Fr9KeEmkA8Arg1jNvyYGaw77kI_svMiuHCOgmXXX06Iu4FTWw4qI47fQY6eYtAd/s320/2drinks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574064302197433442" border="0" /></a>He then takes Ashley aside for a second time, and she keeps saying "You are scaring me babe, you are scaring me, babe." She says that approximately one thousand times. So, I think that is a really bad sign for her!!!!!!!!!!! That is her gut telling her that this is NOT RIGHT. Why would you want to be with someone who made you feel that way???? Who when they pull you aside, instead of thinking that he has some nice pleasant surprise for you, that he is about to bomb your heart instead?????<br /><br />Now, you might be thinking that she just feels this way because of the situation that they are in -- him dating a pile of women on The Bachelor. But that isn't true!!! Emily doesn't feel that way, she knows she can get another man if need be. Chantal doesn't feel that way either. She "loves" him. She seems to have more of a sense of zen about the whole thing. Bottom line is: I really think Ashley should NOT choose and/or worry about being with someone who makes her feel so insecure and unhappy and nervous all the time.<br /><br />Anyway, the whole little pull aside bit was so that Brad could give her the rose anyway. Now she's all relieved, etc. But it's still not worth it. I would just never want to be with someone who made me feel that worried.<br /><br />Of course, things are only going to get worse for Brad. Now that Ashley has the rose, Chantal is extremely hurt. She can't help it, she is now crying. Brad tries to take her away to talk to her, but she won't go. So instead Ashley and Michelle step away. I liked how Chantal wouldn't go away and talk with him. Good!! Why should she?? He hurt her by giving the rose to Ashley, so she is right to stew in her misery for a hot minute... rather than rushing to go reassure Brad that she "understands" and "is okay with it."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBTu6EPU49yuO_LcpGH-lbug4Vb2UcNCkZipotmNJ1hDvUub3QHxC4__OU_Velq6hMI9aW1TUTo4zmpuGcKVwhXUl9Yu2o-BPb4D0vDSl9r_x0c4Gq0NxgWQXR2id5XbCufpsP32D6yY0/s1600/sad+chantal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBTu6EPU49yuO_LcpGH-lbug4Vb2UcNCkZipotmNJ1hDvUub3QHxC4__OU_Velq6hMI9aW1TUTo4zmpuGcKVwhXUl9Yu2o-BPb4D0vDSl9r_x0c4Gq0NxgWQXR2id5XbCufpsP32D6yY0/s320/sad+chantal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574089689535399890" border="0" /></a>Anyway, I'm kind of not sure what to make of Brad and Chantal either. I think they might be good together??? Did anyone else notice the part on the beach where Brad was like "So, have your feelings changed....... ????" Like totally fishing and leading her on to say that she loves him again. I found that pretty interesting. Obviously he LIKES her saying that then. It doesn't freak him out, etc, otherwise he wouldn't have basically asked her to say it again.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not entirely sure what to make of Chantal for "loving" him. She seems grounded somewhat, other than that odd declaration..... Really, I just don't know.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikc2oyap37TE5MF8NTfc7PEicgw3-MTu8oFMtM7OGkefApcubin052XerN3FvoMBeuzgJ-1MqDoOPg5Ro2R7f79QPgheHlfKa7zlhFa19VGZXP-2uhYFvDA3z2nNMZ4UfbA0lcYcw-HBUv/s1600/chantal+leaves.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikc2oyap37TE5MF8NTfc7PEicgw3-MTu8oFMtM7OGkefApcubin052XerN3FvoMBeuzgJ-1MqDoOPg5Ro2R7f79QPgheHlfKa7zlhFa19VGZXP-2uhYFvDA3z2nNMZ4UfbA0lcYcw-HBUv/s320/chantal+leaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574089676160201298" border="0" /></a>Later that night (or the next day or sometime later), the women all gather around the pool for a rose ceremony.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiiObbBrOQ1w1e3Dawm1yh3F8eA3Hxr41_VoGpywL-XUrRnvIqkIzgiauTksGpa5meiRkGxT0gdolai1PZ21iz7F07CVsHqb-WNCwHk1HcWKHglFYVs-0n4zB1MEqz9p7dkkN1rpWCoAT/s1600/boob+conch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiiObbBrOQ1w1e3Dawm1yh3F8eA3Hxr41_VoGpywL-XUrRnvIqkIzgiauTksGpa5meiRkGxT0gdolai1PZ21iz7F07CVsHqb-WNCwHk1HcWKHglFYVs-0n4zB1MEqz9p7dkkN1rpWCoAT/s320/boob+conch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574091124189458114" border="0" /></a>Brad however has other plans in mind. He requests to have a conversation with Chris Harrison with Ashley's boob conchs sitting on the coffee table. Brad tells Chris that he already KNOWS whom he is sending home tonight and therefore doesn't want to bother with the facade of a cocktail party. Chris asks him if he REALLY means that, and Brad assures him that he does.<br />Harrison goes and breaks the news to the ladies that there will be no cocktail party, only a rose ceremony.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7G6-v6Y8jqkGdygEEre1280Ms1_vDeGmnHbN6iWanYQWL40hZdu-x1rkuEKQb6lfP-kW68q3uG88qDrIWG60CQehtkhG0FuzTjD42YZGnIyp5gpGbziODDnkDhKJ8LUz7l3k-meQUWjo/s1600/final+answer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7G6-v6Y8jqkGdygEEre1280Ms1_vDeGmnHbN6iWanYQWL40hZdu-x1rkuEKQb6lfP-kW68q3uG88qDrIWG60CQehtkhG0FuzTjD42YZGnIyp5gpGbziODDnkDhKJ8LUz7l3k-meQUWjo/s320/final+answer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574090615217048626" border="0" /></a>They go to the beach and Brad gives everyone a rose besides Michelle. I was surprised and amused by Michelle's exit. She refused to say ANYTHING. Hahahaha!! It really was pretty funny. Brad was like "Can I have your hand?" And she is like, "Uh, no," as he was walking her out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqEDuzV50VQ6N337R3wPsrduK42aOFUZkx1KVkSholEJ8XOudWCuqa4ySGh6vHvMg7wKlWV_KY0DrcPs4T8UaAB4JH0xGvx4Z2uNJZmSPjn58HDigTcBfFOhjutexwrPwzhB-kjV00C_B/s1600/elim.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqEDuzV50VQ6N337R3wPsrduK42aOFUZkx1KVkSholEJ8XOudWCuqa4ySGh6vHvMg7wKlWV_KY0DrcPs4T8UaAB4JH0xGvx4Z2uNJZmSPjn58HDigTcBfFOhjutexwrPwzhB-kjV00C_B/s320/elim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092267029932178" border="0" /></a>He was like "Do you want to talk?" And she is like "Uh, no."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4yc7R2oW5rusU7Z776FkCmZv7HZ7mjOzmv1Nm40oPmBCjZ2TF_ZVdDSADGcZ-m_OlpZjAtqwSV7YyBZbRXX6L8wFnRs1R1dcQB0iSaiTcvRXG7z76vr1B5gJpQM4Y55kWvoZX_c2kE9y/s1600/silent.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4yc7R2oW5rusU7Z776FkCmZv7HZ7mjOzmv1Nm40oPmBCjZ2TF_ZVdDSADGcZ-m_OlpZjAtqwSV7YyBZbRXX6L8wFnRs1R1dcQB0iSaiTcvRXG7z76vr1B5gJpQM4Y55kWvoZX_c2kE9y/s320/silent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092277759092530" border="0" /></a>Then she got into the limo and STILL refused to say anything. That part is what amused me the most. It made me wonder how long the producers drove her around the city, trying to get her to talk. Sort of like a torture situation, but funny. I bet they drove for hours and hours and she just sat there. She finally laid down defiantly and eventually the producers gave up... the only usable footage they got was her laying down.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBshi0mUgFq1_zLQXPvp1V27CtqDvt8VmGg-QTskopCM2iYwBwpqMLCkdyA_6Fa6hUlE3VnQdzvS5CgqZh0yqD-eUcFcuEzfkrxiuEM4F23lMujPBGkcaBKNDg1EL9p91Up96-kM6X1QL/s1600/awkward.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBshi0mUgFq1_zLQXPvp1V27CtqDvt8VmGg-QTskopCM2iYwBwpqMLCkdyA_6Fa6hUlE3VnQdzvS5CgqZh0yqD-eUcFcuEzfkrxiuEM4F23lMujPBGkcaBKNDg1EL9p91Up96-kM6X1QL/s320/awkward.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574092263270808114" border="0" /></a>I wonder if we will see her at the Women Tell All.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYaC4x6uESYKsYZxrOr_m56Hg_xOcJ2HfUsyok2ZNCmF1f2HVHaim8fm7ycupaGK9Do8B_tM_yE4LCSgXEH4u-j9tj-13ARGNmIskbyl90HIfDG6cMyTystzC9XGNVlo5cJRDS34pIiQH/s1600/chyarlotte.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYaC4x6uESYKsYZxrOr_m56Hg_xOcJ2HfUsyok2ZNCmF1f2HVHaim8fm7ycupaGK9Do8B_tM_yE4LCSgXEH4u-j9tj-13ARGNmIskbyl90HIfDG6cMyTystzC9XGNVlo5cJRDS34pIiQH/s320/chyarlotte.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574090619701914402" border="0" /></a>As for next week, I am extremely excited to see a hometown date in Charlotte, since that is also my home town. I am also excited to see the funeral director's hometown date. I forgot who the other two women were already. Hopefully next week should end up being a pretty good ep!!!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6P6UFilY_kW3e29Jv1DOXSkSi5TQJ7b1vbBQ2iMUmXtNQpPPFoOymDLspMHgiZfsDgqlfTaS1EtL5wxOIy9ecaWHIIQGS41bwbph2luq6RL5duo-735PHsF9ZqFZ8MX2by7yxgoqfxw2/s1600/embalm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6P6UFilY_kW3e29Jv1DOXSkSi5TQJ7b1vbBQ2iMUmXtNQpPPFoOymDLspMHgiZfsDgqlfTaS1EtL5wxOIy9ecaWHIIQGS41bwbph2luq6RL5duo-735PHsF9ZqFZ8MX2by7yxgoqfxw2/s320/embalm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574090624548571346" border="0" /></a>Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLzchgg1FHZmiPeIPTMzaQLj3MHqfiDDaDFsXu_O3tYpSh6hOtc2lXO-Tj084ROtXbD6ChaI9juxq9KDE5Dr-7B209NdNxThAGF_vaLO5jLhy6U2hBI_C3iVG8yMYQyds1qLVBnwFgfwV/s1600/botox+nurse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLzchgg1FHZmiPeIPTMzaQLj3MHqfiDDaDFsXu_O3tYpSh6hOtc2lXO-Tj084ROtXbD6ChaI9juxq9KDE5Dr-7B209NdNxThAGF_vaLO5jLhy6U2hBI_C3iVG8yMYQyds1qLVBnwFgfwV/s320/botox+nurse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574061180134431954" border="0" /></a></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-57217725426803109892011-02-14T00:16:00.000-08:002011-02-14T00:30:12.648-08:00Happy Valentine's Day!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAjgD5aNXAp6hYEfcDVOq4AS9leWwY3A55gRYQjBnYg8EzZHK4ocjDkg2VWQP9dOc8UrhRh1Uoe4O4SEpnHiSlH1X5YKYSo9trNd-nJZz7ElGES_N984X2pxTv9a_thBLvlFbkIpd8t6Y/s1600/valentines3.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAjgD5aNXAp6hYEfcDVOq4AS9leWwY3A55gRYQjBnYg8EzZHK4ocjDkg2VWQP9dOc8UrhRh1Uoe4O4SEpnHiSlH1X5YKYSo9trNd-nJZz7ElGES_N984X2pxTv9a_thBLvlFbkIpd8t6Y/s320/valentines3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573459150865384850" border="0" /></a>So, I really held out hope right up until 11:59 PM that I might get a boyfriend in time for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, it's 12:17 AM on February 14th and I am still single.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3gn5MjeCBQQwWcJxYDJhQbpZ3GOWCsmEUynqHmn7VgYD_UjL5LFp06Vg9WzuZ7K-WElOitZ3H9wHeJGN7Iv1r4Ax2vtJTVKWGsF4XfHX0RylTIKCcGaGg8cBn9_ZDde5IS9B1F_270z0/s1600/valentine-kittens.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3gn5MjeCBQQwWcJxYDJhQbpZ3GOWCsmEUynqHmn7VgYD_UjL5LFp06Vg9WzuZ7K-WElOitZ3H9wHeJGN7Iv1r4Ax2vtJTVKWGsF4XfHX0RylTIKCcGaGg8cBn9_ZDde5IS9B1F_270z0/s320/valentine-kittens.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573459147529383794" border="0" /></a>Oh well, maybe next year. In the meantime, let's hope Brad has had better luck.... maybe he's off celebrating w/ whoever he picks in a secret bunker hidden somewhere in the canyons of Los Angeles. Very romantic.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wbsBovjiae93JEDXLrv6dLb8o29PrzieOEmu56O0g5wxrVcephb-c-wa1ekEbI89V294Kxl5CaXwK2ZNKrsUa4_ZEUQEWwWIzX4WN_ZbXvN-xenL-Kho_qyChwYLIjyHeGeqW3wpVqUi/s1600/you-complete-me-huge.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wbsBovjiae93JEDXLrv6dLb8o29PrzieOEmu56O0g5wxrVcephb-c-wa1ekEbI89V294Kxl5CaXwK2ZNKrsUa4_ZEUQEWwWIzX4WN_ZbXvN-xenL-Kho_qyChwYLIjyHeGeqW3wpVqUi/s320/you-complete-me-huge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573459154569522594" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, I hope you all have the most dramatic Valentine's Day in Valentine's Day history!!!<br /><br />-- Julie Julie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnDZuN0o_zRcZTOHI1rGk4bCRG3D9I7vUwy9X4FAvcR9VBHjaOvxqjXVN5qsmwABPRisjhZWu_zd-KTKeHvCcamBIYOh9mVWT-7rI6g6griaEwb89yualIAEpoqcgH_NIWwGdzpATqbh7/s1600/Valentine-Girl-Crush-490x439.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnDZuN0o_zRcZTOHI1rGk4bCRG3D9I7vUwy9X4FAvcR9VBHjaOvxqjXVN5qsmwABPRisjhZWu_zd-KTKeHvCcamBIYOh9mVWT-7rI6g6griaEwb89yualIAEpoqcgH_NIWwGdzpATqbh7/s320/Valentine-Girl-Crush-490x439.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573459147305197282" border="0" /></a></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-55731624259913335622011-02-07T20:54:00.000-08:002011-02-08T20:33:54.181-08:00Camp Bachelor!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Uhhhhh.... so where is our host, Chris Harrison??? How in the hell am I supposed to know how many one on one, two on one and/or group dates I can look forward to in this episode without the likes of Harrison to tell me?? Wow!! Mollie, no you are NOT the only one who has noticed Harrison's diminished role in this show!! Does he think he is now too big for The Bachelor? Does The Bachelor think it's too big for Harrison??? Either way, I don't like it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBKFjcz1jrP78fDp9_SMK9QxzJkYmkijqD68IUtJEuUTdUK5MeVmq8fYMnZHBQW93jygoICyQgKRAm10Y0D2PY4Dr1dRv9hS4SRIg7DD7LTuqJjNDLEnIwmTB248-vy9bjq4HsdiwzYps/s1600/harrison.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBKFjcz1jrP78fDp9_SMK9QxzJkYmkijqD68IUtJEuUTdUK5MeVmq8fYMnZHBQW93jygoICyQgKRAm10Y0D2PY4Dr1dRv9hS4SRIg7DD7LTuqJjNDLEnIwmTB248-vy9bjq4HsdiwzYps/s320/harrison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571516046120342834" border="0" /></a>We DID see him in the previews of what's coming up on this episode... that's right... Harrison reduced to a preview: "Prepare to continue this romantic journey.... with Brad... in Costa Rica." But that's IT... not another word from him. So, should the girls make the most of their time w/<s>Camp</s><s> Counselor</s> Brad or not? Are things only going to get more dramatic... the most dramatic in Bachelor history?? How am I supposed to know if Harrison doesn't specify???<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g0RusgqvfeEv2KCG8UwBo68F4jcqAivCSUJ83FiNWNX3SMM2z3Cw5aBLma-yAIMCz-U1mcr3TSknW6mn3APW2ndXBhOfy1bKCuwXVmdJcCeylCFOcumZYtPeqz6vxdBvsxk7dAwezrTf/s1600/chopper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g0RusgqvfeEv2KCG8UwBo68F4jcqAivCSUJ83FiNWNX3SMM2z3Cw5aBLma-yAIMCz-U1mcr3TSknW6mn3APW2ndXBhOfy1bKCuwXVmdJcCeylCFOcumZYtPeqz6vxdBvsxk7dAwezrTf/s320/chopper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571518060071716530" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Brad takes a solo cruise in a chopper above the landscape of Costa Rica, contemplating how much he has changed and how READY he is to fall in love. He mentally pats himself on the back for being so VULNERABLE and almost comes to tears thinking about how much progress he has made. The last time that he was the Bachelor, he was NOT vested in any of the girls by this point, but NOW he is invested in all eight of them!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpqDvhLkl0f90hLQv9Uf56E1JejhgrkhLujCFKPzIkk9mW1yWypwO5HI0a8UZGBeeRKRbPR6PUTTrk4iBowf0tBNxBxzstDX2uvqLfQAg9CdUh74b4IPWP2eg8udpMhabVjhCR_ss1yek/s1600/steerage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpqDvhLkl0f90hLQv9Uf56E1JejhgrkhLujCFKPzIkk9mW1yWypwO5HI0a8UZGBeeRKRbPR6PUTTrk4iBowf0tBNxBxzstDX2uvqLfQAg9CdUh74b4IPWP2eg8udpMhabVjhCR_ss1yek/s320/steerage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571520574584316114" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile all eight of the young ladies in whom [that's right, Stacy, no dangling prepositions in this blog!!!] he is vested fly steerage class to Costa Rica for a "romantic" getaway that felt very much to me like a group of seventh graders going to Leadership Camp over Spring Break.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlvjUqd8fusFstpPcwB3RmgjJB5dsxAMB7H6hqJDnF8IXqE0WhgMsfIpu_gsFqRVfrSrk2t8zP3_QgTxk9JQq-QgsxFnRHwvb3VIemJ72NUG_C15kibovYKtMVeBN8k8Fq7rRv4voVZ-G/s1600/brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlvjUqd8fusFstpPcwB3RmgjJB5dsxAMB7H6hqJDnF8IXqE0WhgMsfIpu_gsFqRVfrSrk2t8zP3_QgTxk9JQq-QgsxFnRHwvb3VIemJ72NUG_C15kibovYKtMVeBN8k8Fq7rRv4voVZ-G/s320/brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571520580368532674" border="0" /></a>Upon their arrival they check into some luxurious hotel and see a volcano off in the distance... a volcano that represents their explosive love for Brad. In the foreground, on the balcony below stands Counselor Brad who tells his little campers to come down and join him.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AOUCwMRbzuD2B8St-YPZntNN9fOsB5qvraNe79eWBqwCHXSsGmyG1IwNXbK-aNdMe_kK_n3w21D5Xj9HL816kEEl1dOgP8A7QtPaFTZdh38yLVZUuMc0EbbeZEpNiiJiXg-zgyzax3hf/s1600/counselor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AOUCwMRbzuD2B8St-YPZntNN9fOsB5qvraNe79eWBqwCHXSsGmyG1IwNXbK-aNdMe_kK_n3w21D5Xj9HL816kEEl1dOgP8A7QtPaFTZdh38yLVZUuMc0EbbeZEpNiiJiXg-zgyzax3hf/s320/counselor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571520584085619970" border="0" /></a>Seriously you guys... I really did get a very camp-y vibe on this vaca. It really felt like Brad was the hot male camp counselor that all the little teeny-bopper girls are in love with. I guess that's always a fun scenario...??? Especially when he actually DOES make out and get w/ the young campers??? Hmmm..... or it sounds like the beginning of a Lifetime drama.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhfr5L2XLjgqii0PMozv5PIUccwLryaM6wldEFpWBFwrT2pUB04tYF1nezSrycKXVyCiPxX4f77YmjTL_Ngw98miT2AoatCa2BzEQ64Ufimt7hRHLmcGvrrM9G7pSFMyzSiRi0g8440pb/s1600/lifetime-movie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhfr5L2XLjgqii0PMozv5PIUccwLryaM6wldEFpWBFwrT2pUB04tYF1nezSrycKXVyCiPxX4f77YmjTL_Ngw98miT2AoatCa2BzEQ64Ufimt7hRHLmcGvrrM9G7pSFMyzSiRi0g8440pb/s320/lifetime-movie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571520911215628914" border="0" /></a>I think ABC sensed this vibe as well and that is why they decided to put the "women's" ages back on screen.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rwaTaAqstbtVTydJlKtysTBdDUR8ODhCI4HTYtLZGZWChMc_-RFJkYW7-QSl8B4po2UaPPpjlIEB4YF-udsSLig9YPNCGA5B_OgF19FiXefix4uhHpKQN8hkbl4JIXV_1Jxe1xnLX6En/s1600/28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rwaTaAqstbtVTydJlKtysTBdDUR8ODhCI4HTYtLZGZWChMc_-RFJkYW7-QSl8B4po2UaPPpjlIEB4YF-udsSLig9YPNCGA5B_OgF19FiXefix4uhHpKQN8hkbl4JIXV_1Jxe1xnLX6En/s320/28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571520589193804514" border="0" /></a>First date is a one on one that goes to: Chantal O!!!<br /><br />She is super excited.... and Michelle is MAD. If Brad wants Chantal, then he is NOT the guy for her. Michelle fantasizes about Chantal getting attacked by monkeys or apes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJad4nH_m2iVfVbN0uPKdtd5T118C0I70FPnXl66EEHiu0JVXhqB4Lz_7FVqTAqUeUbNpllBX9EdRS5nTqPHz_aPuEYJcW1J-Zc8h18ZConaWXk9iy41x5Zea2rrrX25TX8c2GD6qyUt0P/s1600/coach+purse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJad4nH_m2iVfVbN0uPKdtd5T118C0I70FPnXl66EEHiu0JVXhqB4Lz_7FVqTAqUeUbNpllBX9EdRS5nTqPHz_aPuEYJcW1J-Zc8h18ZConaWXk9iy41x5Zea2rrrX25TX8c2GD6qyUt0P/s320/coach+purse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571522496165790210" border="0" /></a>Chan packs up her hot pink luggage once again. She stuffs her Coach<span style="font-size:78%;"><sup>TM</sup></span> purse into that suitcase and drags it to the door in case she does NOT get a rose on this date. B-dub comes and picks her up and whisks her off in his private chopper.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkGlObpSohRDoO42cNYEtL2NFIkJGXS1XW9hE38FDQtmew3cXJmnRl0Yvs5z0jDnN968-QGIqMvc4Ar-QxKMYNrtxNj15dq3i9F7Z6o6CoZiBvu6PLj1u26xdwsuQUOe9fVom8XbKbo5G/s1600/chopper+hands.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkGlObpSohRDoO42cNYEtL2NFIkJGXS1XW9hE38FDQtmew3cXJmnRl0Yvs5z0jDnN968-QGIqMvc4Ar-QxKMYNrtxNj15dq3i9F7Z6o6CoZiBvu6PLj1u26xdwsuQUOe9fVom8XbKbo5G/s320/chopper+hands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571522490481556498" border="0" /></a>He tells us that he is really worried about her dramatic streak. Last time, when they were in Vegas, she was crying yet again... and he's not really into drama. He wants a woman to simply respect and obey him at all times and to keep her own wants and needs running a distant second to his.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKenRtRIntu1tL_hZO875JK-7Z1MtDs2nEadtkHJVVpEao0GYeKrzyTocrw2Zb2Homql1SuElw0GQEOcfZnzRwb6Q-hhlUEM9yxjW4AC6bn4hHS0sSed-ztci-_nw2PwlF3RsdV7ZvI0t-/s1600/proud+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKenRtRIntu1tL_hZO875JK-7Z1MtDs2nEadtkHJVVpEao0GYeKrzyTocrw2Zb2Homql1SuElw0GQEOcfZnzRwb6Q-hhlUEM9yxjW4AC6bn4hHS0sSed-ztci-_nw2PwlF3RsdV7ZvI0t-/s320/proud+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571523241402794818" border="0" /></a>So, I really am feeling like Brad is starting to come off meaner and meaner as the season wears on. Or like not necessarily MEAN, but more selfish and clueless. I mean, I guess if that's who he is deep down, then he is doing a good job of being true to himself and letting the women/us see who he really is. Like he has at this point told several women NOT to freak out anymore and to just hang in there and trust him. Clearly he is going to "break" everyone's "heart" except for maybe one person, so asking people to trust him and their connection and not to have emotional break-downs is basically asking them to all believe in a lie.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET1DiCOveHoK29ddfJGA3F6Sbzx1MXgM-o0PK9hvGDssEOkR67lnYy9d1iW8V84CABFW00GSPx4HpdG_0xkZL5Ca-2MB-uoyb1HQmNe4cKk3Bb1Q4M9F0z73znlUPJIJIsWFqSWDsmdTv/s1600/zip+wire.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET1DiCOveHoK29ddfJGA3F6Sbzx1MXgM-o0PK9hvGDssEOkR67lnYy9d1iW8V84CABFW00GSPx4HpdG_0xkZL5Ca-2MB-uoyb1HQmNe4cKk3Bb1Q4M9F0z73znlUPJIJIsWFqSWDsmdTv/s320/zip+wire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571522493312005474" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Brad takes Chantal onto a zip-wire in the hopes of recapturing the spark they once had.... a few days ago.<br /><br />It starts raining on them... which is a TOTAL analogy for real life, in which it also rains.<br /><br />The whole zip-lining thing didn't really do much for me. My Dad built us a zip-line in the back yard from our tree house when we were little. All the neighborhood kids were sooooooo jealous of us. As for zip-lining across a deadly canyon, not really my style. I would be extremely scared, because basically if you died or were maimed, the producers would probably be happy because it would only be good for ratings. So your safety really isn't on anyone's priority list.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs91_JIrok6NqnQ9FYwXNRVTYGwSXbVbeYUHlOGB4WXwhDe2DnR7JU5dfKRAqg9_lwUsqCFCgAoNO9idFJwfVEQxGrv4AfyVRXHjfKNOAmswt-MMU-S6yqsDzngFt2gC9vxRX3MV6wIEl1/s1600/rain+walk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs91_JIrok6NqnQ9FYwXNRVTYGwSXbVbeYUHlOGB4WXwhDe2DnR7JU5dfKRAqg9_lwUsqCFCgAoNO9idFJwfVEQxGrv4AfyVRXHjfKNOAmswt-MMU-S6yqsDzngFt2gC9vxRX3MV6wIEl1/s320/rain+walk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571523239898662338" border="0" /></a>Afterwards they go off and have a picnic by the river... and it starts to rain on them AGAIN. Brad seizes this golden opportunity to lure Chantal back up to his suite... "because of the rain." HAHAHAHA!!!! Watch your back, Chantal. It's all just a pretense to get you into his bed. But apparently she can't see that, because she for some unknown reason thinks she should change into his shirt...????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxpv28S1ULDk151LjI-LkWKKu13cxvui4hdooxtJ-1_-hOHkhtGcUwaSKLLLhdKUNfNFlrHb_B26XNRJzm23e5sV_PQoETZBFhtBlkawV2fAbEPOFVXAF-f91mGQfk9QcEoO-LjeH37vm/s1600/brad+shirt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxpv28S1ULDk151LjI-LkWKKu13cxvui4hdooxtJ-1_-hOHkhtGcUwaSKLLLhdKUNfNFlrHb_B26XNRJzm23e5sV_PQoETZBFhtBlkawV2fAbEPOFVXAF-f91mGQfk9QcEoO-LjeH37vm/s320/brad+shirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571522501905074098" border="0" /></a>Chantal is actually kind of starting to annoy me. I mean, yes she is really pretty. But I'm just getting tired of her whole "I was married for ten years and don't know *anything* about dating" story. "I'm ready to get back out there and ready to fall in love!" Try DATING for ten years, Chantal and then tell me how you feel...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-m1xmIPRRWqoKqukVRmz8A41y6hyphenhyphenhqOReS2JK0mNUrTKx3A-1tM2fhOw3Jn4tM583UMGldve4eQ036DEuG4-FBMCx6gqPVsuKMlgJ1BrRliLkRruYxYsAPSafi87d3wMFt4YZHki7ODh/s1600/chan+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-m1xmIPRRWqoKqukVRmz8A41y6hyphenhyphenhqOReS2JK0mNUrTKx3A-1tM2fhOw3Jn4tM583UMGldve4eQ036DEuG4-FBMCx6gqPVsuKMlgJ1BrRliLkRruYxYsAPSafi87d3wMFt4YZHki7ODh/s320/chan+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571522508610742882" border="0" /></a>Brad chastises Chantal for getting emotional and crying in Vegas before finally bestowing the rose upon her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP228MjAAfpHwfLZKU1k7dnTcCeb7qcz7F0HhpzGjNSnrfLXBbNplX8_tsgxdAm8YiG2HTY36cH9Y_6zqEbwTBBqV9A8ufVgX8Z5BksK97BEMNbvQmTuUQCbW2qA6PoNKJKP7o98yEuqv/s1600/group+date.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP228MjAAfpHwfLZKU1k7dnTcCeb7qcz7F0HhpzGjNSnrfLXBbNplX8_tsgxdAm8YiG2HTY36cH9Y_6zqEbwTBBqV9A8ufVgX8Z5BksK97BEMNbvQmTuUQCbW2qA6PoNKJKP7o98yEuqv/s320/group+date.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571525524967805394" border="0" /></a>Incoming: GROUP DATE CARD!!! "Love springs eternal, Jackie, Michelle, Emily, Ashley, Shawntel and Britt." Apparently that means Alli will get the last one on one date.... I wouldn't know since Harrison didn't tell me what dates are coming. This also means that Britt is now the only one who has not had a one on one date. Poor Britt. She only gets the rose on the group date after Brad tells everyone that he changed his mind and wasn't going to give it to his original choice -- Ashley. And now she is the only one who hasn't had a one on one date. And Chantal is off on her SECOND one on one date, so yeah, I'd say the case is pretty hopeless for Britt by this point. Same for Alli really, because if he's waited this long for a date, he's really not interested. Sorry, but there's no coming back from such a slow start!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F10xxU_41kQ632V9lDYXHsMq1Gd91mZ2Dluwa3zZj7CEeAOC072HcuksXzNV8OGHDCjqpJ-F8KMPKo9l42CcSx-8H2OVBmyKy00eV-odP2PqKW0mOndKytpNqMquykAQcTYzU0vBeBl3/s1600/hand+hold.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F10xxU_41kQ632V9lDYXHsMq1Gd91mZ2Dluwa3zZj7CEeAOC072HcuksXzNV8OGHDCjqpJ-F8KMPKo9l42CcSx-8H2OVBmyKy00eV-odP2PqKW0mOndKytpNqMquykAQcTYzU0vBeBl3/s320/hand+hold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571525533359720738" border="0" /></a>So the ladies pack into Camp Bachelor bus and go meet Brad to repel off a waterfall. Yikes!!! Again, NOT my idea of a good time!! So Jackie declares that she is TERRIFIED of heights... which I am as well. And to comfort her, Brad tells her about the time that he and Michelle repelled off a giant building in Los Angeles. HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Can you imagine??? You are terrified of climbing down a waterfall and the guy you're trying to impress tries to calm you down by talking about some hot date he had with another chick!!! Hahahahaaa harsh!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp07HxFszw_HFj0MHqd3w_cnS96aF7H5Tku67S9fzQcz9GE_lAJDXAwxjBRm9L_pOLpkYR4euCt0k2wz2FgX0xr5-yM8fLHziZgIvPUC5rvcw9tkkJkDwnZKItC6FoZBHWVj6dY1X2NPhg/s1600/angry+michelle+reper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp07HxFszw_HFj0MHqd3w_cnS96aF7H5Tku67S9fzQcz9GE_lAJDXAwxjBRm9L_pOLpkYR4euCt0k2wz2FgX0xr5-yM8fLHziZgIvPUC5rvcw9tkkJkDwnZKItC6FoZBHWVj6dY1X2NPhg/s320/angry+michelle+reper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571525539770937986" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile Michelle is *PISSED* because she made a pact with Brad on HER one on one date NEVER to repel down ANYTHING ever again with ANYONE else.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUkPO9K33UBw7gJ8fk-dTcbqq8p8CV3JDLk-_P6jHI_e1K9bbLcPrNeUgYjfhKU5AtUoVXR1FMstZfU5DJKkjDUmftY-mW17-WLfE4B0Nmi-FUBbg47KSHnPVQJwT-hLlS_tLVbkMTj_X/s1600/repel1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUkPO9K33UBw7gJ8fk-dTcbqq8p8CV3JDLk-_P6jHI_e1K9bbLcPrNeUgYjfhKU5AtUoVXR1FMstZfU5DJKkjDUmftY-mW17-WLfE4B0Nmi-FUBbg47KSHnPVQJwT-hLlS_tLVbkMTj_X/s320/repel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571525701153640866" border="0" /></a>Anyway, everyone scales her way down the fall. Michelle is the last one left and she tells Brad how angry she is with him for breaking their pact and punches him several times.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxdILs_i6Bc3RHga3rmECBLAb6oNmNUm94N2t8DsHIOyxikxuFNaEwBfKUWwIULBNI1Gh4-W1qlLbGq375AECG6VjlnFIAYWmL65NeCbgM-BTg8gLRDCNdu1oweUcf1TkC_V7Kk_2g9ea/s1600/youre+mad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxdILs_i6Bc3RHga3rmECBLAb6oNmNUm94N2t8DsHIOyxikxuFNaEwBfKUWwIULBNI1Gh4-W1qlLbGq375AECG6VjlnFIAYWmL65NeCbgM-BTg8gLRDCNdu1oweUcf1TkC_V7Kk_2g9ea/s320/youre+mad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571527941432657106" border="0" /></a>Brad was like "You're mad?" with this super eager and excited look of joy and anticipation on his face. Like he was EXCITED about the drama she was about to create. I don't know... I think he wants her bad. It's really weird.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vIk0wWZTh2E1UKyXZJ2NIj4s2Jmhawvae4THBZRVKmaCvLkitv6b80JlhmkRqymTubMJVD4JH54A18Hzo4_BepmY4fLD_9l7IoEHfHdFRf2PC4Hkm7L3qpwaSROuLiclQfWrUNAAxcvQ/s1600/fight.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vIk0wWZTh2E1UKyXZJ2NIj4s2Jmhawvae4THBZRVKmaCvLkitv6b80JlhmkRqymTubMJVD4JH54A18Hzo4_BepmY4fLD_9l7IoEHfHdFRf2PC4Hkm7L3qpwaSROuLiclQfWrUNAAxcvQ/s320/fight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571527943680555074" border="0" /></a>So Brad and Michelle go down the water fall together and later they all mingle around the<s><span style=""> camp fire</span></s> hot springs for the group date after party.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5w1EKms4zRzlvX0AbxHr4WTS78GRJ5ImxgZBBxsrkfKtjhmZp0_4mpIGlkRLX7SkKlgCmEjWOVrOzcuEhilAXKnuZ01nGBOiqW3qPBcGXjlznDCo49xb5_F0zyvdhTN6nQR-2_5Attk7x/s1600/hot+springs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5w1EKms4zRzlvX0AbxHr4WTS78GRJ5ImxgZBBxsrkfKtjhmZp0_4mpIGlkRLX7SkKlgCmEjWOVrOzcuEhilAXKnuZ01nGBOiqW3qPBcGXjlznDCo49xb5_F0zyvdhTN6nQR-2_5Attk7x/s320/hot+springs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571527948726115090" border="0" /></a>Brad starts pulling the ladies aside one by one and having "alone" time with them and the camera crew. He starts getting all worked up saying how emotional everything is and how the night is awkward and not going well. To me, nothing really looked awkward... I think he was MAKING things awkward. Personally, I thought everyone else was up for a good time, but he was just taking this whole "finding a wife" business too seriously or something.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrixQbqE1k4BWRpW7l7uoLg3ERui2L4IskSVOlP3EBYoxN2H6Ot5LJie1Dp9hotcOtEkBvRw0Kcv2nlXHeyuTErNzNHMeThkmHf_pRmuGcoyr90-3M5MiyQQet1gaQ2kJDf5VrUZNMxZx/s1600/proud.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrixQbqE1k4BWRpW7l7uoLg3ERui2L4IskSVOlP3EBYoxN2H6Ot5LJie1Dp9hotcOtEkBvRw0Kcv2nlXHeyuTErNzNHMeThkmHf_pRmuGcoyr90-3M5MiyQQet1gaQ2kJDf5VrUZNMxZx/s320/proud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571527954425599186" border="0" /></a>First he took Jackie aside and told her how proud of her he was.... uhhh.... ok. Not sure that is exactly what a girl wants to hear on a date??? "I had a lovely evening with you tonight Julie. And I'm so proud of you." More like "You looked hawt in that repelling gear." Clearly their romance has ended.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YlXkfhvu4sic7T_AlMn93z2BBI5qUumLBLP8UpilXtZqVAPxbwIG_xzIDwJvDR2cQDxPlP8q6IuQaN9QEmVFJE1cU7UwHhN3cLF3OvZNC60Iq7DDTqlgw4F7v0iDRSB9pZD5dJPzk6j5/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YlXkfhvu4sic7T_AlMn93z2BBI5qUumLBLP8UpilXtZqVAPxbwIG_xzIDwJvDR2cQDxPlP8q6IuQaN9QEmVFJE1cU7UwHhN3cLF3OvZNC60Iq7DDTqlgw4F7v0iDRSB9pZD5dJPzk6j5/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571532630816026386" border="0" /></a>Then he takes Emily aside and she tells him that she sabotages all the good relationships in her life before diving into the springs like a siren. Wait, does she sabotage all her relationships or do all the guys run because they can't handle her story??? Which is it???<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1enN_ShwBXfEF-J_OKcBsseSeBHyghT_LBCzmWO-z-V74M2WpFD0sNV8LVy9R_G74RcZmjC1ohTFKzxt6850LAvU75kHtpGwK5WKSPPmhiviQZ6Ym-vD3H1J_gCInP2uqI82z0IBlewf/s1600/emily+sabotage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1enN_ShwBXfEF-J_OKcBsseSeBHyghT_LBCzmWO-z-V74M2WpFD0sNV8LVy9R_G74RcZmjC1ohTFKzxt6850LAvU75kHtpGwK5WKSPPmhiviQZ6Ym-vD3H1J_gCInP2uqI82z0IBlewf/s320/emily+sabotage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571532625223706002" border="0" /></a>So I think that Emily knows that all men love her and is really used to it. That's really the vibe I'm getting from her lately. I do believe that she is genuinely nice and all that. But she does not really seem nervous AT ALL about Brad giving her a rose or not. I think she knows that she could basically have her choice from any man and just generally isn't too worried or caught up in Brad being THE ONE for her. I actually really don't think she's that into him.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK645kz-bmowHp85-EWabxwRVUFa_xbL4ERMU7lpev2B82V8IycznOMoRU-C_2Q7dAtKXuQZSzPXglAWVyml2-b4s6brZdoztIYVnF5MdUv871zQBnPIBB3Z5dm8JnX6yIWOnySDc7pX98/s1600/emily+water.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK645kz-bmowHp85-EWabxwRVUFa_xbL4ERMU7lpev2B82V8IycznOMoRU-C_2Q7dAtKXuQZSzPXglAWVyml2-b4s6brZdoztIYVnF5MdUv871zQBnPIBB3Z5dm8JnX6yIWOnySDc7pX98/s320/emily+water.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571532627312174914" border="0" /></a>Finally Michelle and Brad have some hot springs alone time together and Michelle launches into a typical angry and jealous tirade. She goes ON about Chantal and how Brad just wanted to have a sexy date with her. Then Brad gets all defensive saying "Bottom line, I don't like you questioning my decisions." HAHAHAHA!!!! Seriously, he said that!!! Listen close, it was kind of edited and talk over, but he really did say that!!!!!!!!!!! Actually maybe he said that later when she sneaked into his hotel room. But he did say that. I really felt like she was pushing his limits and that he was going to snap and finally send her home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh99kyPqrCvH-6j2ldG1oL84oApzxnzXVEsvGBuWnSeBe-ozdWwGx6SKL0S_TWqG_N5Gd50o59tj7PnwNPmxf9dCx-3cfD7gaNmVh1q1AAH-Q35OyEht2-Pr_bQJPWbzYBoXKaLRuFtwAF/s1600/monkey+dream.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh99kyPqrCvH-6j2ldG1oL84oApzxnzXVEsvGBuWnSeBe-ozdWwGx6SKL0S_TWqG_N5Gd50o59tj7PnwNPmxf9dCx-3cfD7gaNmVh1q1AAH-Q35OyEht2-Pr_bQJPWbzYBoXKaLRuFtwAF/s320/monkey+dream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571532635400838898" border="0" /></a>Like I think he enjoys her tormenting and "playing" with him, etc, but that she is NOT wife material. She is the kind of girl that MAYBE you are really questioning whether you should break up with her or not... but then when you finally DO break up with her, she goes completely APE SHIZ CRAZY and her true colors come out, and then you are like "OMG.... thank GOD I broke up with that kind of crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!"<br /><br />Uhmmmm but just as I was thinking all that, Brad brushes it all aside and makes out with her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKf4zg-pAPMpNLk3XDxljDY-yvDgfapvPPqfH7yOEp7jSbODmdDpfJ6BvGXKIFp7n77GTcZl0FkT5juqfGqXgDiork-8lSg4HhrKft-Bbikp2Lq6L2-sIx5Jm70S3L8UKcH-JLGwbpKOZW/s1600/no+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKf4zg-pAPMpNLk3XDxljDY-yvDgfapvPPqfH7yOEp7jSbODmdDpfJ6BvGXKIFp7n77GTcZl0FkT5juqfGqXgDiork-8lSg4HhrKft-Bbikp2Lq6L2-sIx5Jm70S3L8UKcH-JLGwbpKOZW/s320/no+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571534506564728130" border="0" /></a>Finally, because of how "awkward" and "tense" and "uncomfortable" this date was, he declares that he will NOT be handing out a rose tonight. He needs to be ONE HUNDRED percent sure in his decision... and he needs some more time to really think about the meaning behind this rose.<br /><br />I really do think he's showing how selfish, etc, he is by this point. It's not really crossing his mind much that any of the women might not be interested in him.<br /><br />Ok, so now it's time for Brad and Alli's one on one date. They go caving!! Which is an analogy for... hmmmmm maybe I won't go there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTjmnSA4NkXT98Mkf3xtQUFz_3xC4vtrC-V3iQ_GgGcxtzT_HFd41efAnhQISLnmM513uEho6_IQ1mSGB6jKVYQXncklYzWl_CZJIysCkg_lZ5RLePp-0zY722tD_opuxwkTuvvzIaDDH/s1600/caving.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTjmnSA4NkXT98Mkf3xtQUFz_3xC4vtrC-V3iQ_GgGcxtzT_HFd41efAnhQISLnmM513uEho6_IQ1mSGB6jKVYQXncklYzWl_CZJIysCkg_lZ5RLePp-0zY722tD_opuxwkTuvvzIaDDH/s320/caving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571534511277235378" border="0" /></a>I felt bad for Alli on this date. She seemed really game and sweet.. but she HAD to know she was doomed deep down. I mean, he waited this long for a date, it's pretty hopeless.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRW0rXm7lsOf08-E3ICmclhQjN1DSsaAztQ6oMqbLo0CV3elfLiGPesqLkFKyF39op1IqtOYNRR4pnT73CxSU9l3twJJ4aduEfAJNeyFMEU8UqXrbp1jm_ud1QYsI1wLA-QIiXJLEl6eU/s1600/bats+and+bugs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRW0rXm7lsOf08-E3ICmclhQjN1DSsaAztQ6oMqbLo0CV3elfLiGPesqLkFKyF39op1IqtOYNRR4pnT73CxSU9l3twJJ4aduEfAJNeyFMEU8UqXrbp1jm_ud1QYsI1wLA-QIiXJLEl6eU/s320/bats+and+bugs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571534522309254930" border="0" /></a>In the cave, they saw some gross bugs and bats. Then they went and had dinner. Poor Alli, she REALLY dug her grave on this one. After Brad professed his love for big-city living, she then goes "Yeah..... I really don't see myself living in a big city. I mean, people think they are such big shots for living in a big city, but really it's just inconvenient." HAHAHAHA!!!! Either she is REALLY being true to herself or she is just too dumb to fake it for a man!!! Hahahaaa!!!! I guess it's really a good thing either way.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFga-YNRfC929pqFHhEuWZaqUxMCCN1gz_pkx50wVY3Gwrvy2DtB6tirl9cJQYJythI7VHfxSN0JdMvZ1jStkGfPinclsIJOOU_vXyTEbnJug-Jc2nDUKJaAH01wvRyLwaxaHO0OHKDBm_/s1600/dinner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFga-YNRfC929pqFHhEuWZaqUxMCCN1gz_pkx50wVY3Gwrvy2DtB6tirl9cJQYJythI7VHfxSN0JdMvZ1jStkGfPinclsIJOOU_vXyTEbnJug-Jc2nDUKJaAH01wvRyLwaxaHO0OHKDBm_/s320/dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571534515904825282" border="0" /></a>THEN she proceeds to talk about the reason her previous relationship ended: basically she just wasn't that into the dude. In a cruel twist of fate, Brad then uses her own words against her and declares that that is EXACTLY how he feels about HER, which is why he won't be giving her the rose tonight. But that happened AFTER she went out of her way to declare that she WAS falling for Brad. Ouch... too bad she had the chance to slip that in there... would have been better if he could have just dumped her first.<br /><br />And now we see Brad being kind of mean again, I thought. So as she is sitting there and crying and wanting to drag out the break up talk (as everyone does), he is like "Well... uhm, guess I gotta walk you out now."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7KDF4iXm6DvMIIdirb05jsc6sVur1tQWDMJrfH17TtmNwYUImro1tZjxJWbtOFyMya1wUXve1K3vaZLuNoZ5db-cavbba1qDvPdPsN3nvpKmRESWLhv3KC9t6TVSu3sUjK4UYasjVP5w/s1600/exit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7KDF4iXm6DvMIIdirb05jsc6sVur1tQWDMJrfH17TtmNwYUImro1tZjxJWbtOFyMya1wUXve1K3vaZLuNoZ5db-cavbba1qDvPdPsN3nvpKmRESWLhv3KC9t6TVSu3sUjK4UYasjVP5w/s320/exit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571534523582697010" border="0" /></a>Like basically, you're dumped, time for me to move on. Selfish!<br /><br />After the stress of having to break up with yet another hot woman (oh poor Brad), he just needs some time to unwind and be alone in his bungalow. Thank GAWD he didn't call that damn therapist of his. Probably Chris Harrison reads my blog and had them edit the therapist scenes out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Sk05FBGWUL_w3PHCzga-ZBEA1TQa6hcw9-gKV0XZP_-AVKhzTNjjRkRBGJCV5wJo43zDt4f0pBN6pNmQglW_SWa6BwCPun2D6HBULvNFKMAnIbZpcC4LPNQj2HtNdVK_kB2cDCSZ4ip/s1600/sad+brad+marinate.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Sk05FBGWUL_w3PHCzga-ZBEA1TQa6hcw9-gKV0XZP_-AVKhzTNjjRkRBGJCV5wJo43zDt4f0pBN6pNmQglW_SWa6BwCPun2D6HBULvNFKMAnIbZpcC4LPNQj2HtNdVK_kB2cDCSZ4ip/s320/sad+brad+marinate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571536696216655506" border="0" /></a>Just as Brad is settling in to really marinate in his misery, there is an ominous knock at the door. It is none other than Psycho Michelle, come to question his decisions and demand more of his time and attention.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM01YlTthbU52eWAm6AfX7XJRl5xQZC_68aWM37urURsdtg9AKnbnDq9SbRn6zSOgVAezMmDezw9r-oGAIxwPC_GmDFFhZ_0iV2ubhCBADhuwPKoF76T5DyYnwQaLHrFxdSYiUQZuJz8ZB/s1600/door.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM01YlTthbU52eWAm6AfX7XJRl5xQZC_68aWM37urURsdtg9AKnbnDq9SbRn6zSOgVAezMmDezw9r-oGAIxwPC_GmDFFhZ_0iV2ubhCBADhuwPKoF76T5DyYnwQaLHrFxdSYiUQZuJz8ZB/s320/door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571536709239521698" border="0" /></a>I thought that this conversation was going to go really badly... it really seemed like Brad just wanted to be alone and stew. So I was really surprised when he was like "Oh, I'm glad to see you." I don't think that he WAS really glad to see her or anything.... actually I don't know what his problem is.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGT7rhSy_iH30xpus4z143BQ0vR4b_iymoFvjEzyShxqb3M4cbhtcpr8D9Z8FCEg6CcCk9v2Qr8ZXUp3wT5n0Qf1_XeEQudVJF685VBCm3601z8Q9KJpfh2pgklr3xZu0DeTV-ZG0EbMA/s1600/convo3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGT7rhSy_iH30xpus4z143BQ0vR4b_iymoFvjEzyShxqb3M4cbhtcpr8D9Z8FCEg6CcCk9v2Qr8ZXUp3wT5n0Qf1_XeEQudVJF685VBCm3601z8Q9KJpfh2pgklr3xZu0DeTV-ZG0EbMA/s320/convo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571536715404896578" border="0" /></a>I feel like it's really obvious that their relationship is just "fun." I mean, it's not MY idea of fun to get punched and be angry and have fights all the time... but Brad apparently seems to love it. But obviously when it comes to actually talking about real and serious things, there is NOTHING there. On a "real" level, all she does is stress him out and pull him in a million directions <---- he specifically said that!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />So really WHY is he even still keeping her around??? Actually... I think maybe I just answered my own question. He probably just wants to have an overnight date with her. Yikes. That is GROSS.<br /><br />Anyway, his problem, not mine. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDwGPWQbnRAoT9My0Rczbe1yuNFrFs2bG5HUZLlplYCjxlldTSclzSZUxo-OXr-rsKxbQOUa7U4SurIY14BH8gdv3eH9Gf-LDMt3nkSYIJeeqx8O-ZD1Euyw6pYjIAvIaWD3f2evd_PWo/s1600/bad+mood+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDwGPWQbnRAoT9My0Rczbe1yuNFrFs2bG5HUZLlplYCjxlldTSclzSZUxo-OXr-rsKxbQOUa7U4SurIY14BH8gdv3eH9Gf-LDMt3nkSYIJeeqx8O-ZD1Euyw6pYjIAvIaWD3f2evd_PWo/s320/bad+mood+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571536718114558546" border="0" /></a>Cocktail Party!!!!!!! Brad shows up in a horrible mood. I know, poor guy, right??!!!!! Eight inappropriately young, hot women all fighting over him on a tropical getaway funded by ABC..... AGAIN. Can't a guy catch a break?? :(<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgW5ArIDJj4vDFEXYezepOKXTKjzLI1hpIsO6-VEGjQooLFcgNOViVJ_LC5qFkZd0ELcWMSB_SuaoqxNKWuCk9PGWlMmu3ttdg8iqg0P5_xcBWqP0PDJFq9KE1e0BvkAHUDtpBe_basog/s1600/emily+backtrack.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgW5ArIDJj4vDFEXYezepOKXTKjzLI1hpIsO6-VEGjQooLFcgNOViVJ_LC5qFkZd0ELcWMSB_SuaoqxNKWuCk9PGWlMmu3ttdg8iqg0P5_xcBWqP0PDJFq9KE1e0BvkAHUDtpBe_basog/s320/emily+backtrack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571536720152082610" border="0" /></a>Let's see.... so "Em," as he now calls her, pulls him aside and totally back-pedals on the whole "I sabotage relationships" confession.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4in9OW35P_clfFVvii-UHGyglfhspxRPsZxjS-ptTvIApoSAerog2PkMJecwM_unuYypberq8uyKtVE5vOAdXXQTozB5EF9SNc9oVTLpwWMfmhviGPcUAOuE5uM6Oq3KY1ZzV3r36ED7/s1600/manipulative+michelle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4in9OW35P_clfFVvii-UHGyglfhspxRPsZxjS-ptTvIApoSAerog2PkMJecwM_unuYypberq8uyKtVE5vOAdXXQTozB5EF9SNc9oVTLpwWMfmhviGPcUAOuE5uM6Oq3KY1ZzV3r36ED7/s320/manipulative+michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571539953837264738" border="0" /></a>He pulls Michelle aside and puts her in her place with the whole questioning of his judgment. Actually I think maybe this was the part where he channeled his inner Pavelka and told her to stop "questioning" him. But she also got freaky manipulative with the whole "Brad, you asked me to list off the women you should send home." I mean, really, that was FREAKY how easily she just fell into that manipulation-mode. He should really be RUNNING not walking away from her. And I have to say, I really did think he was DONE with her after this conversation.... (but I thought wrong). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrv7kRMMA8B-m9oE1P9rPXWQ2owtB1U6MeFjwSzQm2XBNckR5t-y-JbIUN8FoLIFsr5b2p2XAY8PkfxV8Xc8M3omrUTK1PiaEBZHNl7AKuej7Qrz7GHkKUzUva0kNPLtIVVGph5PGeyAO/s1600/scandal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrv7kRMMA8B-m9oE1P9rPXWQ2owtB1U6MeFjwSzQm2XBNckR5t-y-JbIUN8FoLIFsr5b2p2XAY8PkfxV8Xc8M3omrUTK1PiaEBZHNl7AKuej7Qrz7GHkKUzUva0kNPLtIVVGph5PGeyAO/s320/scandal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571539956851611762" border="0" /></a>There is some boring drama/scandal about Michelle sneaking away to Brad's room the other night and the girls (Chantal) just now finding out about it. Snooze-fest.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu2fLXFHRTA5hDhlFeCWF7niJItyREONky4jp7xwPn2frAfZoDnAaQTfQUbw619MV-RtB2OtlVtBBkibfTQhg1knY5up2ySVAHgmN-8d-fXYvBTcp_Weq1Q34t5FM3sRv3tLbHPRtM_dO/s1600/shawntel+kiss.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu2fLXFHRTA5hDhlFeCWF7niJItyREONky4jp7xwPn2frAfZoDnAaQTfQUbw619MV-RtB2OtlVtBBkibfTQhg1knY5up2ySVAHgmN-8d-fXYvBTcp_Weq1Q34t5FM3sRv3tLbHPRtM_dO/s320/shawntel+kiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571539961626327682" border="0" /></a>Shawntel pulls him aside and they seem to have some chill and relaxing silent time. He really does seem to have a good time around her. But the problem I'm seeing there is that I'm not sure how physically into her he is. SHE broke their "silent game" and kissed him and this is NOT the first time she has pounced on him. So I really don't think he's into her that way.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQnxctJ7EdoaWgH7lfIwQ1cgpZSoKWSS2s0awqzgQg3kU_eSx6oN__fLg2zWkLxO_3zUIP70cAtOHJ_jad7YD_y6nG7eEDiyunsOD5v5blOOhuM1GbOOeBbNBbUWH1Y46SvT3c2fh9faJ/s1600/ilove+u.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQnxctJ7EdoaWgH7lfIwQ1cgpZSoKWSS2s0awqzgQg3kU_eSx6oN__fLg2zWkLxO_3zUIP70cAtOHJ_jad7YD_y6nG7eEDiyunsOD5v5blOOhuM1GbOOeBbNBbUWH1Y46SvT3c2fh9faJ/s320/ilove+u.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571539967312358594" border="0" /></a>Chantal then takes Brad to the bench and professes her undying love to him.... and you guys, tonight is the ONLY night she could do it without any ulterior motives, because she already HAS the rose..................................................................................... ???? Uhmmm... ok??<br /><br />I just don't even know what to say, other than I don't know of any kind of love you could feel for someone 4 weeks after having met them on a reality TV show. But hey, I guess I'm just cynical like that. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdmr-Cm8rmcVXWtQfctg_H8q-BZ5TjfFGLHRVwV7gZjfmfBOxVXluiiqc6RUAlAV6ai1UjJyXcsT0g52sIWrtbwAq-LjmXSJoReS68q2mqWBgwv4q-vUBi_urL9HirSgH09v1-7g7LMEn/s1600/final+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdmr-Cm8rmcVXWtQfctg_H8q-BZ5TjfFGLHRVwV7gZjfmfBOxVXluiiqc6RUAlAV6ai1UjJyXcsT0g52sIWrtbwAq-LjmXSJoReS68q2mqWBgwv4q-vUBi_urL9HirSgH09v1-7g7LMEn/s320/final+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571539965230533906" border="0" /></a>Rose Ceremony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How nice of Chris to fly in for the occasion! When it came down to Jackie and Michelle, I REALLY thought that he was going to send Michelle packing. But he didn't. Instead he sent Jackie home... which kind of worked out better for me anyway, since I really didn't like the Jack at all. Even though Michelle is bad news for Brad, I guess she's still good news for my viewing enjoyment.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hRNtkQowbu9GjpS3RNOiGzjVVp4RXsCO0QiXusrP8JjnewpVy4QwFs4K6cZJ293fXi_V-8tRok5Ina76O_kiNtV5mvnLTndLDw6EtFI4vfOroHdrm1tjo4lLWG1Dtq-pwYtmjvga2BMZ/s1600/Week+6+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hRNtkQowbu9GjpS3RNOiGzjVVp4RXsCO0QiXusrP8JjnewpVy4QwFs4K6cZJ293fXi_V-8tRok5Ina76O_kiNtV5mvnLTndLDw6EtFI4vfOroHdrm1tjo4lLWG1Dtq-pwYtmjvga2BMZ/s320/Week+6+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571541357086232402" border="0" /></a>Jackie's limo ride exit was pretty uneventful... she didn't really seem that torn up about him, which is a good sign for her. She said the standard stuff: what is wrong with me? When will I EVER find true love? This always happens. Maybe I'm just meant to be alone. I really thought he was the one. I think I should have done xyz different.... and so on and so forth. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3RQj5K-TYU46_VH7BxASr-oT10dIAT4oCy3WUfeAoCfL9eQYAul6_KGE0A_GCdVA0T7K_XMhitNziwZt5e8uG0X4z8vud4gawtnXPibsxwhR7uX8pMBYQFbaOq5ycBHSzPcMlfVtcIpl/s1600/sad+jackie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3RQj5K-TYU46_VH7BxASr-oT10dIAT4oCy3WUfeAoCfL9eQYAul6_KGE0A_GCdVA0T7K_XMhitNziwZt5e8uG0X4z8vud4gawtnXPibsxwhR7uX8pMBYQFbaOq5ycBHSzPcMlfVtcIpl/s320/sad+jackie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571540785790649458" border="0" /></a>Previews for next week look good. Chantal cries some more... Emily scares Brad some more... and they do a soft core porn video on the beach... ??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCdLJQpSz8SwoyVpEDh-yA6pK08o1oPC-kSD8gsIEyMVATqU5GZ5UC9f8YGkjEd1bKLmrSc05l-6gFn0ddpgLvArEYhneA8gfAxg5z4Fh-2G8MpIMvAmpVDFZD_P0abQ1Hg7r6IigjBSY/s1600/mantis.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCdLJQpSz8SwoyVpEDh-yA6pK08o1oPC-kSD8gsIEyMVATqU5GZ5UC9f8YGkjEd1bKLmrSc05l-6gFn0ddpgLvArEYhneA8gfAxg5z4Fh-2G8MpIMvAmpVDFZD_P0abQ1Hg7r6IigjBSY/s320/mantis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571540787357671954" border="0" /></a>Also, all the little "humorous" out takes at the end this season have really been UNDER-whelming to me. Those are usually some of the best parts of the show. Usually they are really funny and actually make me laugh. But this season, they have been pretty stupid and have NOT made me crack a smile at all. I saw what they were trying to do w/ the praying mantis at the end... but I dunno.... I just didn't think it really worked since they didn't really have a good shot of the mantis landing on anyone or anything. So you just couldn't really tell what was happening. I mean, the POV of the mantis spying on their convo was funny, but it didn't pay off well. My advice to them would be to hire ME to produce these funny segments from here on out. Dream job!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie</div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-65501389805984813812011-02-04T10:01:00.000-08:002011-02-04T10:19:25.232-08:00Twitter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGq1z7ceOZ1pczBNsIr1Ol5mm13Ls-_B6E5AUUVP6bDsGXpxtTwSxh6S362Jj6vtJKcaeo7qhLXAMRZtPKsD51eKURTDECrUW1V3zGLwrgKQZoNFCupYwwvxvysVMwAn2gfV7bbgfPELnG/s1600/TWITER.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGq1z7ceOZ1pczBNsIr1Ol5mm13Ls-_B6E5AUUVP6bDsGXpxtTwSxh6S362Jj6vtJKcaeo7qhLXAMRZtPKsD51eKURTDECrUW1V3zGLwrgKQZoNFCupYwwvxvysVMwAn2gfV7bbgfPELnG/s320/TWITER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569900158434999666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Hi People,<br />I have joined Twitter!! So far, I have 0 followers. How do you get ppl to follow you? You would think I should really know more about Twitter, since I work for the Internets, but I don't, and frankly I find the Twit kind of confusing.<br /><br />So I started following a bunch of old Bachelor/-ette contestants. And isn't there like a hash-tag you can do or something, to make your post relate to something??? #Bachelor??? I really don't know. Whatever, I guess I'll figure it out. Most exciting is I found Craig R, who is one of my favorites.... maybe the most favorite.<br /><br />Anyway, the point is -- I was planning to use The Twit for now to announce when I have a new blog posting up, since I think that "following" me on this Blog does absolutely nothing... no notice when there is a new post, etc.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="full-name"> <h2>Julie Julie</h2> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="screen-name screen-name-takehomemessage pill">@takehomemessage</span><br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-26762738500188776942011-02-02T09:56:00.000-08:002011-02-03T14:14:47.491-08:00The Bachelor: Cruel and Shameless EditionWell, we have really sunk to a new low, haven't we????? Just when we thought we had reached the limits of the exploitation of human suffering, <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s>ratings soar for news shows covering the protests in Cairo</s> we are treated to this weeks episode of The Bachelor. Did I just cross a line there? I think so.... well I was just keeping in line with the spirit of The Bachelor!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-DWl-pfDP_OIbOXyxg2MhS7diy-tHEEhUAnwTpoDwn0CPG3-_Ej-78iZMZxphnbCeAyf-cHD-woyBXMW_IFP-Hi4PAyitEoRnZUvFCjKol8B9UpRM6vMmD5CjjWZK8BE3vU7AaMw_Kcv/s1600/no+make+up.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-DWl-pfDP_OIbOXyxg2MhS7diy-tHEEhUAnwTpoDwn0CPG3-_Ej-78iZMZxphnbCeAyf-cHD-woyBXMW_IFP-Hi4PAyitEoRnZUvFCjKol8B9UpRM6vMmD5CjjWZK8BE3vU7AaMw_Kcv/s320/no+make+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569524480930264514" border="0" /></a>Once again Chris Harrison pops in on the girls before they have had a chance to make up their faces!! When will these ladies ever learn??!! And if they thought they were short on time before he arrived, well they are really in a time crunch now, bc Hare tells them that they are headed to VEGAS BABY!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2H_fmKlMh6AAKHNwAWUmIVgD4VLlD6G-kD2m2hIXMMXSRBEhvncu3JYqI_vwHTDWKzFlkuu9efwMu1jHvNtDDugolUoPgT3oRLdPneieVoGkmF2Mw0bdvaVuGnPCKMAHQ3Nd_WXEE4hF/s1600/weird+shirt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2H_fmKlMh6AAKHNwAWUmIVgD4VLlD6G-kD2m2hIXMMXSRBEhvncu3JYqI_vwHTDWKzFlkuu9efwMu1jHvNtDDugolUoPgT3oRLdPneieVoGkmF2Mw0bdvaVuGnPCKMAHQ3Nd_WXEE4hF/s320/weird+shirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514221906892130" border="0" /></a>He also gives us a break down of what we can expect on this week's ep: a one on one date, a group date and the "dreaded" two on one date. Dreaded??? I have been WAITING for this moment since the premiere, since Brad has been too lame to send anyone home after a one on one date.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJoCkbZQmj9RjMpIINPYRvEKi_sZcEsydU5hyphenhyphenfGgw1lA4PZp2MGlB-Bdfbzw3259U2IoNhLnhzjQx2UrvkuYvMl4ZeuH4pjO38f8eRwdle5FciEwnNfY2CEq945HLykZ_kVExusPlqewr/s1600/luggage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJoCkbZQmj9RjMpIINPYRvEKi_sZcEsydU5hyphenhyphenfGgw1lA4PZp2MGlB-Bdfbzw3259U2IoNhLnhzjQx2UrvkuYvMl4ZeuH4pjO38f8eRwdle5FciEwnNfY2CEq945HLykZ_kVExusPlqewr/s320/luggage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569522331762562226" border="0" /></a>All right, so everyone packs up and hauls their cookies over to Vegas to meet up with<s> Uncle</s> Brad.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIJiXuIdj9LgyhAebBOCLripsZG4hRqH6VgS6-04MESrqA9CyLd_GS-hPZcGxQTmqAu_f6Z9WdCi41TcpN1uYTX_DdF1MK1ZD1D6bExvbPuHqoNCOF272AKaMNH7vVeLZz13NAI_GLrkt/s1600/brad+in+vegas.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIJiXuIdj9LgyhAebBOCLripsZG4hRqH6VgS6-04MESrqA9CyLd_GS-hPZcGxQTmqAu_f6Z9WdCi41TcpN1uYTX_DdF1MK1ZD1D6bExvbPuHqoNCOF272AKaMNH7vVeLZz13NAI_GLrkt/s320/brad+in+vegas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514393005634386" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The first date, the one on one will go to: SHAWNTEL!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBO1E3ohflRNGxStMQHaZV_7VklUvLaUL5uY-3_sjPNbQXKlVr5tzpR1MHdgYrzZqjnQavCoQ6gL87RDQeddE8NMF6jFn_aJzdtdW4TrpX8aspEO1b8ggAFULYNphj1Yi2cLPlEBCOijDB/s1600/shawntel+ate.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBO1E3ohflRNGxStMQHaZV_7VklUvLaUL5uY-3_sjPNbQXKlVr5tzpR1MHdgYrzZqjnQavCoQ6gL87RDQeddE8NMF6jFn_aJzdtdW4TrpX8aspEO1b8ggAFULYNphj1Yi2cLPlEBCOijDB/s320/shawntel+ate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569525025410195922" border="0" /></a>Whoooohoooo, go funeral director girl. As you all know, my family was involved in the funeral directing business... and of course they're hot, so I have a lot in common w/ Shawntell.. HAHA! So Brad picks her up and tells her that she is going on a.... SHOPPING SPREE!!!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39eM7Gl-aW_oaeFO9aOXWI3vIXAmhKHjTAw1qijLvjV6TqHYbV9_pCIbywC33rxHHA6yes4x2Z7FXNhgYbO9_nMnfszcNVsUGxrbtQr-Yvf-aIq6MoKuWQsRogP6yNDV_f6z4bwWDQMZm/s1600/shopping.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39eM7Gl-aW_oaeFO9aOXWI3vIXAmhKHjTAw1qijLvjV6TqHYbV9_pCIbywC33rxHHA6yes4x2Z7FXNhgYbO9_nMnfszcNVsUGxrbtQr-Yvf-aIq6MoKuWQsRogP6yNDV_f6z4bwWDQMZm/s320/shopping.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569537681371622674" border="0" /></a>Uhhhhmmmmmm..... ok????? I have to tell you that I found that to be REALLY awkward. Now, I will admit it straight up that I LIKE shopping. I am not proud!! I know it would be cooler if I could be one of those girls who walks around with her nose up in disgust and says "Ugh, I HATE shopping!" But unfortunately, that is not true for me. I thoroughly enjoy shopping and spending lots of money :( :( Well, I guess the first step is admitting you have a problem? On your re-cap blog?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzgVitlFbtk-bkznmJ6VDY4BLc45FidfRkQgHeHNchcT74ABSPOxoNNtkT6ncDbCDxTHPFn2HiQ1aNNzlZ8yuSjt7gGqWa36YRghTza-GlismcoS87_ogNIDgA2zrcfBtE6sySPiy2Lt_/s1600/shopping+mall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzgVitlFbtk-bkznmJ6VDY4BLc45FidfRkQgHeHNchcT74ABSPOxoNNtkT6ncDbCDxTHPFn2HiQ1aNNzlZ8yuSjt7gGqWa36YRghTza-GlismcoS87_ogNIDgA2zrcfBtE6sySPiy2Lt_/s320/shopping+mall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569537671889664034" border="0" /></a>Anyway, my love of shopping and acquiring expensive goods notwithstanding, I still found this date/shopping spree to be pretty weird and awkward. I would not really want to go shopping on a DATE. It's more like a bad habit that I do in isolation. That would be like a guy showing up at my house and being like "Put on your sweats, break out a tub of cookie dough, crack open a bottle of zinfandel and put on a 'Say Yes to the Dress' marathon... we're on a DATE baby!!"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATY-aJOeJM5BsNaLqKWM7hdaswZb7M_ZMyficKtcTKQ6DBTrRsC175w8JLgp2nn_73VyyQkZ7woIKdwXMkbrtmJP-KOQyaBW2dX_UwX_hjtyF9MP5j6RU0RP5guv-a2-6vez7hhjvAmvJ/s1600/homes+bags.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATY-aJOeJM5BsNaLqKWM7hdaswZb7M_ZMyficKtcTKQ6DBTrRsC175w8JLgp2nn_73VyyQkZ7woIKdwXMkbrtmJP-KOQyaBW2dX_UwX_hjtyF9MP5j6RU0RP5guv-a2-6vez7hhjvAmvJ/s320/homes+bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569522319399106242" border="0" /></a>BUT this is a little different.... IF you think about the fact that maybe it's really NOT about forming a love connection, but rather stocking up on free swag from the producers of The Bachelor. Now, you could see that all the other girls were REALLY jealous when she came back and was unloading her piles and piles of shopping bags. Because seriously you guys ---- think about it. What are your changes of actually "finding love" on The Bachelor? I would say slim to none. And if she REALLY does get to keep all that, then I would definitely have to say that Shawntel is probably the one who will have gained the most by being on this show!! And you could tell all the other girls knew that too. THAT is why they were jealous... NOT bc of anything having to do w/ Brad.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrcUiJFFmiXFDf-6i3l7URkMBNyO2cDhyiL0lMvxU2_dOZ0ts0Yh3b5aCBCDfsHOGgmh_JovWlfvsyoykf5MT7scf95Vl_t88V3G3DKU_lgPDn3oqkqFo2cBxKhMCfqxmdMzuIOt6nFQL/s1600/jealous.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrcUiJFFmiXFDf-6i3l7URkMBNyO2cDhyiL0lMvxU2_dOZ0ts0Yh3b5aCBCDfsHOGgmh_JovWlfvsyoykf5MT7scf95Vl_t88V3G3DKU_lgPDn3oqkqFo2cBxKhMCfqxmdMzuIOt6nFQL/s320/jealous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569522317778823170" border="0" /></a>So after the awkward shopping spree, Shawntel changes into one of her new garments and meets Brad for dinner on the roof. I found her whole description of her job to be really hilarious. She was just going on and ON about it with a straight face... talking about embalming people, etc. And also BRAD was laughing hysterically and having a really fun time himself too. Too bad he has such bad taste in women and instead is enthralled with the likes of Michelle. I am not sure how really into Shawntel he is. He SHOULD be into her, bc she is really funny and pretty and normal(?).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbZCQSIOFhkFXTrbqGxchC5NLZl2JfMwwGuXInuf76G9zM7BdNJcm8IbglUwjXxlCb4trzUiP4tmXxJRP6fHr8_9-00jznEMUziuG3vdHswupY8zRxOSfbxPhOPF9du1ubCoQVtHaJnVA/s1600/shawntel+dinner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbZCQSIOFhkFXTrbqGxchC5NLZl2JfMwwGuXInuf76G9zM7BdNJcm8IbglUwjXxlCb4trzUiP4tmXxJRP6fHr8_9-00jznEMUziuG3vdHswupY8zRxOSfbxPhOPF9du1ubCoQVtHaJnVA/s320/shawntel+dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569537670224406962" border="0" /></a>One thing I was wondering about -- she goes "Brad accepts me, despite my career and what I'm passionate about." That got me to wondering what exactly IS she passionate about?? Embalming people?? Helping grieving family members in their time of need?? Just wondering!!! Because I know in my family, I always figured they were in the business just because it was the family business... so I was just assuming the same of Shawntel. But if she just up and went to funeral school out of the blue and her Mom was a teacher and her Dad was a banker.... well then yeah, that's kind of weird and Angelina-ish (NOT a compliment).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3cksZByAs3nxxG7BRBEoavTdD4CyCXuPm989nnn9ZyQOMiJI9QS2po_q-8wk_-oduBCTkcdh-I7lQ6qMSKIms0oS-L0duEyJ4qGZocjP-yBODgWwxK01K0gIwptpqe_fmXwqLq4HE8-_/s1600/bgas.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3cksZByAs3nxxG7BRBEoavTdD4CyCXuPm989nnn9ZyQOMiJI9QS2po_q-8wk_-oduBCTkcdh-I7lQ6qMSKIms0oS-L0duEyJ4qGZocjP-yBODgWwxK01K0gIwptpqe_fmXwqLq4HE8-_/s320/bgas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514387045687874" border="0" /></a>Aside: I would like to tell you a story about my funeral directing Uncle. I remember one time he was showing us around the funeral business and showing us the embalming equipment, etc. Well, there are these little golf ball shaped half circle plastic things with tiny pricks in them. Guess what they are used for? They put them on the eye balls of the deceased individual to keep their eye-lids down!! Hahaha!!! Eww!!! That definitely scarred me for awhile!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yo7CAg6i0nROGeoq0VF3G1TDO9PA_8K0RqHxOcQoU1vzRE0XOMCRQtPVgr7z5u_Vyf1H354_Uv-7_jP6Waq7tI9NriNJiToXsrB4CrmeT24e9BCTp9o4GPgqclBDNFH-mNAA7qzy7x0w/s1600/hangers_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yo7CAg6i0nROGeoq0VF3G1TDO9PA_8K0RqHxOcQoU1vzRE0XOMCRQtPVgr7z5u_Vyf1H354_Uv-7_jP6Waq7tI9NriNJiToXsrB4CrmeT24e9BCTp9o4GPgqclBDNFH-mNAA7qzy7x0w/s320/hangers_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569590036230701474" border="0" /></a>But anyway, my Uncle is cool and now he is working on a play about all the interesting and bizarre eulogies he heard over the years.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgJDpjMM7pnB26qpNHL9GGCv60dFqQEdz-vSK9lF5IILWdluG2F90i3vlzjCJ5CiX8htvl6j-rqqkqta0-4l6g_iGuan7CmfhbPOk_AQ402RniQ7HLkGyqGCfaDBcGN9pNp1a-pqBE29L/s1600/crackers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgJDpjMM7pnB26qpNHL9GGCv60dFqQEdz-vSK9lF5IILWdluG2F90i3vlzjCJ5CiX8htvl6j-rqqkqta0-4l6g_iGuan7CmfhbPOk_AQ402RniQ7HLkGyqGCfaDBcGN9pNp1a-pqBE29L/s320/crackers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518468850276674" border="0" /></a>Anyway, firecrackers blow up and Shawntel gets a rose. That's nice. But boring. The other ladies hear the fireworks and get jealous down in their suite.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFD2PnPtXhBM-2bDFiqaufNcpH47Li-ijuLLgmWpjynE1_PZMc-1v7ZYOlKvWitXW1qSrSLPkBVPVW3_NIgeRPdg4Xin3LkQrgvLRU7S78EWrAqZl_LiJ-KrZ978jt08zVVnURzEStZBm/s1600/group+date.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFD2PnPtXhBM-2bDFiqaufNcpH47Li-ijuLLgmWpjynE1_PZMc-1v7ZYOlKvWitXW1qSrSLPkBVPVW3_NIgeRPdg4Xin3LkQrgvLRU7S78EWrAqZl_LiJ-KrZ978jt08zVVnURzEStZBm/s320/group+date.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569522316543016866" border="0" /></a>Another day dawns; and with the sunrise comes another date card. Group date!!!!! Invited: Jackie (ew), Emily, Lisa (who?), Marissa (who?), Alli, Chantal, Britt, Michelle.<br /><br />Who is NOT invited??? Ashley H. and Ashley S.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9a-4qLEwVDEyNzrXcM1my1hz-YQVdJ3QxCOBpQ8e6Kdo1URLtuHuaxhv1-iPxlzfEy-nx1uB9-tGxh1WGnE_vipOKTb0AjsZJkmd7z5WjZM8P6-VdrY4F482Z6x4I8yLCatVNHDIePFd/s1600/sad+ashleys.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9a-4qLEwVDEyNzrXcM1my1hz-YQVdJ3QxCOBpQ8e6Kdo1URLtuHuaxhv1-iPxlzfEy-nx1uB9-tGxh1WGnE_vipOKTb0AjsZJkmd7z5WjZM8P6-VdrY4F482Z6x4I8yLCatVNHDIePFd/s320/sad+ashleys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569525019658924386" border="0" /></a>That means the two of them will be on the two on one date and one of them WILL go home. How sad for them. Michelle however, is GLAD this is happening.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaRTmpcJFOVFmswcoEhh6GTVXTf7CLfYKBqW7f7nJTR4u_hfvtM-y2ool7A4_KZvbuQqo42jN-F_1Ii4Y29u4gvoitQRBwOJ0KmENU8jKL6fM2yvOrCkpJgsLH73Ydxr0kiJLJprXNBQk/s1600/race+track.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaRTmpcJFOVFmswcoEhh6GTVXTf7CLfYKBqW7f7nJTR4u_hfvtM-y2ool7A4_KZvbuQqo42jN-F_1Ii4Y29u4gvoitQRBwOJ0KmENU8jKL6fM2yvOrCkpJgsLH73Ydxr0kiJLJprXNBQk/s320/race+track.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569525011433844978" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Brad proceeds to take the gaggle of women to a NASCAR track. Uhhhmmm yeah, that is right!! The producers of The Bachelor-- who are well aware that Emily's deceased fiance was a race car driver-- set her up on a date at a NASCAR track. And not just ANY track, as we find out, but the actual track upon which her baby daddy ended his racing career. Uhmmm WOW. Way to sink to a new low, ABC!!!! And seriously watching Emily feel sad and have all these emotions and crying in the car really made me feel ashamed of myself for being a fan of this show. That is some seriously inappropriate exploitation right there.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqw6Btm0z2MMoZujnfJN2BkMiQv5mh6VJUgMM9NwAgAqku432Pixm0HVggvXNdkFjH9kjb95IzReCe_k4-cd9fLxht1p7HREhFAj98yoGZoLJ5E42yoPjKeJTqF_y5UNHUQ3YkQMHRLAg/s1600/emily+drive.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqw6Btm0z2MMoZujnfJN2BkMiQv5mh6VJUgMM9NwAgAqku432Pixm0HVggvXNdkFjH9kjb95IzReCe_k4-cd9fLxht1p7HREhFAj98yoGZoLJ5E42yoPjKeJTqF_y5UNHUQ3YkQMHRLAg/s320/emily+drive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518709657481698" border="0" /></a>This is what Chris Harrison had to say about the matter:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.etonline.com/tv/107099_The_Bachelor_s_Controversial_NASCAR_Date/index.html">http://www.etonline.com/tv/107099_The_Bachelor_s_Controversial_NASCAR_Date/index.html</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >"I completely understand that on face value if you just look at this date, I get why people are immediately jumping to conclusions and saying it is cruel and unusual punishment, as you put it," "The Bachelor" host <strong>Chris Harrison</strong> says. "If you go back a little bit, this date and this season was set up before Emily was cast. Then you get to this week with Brad, who still does not know this story. He knew that Ricky, her fiancé, died in a plane crash. He did not know Ricky was involved with NASCAR and who the Hendrick family is. Obviously, that will come out this week."<br /></span> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chris points out that there are only three dates on Monday's "The Bachelor." There is a one-on-one date, which Emily had already had; a two-on-one date, which he felt she wouldn't be eligible for because viewers already knew Brad's fondness for her and would suspect she would be the woman getting the red rose at the end, so that just left the group date, which she ended up on by happenstance.</span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </div><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">"With that said, we are not stupid and naïve," Chris says. "We, as producers, knew this story. We knew Emily. We had a choice to make. Do we tell Brad [Emily's story], which we have never done before? Or do we warn Emily? Our choice is what we have always done: Let real life and everything play out. This happens a lot on our show and I love it that people will jump to conclusions by the teases and promotions that we do. Wait until you see how it plays out and reserve your final judgment until Tuesday morning."</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> Ha!!! Yeah right. That **sounds** very plausible.... yet FALSE. Like when you do something really wrong, but then later come up with something that WOULD justify it, but doesn't, because it isn't true.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kouSZTAkLGx48-OJM6e1LMHGXnNBksa6himIMHNDW-exs96qlCLHLyy_hxX8uLfP69-KaQKL-_oV29Q1WEAQACjf8aIUzeUvb9dck-nmoTbErF9tPZfbslmxTwLYI-jKGoJfTsvcBmAN/s1600/emily+race.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kouSZTAkLGx48-OJM6e1LMHGXnNBksa6himIMHNDW-exs96qlCLHLyy_hxX8uLfP69-KaQKL-_oV29Q1WEAQACjf8aIUzeUvb9dck-nmoTbErF9tPZfbslmxTwLYI-jKGoJfTsvcBmAN/s320/emily+race.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518716452706834" border="0" /></a></div>Like when I watch all the true crime shows and the husband kills his wife, then he is like "WHAT???? Officer, my bloody finger prints are on that butcher's knife because I cut myself when I was chopping carrots. Honest!!!"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4W0UNr4aRpx6HmuPtDM4z_CTzOL4yB07vxb6QYN-KRdsEKFqzM3mvk0P0NdNUI1Ya5xdL7jvCUlZBzelMVPe98NT94ge-lyZTluUlrUku0mD0d1dIfA0jtNaGDjAvAzIvUU1JdswTw0J/s1600/scott-peterson-2004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4W0UNr4aRpx6HmuPtDM4z_CTzOL4yB07vxb6QYN-KRdsEKFqzM3mvk0P0NdNUI1Ya5xdL7jvCUlZBzelMVPe98NT94ge-lyZTluUlrUku0mD0d1dIfA0jtNaGDjAvAzIvUU1JdswTw0J/s320/scott-peterson-2004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569517720173309042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FALSE!! I don't believe for one second that this is a coincidence. It is very wrong. Especially when she had to drive around the track in the car.<br /><br />On the topic of Emily, I made a composite so that everyone can see all the celebrities Emily looks like.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMLDU60Pe-qpfSL3ZSx8mvZseRY2kM1caGxK-MIDoBrVDcQYibJ86ECeMkFhgwvuG77WuKf4NVkR81-dWgMnUBUWHAp0b4Urtj_iHkV8BYbCTAH2hbY22zUZuP7NcPwFgk_OGQ68mjdEv/s1600/emily+composite.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMLDU60Pe-qpfSL3ZSx8mvZseRY2kM1caGxK-MIDoBrVDcQYibJ86ECeMkFhgwvuG77WuKf4NVkR81-dWgMnUBUWHAp0b4Urtj_iHkV8BYbCTAH2hbY22zUZuP7NcPwFgk_OGQ68mjdEv/s320/emily+composite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568458201724888578" border="0" /></a>She looks like a young Dolly Parton, like Holly Madison and like Jessica Simpson.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJoh8elnTk0G_E-ugKm9u8H3eSieWZT2VygwgjdYJhS11cocZ5j4GP_gIYNqf4_3CzcziXYtdg6uQLpajIw3iwU0bvuRoWeHKK-LbR0wrnCgHN57kIsQizMDpm_i4CexBs1WcAA8ZFqso/s1600/emily+-+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJoh8elnTk0G_E-ugKm9u8H3eSieWZT2VygwgjdYJhS11cocZ5j4GP_gIYNqf4_3CzcziXYtdg6uQLpajIw3iwU0bvuRoWeHKK-LbR0wrnCgHN57kIsQizMDpm_i4CexBs1WcAA8ZFqso/s320/emily+-+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518705398381282" border="0" /></a>Anyway, at the after party of the NASCAR date, all the other ladies are green with envy because Brad has been spending so much time on the date with Emily. Hmm... funny out that worked out, producers!!! Alli makes a super harsh comment "What, so whoever has the worst story wins?" Something like that...ouch.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCkqWD5e6Bn-Pnw6Yhocn6exDSgcu-JYSKwxom6eKqedEeZz7wIs7aBBvy3ijdXJkWDV7QttQj-bI5HXsNZLmH97eKYmlr36ryVHHGYRuJu2EQJJ4Cyn94ODE4gt2zWXQF6WHbeImpVjF/s1600/not+special.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCkqWD5e6Bn-Pnw6Yhocn6exDSgcu-JYSKwxom6eKqedEeZz7wIs7aBBvy3ijdXJkWDV7QttQj-bI5HXsNZLmH97eKYmlr36ryVHHGYRuJu2EQJJ4Cyn94ODE4gt2zWXQF6WHbeImpVjF/s320/not+special.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569524478706568274" border="0" /></a>Brad walked up on them and it was really awkward... bc they were all like "Oh we were just talking about how we don't feel special." And he's like "OH, sorry to interrupt," which I really thought was a rather rude comment, considering he is the one making them all feel like S.<br /><br />To break the awkwardity, Michelle steals Brad away for some alone time. Actually I have to give Michelle props for that mood-lifting move.<br /><br />Chantal keeps saying that she understands and likes Brad MORE for all the time he's spending with Emily. And I think she started crying again at some point. I like her, but she needs to tamp down the waterworks. What's her deal? Does she cry every time she gets drunk or something???<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu1aYMlLgY0iDBg2_oLEXciltt4nYnU_bNtuN9kT9ECLSFd63D2fW0pEgpwbMM1-C6mL7RHpLVoM7ql9LW2GYuygCGJGdD2PICwIdhKbqgpZbgF1CPyxwXEdZb_BrLyS7O-7rrmq9EMpT/s1600/emily+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu1aYMlLgY0iDBg2_oLEXciltt4nYnU_bNtuN9kT9ECLSFd63D2fW0pEgpwbMM1-C6mL7RHpLVoM7ql9LW2GYuygCGJGdD2PICwIdhKbqgpZbgF1CPyxwXEdZb_BrLyS7O-7rrmq9EMpT/s320/emily+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518718671252754" border="0" /></a>Anyway, in the end, Brad gives the rose to Emily... SHOCKER. How could he NOT? Actually I thought Michelle deserved it for trying to break the tension.<br /><br />So, I agree with Grace. I really don't think Brad is that into Emily. He wishes he was, because who wouldn't want someone like her? All nice and cute and boring. He can see that she is a special person.... but he really doesn't have chemistry with her. And she doesn't need Brad, I'm sure she can find someone better for her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAE-51jdw-fR0uil-cziRP6-JmhU0pXvOKriX7TLx71LmdsZi1058tlSoHWPtOPJeXUI_ZJ7a2DKx1aMDBxp1Z7gdSUaex2DoO1_WI-jTmm4tAn_rrbsEMvJ85OtRuHavql7-sKPzZ3Fc/s1600/awkward+dinener.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAE-51jdw-fR0uil-cziRP6-JmhU0pXvOKriX7TLx71LmdsZi1058tlSoHWPtOPJeXUI_ZJ7a2DKx1aMDBxp1Z7gdSUaex2DoO1_WI-jTmm4tAn_rrbsEMvJ85OtRuHavql7-sKPzZ3Fc/s320/awkward+dinener.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514374200784130" border="0" /></a>Moving right along to the two on one date. Ashley v. Ashley. I really think we saw that Ashley S. is the nicer Ashley. She was like if "Ashley went home, and it was MY fault... I would just never...." Haha, aw, poor Ash! She is worried about the other girl going home and how guilty she would feel about it. I really like her. She seems like a nice, stable girl.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGLqejncNrbAq5Of5fjyr29VKYfQXQTt0oIs0kkXABghOzip2W5mXpcV7z1HzU7w5n4fs2w9987UV3PCZjwaALkP4xoDfwUT2qyUVpRviBJ7s5F5r5FYnsIG-vvol0VWKKVxqZBWaqlbK/s1600/weird+dancers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGLqejncNrbAq5Of5fjyr29VKYfQXQTt0oIs0kkXABghOzip2W5mXpcV7z1HzU7w5n4fs2w9987UV3PCZjwaALkP4xoDfwUT2qyUVpRviBJ7s5F5r5FYnsIG-vvol0VWKKVxqZBWaqlbK/s320/weird+dancers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569538563073449218" border="0" /></a>Well, Ashleys find out that they are going to a Cirque du Soleil show, which ONE of them will be performing in with Brad. The trio then go have an awkward dinner and Brad wastes no time in sending one Ashley packing.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqT2oQEQ5TfYSr_s3dTPIbpQXqGuMCW0DqBLYOSdHhn1KLUlnMj0-WsqOWY6FUliv4EySo01nCRIS-03E_PwuXGXMT44vfvhRfcxsj3fxa-uRlHLOIVpMK6nyRQUnydJNib3PQb0VedXu7/s1600/brad+shorts.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqT2oQEQ5TfYSr_s3dTPIbpQXqGuMCW0DqBLYOSdHhn1KLUlnMj0-WsqOWY6FUliv4EySo01nCRIS-03E_PwuXGXMT44vfvhRfcxsj3fxa-uRlHLOIVpMK6nyRQUnydJNib3PQb0VedXu7/s320/brad+shorts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518457614438146" border="0" /></a>He goes, "Ashley S, I think you will make a great wife. I DON'T think you will make a great wife for ME." OUCH!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7S__63A-sZcd1ShMCP4DtfOSSIkVzrYrF6hrKTwSHsUkh31T0ZBbLrG1erk318PEwCH42kgsGejhFWCGsvNtYnSJCauLXtVqoPIDeYvv7WY_vjffnkfLZkxyy_wH8nZDt_bseqqj8VgB/s1600/you%2527r+dumped.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7S__63A-sZcd1ShMCP4DtfOSSIkVzrYrF6hrKTwSHsUkh31T0ZBbLrG1erk318PEwCH42kgsGejhFWCGsvNtYnSJCauLXtVqoPIDeYvv7WY_vjffnkfLZkxyy_wH8nZDt_bseqqj8VgB/s320/you%2527r+dumped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514227048341522" border="0" /></a>What the HELL?????????<br /><br />Seriously!!!??? THAT is how you dump someone??? With a clever play on words??!!!??!!?! That was SERIOUSLY harsh and I did NOT support it AT ALL. Brad REALLY seemed like a jerk in his dumping of Ashley S. Like a HUGE jerk... like actually probably that was the jerkiest dumping I've ever seen in Bachelor history. He could have at least said "It's not you, it's me." Really now. That is Basic Break-up 101. I really haven't thought Brad looked like a jerk all season until now, that was just JERK-TASTIC!!! Then he goes back to the other Ashley and is like "I'm SO happy right now!!"<br /><br />I would just like to say that I KNEW he was sending Ashley S home. After Ashley H's little speaking out last week, we were supposed to think it would be her... but Brad has proven MANY times that he has really shallow taste in women, so I just KNEW he would send the nice, decent girl home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHnQZ1t_S5EQ8tMzxYPKYgjaIKe_2R8WfHxamjbw72ieAQ0z_yxqJKYr1MGpcIeobI1Mwy8JqMJj7ptuNSdhpBveZVBFj-XAImzLLHAfxnK7_0hZq10E7yEkhYIKGXUotP9iJ34-pobDj/s1600/brad+harness.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHnQZ1t_S5EQ8tMzxYPKYgjaIKe_2R8WfHxamjbw72ieAQ0z_yxqJKYr1MGpcIeobI1Mwy8JqMJj7ptuNSdhpBveZVBFj-XAImzLLHAfxnK7_0hZq10E7yEkhYIKGXUotP9iJ34-pobDj/s320/brad+harness.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514388329850114" border="0" /></a>I think this shot was meant to show us how they are holding hands... but actually it just showed me Brad's crotch in a harness..??? Just me??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOIfNALbPLdtyWtXqkRAi3qzdHRZh8Jm7VLZOSjRKml-3VF08z0D70RHe_Aw3hjn1DJJdYxYSRjrCm0QL7TmKDakquUgEUbMd3DtypctDgPYkrIPcqeqxufx6-Tr2Xd_wlrCa6LONDXM6/s1600/man+in+drag.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOIfNALbPLdtyWtXqkRAi3qzdHRZh8Jm7VLZOSjRKml-3VF08z0D70RHe_Aw3hjn1DJJdYxYSRjrCm0QL7TmKDakquUgEUbMd3DtypctDgPYkrIPcqeqxufx6-Tr2Xd_wlrCa6LONDXM6/s320/man+in+drag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569524469261716034" border="0" /></a>He gives the other Ashley the rose and the two then go proceed to swing from some wires.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkulnUuGKNBc-N43W1Ey9uuniiSg0A0xop1_eBaXtZ5CdO3XTmk5dJfQZE-zaeogJk7wdUFomv_H-B-6Kn2iLxC31-zscP8TF0vuKzMwCeR5uDtOMY-vyhGZJbduWuvTz7bhosMrJfrjG/s1600/extra+sad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkulnUuGKNBc-N43W1Ey9uuniiSg0A0xop1_eBaXtZ5CdO3XTmk5dJfQZE-zaeogJk7wdUFomv_H-B-6Kn2iLxC31-zscP8TF0vuKzMwCeR5uDtOMY-vyhGZJbduWuvTz7bhosMrJfrjG/s320/extra+sad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569520484119956962" border="0" /></a>Ashley S debuts the crying-in-the-limo-ride-home-scene for this season. I really felt bad for her.... especially when she was like "I just feel like there's no fight left in me." And then she was going on about how all the guys say she will make a great wife... just not for THEM. I mean, she was really crying HARD, and really taking this break up too hard. I would just like to say that she can DEFINITELY do better than Brad, so she really shouldn't sweat it. What does she need with an old man who looks for love on reality TV 2x?? Nothing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeVu5eBEmmbn1_moYu2t_dIvtbVA3KkzeGYJoGas8DsgKtvTWcIdba_qFEpMpGg6_hf_tK0zCq147Zqh-r0_0SL44sl6ITllmQ-1dpWnLfDmGEW9MxynXFTaIUsk7yrgRu6cASAszQnvC/s1600/sad+ashley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeVu5eBEmmbn1_moYu2t_dIvtbVA3KkzeGYJoGas8DsgKtvTWcIdba_qFEpMpGg6_hf_tK0zCq147Zqh-r0_0SL44sl6ITllmQ-1dpWnLfDmGEW9MxynXFTaIUsk7yrgRu6cASAszQnvC/s320/sad+ashley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569525022179805826" border="0" /></a>Also, I think Ashley S is really rocking a Jennifer Aniston vibe. Uh oh... did I just curse her?<br /><br />Brad heads back to his Vegas hotel room and has a long distance chat w/ his therapist. OMG. At this point, I hit my snooze button, and woke up ten minutes later when the convo was finally over.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6y35Qkehu5xtDZ1acne26DpXDuwsAQlMNPa-MGW_8SLeJ87V5NMdJmDnhmdjv0bP5cGpq35Yx0PfIfuE2TGYEuxBY8b2dKqo4v3ctCKt0cyyUO58z6DrgOUVZgNDsJIu55s3-K5THGkD/s1600/snooze.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6y35Qkehu5xtDZ1acne26DpXDuwsAQlMNPa-MGW_8SLeJ87V5NMdJmDnhmdjv0bP5cGpq35Yx0PfIfuE2TGYEuxBY8b2dKqo4v3ctCKt0cyyUO58z6DrgOUVZgNDsJIu55s3-K5THGkD/s320/snooze.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569537688589632898" border="0" /></a>Actually, I thought Brad sounded pretty jerky and harsh again in this convo (fine, maybe I heard a little while I was sleeping.) I mean, sure, I get it... we ALL want a wife. That's "the goal" or "the mission." But I really don't think that that makes everyone else's feelings irrelevant and unimportant, as I do believe the therapist specified.<br /><br />Like I said you guys, this episode was HARSH.<br /><br />Now it's time for the cocktail party. Chantal gets some one on one time... standard.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlpnMQKGzxJ9ICav0rvdYWYtko8Z5NchlM_2YTF1KAGENLo1hHWjKOncNqvcSpxH5dsLAjEChWmha6LYM_c33K4q8Y4MZQmP5MUGajBehd14FhRaI-Cb2VxvWgHy03ieukCbRwfvLYjFh/s1600/cake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlpnMQKGzxJ9ICav0rvdYWYtko8Z5NchlM_2YTF1KAGENLo1hHWjKOncNqvcSpxH5dsLAjEChWmha6LYM_c33K4q8Y4MZQmP5MUGajBehd14FhRaI-Cb2VxvWgHy03ieukCbRwfvLYjFh/s320/cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518466837523442" border="0" /></a>Then Brad goes out of his way to have one on one time with Alli. He brings out this green cupcake bc <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >the producers remembered</span></s><span style="font-size:100%;"> he remembered that she was</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> wearing green the first night they met. I actually thought this was going to be cruel joke #3, thinking that he would send Alli home that night. But he ended up keeping her... so I guess it's cruel in the sense that he's leading her on for another week.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqs_a2whamqVSJwOZIIkGmllxTKaX2pbhIGNwIAmvu2E_4ltb17Euc8uKHl9tDI6_hg-hQ-v_h1iXgJQ9iVVRHm4Z4fuSVDdU3NV8hrqgoqouM-GjQiyM9GuOBKDjSaYaAvtBXfXhoOWXi/s1600/green+cupcake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqs_a2whamqVSJwOZIIkGmllxTKaX2pbhIGNwIAmvu2E_4ltb17Euc8uKHl9tDI6_hg-hQ-v_h1iXgJQ9iVVRHm4Z4fuSVDdU3NV8hrqgoqouM-GjQiyM9GuOBKDjSaYaAvtBXfXhoOWXi/s320/green+cupcake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569520489669032450" border="0" /></a>Then some girl pulls him aside and gives him all these little notes. I don't even know who the hell this girl is, because they've basically shown NOTHING of her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OTxgSnL2a7V5j2RfdYnGxgq-6WqRlNkuctqQkQCy9Gxg-QwamLuLYNYLttIIbaZcbCeYd-bmN_WaoqxhvkrW3NWY20qw-66XJeZw2cdFsHRF82uSEI9cRUPYjUgth8m43rTjh4qLwVCc/s1600/domintatex.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OTxgSnL2a7V5j2RfdYnGxgq-6WqRlNkuctqQkQCy9Gxg-QwamLuLYNYLttIIbaZcbCeYd-bmN_WaoqxhvkrW3NWY20qw-66XJeZw2cdFsHRF82uSEI9cRUPYjUgth8m43rTjh4qLwVCc/s320/domintatex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569518703993346002" border="0" /></a>Michelle then takes him aside, locks him in a room and proceeds to dominate him. And he proceeds to LOVE it. I mean, he SERIOUSLY likes her. But I agree w/ Grace. I think she's going home soon, bc I didn't see her in any previews really.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgWMAkqk2QE9Xx8q154LqCjo067HICSB3wdeDp9KuBjpFJy0a9fyY23z5Bp965XHucaMJZ2PjW0cNWA3P_cPPzgmnQSnzNtZ-i9mTMUEikFkLWi0U5FOMe6GeHoKBmNQQT-RR1bWhdp5J/s1600/smug+roses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgWMAkqk2QE9Xx8q154LqCjo067HICSB3wdeDp9KuBjpFJy0a9fyY23z5Bp965XHucaMJZ2PjW0cNWA3P_cPPzgmnQSnzNtZ-i9mTMUEikFkLWi0U5FOMe6GeHoKBmNQQT-RR1bWhdp5J/s320/smug+roses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569537687123562226" border="0" /></a>At the rose ceremony, Shawntel, Ashley and Emily grin smugly, because they are already safe. Brad then doles out the remaining fives roses and we say farewell to: two women I have never seen or heard of in my life.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWnVT5F5P5A6B9_WDuvqM42waIsX2QCK3s5MFU33j0VWNDMeMRRuOa2yGyHaJmPdcLH9oWqcS1HcIUFLOOGDvh6gNP_H1hg_y1Kyz8AeCRUA2fD4znO1xx92yX98UT2fvQjVvXxzGQMhW/s1600/finale+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWnVT5F5P5A6B9_WDuvqM42waIsX2QCK3s5MFU33j0VWNDMeMRRuOa2yGyHaJmPdcLH9oWqcS1HcIUFLOOGDvh6gNP_H1hg_y1Kyz8AeCRUA2fD4znO1xx92yX98UT2fvQjVvXxzGQMhW/s320/finale+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514219161303090" border="0" /></a>Then we are treated to an extended preview of what's coming up still on this season. I would like to take this time aside to say that the cinematography on this show really IS amazing. Like, seriously, y'all. I am NOT kidding. Are there cinematographers on TV shows?? I mean, seriously there are really some beautiful shots, especially when they start going to exotic locations... but really, even in the standard locations and dates.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFLqYY6B4iwbbGG4qJ6-v2uc8aY9YJkdub3yoGJIHnY6_986LjOvKT68wS0Sx-z8w2DtdyJQHJ3jPgiqTjebtL2W-OPdiuGD67td2WIoU153Bex0E-kx1i1L9mTdKtavGrM31uHElnlXA/s1600/Week+5+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFLqYY6B4iwbbGG4qJ6-v2uc8aY9YJkdub3yoGJIHnY6_986LjOvKT68wS0Sx-z8w2DtdyJQHJ3jPgiqTjebtL2W-OPdiuGD67td2WIoU153Bex0E-kx1i1L9mTdKtavGrM31uHElnlXA/s320/Week+5+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569514218102278370" border="0" /></a>I think Shawntel stays around for awhile. I think Britt and the other Ashley and Alli are on their way out soon too. And that platinum blonde he is hugging and sobbing is OBVIOUSLY Emily. Just reference my easy to follow chart of who is left: she is the only platinum blonde remaining.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XbaqoX2pLyEyd8QBvvz0EZ8I3q5pcN-nmnyDKewlB4lk1Uo_YLfbl8ZC43vmpS1KctzGSMX7RIdgUNMgD_Bjq1PIs17q_AkPp2O6LppYdXA6UqEdroNhxej_-TVR1tdji7kdEipf1Ye8/s1600/emilys.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XbaqoX2pLyEyd8QBvvz0EZ8I3q5pcN-nmnyDKewlB4lk1Uo_YLfbl8ZC43vmpS1KctzGSMX7RIdgUNMgD_Bjq1PIs17q_AkPp2O6LppYdXA6UqEdroNhxej_-TVR1tdji7kdEipf1Ye8/s320/emilys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569520481631227346" border="0" /></a>Anyway, that's about it. I wonder if they will be sinking to any new lows next week. Oh yeah, and I do not for one second believe that Emily leaves him, like the way they are trying to make it look!!<br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />JulieJulie<br /><br />PS - It's going to be a long month. My roots are starting to show, and my next hair appointment isn't until Feb. 26 :( :( :(<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-89020682202574084272011-01-26T09:38:00.000-08:002011-01-26T16:49:06.499-08:00Really Quickly--- The Take Home Message: You're Worth It!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Has anyone else noticed how Brad is always saying "Can I borrow you really quickly? Just real quick?" Or when someone steals him away, he'll be like "Sorry, I'm just gonna go with her really quickly." Well "Really Quickly" is the opposite of my blog this week. So I would just like to take a moment to apologize to my 11 followers and to the 33 people who viewed my page yesterday and found no blog.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQ__DfWqsaTrSySWcfAC-hiynqLocGPPyhDRA8797MTM2baputS2gXtVEvs0AUQdFcDEAz-XXc7w_QPk9ZM4vznxfdwW9IMRn0_6Zt_Ca-2lKpxSoA1MVNgax9hDWlyVYPgT9oLcyJDgV/s1600/turtle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQ__DfWqsaTrSySWcfAC-hiynqLocGPPyhDRA8797MTM2baputS2gXtVEvs0AUQdFcDEAz-XXc7w_QPk9ZM4vznxfdwW9IMRn0_6Zt_Ca-2lKpxSoA1MVNgax9hDWlyVYPgT9oLcyJDgV/s320/turtle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566554482730679202" border="0" /></a>That's right!!! I recently discovered the "Stats" tab on my blog, and it's been quite fun to see some info on how many people looked at my blog, etc. Also you can see search terms that people used on Google which led them to the blog. But don't worry, I can't tell who anyone specifically IS, so if I have any stalkers or lurkers out there, you are still safe.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />But there is one issue I would like to address. One person searched "Emily on the Bachelor looks older than 23" and landed on my blog. And I just want to say that I AGREE!!!!! She DOES look older than 23 and I have been meaning to point that out! I think several of those girls look older than their alleged age, and for the sake of decency, I really hope that some of them ARE older!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, let's get to it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0LstXxdMObtxzez6AP4cbRSm71BfmHcTEJ0OJlgvhQt5v5-xD1E-v_JMujTna-feka47oTbuCEM2CbDPbZPPffyP_0lxN-ZeIGQTadt-jdvqSYp-0Wb1BKGWaPOZrVCFaBliVmEOciNG/s1600/be.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0LstXxdMObtxzez6AP4cbRSm71BfmHcTEJ0OJlgvhQt5v5-xD1E-v_JMujTna-feka47oTbuCEM2CbDPbZPPffyP_0lxN-ZeIGQTadt-jdvqSYp-0Wb1BKGWaPOZrVCFaBliVmEOciNG/s320/be.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555919658501474" border="0" /></a>Michelle wakes up with a black eye. WTF??? Seriously. She is such a nut job, I'm not really even sure what to say about her anymore. The main thing I find myself wondering about her is: "Is this chick for real??" Or is this some deliberate psycho character she is playing just for fun? Well, last week as I was perusing the competition (other Bachelor blogs) I came across a tidbit of info. Psycho Michelle is an actress. And here is the trailer for her movie:<br /></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fynv_xNHQtQ" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Hmm... interesting that her little caption on The Bach describes her as a hairstylist from Utah. HA!!! Yeah right. I think this movie makes it quite clear that she's an actress living here in LA. So she's pretty much so weird and obviously crazy that she isn't really worth my time going on about it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aIymY-QfH7HSyLd2MPu7TSxawuKFrNpD-jbCbyGZtKGvL7Gy33wV47h7ZmFJhCYprPTf0XNw9Im3LpvEusDyRWvjMZlGdgRUIjkrFXxZig6F2oqrtUplxmHeQcLpV-N3s5aatmEwk0VH/s1600/hare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aIymY-QfH7HSyLd2MPu7TSxawuKFrNpD-jbCbyGZtKGvL7Gy33wV47h7ZmFJhCYprPTf0XNw9Im3LpvEusDyRWvjMZlGdgRUIjkrFXxZig6F2oqrtUplxmHeQcLpV-N3s5aatmEwk0VH/s320/hare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559361970787570" border="0" /></a>So Chris Harrison pops in on the girls and surprises them once again before they have a chance to put any make-up on!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L0Ai_198FuLCWuasdiJLinlbaIKVrPiuXOMEaEEKjNdbK_np4AZbufo35YbKcxOslt3831sl_W-Abqhl6AxQkvVa6cVsREkT_Pz38EQKHBnPFSKIKzcAaGY3J_2c5vzlFSks3Scq31cn/s1600/no+makeup%255D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L0Ai_198FuLCWuasdiJLinlbaIKVrPiuXOMEaEEKjNdbK_np4AZbufo35YbKcxOslt3831sl_W-Abqhl6AxQkvVa6cVsREkT_Pz38EQKHBnPFSKIKzcAaGY3J_2c5vzlFSks3Scq31cn/s320/no+makeup%255D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559903629485570" border="0" /></a>He reminds us all once again that this week there will be three dates: two one on one dates and one group date. One on one dates are great, but if you don't get a rose, you go home STAT, so you need to have your bags packed. Complex!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil5NMYd4DZas-tnFZ83JGP1jzgwpjCnsw-zKlB9cnkRwY-vAMWrpkeE2GYi_BhL_F20vyhXzmPiLXOoo_euOrntan-87x8MDxmJtebL4T1-xDKiNtEjNpuEqn1ihrD1X2Z7H4XmYlqiFs/s1600/suitacse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil5NMYd4DZas-tnFZ83JGP1jzgwpjCnsw-zKlB9cnkRwY-vAMWrpkeE2GYi_BhL_F20vyhXzmPiLXOoo_euOrntan-87x8MDxmJtebL4T1-xDKiNtEjNpuEqn1ihrD1X2Z7H4XmYlqiFs/s320/suitacse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566560182939376978" border="0" /></a>So Chantal packs up her pretty, hot pink, plastic luggage in preparation for her one on one date.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD631uZYVtAWxHTL7zuOwgBWmjJjHt4LPl0m_1dNunoMSHxvsjwN7-MNWQbueA3R8Sp1cnb6TWM6AJbSAPAUOrjr4Eui6JRg9RaXkMdX7X6B9iLLJBKvyYbouHx9XtjB9mB9b1Em6tOr7U/s1600/chopper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD631uZYVtAWxHTL7zuOwgBWmjJjHt4LPl0m_1dNunoMSHxvsjwN7-MNWQbueA3R8Sp1cnb6TWM6AJbSAPAUOrjr4Eui6JRg9RaXkMdX7X6B9iLLJBKvyYbouHx9XtjB9mB9b1Em6tOr7U/s320/chopper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566563140914918946" border="0" /></a>Brad shows up and then a big yellow helicopter flies to the Bachelor mansion, making all the other girls jealous.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPvsGaJd6yyZ3fAcru869uFsyzqjFxP02A5o_gl2UKVxtT2dwhT0CxdimXq9kRq9EbNu9MFxHR8B8u6-cSJhqP-keXGS8IrTtE2m43f2LqzuIuTkb_85-WgzksclImW9lTkxdkipfHV4K/s1600/scarf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPvsGaJd6yyZ3fAcru869uFsyzqjFxP02A5o_gl2UKVxtT2dwhT0CxdimXq9kRq9EbNu9MFxHR8B8u6-cSJhqP-keXGS8IrTtE2m43f2LqzuIuTkb_85-WgzksclImW9lTkxdkipfHV4K/s320/scarf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566592981557498338" border="0" /></a> Brad whisks Chan away to Catalina Island. I have been there once with my Dad... who by the way I've been meaning to state that I have a great Dad. I just thought I should put it out there since this season has been so much about bum Dads.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPULPmQA8FQjlLda8vVbF3PlPRC_vfOOz_ITAavNt05fvAgVbFXzlKA__7WIXx4za53wlbh65Og17Dc43-KFLLOskWz5Vz59Ob_ivBKnCVEoVMLRhdip0OMKYMg4Ue81car3zudzWBE8i/s1600/ocean.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPULPmQA8FQjlLda8vVbF3PlPRC_vfOOz_ITAavNt05fvAgVbFXzlKA__7WIXx4za53wlbh65Og17Dc43-KFLLOskWz5Vz59Ob_ivBKnCVEoVMLRhdip0OMKYMg4Ue81car3zudzWBE8i/s320/ocean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555682279824050" border="0" /></a>Turns out they are going scuba diving. Chantal reveals that she does NOT just get in the ocean. That is a big deal to her! Hahaha!!! You guys, I do NOT just write this blog.<br /><br />Oh wait... yes I do.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQMQ500nOivOAvQhStv2u_5BZC4jt3kGt3uDYha1hIBCe4V-TnVlugJKAsHR3XoC93l3gnSwSYDigaPJ1NXjyUGBYeewikIv2thQzOw2Ce1MddzuRBDszKcYuHVL0v5St6AOsFpStaSk_/s1600/under+water.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQMQ500nOivOAvQhStv2u_5BZC4jt3kGt3uDYha1hIBCe4V-TnVlugJKAsHR3XoC93l3gnSwSYDigaPJ1NXjyUGBYeewikIv2thQzOw2Ce1MddzuRBDszKcYuHVL0v5St6AOsFpStaSk_/s320/under+water.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555694898625154" border="0" /></a>She declares that she will go to the bottom of the ocean with Brad, because he is worth it! So, that is when I had my first revelation of the night. Is Brad really worth it?? IS he??? He is only some guy she just met. I think if anything, she should go to the bottom of the ocean because SHE is worth it, and she thinks it's worth taking a chance for HERSELF that she might find someone special. You can't say some guy you met five minutes ago is worth anything.<br /><br /><br />But whatever. I kind of like Brad and Chantal together. There are other girls in the house that I like, but that I really don't think are good with Brad. But Chantal, even though she is ten inappropriate years younger than him, I sort of think it's ok. Like at least she has lived some life and been through things, such as a divorce. And she sees more mature than some of the ladies... if she could get her tears under control.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__eM8IAGqtDqgOf0QYfSPoggusJqEZghesdXCgNLHroIiNi6MvJUc4p73iPWAffg3t8TiDujLEJGZD6zFFZyL3o5jdcUslBvTVRz1ssDCgKYi6ipXN_3MP6yoiJhMy-ioY8lLVdWw-x8x/s1600/chantal+in+bed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__eM8IAGqtDqgOf0QYfSPoggusJqEZghesdXCgNLHroIiNi6MvJUc4p73iPWAffg3t8TiDujLEJGZD6zFFZyL3o5jdcUslBvTVRz1ssDCgKYi6ipXN_3MP6yoiJhMy-ioY8lLVdWw-x8x/s320/chantal+in+bed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557622002639730" border="0" /></a>BRAD: Chantal, will you accept this rose?<br />CHANTAL: Of course I will!! Do you think I would ever NOT accept a rose from you??!!<br /><br />Uhm, way to play hard to get, C! Don't make it too easy from him!!! Have you learned nothing from my blog???!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73JctEd_n3z43rQx7OrFjGho5XAWjCSbq5e0JPELpAZklVLq1Hs8aZqOI4QXVGXwo1WcYPRXehLkfYyOg8NV-3nY9o2y11RnOpai70nDxNSVSv5GGXsgAKZ7kolfCTbNDs5AKKOtcpKdV/s1600/group+date.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73JctEd_n3z43rQx7OrFjGho5XAWjCSbq5e0JPELpAZklVLq1Hs8aZqOI4QXVGXwo1WcYPRXehLkfYyOg8NV-3nY9o2y11RnOpai70nDxNSVSv5GGXsgAKZ7kolfCTbNDs5AKKOtcpKdV/s320/group+date.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566600158055545938" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile back at the mansion, the ring-and-run-bandit strikes again. A date card is left in his wake. Ashley S, Stacey, Lindsey, Britt, Meghan, Alli, Lisa, Ashley H and Jackie are invited on a group date.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7ipFCmPdNB6BJ146zenCerBo29NoUjg8xRuGLpHhLdL_P7j-KH6nF0KODFanA-K5LX6mvvFuTHjQXOyPChTAWFqxx7ZsFBDm_37p8xeViXqEtrtXPCbMLJnQ0BSkYrOMkpN2qUxzsdPa/s1600/crazy+michelle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7ipFCmPdNB6BJ146zenCerBo29NoUjg8xRuGLpHhLdL_P7j-KH6nF0KODFanA-K5LX6mvvFuTHjQXOyPChTAWFqxx7ZsFBDm_37p8xeViXqEtrtXPCbMLJnQ0BSkYrOMkpN2qUxzsdPa/s320/crazy+michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557629717839010" border="0" /></a>Michelle is not invited, so she needs some time to sulk alone with a camera crew on the wicker bench and pine away for a one on one date.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXKcBtO8YkPeY9FWBXU6P-p6zCQwHhzHsZ9oGYismaWRFiT7OxJk0fld3ILIhjNrm7Mq5UZGpt5LhyTHOwtx4t23iPWdGma3yq1bgk-56W0h7vwpZcwePWmESRSD3u43MXLmbbF32Bj_f/s1600/happy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXKcBtO8YkPeY9FWBXU6P-p6zCQwHhzHsZ9oGYismaWRFiT7OxJk0fld3ILIhjNrm7Mq5UZGpt5LhyTHOwtx4t23iPWdGma3yq1bgk-56W0h7vwpZcwePWmESRSD3u43MXLmbbF32Bj_f/s320/happy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566601650274883090" border="0" /></a>Awww... Brad looks so cute and happy to see everyone! I think now that he is getting to know them all better and getting into the swing of things, he is starting to feel more comfortable and let his guard down a little.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtw3lgdwQ8BX9k0SrTfjl3-KdPp4R9Q6QBnJnLtZEQHP2DPYit-qvU0vFTewJTUBdGhnGs73yjquVB7XfU-snzmOBthTVBoJJO7QbyGjhKQvXx6GetRrFv3luny1MoKb-mHJhkIOtoL3n/s1600/happy+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtw3lgdwQ8BX9k0SrTfjl3-KdPp4R9Q6QBnJnLtZEQHP2DPYit-qvU0vFTewJTUBdGhnGs73yjquVB7XfU-snzmOBthTVBoJJO7QbyGjhKQvXx6GetRrFv3luny1MoKb-mHJhkIOtoL3n/s320/happy+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566601653652295794" border="0" /></a>Hmm... so this group date is a session with Dr. Drew of Loveline fame. The main thing I have to say about Lovelines, is that I remember when Adam Carolla was on it, and I found him to be hilarious.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q0BD4oL4jvY39Vvb55jacrBk4wmvkDGLJwpqiaIpSKro83yHPeR0BdM-jAq61kkUavvaSj8_gL0gaHOl13roG62PoKY56DPfigUgoXKel26GfCiWFJ0R89ejSTxCUrYoS_G8MjY2tw9z/s1600/drew.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q0BD4oL4jvY39Vvb55jacrBk4wmvkDGLJwpqiaIpSKro83yHPeR0BdM-jAq61kkUavvaSj8_gL0gaHOl13roG62PoKY56DPfigUgoXKel26GfCiWFJ0R89ejSTxCUrYoS_G8MjY2tw9z/s320/drew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557925311103602" border="0" /></a>Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Dr. Drew. He's ok. But I really don't buy into everything he says. I have definitely heard him give a lot of bum advice. Maybe he has some good points, but I dunno. There's advice and then there's soundbites.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgXyZsan5Hvp5L319z_non6MmKg7Zw4Bv9eyVec1fbRPQ9lm1_GZYvzrlM3Ol8L9SkiKLVh6jISehTm-wpcmuAFHgGzQicK0MX6adBU-o2zSMmQds-CIJsLt2YbQEmk781AxVqz0nOTdr/s1600/im+lovin+it.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgXyZsan5Hvp5L319z_non6MmKg7Zw4Bv9eyVec1fbRPQ9lm1_GZYvzrlM3Ol8L9SkiKLVh6jISehTm-wpcmuAFHgGzQicK0MX6adBU-o2zSMmQds-CIJsLt2YbQEmk781AxVqz0nOTdr/s320/im+lovin+it.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559370650392546" border="0" /></a>Brad was super eager to talk about his inner feelings though! He told Drew he wants to figure out with whom he is compatible.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwzONmNGUwvM79lou_BJE1JLyhVh249xRziTfbcr8ckGGGt1rrMBSjLHCBT1VCAbxy8puIuGQ5eDvfepYBmiRHMiSeyBxu1JSLscrGEVwjg4VGYhJp8yoa11LomxUCYyw_Xts9KXuS23B/s1600/beer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwzONmNGUwvM79lou_BJE1JLyhVh249xRziTfbcr8ckGGGt1rrMBSjLHCBT1VCAbxy8puIuGQ5eDvfepYBmiRHMiSeyBxu1JSLscrGEVwjg4VGYhJp8yoa11LomxUCYyw_Xts9KXuS23B/s320/beer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566602942224537010" border="0" /></a>Hilarious!!!! Uhmmmmm, so tell me: is getting drunk part of a normal therapy session??? Because if so, then I've really been missing out!! So during Drunk Therapy with Dr. Drew, we learn that Ashley H. is retreating big time, that Stacey once cheated in college, and that Brad NEVER cheated... not even as a little boy on the playground. I support that.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So after Drew and Brad get the women's emotions all riled up, they then take the date back to Brad's mansion and more specifically into his hot tub. This is so that in case they weren't already feeling uncomfortable enough after the session with Drew, they can now compare bodies in the hot tub and get some body image issues going.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4WsVu3a0SFBNlTA5HZQ5SMM0CDU1Pw5M6TYRL2s-GA1LbHD7AQmKsLZlbhORdwYB1JwevOrOE0DJw6itd0h1ho-36O40E094NX9f5yJJtJwcJev2DWtQSgbCWoeucvoIv-4Bz3sFmo2G/s1600/wth.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4WsVu3a0SFBNlTA5HZQ5SMM0CDU1Pw5M6TYRL2s-GA1LbHD7AQmKsLZlbhORdwYB1JwevOrOE0DJw6itd0h1ho-36O40E094NX9f5yJJtJwcJev2DWtQSgbCWoeucvoIv-4Bz3sFmo2G/s320/wth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566560379152454882" border="0" /></a>And just to ensure that we at home can also start feeling insecure, Brad keeps all his clothes on, so that no one is distracted from her own body image issues by ogling Brad. What the hell, Brad? You let all the ladies get naked, and you just hang out in sweats?? Pop that shirt off, B! He probably feels embarrassed hanging out with all these girls that could be his daughters. Did anyone else get the vibe that it was a pool party while the parents were out of town, and Brad was the older brother assigned to watch his little sister's friends, but was secretly checking them all out? No?? Just me??? Ok.<br /><br />So now they all start cat-fighting over some one on one time with Brad. The main player is Ashley H.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKRJu5spRhRdkfIFZ2KzfQyBd6JImZzARFt2pAyN2EZD2LMOiV3BXNEWX4PZTcU67aq059eRiuqz819m45N-Zm0tYX5Ti2JZt_bDllvo51PNMJGEtXOoafTE0QRPXlpdXnM_o6eHSeMw3/s1600/botox000001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKRJu5spRhRdkfIFZ2KzfQyBd6JImZzARFt2pAyN2EZD2LMOiV3BXNEWX4PZTcU67aq059eRiuqz819m45N-Zm0tYX5Ti2JZt_bDllvo51PNMJGEtXOoafTE0QRPXlpdXnM_o6eHSeMw3/s320/botox000001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566638072481057554" border="0" /></a>Look at that. Sorry, but if you have a bad botox job on your forehead, then I am going to call you out. So basically, this is how I feel about her. I do get that she is being annoying and jealous and totally insecure. But for some reason, I'm really not that mad at her. I think she really has every right to feel all worked up and jealous and freaked out. Who wouldn't be if some guy you were into was playing around with thirteen other women?? So, I think that if she was really into herself, then she should have just left. Why stick around and take the abuse? 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Hahahaha!!!! That was hilarious.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />But seriously if you were Britt.. the one who got the rose "instead"... wouldn't you be kind of hurt and upset to know you weren't going to originally get the rose??!!! HAHAHAHA!!! OUCH!!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOkHHigkWbeS8lSb4gwd2QG1843lFXpSEb7LUAVIuFSGAO8G_qg5r3O4oCehw02K6jhKnvDEjv8WhQFNiQ0TqZln531fw5nip8Cw2TZ2-nXvc8NUg6M7KApXLyaY4ksf43iQkSSnXCQwI/s1600/too+skinny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOkHHigkWbeS8lSb4gwd2QG1843lFXpSEb7LUAVIuFSGAO8G_qg5r3O4oCehw02K6jhKnvDEjv8WhQFNiQ0TqZln531fw5nip8Cw2TZ2-nXvc8NUg6M7KApXLyaY4ksf43iQkSSnXCQwI/s320/too+skinny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566560186018682978" border="0" /></a>Also, sorry but she looks anorexic.<br /><br />Ok, so the next day, Brad shows up at the mansion to take crazy-ass-Michelle on her one on one date. But FIRST, he pulls Ash H. aside to give her a stern talking to.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU51fk0Wwns26FsBXT_DTAgYIj7we53g4Eer67UZVAHYFYPOBXbvFRpqaML_JcIZU80nQhcBw0TKXkMUE2U2d3699EXo6YBp659_3a9MHH20QWxu-yx-EM4zwRvaA-K1D7XOZksIYDcCqN/s1600/brad+ash000001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU51fk0Wwns26FsBXT_DTAgYIj7we53g4Eer67UZVAHYFYPOBXbvFRpqaML_JcIZU80nQhcBw0TKXkMUE2U2d3699EXo6YBp659_3a9MHH20QWxu-yx-EM4zwRvaA-K1D7XOZksIYDcCqN/s320/brad+ash000001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566644044066603810" border="0" /></a>BRAD: Don't ever sass me again, Ashley H. Stop making any mention or expression of your perfectly normal feelings of jealousy and frustration. Pretend like this is normal and continue to lay in wait for me until <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I</span> decide it's time for you to go home.<br /><br />ASHLEY H: Yes, Master Brad. You are worth it. I really am NOT jealous or anything!!! Our connection is real!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvVqjQYIOs4zO_VuaBXujfgsDQCwbrOihjHzLAbfCKOWaDpyRz3FzEVlpPzInjdyZYYp7QLWdMH8j-4JNPoDFNI6TKkqKSiRGW0TmoRdHpLUA0NJ0aPIpYB9wc_-Xb_LUAxNbUsTHNOpT/s1600/angry+michelle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvVqjQYIOs4zO_VuaBXujfgsDQCwbrOihjHzLAbfCKOWaDpyRz3FzEVlpPzInjdyZYYp7QLWdMH8j-4JNPoDFNI6TKkqKSiRGW0TmoRdHpLUA0NJ0aPIpYB9wc_-Xb_LUAxNbUsTHNOpT/s320/angry+michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555911898773042" border="0" /></a>Michelle gets all psycho and mad.... as she does. This is because Brad is spending time on Ashley H. when it's supposed to be HER (Michelle's) day. Chantal calls her out, which I totally supported. I really am starting to like Chantal more this episode.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud9rDF2q9JEuZkr_dsu4qN3eCDL70HG1Ep7aUJzQOaYtGATal8B5VQ8Cv6YhHMEcKx5SFml5gSCRZJq_e16auSWuoryczLyKjk6WJ2OW_osrpAOCmETvh_aAZT3fkvTlwjOtmuGTSESfZ/s1600/chan1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud9rDF2q9JEuZkr_dsu4qN3eCDL70HG1Ep7aUJzQOaYtGATal8B5VQ8Cv6YhHMEcKx5SFml5gSCRZJq_e16auSWuoryczLyKjk6WJ2OW_osrpAOCmETvh_aAZT3fkvTlwjOtmuGTSESfZ/s320/chan1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557378023708658" border="0" /></a>My favorite moment of Chantal's was when she was like "Michelle is insane, she just grabbed his arm... hopefully she doesn't act like that on their date... wait, actually, hopefully she DOES act like that on their date." I think it showed that she isn't crazy, insane and jealous and viewing the whole thing as some sort of competition. And I also liked how she was like "Well, if he DOES pick Michelle in the end, then he certainly isn't the guy for me."<br /><br />Seriously, right???? I mean, we can't get upset with ourselves if men have bad taste in women. That's their prerogative.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3GRhGn4PAbX5UOKby3sG6JQYprF0MtDBKRPijuDeftPbMpq_slcyV2DfXLQlI1KRq2BZa7CZr8pMveKr-MtEpdgn-YekDqQ_gTJ84jjTXP6_cH1umGvrYIE-q2pZtOwRYDmUlMdIAXVM/s1600/rapal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3GRhGn4PAbX5UOKby3sG6JQYprF0MtDBKRPijuDeftPbMpq_slcyV2DfXLQlI1KRq2BZa7CZr8pMveKr-MtEpdgn-YekDqQ_gTJ84jjTXP6_cH1umGvrYIE-q2pZtOwRYDmUlMdIAXVM/s320/rapal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559917681253682" border="0" /></a>Ok you guys, so now I'm starting to get nervous. For two reasons. One - like crazy Michelle, I too am afraid of heights. But secondly and more importantly, because the Bachelor/-ette ALWAYS picks the person that they go on the crazy height-date with. Does this mean that Brad is actually going to pick Michelle in the end?????????? Seriously??? He does seem really into her. Let's think back to Bachelor/-ettes past.<br /><br />Exhibit A - Ali picked Roberto...after jumping off something w/ him (I think)<br />Exhibit B - Jake picked Vienna after jumping off a bridge with her and crying like a little baby<br />Exhibit C - Jillian picked Ed after zip-wiring across some tall buildings<br />Exhibit D - Jason Mesnick picked... actually I can't remember this far back. But if he went on a jumping date w/ either Molly or Melissa, it is another example of my point!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIG1AAT8Z1OK7yKmIFJYftWSPACu0IkX2bWVsecG9F2dazXz0nvWGSzZvNMEbY2guiU7Z46O4-aiSjN7KE_fdv2fTTQ1pNeRjQQQZiFK_fuDq4rI0SUuokuZtId_KnJTMdvS1xfuAr5cNA/s1600/horror.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIG1AAT8Z1OK7yKmIFJYftWSPACu0IkX2bWVsecG9F2dazXz0nvWGSzZvNMEbY2guiU7Z46O4-aiSjN7KE_fdv2fTTQ1pNeRjQQQZiFK_fuDq4rI0SUuokuZtId_KnJTMdvS1xfuAr5cNA/s320/horror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559362644906674" border="0" /></a>So yeah, I'm getting kind of worried. And Brad seems truly blind to what a bat-sh!t-crazy she is! He's like seriously into her and finds her sexy and fun, etc. It's really pretty weird and creepy if you ask me.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL2F71OJO2GrxVoJ8C0-R35DXnYcyq7dWJMJ6gsY6SsIG4G8LsvJ-lHWrJwWXXmEAGUM7JrHC27Yx2GtU9DTYqZ7vm76uuAXVqr6Wuj1_bxSXu2jxu0ys3-NOy9HJQwWXaiKE9I8F_c0B/s1600/kiss+pool.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL2F71OJO2GrxVoJ8C0-R35DXnYcyq7dWJMJ6gsY6SsIG4G8LsvJ-lHWrJwWXXmEAGUM7JrHC27Yx2GtU9DTYqZ7vm76uuAXVqr6Wuj1_bxSXu2jxu0ys3-NOy9HJQwWXaiKE9I8F_c0B/s320/kiss+pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559633925958418" border="0" /></a>So back at the mansh, the girls are talking about the Michelle and Brad. And I think that Chantal looked really cute in her little bed-time glasses!! Hahahaha!!! She is really pretty and there are a couple other girls that put on glasses at night, which I think is cute.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVjOOeesgpOpVDzJFIyLNvSBIPZpe9aNwrSAMmXtf3iK2Xlm8614I0F4kmA1XkUG402bGitFnQkEYJZZ1TnsiXoyaYWIYIL-gFbsvMD3ZCFJ622oKiJpJT-KOIkBETKLub2_eCtJ3Ds1/s1600/glasses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsVjOOeesgpOpVDzJFIyLNvSBIPZpe9aNwrSAMmXtf3iK2Xlm8614I0F4kmA1XkUG402bGitFnQkEYJZZ1TnsiXoyaYWIYIL-gFbsvMD3ZCFJ622oKiJpJT-KOIkBETKLub2_eCtJ3Ds1/s320/glasses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557930765172962" border="0" /></a>Anyway, Michelle gets a rose, which is annoying on two levels. One obviously because she is Michelle. And two because - when are we going to get to see some one on one dates where the chick DOESN'T get the rose???? Those are the best and most interesting!!! I love watching bad dates flop and then the girl not get the rose. That is when we get such classic lines as "He's not attracted to me???? Who does he think he is??? God???!!?" --- Natalie who loves bears.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlHRipsoHi53BnmYKJyo-9gijXDNyRtt_y2eys7cjrDcfDNHfPjt2jKPUJ1FeggS6j2hzXTKADSLruJE1HQeVNDI_MpiMGcPylhjsPkHtOCuiblCtAlKdcvI2gKMqSvztR6vKSKbf9fwL/s1600/therapist.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlHRipsoHi53BnmYKJyo-9gijXDNyRtt_y2eys7cjrDcfDNHfPjt2jKPUJ1FeggS6j2hzXTKADSLruJE1HQeVNDI_MpiMGcPylhjsPkHtOCuiblCtAlKdcvI2gKMqSvztR6vKSKbf9fwL/s320/therapist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555688105908690" border="0" /></a>Now Brad goes and has another session with his therapist. Uhhh.... so are we going to have to watch him talking to his therapist every episode??? Because it's pretty boring and it's taking up valuable airtime that could be devoted to cat fights... or Brad taking his shirt off.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpBD6Vqsq_zW7ni0bxva-MxicGNGzo9h-Ti2zJlZGXDK5Kvr9mU3gxwjAlnfFPqXsjILJcqopgxarJ7ywmDFM6vOS6nx79jNBrheWxz2cb0gVbqeH06r2ZayxYNylomxL08M19eLlCC2-/s1600/look.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpBD6Vqsq_zW7ni0bxva-MxicGNGzo9h-Ti2zJlZGXDK5Kvr9mU3gxwjAlnfFPqXsjILJcqopgxarJ7ywmDFM6vOS6nx79jNBrheWxz2cb0gVbqeH06r2ZayxYNylomxL08M19eLlCC2-/s320/look.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559634808559074" border="0" /></a>Finally it's time for the cocktail party. So we didn't see two of my favorite girls this week -- Emily (everyone's fave) and Shawntel (my fave bc she is a pretty funeral director!) Shawntel takes him aside and forces him to pick her up, then kiss her, etc. Yikes! Shawn, I do like you... but it's never a good sign when you have to tell a guy to kiss you!! Sorry!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6riFjEmBlduXROIVkl7OdSXraKi4n4fsT4VLNUTFf0AQgRlxLFJDmVHTGUn-lsA2bfXQSoG0ZyvVmdQAeHK8BssFYSWMUm9IrF76fD2UpnS0y-5Gh7TJT0mx8K7bMM0SW8Xqz8P5FQo-/s1600/picnic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6riFjEmBlduXROIVkl7OdSXraKi4n4fsT4VLNUTFf0AQgRlxLFJDmVHTGUn-lsA2bfXQSoG0ZyvVmdQAeHK8BssFYSWMUm9IrF76fD2UpnS0y-5Gh7TJT0mx8K7bMM0SW8Xqz8P5FQo-/s320/picnic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559913235767410" border="0" /></a>Brad, like the rest of America, missed Emily this week. Therefore, he prepared a little picnic for her to recreate their first date. I don't know... I think she can do better than Brad, and I'm really starting to hope she is the next Bachelorette. I've been starting to think ahead to the future about that. I think Emily would be a good choice.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAgoGjQBlwoJuW2C8w5fgSofUPNznhIzs7GUwDb9nWKIvYVOhNdU9F3YdcR8QFDg_f5QP0ab2DWr5mGKNRlSZNop8OridLXxf1jsiTWdHxKTfcGQqvuqFY3vv6pQe5gwppg1NpGOtKKnr/s1600/chantal+cry.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAgoGjQBlwoJuW2C8w5fgSofUPNznhIzs7GUwDb9nWKIvYVOhNdU9F3YdcR8QFDg_f5QP0ab2DWr5mGKNRlSZNop8OridLXxf1jsiTWdHxKTfcGQqvuqFY3vv6pQe5gwppg1NpGOtKKnr/s320/chantal+cry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557385297156786" border="0" /></a>This is the part where Chantal starts crying because she feels "stupid" for having felt something strong for Brad on their date. Yeah, I would feel that way too!! I think stupid is a good word!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7BGH5ArUWXfFJt983FPA6E8ero0LG0u4TzE1PvnxJVozbCiLDwaKTb7PgRW4tCvkNAKXq3924ja8cPnr7iFj_iey32qvFAsL9oI-9T2JrMSz4IjbYkL-6DoaD8iXSobygmZSpeRFyX94/s1600/brad+picni.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7BGH5ArUWXfFJt983FPA6E8ero0LG0u4TzE1PvnxJVozbCiLDwaKTb7PgRW4tCvkNAKXq3924ja8cPnr7iFj_iey32qvFAsL9oI-9T2JrMSz4IjbYkL-6DoaD8iXSobygmZSpeRFyX94/s320/brad+picni.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557375393585810" border="0" /></a>Oh yeah, did anyone else see this? Brad did the dorkiest little hop-skip after he laid out the blanket for Emily!!! OMGGG!!! Hahahaaaaa... sometimes I just feel like "Awwww... OMG Brad you are just so innocent!!" Hahahaa!!! I think he is genuine. ??? Is he?? I don't know. Ahhh!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjsTRgVkafAUVScwgKldOaejFBRnOUxeX7kAB5Zmtv73wQAGrZveY8P40dvWt5Y1Mwx8A11TmRE8IlIQe8xWxOkuCs8HaqfQbMA2BPqpZKzl0UHZ9MdLZTmNkgtViwQGjhwtSOHXKR8lW/s1600/its+time.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjsTRgVkafAUVScwgKldOaejFBRnOUxeX7kAB5Zmtv73wQAGrZveY8P40dvWt5Y1Mwx8A11TmRE8IlIQe8xWxOkuCs8HaqfQbMA2BPqpZKzl0UHZ9MdLZTmNkgtViwQGjhwtSOHXKR8lW/s320/its+time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566655714498844194" border="0" /></a>All right, finally it's time for the rose ceremony. This one was uneventful. No one runs out or anything scandalous. He just gives out a bunch of roses. The one thing though that DID really annoy me was how Ashley H got the last rose. OBVIOUSLY!!! That was soooooo obvious!!!!! I smelled that one coming from a mile away. And I don't really like the overtones that it's like a WARNING to her or something that she better watch her step and not cross Brad again, else next time she will NOT get the last rose!! Screw that, screw the show and screw Brad... she should just go home. Who needs to put up with this?<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G3izqLulmeYeriApt9P2ZAC_kqLaCkuw4nVGM_h8HQ06MI9zH2lUIzRcLPnS4cYZPYFjVRIKzC5sTUfvHArZiqssHsuedyzEDUcSFweYa7fGTNtkmke9Ix2gpeGEZJfhHlVUKD0brKb4/s1600/final+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G3izqLulmeYeriApt9P2ZAC_kqLaCkuw4nVGM_h8HQ06MI9zH2lUIzRcLPnS4cYZPYFjVRIKzC5sTUfvHArZiqssHsuedyzEDUcSFweYa7fGTNtkmke9Ix2gpeGEZJfhHlVUKD0brKb4/s320/final+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555680952382834" border="0" /></a>Going home are: Lindsey, Meghan and Stacey. I have a couple questions:<br />1. What is the difference between Alli and Meghan? Are they, or are the not the same person?<br />2. Who is Lindsay?<br />3. Who is Lisa?<br />4. Who is Marissa?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN8_OFy-G2-eB7hgwb3-yWRbplLqHW15RJ8HTsvc9A-3RCMs35bKOEPraUtWvYkw2pGthSzMCcy_hezZ4hKP2io5Unu5vCdSYbjByGKjFlNmBMeELO9Sdl-to6Ckg50wZ0eHMK5-dbHPY/s1600/Week+4+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN8_OFy-G2-eB7hgwb3-yWRbplLqHW15RJ8HTsvc9A-3RCMs35bKOEPraUtWvYkw2pGthSzMCcy_hezZ4hKP2io5Unu5vCdSYbjByGKjFlNmBMeELO9Sdl-to6Ckg50wZ0eHMK5-dbHPY/s320/Week+4+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566555912204663794" border="0" /></a>Seriously. Start sending people home that we KNOW. Or starting letting us get to know the people he is sending home!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzOy07NLVg9v96WiPdOnGW-3k_UzKp2ZBLQGxsY1wUw1ALhsLdv5POUNXRimPOODb2d5d5KFpYUOBE5cfubcYD8TAglq17X4DZIqMM6MLC2m_3MM6oq93I99YMollf4VvJ0GTsaTvCH8P/s1600/cry.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzOy07NLVg9v96WiPdOnGW-3k_UzKp2ZBLQGxsY1wUw1ALhsLdv5POUNXRimPOODb2d5d5KFpYUOBE5cfubcYD8TAglq17X4DZIqMM6MLC2m_3MM6oq93I99YMollf4VvJ0GTsaTvCH8P/s320/cry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566557921241859234" border="0" /></a>I think Stacey got tossed out because she cheated!!! Ouch!! That hurts!!! I guess that is the risk of being honest!! You never know who is going to accept you for who you are!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />Julie Julie<br /><br />PS - Looks like next week, Shawntel gets all kinds of presents from Brad... which normally annoys me.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09o9_tZo2Najc78gVtgcfHjRYrVpFwxjtvVTWsCXU3KJR0Mjh3aDNKWvZ-2tMW2zUaz6qbF10uOLun8EO7NDOaisS05yaBgzCIZjyHWaBZLcVpHanQOwEabd6ZxdnMsZM1teg705AFkWG/s1600/bags.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09o9_tZo2Najc78gVtgcfHjRYrVpFwxjtvVTWsCXU3KJR0Mjh3aDNKWvZ-2tMW2zUaz6qbF10uOLun8EO7NDOaisS05yaBgzCIZjyHWaBZLcVpHanQOwEabd6ZxdnMsZM1teg705AFkWG/s320/bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559359797055778" border="0" /></a>BUT.... looks like she is getting PURSES!!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZhQGZaF2cgJCYOOdcN6rFIhJV4WFoLhRjN3-uod6HV-ndvEDxoM9OSAbCS1cYvMynpP1zjafPBpeDGGePwEHFs4Vnt3EiaNgcE2DjxMHzif3vZ8E2XHPXiWZdbhHHDhwnbTKHy39qKBj/s1600/purse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZhQGZaF2cgJCYOOdcN6rFIhJV4WFoLhRjN3-uod6HV-ndvEDxoM9OSAbCS1cYvMynpP1zjafPBpeDGGePwEHFs4Vnt3EiaNgcE2DjxMHzif3vZ8E2XHPXiWZdbhHHDhwnbTKHy39qKBj/s320/purse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566559912616101186" border="0" /></a>What brand is that?<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-61254868816084366782011-01-25T17:23:00.000-08:002011-01-25T17:24:18.273-08:00Re-cap to come....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVVLLMhOix9I9Dj4qPxoPfGno14Hvps00ag1EzjTSVQtqVhjuI8iBFOOShd0J7nn19hStQUvZjnd2yzGicb0SlKrZj9GI-dCVEDG47CJIiqJuScrqn7fUb2MaJVX-22KmJuWt756lxFkn/s1600/ellen_degeneres.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVVLLMhOix9I9Dj4qPxoPfGno14Hvps00ag1EzjTSVQtqVhjuI8iBFOOShd0J7nn19hStQUvZjnd2yzGicb0SlKrZj9GI-dCVEDG47CJIiqJuScrqn7fUb2MaJVX-22KmJuWt756lxFkn/s320/ellen_degeneres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566299306686129138" border="0" /></a>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-15610110801171968192011-01-17T11:07:00.000-08:002011-01-19T14:20:19.502-08:00The Take Home Message: F Men Who Aren't Into YouAlso --- thank your lucky stars if you have a great dad.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Well, week three is upon us... and things are NOT going to get any easier. In fact, they are only going to get MORE emotional, Harrison reminds us as we get a glimpse of the girls without make up and a hint of who is GENUINELY hot and who's painting that sexy on.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7ySO-zLdWp129Y_Wh74F1SauTp9vZ0f9b_VfuRH9iy5nVnYVQzcSEH_HXlcUzMIk5zN9POrtg-KBLHCuvab78v8MtH9eiTXLtL5XR6QChyWzOuyR3ATUUIGbGDTATBfjryzQ868MscRH/s1600/no+makeup2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7ySO-zLdWp129Y_Wh74F1SauTp9vZ0f9b_VfuRH9iy5nVnYVQzcSEH_HXlcUzMIk5zN9POrtg-KBLHCuvab78v8MtH9eiTXLtL5XR6QChyWzOuyR3ATUUIGbGDTATBfjryzQ868MscRH/s320/no+makeup2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563384008395821746" border="0" /></a>There will be two one-on-one dates and another group date.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_3hObgSPxjACXMDhqJgjA_jZeUlzouhfE249oSBgeIYAIYIuHNnWgLna21_8Sj1SLZ5q6ruNanJTmwgLeiHwPU2c0xwz3b8q020PSHCWhix4iudJAZU6lQZalInmEanT4TwBH9eJ00K5/s1600/no+makeup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_3hObgSPxjACXMDhqJgjA_jZeUlzouhfE249oSBgeIYAIYIuHNnWgLna21_8Sj1SLZ5q6ruNanJTmwgLeiHwPU2c0xwz3b8q020PSHCWhix4iudJAZU6lQZalInmEanT4TwBH9eJ00K5/s320/no+makeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563384004835770114" border="0" /></a>The first one-on-one date goes to Ashley S. "Ashley S, let's find our love song."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Brad comes to pick up Ash at the mansion and psycho-Michelle starts spewing her vituperative jealousy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-MLtpKL-0Bb-tCdNXmW11Z8sX9AoZ6VQcCxbTgo8igD1g3i7e3kG6Ml5meXycbXFNGvqtIaXB3Mnd1s4F06Tc9hW_l6b9KzB1tmAv31e8168oJazmoCmLvNvDllkbUwYrx2kfYTfJUde/s1600/hair+curtain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-MLtpKL-0Bb-tCdNXmW11Z8sX9AoZ6VQcCxbTgo8igD1g3i7e3kG6Ml5meXycbXFNGvqtIaXB3Mnd1s4F06Tc9hW_l6b9KzB1tmAv31e8168oJazmoCmLvNvDllkbUwYrx2kfYTfJUde/s320/hair+curtain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382000272864050" border="0" /></a>Brad and Ash go to some recording studio (the name of which is meant to impress us, but that I can't currently remember). 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I'm actually surprised that it took them fifteen seasons to drag this song out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wjuHWAJp7mWqTYh-40Xu8_JN7Vcy-5x167odziMMc05889uSpXsbwRybpjTCNLIssaI5jcw-9JkxWN-qASnbpXW-LSco8ZIEh2bzsHYJyZc2dtEbk5ZSA-OfPuMX0gAuG9gYTZi67SwV/s1600/my+ears.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wjuHWAJp7mWqTYh-40Xu8_JN7Vcy-5x167odziMMc05889uSpXsbwRybpjTCNLIssaI5jcw-9JkxWN-qASnbpXW-LSco8ZIEh2bzsHYJyZc2dtEbk5ZSA-OfPuMX0gAuG9gYTZi67SwV/s320/my+ears.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563572502428339842" border="0" /></a>Ashley reveals to the camera that this was her and her Dad's special song. And that her Dad has passed away. AWKWARD!!!! And what a coincidence I'm sure! The producers had NOTHING to do with this.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAuN8cUmgu-hH7aC8GIJVatGtaIeB5cJKG57yXxBIut_he63741kiPjN-OiGtnTOALwIIzVc4h97-8KSIL8l6S-pfNmbmXeH0Ol2XIGdl6l7rJ-jGnyPdzxiXnxxwb7aXkeYpJW_O8YV9/s1600/kiss+from+a+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAuN8cUmgu-hH7aC8GIJVatGtaIeB5cJKG57yXxBIut_he63741kiPjN-OiGtnTOALwIIzVc4h97-8KSIL8l6S-pfNmbmXeH0Ol2XIGdl6l7rJ-jGnyPdzxiXnxxwb7aXkeYpJW_O8YV9/s320/kiss+from+a+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382705455649618" border="0" /></a>Really awkward!! I really felt bad for her and for Brad. That would be hard, if that was your Dad's song... and it's also awkward for Brad, who had no clue.... until they sat down for dinner and wine and Ashley revealed how her Dad had passed away and that "Kiss From A Rose" was their special song.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ChVUBunoFtbkWxIl9W8E5x3t2aydfyV33IlgeZLMFQE7zU8UEo3Wph4lrWiPzB9fhbZYdhGFLh0n9-eNiNXRUSNsRMVHE0zK6cknsVNljo5B3Ucr_tKJVeb8_kDtkx_YcS9Zqcz2AFK/s1600/feel+bad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7ChVUBunoFtbkWxIl9W8E5x3t2aydfyV33IlgeZLMFQE7zU8UEo3Wph4lrWiPzB9fhbZYdhGFLh0n9-eNiNXRUSNsRMVHE0zK6cknsVNljo5B3Ucr_tKJVeb8_kDtkx_YcS9Zqcz2AFK/s320/feel+bad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563363974249698194" border="0" /></a>Then Brad felt like a total jack-ass for making her sing that song during their mock-recording session.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />All right. So, I really like Ashley S. I think she is cute, and I do think she is pretty mature. I really did like how last week, she was telling that crazy Melissa "I don't care what happened, calm down!" And Melissa was older, but Ashley had a maturity and calmness about her that made Melissa listen to her. But I really don't think there's much chemistry here (between Brad and Ash). Nothing against Brad, but I think she could do better. Look, I really hate to keep harping on the age gap here, but she is just too young for him!!! She is young and cute and fresh... what does she need with a 38 year old with all that baggage and years of therapy under his belt?? And Brad needs someone whose baggage matches his. Ashley could be with some younger, cute, high energy, enthusiastic young man who has a lot going for him.<br /><br />SAD DAD STORY count: 1 (not including Brad's)<br /><br />Back in the mansion, the group date card arrives: "Love hurts." In attendance will be: Lindsey, Shawntel, Alli, Britt, Kimberly, Sarah, Chantal, Ashley H, Lisa, Stacey, Marissa, Michelle. And you guys, Michelle is PISSED that she's stuck on the group date as opposed to getting a one on one date. Well, like I said last week, Brad is interested in one thing from her. He sees her as a psychotic play-thing that he can't quite resist. She is insane and disrespectful, and in being so is asking to be treated the same. There's no need for Brad to take her out one on one. That kind of crazy will stick around no matter how you treat it. So he can just stick her on a group date, put minimal effort into her and get what he wants.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHnfr1aRO-WfwgztxhMPefgY9ySJFERnxfIPPq0o0osHa9Ucp4bv3WFYlluEVsvRCJC8V5eKOIKkuin4DmNt5SZOasW6RiUwCLAkcDLn9bZf8fCa2hBODrGVNgYpEB-b8gCgQYcolwiB0/s1600/churchvan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHnfr1aRO-WfwgztxhMPefgY9ySJFERnxfIPPq0o0osHa9Ucp4bv3WFYlluEVsvRCJC8V5eKOIKkuin4DmNt5SZOasW6RiUwCLAkcDLn9bZf8fCa2hBODrGVNgYpEB-b8gCgQYcolwiB0/s320/churchvan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382678975609042" border="0" /></a>The women pile into a church van and go meet Brad at another soundstage.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDSZllB5S0Veqdd6Ij49pkqIHM3m6sIx5rCd17G8S1GQ3P_r2YIGSLv7iNxE-5aNOB_gPVIxMwdCSaJUTTecVHedC8mT9f8ghRq3A0foyXnqqT7huugYB_unb_1uStKcZnl8tgey9hPpT/s1600/ext+church+van.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDSZllB5S0Veqdd6Ij49pkqIHM3m6sIx5rCd17G8S1GQ3P_r2YIGSLv7iNxE-5aNOB_gPVIxMwdCSaJUTTecVHedC8mT9f8ghRq3A0foyXnqqT7huugYB_unb_1uStKcZnl8tgey9hPpT/s320/ext+church+van.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381743586276434" border="0" /></a>Wait, what? I thought we already did the acting date last week. Now we're filming an action-adventure movie???? Hmmm.... you know how I'm not interested in sports and football?? Well yeah, I kind of feel the same way about action-adventure movies.... particularly the action scenes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpD2nF5hiD6uGls4HxceVxGq5_aXIqjLvNKrpa-dEeRrH25JagxuETibQAlDgv-2nxndg1fZHu2BheYEQZGTuMt03wRfcrHQxPF3pC5MJdLELLuBJKq4HhpmTt2j8-1rNa1TUTiK-oUz4k/s1600/yello.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpD2nF5hiD6uGls4HxceVxGq5_aXIqjLvNKrpa-dEeRrH25JagxuETibQAlDgv-2nxndg1fZHu2BheYEQZGTuMt03wRfcrHQxPF3pC5MJdLELLuBJKq4HhpmTt2j8-1rNa1TUTiK-oUz4k/s320/yello.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383999264889122" border="0" /></a>Hmmm... so yeah, this date was pretty boring to me. Let's see... what of interest happened??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwgpavJu4rLXv96eDdOgPhf5rzs_oczF7dT_R3ayBh3QER8aRVF6RaDM5YUl2zf8geEZtni6ButD_46ynfexcEnE5QWo7ueX82h6QzmNTiKt_qGmIaFactlKWC3gTnihkms_DZaUOMXVf/s1600/pit+stains.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwgpavJu4rLXv96eDdOgPhf5rzs_oczF7dT_R3ayBh3QER8aRVF6RaDM5YUl2zf8geEZtni6ButD_46ynfexcEnE5QWo7ueX82h6QzmNTiKt_qGmIaFactlKWC3gTnihkms_DZaUOMXVf/s320/pit+stains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383390033651202" border="0" /></a>This chick was worried about getting pit stains... I guess she doesn't realize that pit stains usually appear on GRAY work-out clothes, not WHITE. What else?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXXP1QB7yOwt0_UabsiMgDe508FwU8Cg1H5gsE6AUrWOXSrFnZWiv32LNCiv-l81w1Mxm2j6A7tqwr09Z9g-qg3vFaUHCGcnGa862lAwwh2bDgPMTPieQQuSUd_vsXNh5t07Tur3AqvE5/s1600/work+out+pants.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXXP1QB7yOwt0_UabsiMgDe508FwU8Cg1H5gsE6AUrWOXSrFnZWiv32LNCiv-l81w1Mxm2j6A7tqwr09Z9g-qg3vFaUHCGcnGa862lAwwh2bDgPMTPieQQuSUd_vsXNh5t07Tur3AqvE5/s320/work+out+pants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383694763508434" border="0" /></a>Don't they all look hot in their work-out clothes?? When I put on my work-out clothes and go to the gym, I always THINK that I look like the above.... but I also have this little nagging voice in the back of my head that tells me maybe that's not quite accurate.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m41sZJ_Jjrb9EkE53bG0u27JJd2Q-9xdRuVtkSacnShPYjrIQUDHQ4tWb7yx6glCk1hxcL4gQPqGpwxpL9gUBsvRXUwjB0kFAVgpjZp0pMH55RjIMiOgqOfEmXfAqYpiLVECJHpWU1ZN/s1600/noxema.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m41sZJ_Jjrb9EkE53bG0u27JJd2Q-9xdRuVtkSacnShPYjrIQUDHQ4tWb7yx6glCk1hxcL4gQPqGpwxpL9gUBsvRXUwjB0kFAVgpjZp0pMH55RjIMiOgqOfEmXfAqYpiLVECJHpWU1ZN/s320/noxema.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563372883005306882" border="0" /></a>Say what??? When did Rebecca Gayheart join the cast???<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So, obviously I liked Shawntel on this date. BTW --- seriously WHY are there two Shawn/Chan-tel/tals??? That is some SERIOUSLY annoying shiz right there. I'd rather they were straight up two chicks with the same name and different last initials. These homophone-names that are spelled different and weird anyway are really cramping my style. So SHAWNTEL, the funeral director is the one who kicked ass.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ6NFz8Z2xqpwy36dzs5H-eJbg0auovF0gyCnE3ZKIBKNpEAWLePumhNSwUDX22bFAf0nHXjw659KMZHlLd6kS3czLt4NdhRTnIk0KLPoPPjydOExxN_JRvcVap0sWHqV20k5zuHl1NrR/s1600/resscue.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQ6NFz8Z2xqpwy36dzs5H-eJbg0auovF0gyCnE3ZKIBKNpEAWLePumhNSwUDX22bFAf0nHXjw659KMZHlLd6kS3czLt4NdhRTnIk0KLPoPPjydOExxN_JRvcVap0sWHqV20k5zuHl1NrR/s320/resscue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563373369837306114" border="0" /></a>In this shot, she does look like an action hero who has come to rescue the gratuitously handsome captive. I think she's really pretty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kFpW_OMYgbaTXpbzVGWhy1CpC0smk9-3SyL2HoxFubno4HICeDgTzRXWCiO9AD7esZKDgltrnGLYjjB8LKrmWlaS9gf0LObgw43MQas3ocPiaAUQ_8ciy3EP1_JClEvzg7YukIl8R7pK/s1600/tied+up.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kFpW_OMYgbaTXpbzVGWhy1CpC0smk9-3SyL2HoxFubno4HICeDgTzRXWCiO9AD7esZKDgltrnGLYjjB8LKrmWlaS9gf0LObgw43MQas3ocPiaAUQ_8ciy3EP1_JClEvzg7YukIl8R7pK/s320/tied+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563373364769380130" border="0" /></a>And I thought it was HILARIOUS how Michelle was like "It is OFFENSIVE that Shawntel kissed him like that." HAHAHAHAAA!!! I am the queen of looking for irrelevant things to be offended by. (In fact my New Year's resolution last year was to stop being offended... I probably need to re-up it this year). So, I thought this was a pretty far/funny reach for something to be offended by.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, so I also like Shawntel due to her profession. Funeral directing was the family business on my Mom's side. Long live the funeral directors!!! (Hahahha... get it??)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwABoluQJ-r2inm6D0DkO5H81ApRknBGayxIKXNgpScXc6463HPkySOKcGRBIIgV9oYn-0wfbX-qv-hgR58QlQNV4jFi1RnqTVA2HUjAvXgtZWktRjxZ0mqVAbuDlE6rjbDh2EZa3pODr7/s1600/dux.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwABoluQJ-r2inm6D0DkO5H81ApRknBGayxIKXNgpScXc6463HPkySOKcGRBIIgV9oYn-0wfbX-qv-hgR58QlQNV4jFi1RnqTVA2HUjAvXgtZWktRjxZ0mqVAbuDlE6rjbDh2EZa3pODr7/s320/dux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381726876926306" border="0" /></a>All right, so the ladies follow<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><s> mother duck</s> Brad over to a wrap-party. He dives into the pool with his clothes on.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAaX1_00WxARqFJwoIgSVRSM8PNdmlIsME5ZxmMlaU2KLYKWjtACwiBB9zo-qwLBCNar1yWIgMBxZKYfZxfD927g2fL1EmA167kqEVxoIQehAbL1Gr8rL7EaxzvkwZ5EutT6RMjLz3diI/s1600/clothes+dive.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAaX1_00WxARqFJwoIgSVRSM8PNdmlIsME5ZxmMlaU2KLYKWjtACwiBB9zo-qwLBCNar1yWIgMBxZKYfZxfD927g2fL1EmA167kqEVxoIQehAbL1Gr8rL7EaxzvkwZ5EutT6RMjLz3diI/s320/clothes+dive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381545994726770" border="0" /></a>Some ladies do the same... and before we know it, CHANTAL steals him away for some one on one time. She didn't learn her lesson last week and starts crying. But I didn't really get the vibe that she was a drama queen... I more got the vibe that she was DRUNK off her ass... and you know... sometimes when girls drink too much, they start crying and spouting off emotional stuff.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">She is like "I don't just do this." Oh lord. Why do girls always say that?? Men are proud of how MANY women they have bagged and women are proud of how FEW men they have bagged. Let's all get over this counting business, shall we? We are all grown ups here. Oh wait... no we're not!!! Only Brad is! The rest of you ladies are precious young things.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94W-XrUNOPDTPT6ckhRVRZ7k3dvVg0bYLvGL-VOt9a_aDkuUbE6M5_3TQj4tS-fbwz45HT8078AaJ3907ggeXpfbssGU6ajAEhbYd5LrzU9uHNHNj7E-Q66IUuYBZ9PeCOVzbH2ZWxE8u/s1600/i+dont+just+do+this.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94W-XrUNOPDTPT6ckhRVRZ7k3dvVg0bYLvGL-VOt9a_aDkuUbE6M5_3TQj4tS-fbwz45HT8078AaJ3907ggeXpfbssGU6ajAEhbYd5LrzU9uHNHNj7E-Q66IUuYBZ9PeCOVzbH2ZWxE8u/s320/i+dont+just+do+this.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382199547738914" border="0" /></a>Also, of course the most hilarious moment of this conversation was when Brad was like "Neither do I..... Oh wait, I HAVE done this before." HAHAHAH!!!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So she drunkenly and emotionally tells Brad that her unfaithful Dad left her and her Mom, she tracked down the woman he re-married and found out that he had passed away.<br /><br />SAD DAD STORY count: 2<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm2GFFnffXg3yNiGyzDimXtDV5ACUipO0SmAgCE0hEeFNgBfCXnl_htWnWmPWMkNqLaMcQT0DisOGoLTdurrfkfGVqAOZHk4S-qgNWhSin1CiWSgNuVJxsx5z9HwPvfgE91RGr0misG2l/s1600/creeper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm2GFFnffXg3yNiGyzDimXtDV5ACUipO0SmAgCE0hEeFNgBfCXnl_htWnWmPWMkNqLaMcQT0DisOGoLTdurrfkfGVqAOZHk4S-qgNWhSin1CiWSgNuVJxsx5z9HwPvfgE91RGr0misG2l/s320/creeper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563372881557744626" border="0" /></a>Alli has some super-un-notable one-on-one time with Brad which summarily gets interrupted by the creeper, Michelle, who is friends with none of the girls and is a straight up crazy person.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlsZQNdD-1MTyToXpbU4wO371b5rBYSwLyMcFA1Fsy1f2bNvRLAdrfuhBemW8ln6F6L8UF6WWQfQpZipd2S3SfdFleCU5JegFsEnXohtqY8rZeAbWAsGVYklVydwfnJZ2wS0FIRAh5Xto/s1600/psycho.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlsZQNdD-1MTyToXpbU4wO371b5rBYSwLyMcFA1Fsy1f2bNvRLAdrfuhBemW8ln6F6L8UF6WWQfQpZipd2S3SfdFleCU5JegFsEnXohtqY8rZeAbWAsGVYklVydwfnJZ2wS0FIRAh5Xto/s320/psycho.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563372885628365938" border="0" /></a>In the end, the rose on this date goes to Shawntel, the funeral director. Yeah!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9rS07jTkcI5k-sYqt39j5ZBr6yhYyjXB9JDq2wR3Jdrx_bssXzvQCOuku54GmSebJsNxybLTl38r4gzLuthdMgxaKqgywINNfeAJY-h9J8rAQKlQ9aOZan5Jmh_o1JJ7BM0dZ2bJfu0K/s1600/brad+rescue.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9rS07jTkcI5k-sYqt39j5ZBr6yhYyjXB9JDq2wR3Jdrx_bssXzvQCOuku54GmSebJsNxybLTl38r4gzLuthdMgxaKqgywINNfeAJY-h9J8rAQKlQ9aOZan5Jmh_o1JJ7BM0dZ2bJfu0K/s320/brad+rescue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381361319673154" border="0" /></a>Back in the mansh, the recipient of the second one-on-one date is revealed: Emily. Madison really wanted it, since she has really not shown Brad much of herself... and now she won't be getting a date with him at all this week.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjGCEr4B5PSOXOmbIWRYQogLyu6ahlr-b8PlnS346Ml-spN3I7SHYk6-iJ9i92CidScZWDpJpgr5zDoRBGGWZUyHbEmBE0svFUTOtOJEzAkE2VzCRHH9MnoyAW2urVSzyLDUNNPkH2XGN/s1600/madi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjGCEr4B5PSOXOmbIWRYQogLyu6ahlr-b8PlnS346Ml-spN3I7SHYk6-iJ9i92CidScZWDpJpgr5zDoRBGGWZUyHbEmBE0svFUTOtOJEzAkE2VzCRHH9MnoyAW2urVSzyLDUNNPkH2XGN/s320/madi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383388666191922" border="0" /></a>Jackie smugly tells us that she thinks having a kid is something Emily should reveal to Brad stat. And then we see Emily lay her whole story out for the other ladies. Ok, so you know how there's always someone who is like "I didn't come here to make friends." WELL, I think that actually if I went on this show, that would be the one thing that you SHOULD try to do. There's not much chance of finding any sort of lasting love in this platform... but you could make some good friends, lounging around in that mansion, sipping cocktails by the pool, lounging in the den, viewing the sunset.... and all without any access to the outside world. In fact, if you DIDN'T try to make friends, I think you would go straight up insane... and I think we have seen that happen over and over. The girls who are on the outs with the other girls usually end up getting sent home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtcmxE5qwQEyRq-WfFWgM1xjb1WzrbyM3uADsONRIw2NHxvI_6xVXcut-UHtp6cJefmEujudC3vs4kO-aMVZjltrZiNY9OuzonAiGkB7I-o0ECAlbt92FRdX-7x7Hh0uEMP8kEhO8criE/s1600/wine+night.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtcmxE5qwQEyRq-WfFWgM1xjb1WzrbyM3uADsONRIw2NHxvI_6xVXcut-UHtp6cJefmEujudC3vs4kO-aMVZjltrZiNY9OuzonAiGkB7I-o0ECAlbt92FRdX-7x7Hh0uEMP8kEhO8criE/s320/wine+night.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563363989905668322" border="0" /></a>Wine night!!!!!!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So Emily tells her sad story. I do get why she doesn't want to lay out all her baggage too soon. And she does seem very sweet and polite and Southern and.... boring. Sorry!!! I had to say it. She is super cute, sweet, pretty, petite and everything. But I haven't really heard her say anything especially interesting or funny. Sorry, y'all. But I call it like I see it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheIjoP2lBM8_-AruttitYNdbduNuSI2d0lvGKSJDjavH7JbFMERbfEWTMdxXQEqUwuUVNtwe91r7jMUJqUHqEOPYNS95XLv5AoYZeaVvYHz2PL_6cZClUXgUWV-7Hy80RqT19GnwmPb_H/s1600/old+lady+hobble.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheIjoP2lBM8_-AruttitYNdbduNuSI2d0lvGKSJDjavH7JbFMERbfEWTMdxXQEqUwuUVNtwe91r7jMUJqUHqEOPYNS95XLv5AoYZeaVvYHz2PL_6cZClUXgUWV-7Hy80RqT19GnwmPb_H/s320/old+lady+hobble.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383394900161474" border="0" /></a>Brad shows up to get Emily and she emerges wearing a less-than-cute outfit. Really?? I dunno... the whole jumper thing isn't really doing it for me. Am I the only one? Meghan's description of Emily was pretty funny --- she is a teeny Barbie doll with the soul of Mother Theresa. Hahah, yeah I get that. Barbie doll, Mother Theresa (but still boring, sorry).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWgju2bBi7O-OhwJ5mi2re11D8tt9wMRXs_KdkD4du5xsCuXKcmOtJ3j3Dy36u39_8LDYD6qFdGw4hm6_3NtdNj49TyNd_vZhojU6ADIsFRt3K1DiCApGk6LjhKBryrrq6lN8hZz-7ogg/s1600/emily+plane.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWgju2bBi7O-OhwJ5mi2re11D8tt9wMRXs_KdkD4du5xsCuXKcmOtJ3j3Dy36u39_8LDYD6qFdGw4hm6_3NtdNj49TyNd_vZhojU6ADIsFRt3K1DiCApGk6LjhKBryrrq6lN8hZz-7ogg/s320/emily+plane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563586751402568290" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So he starts the date off by driving her to a private plane in which they will be flying. HAHAHAHAAA!!!! OMG!!!! Are you serious?????? Producers, come on, you guys!!! Have some heart!!! This is BRUTAL!!!!!!! Poor Emily. Poor Brad. She tells us how planes make her nervous because they remind her of when her fiance, Ricky, died in a plane crash and she found out later that week that she was pregnant with his baby. O, the humanity!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-JB1S0mxh306nqU4gDOR2GqjicGC23m1i5vSAy1XVd8qGWBLIowa9pOmiqJ1GAKo2avncJJhaz5m-8WHV3fFyZZhTOPzVBPGqrsBBbeJQBViv6FpA0aCGnN5An3FTEW6R5N1Opxjl4iZ/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-JB1S0mxh306nqU4gDOR2GqjicGC23m1i5vSAy1XVd8qGWBLIowa9pOmiqJ1GAKo2avncJJhaz5m-8WHV3fFyZZhTOPzVBPGqrsBBbeJQBViv6FpA0aCGnN5An3FTEW6R5N1Opxjl4iZ/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563379693121230114" border="0" /></a>So they fly up to wine country and have some wine by the fire as the wind blows through her hair. Holy S, this was awkward!!!! I literally felt like I was watching an episode of Punk'd. I know she has a dead baby-daddy. You know she has a dead baby-daddy. The producers know she has a dead baby-daddy. Everyone in the world besides Brad knows she has a dead baby-daddy. Brad knows SOMETHING is off, but really can't figure out exactly what. He henceforth keeps asking inappropriate questions: "What is your longest relationship?" "How come it didn't work out?" "What is your perfect date?" "What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?" OMG! Soooo awkward! My palms were sweating and my heart was palpitating because I felt so uncomfortable watching this scene!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEi5VSGhbt8kEQSaHpbQuhLphocN3uEq_KKr71l30Onp4Eqea4DVhf1Z9OFBfAYqgmNw2vO2BGwnGUfPjck3wlo3wZceyiYZtcyHm0ocVEmZgWz9B83sPceyN7YrdRIm93Gfq1VrYc2u2r/s1600/wine.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEi5VSGhbt8kEQSaHpbQuhLphocN3uEq_KKr71l30Onp4Eqea4DVhf1Z9OFBfAYqgmNw2vO2BGwnGUfPjck3wlo3wZceyiYZtcyHm0ocVEmZgWz9B83sPceyN7YrdRIm93Gfq1VrYc2u2r/s320/wine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563363981481164882" border="0" /></a>Finally God takes mercy upon us. Inside the barn, a lovely dinner is set up for them. Emily takes a sip of liquid courage and gets up the guts to tell Brad about how her fiance died in a plane crash when she was 18 and she found out later that week she was pregnant.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrQ8uVZF8X32XYdv486DtPJ62OwcG3pd7ngt7Z9n_MohJ9Jw8iKSHnz0ayzVxmPbvZhkqa_DD9LfneXWD1of8q8AzvvW7wyx3GfZ7TFy4O1PruetYrh4aK8UnlqIkdOw-ZgqBwvpVVaoC/s1600/awkward+dinner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrQ8uVZF8X32XYdv486DtPJ62OwcG3pd7ngt7Z9n_MohJ9Jw8iKSHnz0ayzVxmPbvZhkqa_DD9LfneXWD1of8q8AzvvW7wyx3GfZ7TFy4O1PruetYrh4aK8UnlqIkdOw-ZgqBwvpVVaoC/s320/awkward+dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563362425955427634" border="0" /></a>Once again, Brad feels like a jackass. This time for taking the girl whose fiance died in a plane crash on a private jet. Now that the cat is out of the bag, Emily feels way more relaxed and can be herself. Well, naturally. As far as the energy/connection/chemistry between them? Eh... who knows. Nothing really noteworthy that I can see. Obviously he gave her a rose.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdaW4FYqYvih-7888Ly6Dl4XnOnpffO81Owe8Oga9n00-ezsm9s83Xv-SR0NhOLP5Sip7G9kvLJ1jhcKgtM5E3PJO6AqOvdNi8lrWVegn2QNRVNW05wCQ3rDIC2ZEHfWgFOc8MPo2WmF7/s1600/emily+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdaW4FYqYvih-7888Ly6Dl4XnOnpffO81Owe8Oga9n00-ezsm9s83Xv-SR0NhOLP5Sip7G9kvLJ1jhcKgtM5E3PJO6AqOvdNi8lrWVegn2QNRVNW05wCQ3rDIC2ZEHfWgFOc8MPo2WmF7/s320/emily+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381729734285314" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile back at the mansion!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Madison gets emotional as Emily's story sinks in.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-l3rhcIRp9ZGDUBeeId-EQkL7baHHHz7ptllGvD30mYzlNq90p2_JPpAJ_QLcaXHXVL6TaQzr46-QVogWYsqDQ76ZPXlu1h6v1oDGJgqp5VFHwJYJuLkaczb0iNAMDJq4zoc0kpy2szq8/s1600/gossip.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-l3rhcIRp9ZGDUBeeId-EQkL7baHHHz7ptllGvD30mYzlNq90p2_JPpAJ_QLcaXHXVL6TaQzr46-QVogWYsqDQ76ZPXlu1h6v1oDGJgqp5VFHwJYJuLkaczb0iNAMDJq4zoc0kpy2szq8/s320/gossip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382003208220770" border="0" /></a>At this point, it's not really clear why she is freaking out. But she mentions that she came here in a light-hearted way and she is now seeing that some of the girls here are dealing with way deeper emotions.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Meanwhile, in BRAD's bachelor mansion... we are reminded that he has changed. Wow. I've been watching this episode for an entire hour and this is the first time I've been reminded that he is a changed man. I almost forgot!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwj_jsyqXPD0q0D0_NzBKvi1ussTJecidDk_V6ktbkFQN1fAhz6eKDtsDcdc9SqoCvVzBO_ZCaQA8RiGRSe_KJVoAQrY2OAayd2eQKH0xLmQEFESz894qqPIg6JugL-5kxybcRcJ7hSAt/s1600/i%2527ve+changed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwj_jsyqXPD0q0D0_NzBKvi1ussTJecidDk_V6ktbkFQN1fAhz6eKDtsDcdc9SqoCvVzBO_ZCaQA8RiGRSe_KJVoAQrY2OAayd2eQKH0xLmQEFESz894qqPIg6JugL-5kxybcRcJ7hSAt/s320/i%2527ve+changed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383386728459314" border="0" /></a>And to hammer the point home that he used to be a scoundrel, but is now reformed and proactively trying to maintain his virtue, we are treated to a therapy session!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdt0cMGFXXfuGVKmxAC7muHbJgorEGoDi7TOcs_rjEKDyILuRbzYIzUQLIb3kF7Bzwg_BGPGdSFeVE5jUHh8XRo_EMl3z5WKjUUC4tw8AYdvPh6858WtaIYA9gzwVaOOkawZD78R1MOhQ/s1600/crew+reflection.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdt0cMGFXXfuGVKmxAC7muHbJgorEGoDi7TOcs_rjEKDyILuRbzYIzUQLIb3kF7Bzwg_BGPGdSFeVE5jUHh8XRo_EMl3z5WKjUUC4tw8AYdvPh6858WtaIYA9gzwVaOOkawZD78R1MOhQ/s320/crew+reflection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381554292999730" border="0" /></a>This British therapist talks more than he listens and makes the point that Brad needs to make these women comfortable so that he can see the amazing qualities they have to offer.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sOnv8R9855oANvvlCggMcj8Xsl1uoxpGSmZYUvDutJZjJI2vung83aoV13h9cGOf25L0Ca_jc7zARmLN7Ipb8DOYWKl6DKDlEw7ZLzzFY8QymYUCAnhDx8L6TuZdtYQMvhZ72u-K6lKe/s1600/ttherapy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sOnv8R9855oANvvlCggMcj8Xsl1uoxpGSmZYUvDutJZjJI2vung83aoV13h9cGOf25L0Ca_jc7zARmLN7Ipb8DOYWKl6DKDlEw7ZLzzFY8QymYUCAnhDx8L6TuZdtYQMvhZ72u-K6lKe/s320/ttherapy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563372890141709426" border="0" /></a>It's like when you want to pet a cat who's hiding under the couch. You have to slowly lure her out without seeming too over-eager or making her feel threatened.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkawvITzAu66zVJ5LMdUzQiWf3xtmRlvKgrVX8fjnw0Ut5tkCIwKmnquZHzcVhI1KHzsKhdb_-fIG3FTOPYeul0Fyhqx4620l39Yy2qwtsUZSeE4jka8uzqONH9clsgbtj5HFEwH7imI-f/s1600/cat-hiding-in-couch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkawvITzAu66zVJ5LMdUzQiWf3xtmRlvKgrVX8fjnw0Ut5tkCIwKmnquZHzcVhI1KHzsKhdb_-fIG3FTOPYeul0Fyhqx4620l39Yy2qwtsUZSeE4jka8uzqONH9clsgbtj5HFEwH7imI-f/s320/cat-hiding-in-couch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563424789202724930" border="0" /></a>All right, finally it's time for the final cocktail party.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVbb3ebtZql5eol0cljQc3mSqd32LUwYC9u4IIdKNkVBIrF_zx1F9UG2g8Qw5q6xIpt4rckephivkQHdrCDQqVq74ukMh-wUOa5sodCpkX0rqOPmvl7XidWLU1L1igeBw9Oct2qKTM9eU/s1600/brad+cocktail.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVbb3ebtZql5eol0cljQc3mSqd32LUwYC9u4IIdKNkVBIrF_zx1F9UG2g8Qw5q6xIpt4rckephivkQHdrCDQqVq74ukMh-wUOa5sodCpkX0rqOPmvl7XidWLU1L1igeBw9Oct2qKTM9eU/s320/brad+cocktail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381344981461602" border="0" /></a>A couple people have some uninteresting one on one time. Alli's Dad was unfaithful and he came to her one day and said "Hey Alli, you have a little sister that you don't know about."<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">SAD DAD STORY count: 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux05GVX3S2RQi3g1L4c2FxLEpG7VZzxs1QHdYy175ap_Z5_JLFU3NjTh10nac5qpc04aNpM6i839-ttzpXT1PQPYGAz5k13wKmhyphenhyphenYHYVJohK_0JX5jJzKMydyXemKHglj6txJzrYHDjLE/s1600/the-count.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux05GVX3S2RQi3g1L4c2FxLEpG7VZzxs1QHdYy175ap_Z5_JLFU3NjTh10nac5qpc04aNpM6i839-ttzpXT1PQPYGAz5k13wKmhyphenhyphenYHYVJohK_0JX5jJzKMydyXemKHglj6txJzrYHDjLE/s320/the-count.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563426064062531426" border="0" /></a>Cue the thunder and lightning. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQC82okzTXI">Ha. ha. ha. ha.</a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />He talks to Chantal and apologizes for... something??? Not entirely clear. I do see that he has "chemistry" with her. He wasn't put off by her drunken rambling the other day. During her one-on-one time, psycho Michelle creeps up to steal Brad away.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiarMgpSGgNZcLLWHN4uc8n9R1k8XDE0R7zdh1WI1TbN_qDJX-ji0QHA7YG7XDo_ZMLFchtTgY1x-QXG8D4dfcj_Os4CVBaMU7x7I3X_da5rEUiElk6ii1f9j8MMt7TBidrhnzgKAkw2JX/s1600/creeper2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiarMgpSGgNZcLLWHN4uc8n9R1k8XDE0R7zdh1WI1TbN_qDJX-ji0QHA7YG7XDo_ZMLFchtTgY1x-QXG8D4dfcj_Os4CVBaMU7x7I3X_da5rEUiElk6ii1f9j8MMt7TBidrhnzgKAkw2JX/s320/creeper2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563372876983792850" border="0" /></a>She tells Brad that they are now having their first "fight." She is mad that he's kissing other girls. That woman is insane. I feel sorry for her kid. And kind of for Brad... what exactly is wrong with him??? Why does he think this is a girl he should not send home?????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwr0KvFUNw9ZZCRRremE0CIdYKV5BCe1428PtuI3fsiYjzwEtnQhnm5V9eaiAM7k-pG2o7f4q8NYPb-aU6SyRIUhoNMKgzmUBolGFHGRI9dYnJfn-X5_wiCJY4h8Thr6-3Jj3dZWHMyH0/s1600/crazy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwr0KvFUNw9ZZCRRremE0CIdYKV5BCe1428PtuI3fsiYjzwEtnQhnm5V9eaiAM7k-pG2o7f4q8NYPb-aU6SyRIUhoNMKgzmUBolGFHGRI9dYnJfn-X5_wiCJY4h8Thr6-3Jj3dZWHMyH0/s320/crazy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381554573666706" border="0" /></a>Oh well, I guess we'll get to see more of her... at least she's good for stirring up drama and scandal in the house. Also, she is the one who you hate and want to go home with all due haste, but just keeps sticking around. The only consolation you can take is that the longer she stays, the more it will hurt when she does get the boot.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLFusQqbudiE92SinvFqVzT4kXMCsumqiHe_4HQUyYASBd6fJ_pQUTNeixc47H_vmKU1QlMThDkjjDwwA-57HBXfD-d5qTZMIavvLKiCfrWEoaSoCf8c2WSyMjU-iDphQMkvl6CxBeVcz/s1600/fight.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLFusQqbudiE92SinvFqVzT4kXMCsumqiHe_4HQUyYASBd6fJ_pQUTNeixc47H_vmKU1QlMThDkjjDwwA-57HBXfD-d5qTZMIavvLKiCfrWEoaSoCf8c2WSyMjU-iDphQMkvl6CxBeVcz/s320/fight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563381987651369810" border="0" /></a>Anyway... eventually Madison has some one on one time with Brad. She tells Brad that she really hasn't opened up to him, as some of the other women here in the house have.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbIka7Y4yBgRrzw4iTeSlsJ1PbSpOiKJIv6-LWHxdZCWvpXbN3Ir1DrV9n3IzfHSf69a_-sFl9PZQua7NvueEjhIyi4QJrvW7ao6yETEQJsobq5Sy-V4FryuryIduCC8uinH4JaLOLIwk/s1600/remove+fangs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbIka7Y4yBgRrzw4iTeSlsJ1PbSpOiKJIv6-LWHxdZCWvpXbN3Ir1DrV9n3IzfHSf69a_-sFl9PZQua7NvueEjhIyi4QJrvW7ao6yETEQJsobq5Sy-V4FryuryIduCC8uinH4JaLOLIwk/s320/remove+fangs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563373370649464178" border="0" /></a>She even respectfully takes out her fangs, saying that she owes it to him to be her real self, with no playing around. It's easy to reveal her fun self, but not so easy to show her deeper colors. She is even considering going home...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKygDtn_yarPQZ-RTsc71eNsLM8hRxmqG3G9AGlAD6qekCTsocapBySFVHk1wV6uyGzT3xXEWXzNTUrwJidqH5Tg6fvxSLo-9-nmZApVn9FxBPCllUCNSy6BszYP-V6_o70LfHBn9CQ-P/s1600/knee+surgery.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKygDtn_yarPQZ-RTsc71eNsLM8hRxmqG3G9AGlAD6qekCTsocapBySFVHk1wV6uyGzT3xXEWXzNTUrwJidqH5Tg6fvxSLo-9-nmZApVn9FxBPCllUCNSy6BszYP-V6_o70LfHBn9CQ-P/s320/knee+surgery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383993773678866" border="0" /></a>Also, has she had knee surgery? Is that a scar I see?<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />And I love how Brad then tries to spin and justify it by saying "Madison can't stop worrying about my relationship with Emily." Uhmmm yeah.... I don't think that was quite it, Brad. She's not really worried about Emily coming between you and her... she's more worried about herself coming between you and Emily (or some other girl who really likes you).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ashley H has some one on one time, where she displays her neurotic and insecure true colors.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpB6Mgk-XiOlrkJ1ImEUAhQlq8a0VSBpl5HJ0579PpzhNHD_uPJxblk8B_A9FyRI_5eSqV9PH_lvXDVjw4w_XZDMyRfHXXRtCYC0tGAFaHibnuUiqrTntKQt669yE76ZTSKuK1wy1WUAG/s1600/awkward+goodbye.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpB6Mgk-XiOlrkJ1ImEUAhQlq8a0VSBpl5HJ0579PpzhNHD_uPJxblk8B_A9FyRI_5eSqV9PH_lvXDVjw4w_XZDMyRfHXXRtCYC0tGAFaHibnuUiqrTntKQt669yE76ZTSKuK1wy1WUAG/s320/awkward+goodbye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563373378049627858" border="0" /></a>Yeah, I can see how she's going to turn into a drama queen, as they showed in the previews for next week. All I can say is that she did well acting cool for awhile... she really hung in there.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, time for the rose ceremony.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvstPKrReruFnUBhTtecf-uXb90yhB9J1f-oRle1PQ4xEZm6LEZqaD_pygrfdyoYqmjljdBimwXyukUkFp-VAp33ngtqWF60ILXPB792Ds742-J8gi8fnSrDs-lTk9YUxxD_sL9NK41euW/s1600/ihate+jackie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvstPKrReruFnUBhTtecf-uXb90yhB9J1f-oRle1PQ4xEZm6LEZqaD_pygrfdyoYqmjljdBimwXyukUkFp-VAp33ngtqWF60ILXPB792Ds742-J8gi8fnSrDs-lTk9YUxxD_sL9NK41euW/s320/ihate+jackie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383993476822530" border="0" /></a>God, I dislike Jackie.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Madi bows out mid-rose ceremony. I think it was nice of her to do so. It seems like she really just wasn't especially vested in him and she saw that other girls were. So she decided to just be honest and walk away. Brad just could NOT understand. So of course, he had to preserve his ego and spin it that she just has walls up and is afraid of letting love in. Also, I think it really made him look bad in front of the other girls at the rose ceremony. Hahahaha!!! Embarrassing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3c4YLYyrRuMrehyphenhyphenC8OQe3JX_ymf69TenMZT7B7xCSOp3CX6P5DTcKo17RRy1qZHapUsoXkFcH8WiyeYWxy-puHNMiNVSY9pP1MyilggkJtfG132tEsY3ERwgtRUjuzi-7xbrt26tP-luO/s1600/finale+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3c4YLYyrRuMrehyphenhyphenC8OQe3JX_ymf69TenMZT7B7xCSOp3CX6P5DTcKo17RRy1qZHapUsoXkFcH8WiyeYWxy-puHNMiNVSY9pP1MyilggkJtfG132tEsY3ERwgtRUjuzi-7xbrt26tP-luO/s320/finale+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563379680289085218" border="0" /></a> It was dramatic, I guess. Maybe he should have taken her out on a date if he really wanted to get to know her so well.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYsyOD6E23RJxO91Gn907VVrB2LeWWsT1AJ9lZ2NQqYmHt2wKjmRQKrJbLaRFz0wFhf-dTQAxu9qtyaPUWKS2lGmrtwe7HUISPHcjUy93moT8V4SpJE-9eHaXt36BFs1MTkPKRxWU1ikk/s1600/Week+three+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYsyOD6E23RJxO91Gn907VVrB2LeWWsT1AJ9lZ2NQqYmHt2wKjmRQKrJbLaRFz0wFhf-dTQAxu9qtyaPUWKS2lGmrtwe7HUISPHcjUy93moT8V4SpJE-9eHaXt36BFs1MTkPKRxWU1ikk/s320/Week+three+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563582981724709602" border="0" /></a>These are the final results. Reminder: you can click on the chart to see a bigger size of it!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9fFSiJOQAbJ-DLDsUJxevd6oGMXNZ4NGIvRizbOFjVwD8dR3U8tekU9j35bpk89-XFLVBJGWvSioDE0cmeVyGR8SjVw0SbJ5vMYHaIvACDBzTMfOc6ZstM95TIltuAD2f_aRv8IHjL1_/s1600/F+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9fFSiJOQAbJ-DLDsUJxevd6oGMXNZ4NGIvRizbOFjVwD8dR3U8tekU9j35bpk89-XFLVBJGWvSioDE0cmeVyGR8SjVw0SbJ5vMYHaIvACDBzTMfOc6ZstM95TIltuAD2f_aRv8IHjL1_/s320/F+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563382692825476258" border="0" /></a>HAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAA!!!! OMG... Kimberly had the BEST exit interview ever!!! "Fuk Brad!" HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!! That is hilarious... and we are a bit far along for such a stoic exit. Kudos to Kim!! That is right!!! We Charlotte girls don't have time for tall dorks who aren't into us!! We never cry over a man, we just scream "next!" Right??!!! Right! That is the Take Home Message. Seriously... F Brad or any other guy that isn't interested. I loved how she was like "I could be dating another guy TOMORROW" and flung her hair over her shoulder. That was really funny.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />She definitely came off better than this chick:<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfspYwZuizrkiVWeS2z-S8u7Nojn94o3MwaGFxN4RSg7B7HgRRk2Ca3XQDb9HreUvV-5K17x_dgAWXZWcmjBoKrt0NxcqqczQo16nSiPFDcpL64TickAgQ14Ow6O2uTI0M14j2Sd7Wpfbr/s1600/mascara.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfspYwZuizrkiVWeS2z-S8u7Nojn94o3MwaGFxN4RSg7B7HgRRk2Ca3XQDb9HreUvV-5K17x_dgAWXZWcmjBoKrt0NxcqqczQo16nSiPFDcpL64TickAgQ14Ow6O2uTI0M14j2Sd7Wpfbr/s320/mascara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563383394321706354" border="0" /></a>Honestly, they need to start cutting more girls. At this point, he is still sending home women I don't even recognize. I am like "Who the hell was that???" It's really not interesting until he starts sending home people we actually KNOW.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzWIu_jauBZKWwmfqXsTvbi3Gc9EGtnlxqbaqxyQ0vkEDVFt1bO9wCX0q4kG-r4vwO9pV8l4l0R7rnrD0Fgb8eoF52l1PnQDTnpsEmDpQnXtFF7RUDVmcEZlqr8GzPuw-WGDBHrbYC-D0/s1600/angry+brad+w+shovel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzWIu_jauBZKWwmfqXsTvbi3Gc9EGtnlxqbaqxyQ0vkEDVFt1bO9wCX0q4kG-r4vwO9pV8l4l0R7rnrD0Fgb8eoF52l1PnQDTnpsEmDpQnXtFF7RUDVmcEZlqr8GzPuw-WGDBHrbYC-D0/s320/angry+brad+w+shovel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563373371851388850" border="0" /></a>Yours in the Single Life,<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Julie Julie<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">PS - Why in the HELL is this a movie???<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHKSrwhvbgBAjxiJJwqBjGpmjEHWeLjEz-5kG6JBhM44RTu6kX7TJr_FZ5rMcq1Db-XANwByoU2M504gBLq5uthKDYQ8hbII7-v9yRCqAEWP0k5t06dL1lsoR4jXMEHoBNLaUy-1ExUu5/s1600/NSA006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHKSrwhvbgBAjxiJJwqBjGpmjEHWeLjEz-5kG6JBhM44RTu6kX7TJr_FZ5rMcq1Db-XANwByoU2M504gBLq5uthKDYQ8hbII7-v9yRCqAEWP0k5t06dL1lsoR4jXMEHoBNLaUy-1ExUu5/s320/NSA006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563330405281727906" border="0" /></a>So, disclaimer - I have NOT seen this movie, nor do I intend to. The ads offend me enough on their own. I know this is not Bachelor-related, but it's been keeping me up at night, so I really need to get it off my chest.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVHO7smLOqs0CDtbqsMxXaH3ch3Aj4EfGWZHGijaciip_aPlWRgImDjr3KUK_3_rPpSylFPo-wsLjtn-GzC3eqL6qzq7Drn1yqSbBrGhdqgHZFRpZFKh5RJ6KlWtVm__fTSUcN3CNTGDT/s1600/NSA012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVHO7smLOqs0CDtbqsMxXaH3ch3Aj4EfGWZHGijaciip_aPlWRgImDjr3KUK_3_rPpSylFPo-wsLjtn-GzC3eqL6qzq7Drn1yqSbBrGhdqgHZFRpZFKh5RJ6KlWtVm__fTSUcN3CNTGDT/s320/NSA012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563330409220415858" border="0" /></a>The premise: can two hot friends use each other for sex.... with no strings attached!!???!!!<br /><br />WOW! What a lofty ambition!!! Meaningless sex!!! That IS a novel idea!! Do you know who else has meaningless sex with no strings attached?? Rabbits. Dogs. Wild boars. Stray cats. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcnnCbNjFA">Gay penguins</a>. (Well actually the penguins were in committed, monogamous relationships....) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtGrtaRJ_QGqTv2mle9iKMMjHbF7409zMwkjZNVoTavhjBCuKBQT9y6b6f0ro-ARFoD_jaOvVOz2Umuz5MF5WezCBRrKBGtBCxU9C_abztft-F8Ezsie2nYoCQQWzmM81j-UCQPM4mH6Y/s1600/gay+penguins.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtGrtaRJ_QGqTv2mle9iKMMjHbF7409zMwkjZNVoTavhjBCuKBQT9y6b6f0ro-ARFoD_jaOvVOz2Umuz5MF5WezCBRrKBGtBCxU9C_abztft-F8Ezsie2nYoCQQWzmM81j-UCQPM4mH6Y/s320/gay+penguins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563282893409284514" border="0" /></a>Are we supposed to be impressed? Yes, it really takes a lot of talent and higher intelligence to fornicate!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And let me guess how the movie's going to go: they fall in love. AWWWW, how sweet!!! NOT!<br /><br />Furthermore, the ads make it look like he's the one who gets attached to her and she just screams in the fountains "Can't we just have sex??" embarrassing all the innocent passers-by... and all the children who are unfortunate enough to be watching TV with their parents when the ad airs.<br /><br />Ha!!! Yeah, THAT is how the world works, for sure!!! Men get attached and women just want to get laid. Women who want relationships are just CRAZY, old-fashioned and clingy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBTJocHaq1VKG-jZ1hzE21BG_kzf_g4n4siSXIRsgKo6mj-boQuHjpRW1TrWJAHRWUzV83lTOYMovsZZ8CQbJVF6Ca1py2U6Tz0KA6yRoGFnDeWcSEAgznEsc0YVBS4YNesrPx-rQ3R6I/s1600/NSA022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBTJocHaq1VKG-jZ1hzE21BG_kzf_g4n4siSXIRsgKo6mj-boQuHjpRW1TrWJAHRWUzV83lTOYMovsZZ8CQbJVF6Ca1py2U6Tz0KA6yRoGFnDeWcSEAgznEsc0YVBS4YNesrPx-rQ3R6I/s320/NSA022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563331974000462674" border="0" /></a>This movie will set them straight --- what we REALLY should be doing is just going around sleeping with any and all men we are interested in... and THAT will no doubt lead to us finding committed, monogamous, loving relationships!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sMlq1KkWjQuhhhSKmxr_67kTD3seYzXgW3572EH4QtozRin_W6rSO4U0zcux5ExoPR7wUuXS65kOyREzJeIrcsdVfTRDuwP_A5z7PkRCy5_-OeJnsefRBKD4Ne_ZHNuGqHQiS53uuUDF/s1600/NSA001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sMlq1KkWjQuhhhSKmxr_67kTD3seYzXgW3572EH4QtozRin_W6rSO4U0zcux5ExoPR7wUuXS65kOyREzJeIrcsdVfTRDuwP_A5z7PkRCy5_-OeJnsefRBKD4Ne_ZHNuGqHQiS53uuUDF/s320/NSA001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563330406864191602" border="0" /></a>Correct me if I'm wrong... but isn't forming said relationships more difficult than just getting laid??????<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It is precisely this kind of bullsh!t romantic comedy that is the harbinger of the end of Western civilization as we know it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMHOMcUTVYkLaBNicksVOGwBB35db8vh8DSNJ8v3KEG5V_N7Qergr5ZrO3fTNNporNRyVeeIMjL7Vtn32Zl-FgRsE6bpFxMy94vFt264_vw-9XV89HdccwnLs3jIqWfJP4SMEzCOs1W1H/s1600/ID4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMHOMcUTVYkLaBNicksVOGwBB35db8vh8DSNJ8v3KEG5V_N7Qergr5ZrO3fTNNporNRyVeeIMjL7Vtn32Zl-FgRsE6bpFxMy94vFt264_vw-9XV89HdccwnLs3jIqWfJP4SMEzCOs1W1H/s320/ID4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563333078993069330" border="0" /></a>And while we're on the topic of BS romantic comedies, I have one other grievance I would like to air. Have you seen "He's Just Not That Into You??"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtWnd_fvfbXKMZinzPA1AOe-BkZplHfzHPVzcOy6jo-zn1E3ILrh6LAPPWiLuVSSnvf6M-qfC0nPuZEP-FtK4jEbp8ds36oGW_ARImdOwlv7Cp_WoOyhczx9ITQrcnsixVeQhmo-ra4yK/s1600/hes_just_not_that_into_you.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtWnd_fvfbXKMZinzPA1AOe-BkZplHfzHPVzcOy6jo-zn1E3ILrh6LAPPWiLuVSSnvf6M-qfC0nPuZEP-FtK4jEbp8ds36oGW_ARImdOwlv7Cp_WoOyhczx9ITQrcnsixVeQhmo-ra4yK/s320/hes_just_not_that_into_you.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563270159912175506" border="0" /></a>Well, in the VERY beginning, the first scene, they show a little girl on the playground with a little boy who is pulling her hair and teasing her. She runs over to her Mommy, crying and her Mommy tells her "Oh honey, he's just doing that because he LIKES you."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi-3dRGMviP5QDS8f5QKuthKj7azc8Tn13DZT3kteq0i-p7qH0Ubdbqg0JydIv1UBsxE5gBHfu7rrpkgUsqNNdkEzCyevZOmCL-dEIjOG4CPSinAJ2t7c3TyPm1vTLc6D6Ky9AmDmIRuc/s1600/hes_just_not_that_into_you-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi-3dRGMviP5QDS8f5QKuthKj7azc8Tn13DZT3kteq0i-p7qH0Ubdbqg0JydIv1UBsxE5gBHfu7rrpkgUsqNNdkEzCyevZOmCL-dEIjOG4CPSinAJ2t7c3TyPm1vTLc6D6Ky9AmDmIRuc/s320/hes_just_not_that_into_you-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563281008431438994" border="0" /></a>Then in comes the voice over telling us: since we were little, we have been taught that when men treat us badly, it means they like us. This is why we are so messed up re: relationship!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />ERRONEOUS ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiAxMDbGd1kh7xDUPQwP2cU5JnCRjNbl81IZy_AlMeqKRwRPKC9d8wh6M3hItmMJFGd6Fx1xwOHuT432cLKnOajCyYK-h-Jb7NB_KTUwkcSD0MMc9RWtMvP7m8hQExTRhYLtRpGHvOc1D/s1600/connelly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiAxMDbGd1kh7xDUPQwP2cU5JnCRjNbl81IZy_AlMeqKRwRPKC9d8wh6M3hItmMJFGd6Fx1xwOHuT432cLKnOajCyYK-h-Jb7NB_KTUwkcSD0MMc9RWtMvP7m8hQExTRhYLtRpGHvOc1D/s320/connelly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563263869948302386" border="0" /></a>I would like to correct that statement right here and now. Our mothers did not lead us astray by telling us the little boy pulling our pigtails liked us. What has led us astray is this type of BS ROMANTIC COMEDY!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RFiZejdsU-kdMiuHArT3k17EBbuigrS65eoFMJrFITH7_4mhkcvNbbq9mU6tvaFkbUyzAZnjNkhh-peZp3f3z6A-atmn86qqhOlQkoVYvU-bMP7xurE63oXdPv3w19HHey64HFYcw7mv/s1600/aniston.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RFiZejdsU-kdMiuHArT3k17EBbuigrS65eoFMJrFITH7_4mhkcvNbbq9mU6tvaFkbUyzAZnjNkhh-peZp3f3z6A-atmn86qqhOlQkoVYvU-bMP7xurE63oXdPv3w19HHey64HFYcw7mv/s320/aniston.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563263871344812338" border="0" /></a>Here is a headline: the little boy on the playground pulling your pig-tails DID like you!! Who DOESN'T like you is the man who NEVER CALLS or pay ANY attention to you.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So we (Hollywood) need to stop manufacturing this kind of crap that sends the FALSE message to women that they should just succumb to their base urges any time they please and expect NOT to get hurt in doing so. For the love of God!!!! It just makes me so mad!!<br /><br />I am so worked up and furious, just writing all this out and thinking about it that think I will go call my hot male friend and see if he'll take a roll in the hay with me to blow off some steam.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Uhmmm, so yeah. If anyone goes to see this drivel and I'm totally off base, then please let me know!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP3YUvjNcdZg8f6ey7WYWuOoL22AJ6OTm31DEXSpGpjs00v1UFJprYRdyTBAIfolNAozzgKZXTNUa8BwuT8ZIaa31-obwhKqocFIU3PCBYviFC9Vq_n_ZjPwmK2BCsXgyP698ohnB9WAg/s1600/NSA048.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP3YUvjNcdZg8f6ey7WYWuOoL22AJ6OTm31DEXSpGpjs00v1UFJprYRdyTBAIfolNAozzgKZXTNUa8BwuT8ZIaa31-obwhKqocFIU3PCBYviFC9Vq_n_ZjPwmK2BCsXgyP698ohnB9WAg/s320/NSA048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563330414401765586" border="0" /></a>Uhmm... yeah and this image is just another reminder why we all need Tivo!<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />PPS - Is it just me, or does Brad sound like Dr. Phil?<br /></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvqJOI8o26eFqvCqHv9RwVoiQYP3mT8W8gpC6uc27pNzATboSZ9uKplR7JFvGxKjxZMUxtZJ1gDBN6Y5e3hZrXg-oMepNeDntQhwMC8ldCtzHq-cRH-ePKSRRwSa2jwyXiK5l1SF9aXNw/s1600/Dr_Phil_teen_youtube_beating.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvqJOI8o26eFqvCqHv9RwVoiQYP3mT8W8gpC6uc27pNzATboSZ9uKplR7JFvGxKjxZMUxtZJ1gDBN6Y5e3hZrXg-oMepNeDntQhwMC8ldCtzHq-cRH-ePKSRRwSa2jwyXiK5l1SF9aXNw/s320/Dr_Phil_teen_youtube_beating.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563362428113300706" border="0" /></a>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-19037559635119251802011-01-10T21:10:00.001-08:002011-01-11T00:03:56.678-08:00The Take Home Message: Don't Play the Victim<div style="text-align: justify;">So our hero, BW, or "B-dub" wakes up and once again reiterates that he has CHANGED. He is a different man than he was three years ago and he is now READY TO FIND SOMEONE.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUONAWfZ7voZRV-Wz10fgoibrc-ouNphLSrCWbAecH53W_aLkThdZ4ZEu5kMG3q1mVX2OTtdgSYTfiZNbYwxV1M0Nd6zeXSXqTeBU6zHGGXyfBfk7rG4JWY4tvqZIZaoduHuu-ItIul1nh/s1600/changed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUONAWfZ7voZRV-Wz10fgoibrc-ouNphLSrCWbAecH53W_aLkThdZ4ZEu5kMG3q1mVX2OTtdgSYTfiZNbYwxV1M0Nd6zeXSXqTeBU6zHGGXyfBfk7rG4JWY4tvqZIZaoduHuu-ItIul1nh/s320/changed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793162209856018" border="0" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">For reals.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxG9nWNDGB_gZR1DJ43T5_LIDpyp339Jn-nSKF2PbR3RGMmuT_MA9REhfJVMCSpgSvMfwgorLObgBMGNDXeDzBbyQxUIe6LQmVHcTf_6kYd3GiM-xlzMOphKPwbbv6lnwDaoJEde6iqhdf/s1600/heres+how+it+works.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxG9nWNDGB_gZR1DJ43T5_LIDpyp339Jn-nSKF2PbR3RGMmuT_MA9REhfJVMCSpgSvMfwgorLObgBMGNDXeDzBbyQxUIe6LQmVHcTf_6kYd3GiM-xlzMOphKPwbbv6lnwDaoJEde6iqhdf/s320/heres+how+it+works.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795815404059010" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Back at the Bachelor mansion, Harrison gives us and the gals a refresher course on how this show works. Sometimes there are group dates, sometimes there are two on one dates and sometimes there are one on one dates. While one on one dates are grrreat, the peril is that if you don't get a rose on the date, you must pack your bags and go home IMMEDIATELY.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg323cnNPjlHG3TXC9Urch7mXlr6FixPJyMc94kVWbFllsGHuXWNO_f0zBBsTieukR0pD13tcsMCZ1Vmq6DDm_wni-w_LvgxQkavly07My3h0zHt2OVYMBMS53VsTCHv-OaVlL-hw8cNynY/s1600/abs.jpg"><br /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">And OMG.... incoming!!!! Here is the date card.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5eb3jjJvzUt5vYKrOUfA5Az_iEzs1ph4DvF_6q-fdQs35m6YzPDumpwWCilonh12XpIzZX87WfihsAk82riig7GBUdPEcyx3cZL0mN9q1Aqfpcjak1p9QE7nOMpxZTiIOumX9M4OCsRV/s1600/bad+boob+job.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5eb3jjJvzUt5vYKrOUfA5Az_iEzs1ph4DvF_6q-fdQs35m6YzPDumpwWCilonh12XpIzZX87WfihsAk82riig7GBUdPEcyx3cZL0mN9q1Aqfpcjak1p9QE7nOMpxZTiIOumX9M4OCsRV/s320/bad+boob+job.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793925224655650" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Melissa, a 32 year old waitress from Florida tells us about how she has been trying to be on The Bachelor for eight years. She quit her job, spent a fortune on her wardrobe [and plastic surgery presumably] all in an effort to win The Bachelor's heart. Good plan! So she REALLY needs a date this week.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile Ashley the dentist gets the first one on one date.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtDfiR5FwgDuUNX3KOqcnk5qROOV5R5jzKLLZplsZeXQhGknYghxh6MOY1R0QdEZDou-4Hk8_QKZ1TgkltTnUaKbRxbhFyVrdnRcKlxZrQFQLr7bP9YMyvOqBdVxhYdZy3Fe4JDthfNkw/s1600/fancy+car.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtDfiR5FwgDuUNX3KOqcnk5qROOV5R5jzKLLZplsZeXQhGknYghxh6MOY1R0QdEZDou-4Hk8_QKZ1TgkltTnUaKbRxbhFyVrdnRcKlxZrQFQLr7bP9YMyvOqBdVxhYdZy3Fe4JDthfNkw/s320/fancy+car.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795469091571314" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Brad pulls up in a Lamborghini or something to pick her up.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBDkEBh02AoPuscDgVtpOdXOfhwTV2-x3ZqnstZSvnYYi5VE58KQxPtKhaihTpLEIHAeCECQ427TQVZz4boNrQB2PNvvtsmcT1FCY9YhyphenhyphenNWHqig_InvtnzEqXwjnWMHi_mRpKz_eBT-2x/s1600/ugly+dress.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBDkEBh02AoPuscDgVtpOdXOfhwTV2-x3ZqnstZSvnYYi5VE58KQxPtKhaihTpLEIHAeCECQ427TQVZz4boNrQB2PNvvtsmcT1FCY9YhyphenhyphenNWHqig_InvtnzEqXwjnWMHi_mRpKz_eBT-2x/s320/ugly+dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802569194060546" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Ashley appears in her super ugly dress and the two take off into the night.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUXpcG2xJzpgCZ50AQ8W_fFAAbG0QDl5R0hQyYPEpSbvoWHcCpTPq7yRcZbNFS8Ct49OrUKZXwQM1tBdYZyMf9lmMbQWz2M86A-dNprgaIe5MmtyqXsbMu-z_aF4Z3YZvxmX81I0iOVG4/s1600/i+will+kill+u.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUXpcG2xJzpgCZ50AQ8W_fFAAbG0QDl5R0hQyYPEpSbvoWHcCpTPq7yRcZbNFS8Ct49OrUKZXwQM1tBdYZyMf9lmMbQWz2M86A-dNprgaIe5MmtyqXsbMu-z_aF4Z3YZvxmX81I0iOVG4/s320/i+will+kill+u.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796278541411298" border="0" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">He creepily drives her down a dark and deserted road, the kind that serial killers use to serially kill people. They get out of the car and stalk through the dead night to a mysterious switch which he tells her she must pull. When she does, an entire carnival lights up the dark.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9so3iIlFjWBcLkstnOhS5vd0qpxj1nJxwTMZE8eIzCj4e3H4hhHiYVZF898JBispWkceikUyA43vmcaYWrUcCEwQ1qHo6mRQpi-KogjfY2dgfiyzaADkriJsa6HmbR9gLpy96WUp_xZP/s1600/scary+carnival.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9so3iIlFjWBcLkstnOhS5vd0qpxj1nJxwTMZE8eIzCj4e3H4hhHiYVZF898JBispWkceikUyA43vmcaYWrUcCEwQ1qHo6mRQpi-KogjfY2dgfiyzaADkriJsa6HmbR9gLpy96WUp_xZP/s320/scary+carnival.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560797727284893202" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!! Uhmmm... so was the carnival supposed to be LESS creepy than when we thought they were reenacting a serial killing???? Because personally I found the deserted, false carnival to be way more creepy than the serial killing thing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Ok, so you know when you were an eleven year old little girl... and you had like a favorite uncle or cool neighbor or sweet godfather or something... and he was really nice and took an active interest in your life... and he was cute... and you sort of had an inappropriate crush on him because you didn't really know many other men and he was really cool.... well yeah, that's what this date reminded me of.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xYsTYsOsLom0CjHySt-OAjGbPNG7zTq9awO-eFt5lK9zvrrBiV0CLzhqVM6EfU_d9bgK23sZXy275aaaxgD9h3EptMUCTCi4K89lPGzYXfPglqNEV_Hc7zUw5stXJTDE7ykCrNv2DXWD/s1600/immature.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xYsTYsOsLom0CjHySt-OAjGbPNG7zTq9awO-eFt5lK9zvrrBiV0CLzhqVM6EfU_d9bgK23sZXy275aaaxgD9h3EptMUCTCi4K89lPGzYXfPglqNEV_Hc7zUw5stXJTDE7ykCrNv2DXWD/s320/immature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796280029862514" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">CAN I EVEN GET COTTON CANDY, UNCLE BRAD?? (sorry, I forgot to caption that pic before I switched computers).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Anyway, these two have no chemistry.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGpNUkpfqaPKO58TXWx3_kiZ8EcVyeDVRzXR7J45CWm_x4e_PPJFtwlKORh6U1JtUTWe3hn7HLH32PfWZTFgz54cVziOUrxBRKtmWVm823mxXWXDFBlBYS7OSmYJqDU_FSTJ0ZcYNkEJb/s1600/pound.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGpNUkpfqaPKO58TXWx3_kiZ8EcVyeDVRzXR7J45CWm_x4e_PPJFtwlKORh6U1JtUTWe3hn7HLH32PfWZTFgz54cVziOUrxBRKtmWVm823mxXWXDFBlBYS7OSmYJqDU_FSTJ0ZcYNkEJb/s320/pound.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560797300234317922" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">So, they start eating dinner and the conversation turns to their dead-beat Dads. Both of their Dads are losers who took no responsibility for their families. So, that is obviously sad for each of them, but I just don't really think it's anything to build a relationship on.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgWQ18EuJIrCG6fLAFGYlsnznVUUUGYC4G-GMdKCOJeESeZEt3uY3lObP7FW77NRla38VVQLqOpC52NOHmcZ09Lu7mc7f7H7Djv9Ph-ZFLHlxYm8y_h8p_CFTSUTHsS4PuVXeZg_qlk_H/s1600/hand.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgWQ18EuJIrCG6fLAFGYlsnznVUUUGYC4G-GMdKCOJeESeZEt3uY3lObP7FW77NRla38VVQLqOpC52NOHmcZ09Lu7mc7f7H7Djv9Ph-ZFLHlxYm8y_h8p_CFTSUTHsS4PuVXeZg_qlk_H/s320/hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795810840212002" border="0" /></a>I feel like Brad really did make all this effort to change and do all this soul searching. But I think he's too focused on the error of his ways or something. Like, now that he is willing and able to talk about the fact that his dead-beat padre left a scar on him, he gets excited to find a kindred spirit who also went through a similar thing. But that alone really isn't a starting point for a relationship, if you want my opinion. Aside from that, I really don't know what they have in common. And look at this body language!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKesSo3dO3hdFxRyaSEKInN9t6ITmSnnTP3c2rMO-wNHCUzdnksctsHmlDptWnjfsIf4OyW_F_CqnzDRqjD3blp92xQIDp1hF34ibZWKevmi2NqY9VAJNMezN2D3KaJEi_BxoCVs2hajrY/s1600/again+with+the+hand.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKesSo3dO3hdFxRyaSEKInN9t6ITmSnnTP3c2rMO-wNHCUzdnksctsHmlDptWnjfsIf4OyW_F_CqnzDRqjD3blp92xQIDp1hF34ibZWKevmi2NqY9VAJNMezN2D3KaJEi_BxoCVs2hajrY/s320/again+with+the+hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793910311380738" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Her hand is all over his leg, and he's totally keeping his limbs to himself.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclOAc1qrFWhhaMfYQyUdQheAefXtnjvgR6pFVGr6qAg51bb7sh9mkmXPtmRmAoGF2B7GBv3cV8s8b7iU4hBL9V5UVhTxqkFEw7fQLYdCGmPEfzxERZfqahLYTS90zxU18dQLNm9TAh6qL/s1600/wipe+kiss.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclOAc1qrFWhhaMfYQyUdQheAefXtnjvgR6pFVGr6qAg51bb7sh9mkmXPtmRmAoGF2B7GBv3cV8s8b7iU4hBL9V5UVhTxqkFEw7fQLYdCGmPEfzxERZfqahLYTS90zxU18dQLNm9TAh6qL/s320/wipe+kiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798142784285874" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">And if you're still not sure whether they have chemistry or not, I present you Exhibit B. Brad thoroughly wiping his lips off after they kissed.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMz1oKNao7f5GIQvxe0OcQcfA2rWaqx8tZiK-AnH6vsR3btStrPvo2NXwlJL-7USBucaq6R6ta4xl-SNvOiroAEIcCWg5fGeWfe5o7XBYI8OeWU3APJg4bixg1TuSx5VXzkzFBCWkOMfa/s1600/wipe.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMz1oKNao7f5GIQvxe0OcQcfA2rWaqx8tZiK-AnH6vsR3btStrPvo2NXwlJL-7USBucaq6R6ta4xl-SNvOiroAEIcCWg5fGeWfe5o7XBYI8OeWU3APJg4bixg1TuSx5VXzkzFBCWkOMfa/s320/wipe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798145884944834" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Thoroughly!!! HAHAHAHA!!! Well, he still gave her the rose, so whatever... BORING!!! I can't wait until there is a one on one date where the girl DOESN'T get the rose.. those are way more interesting.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">On to Group Date madness!!! Brad + 15 women = high drama<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2RwUPDyihhxNpXto1xFqCHmmKgO_7o84Pp54psnYU7oc0oUNZ5BHK3Ap9CkSBYUXtYngDlTNvdKGT2H7MSg-PwYQ-6402ow79Xdxi1zIQpV4s_45YqPXpRIbe7wIPrzcYFC3odfb6doJ/s1600/group+ate.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2RwUPDyihhxNpXto1xFqCHmmKgO_7o84Pp54psnYU7oc0oUNZ5BHK3Ap9CkSBYUXtYngDlTNvdKGT2H7MSg-PwYQ-6402ow79Xdxi1zIQpV4s_45YqPXpRIbe7wIPrzcYFC3odfb6doJ/s320/group+ate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560811948707249090" border="0" /></a>So, when I first heard it was for charity, I rolled my eyes, since I'm not really into giving back. Then when I found out it was for the Red Cross, I was even less impressed, since I personally know someone who worked for the organization and did not speak highly of it. Then when I found out it was for donating blood, I was like - ok, whatever, I guess donating blood is nice. And finally when I found out they were doing a PSA, I realized it was just the "acting" date where they're going to be kissing Brad repeatedly and making each other jealous. THEN I was down.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">So the basic plot lines here are: It's Michelle's 30th birthday and she is a manipulative, spoiled bitch who GETS what she wants and Melissa is psycho and desperate.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeqIR7psFun5lht3aHslSRpOJURKMasQdghMoyvUQ_qI5BhxefzVbands1Pn5KD-SKLAdC1XQgK5fW76tBDrKu6gJJd75cjtnmgx0dp51siztRljK0DayW9l9ytvWRMUJ-Y7eOvYPP0g4/s1600/30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeqIR7psFun5lht3aHslSRpOJURKMasQdghMoyvUQ_qI5BhxefzVbands1Pn5KD-SKLAdC1XQgK5fW76tBDrKu6gJJd75cjtnmgx0dp51siztRljK0DayW9l9ytvWRMUJ-Y7eOvYPP0g4/s320/30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793156136279666" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Pictured above is Michelle... desperately concerned with the new wrinkles she's developed now that she is thirty. Well, maybe she should have been using sunscreen and staying out of the sun. Personally, I think she is actually really pretty, even though she has a pretty heinous personality. I think she looks like Elizabeth Hurley, who is also extremely pretty.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOQwU1ochYYknt3WEY5KYEGEyoplcgsj-rr1PDeH_JIS0qD_35a__Sc4ll8NiR8RmpS1jF2oIiDhezqJM-Ty0WiHCC_DFxzbZVioG-fxGJgNhvMGJDaIF-ZgQfkizPI3ELh7oaKVidAXW/s1600/cougar.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOQwU1ochYYknt3WEY5KYEGEyoplcgsj-rr1PDeH_JIS0qD_35a__Sc4ll8NiR8RmpS1jF2oIiDhezqJM-Ty0WiHCC_DFxzbZVioG-fxGJgNhvMGJDaIF-ZgQfkizPI3ELh7oaKVidAXW/s320/cougar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560794644242062978" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">And this is Melissa. She gets to play the cougar in the commercial.... because she is the oldest one there. So she is 32 and Brad is 38, yet somehow SHE is the cougar... hmmm.... someone help me with that math!! That's a graph my brain can't make!</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> So, not too much to note on the group date. One thing, is that I REALLY felt sorry for Keltie. That really did suck that she had to dress up like the bulldyke!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Vt4SlpIxcYYns6doQYwCq0bp5-s__wtZq57t2GfdPUWNXIGkIlqct2kh4HsuI4SJc4jxz7jdSCHHg4s-kuo-MAHLZk7VYs-7UaU0BMqZo6saC9M0QpjK3EW4Q6A0r4MQDX5KWwwMbJK/s1600/no+competitoin.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Vt4SlpIxcYYns6doQYwCq0bp5-s__wtZq57t2GfdPUWNXIGkIlqct2kh4HsuI4SJc4jxz7jdSCHHg4s-kuo-MAHLZk7VYs-7UaU0BMqZo6saC9M0QpjK3EW4Q6A0r4MQDX5KWwwMbJK/s320/no+competitoin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796752244251506" border="0" /></a> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">I mean, what are you supposed to do in that situation?? You go around looking like that, compared to all the other feminine looking women and that's an image that's seared into BW's mind. There's really no coming back from something like that. So I felt her pain. I also would have felt like crying if I had to dress like that. Poor kid.... she never saw it coming.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHoS73N4cTarGYOXeH3TY-e-FbrzIbeX4cF0AU0WSxgh_gJpIGH2FykIGq9xI2JnQ_DoRGf4jNmWHUeu_RqCZTwr7ZbSI8UuW89OxBWivjuwNnN948XavgRE_8WHVPiqzb-7M_cW70Ggb/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHoS73N4cTarGYOXeH3TY-e-FbrzIbeX4cF0AU0WSxgh_gJpIGH2FykIGq9xI2JnQ_DoRGf4jNmWHUeu_RqCZTwr7ZbSI8UuW89OxBWivjuwNnN948XavgRE_8WHVPiqzb-7M_cW70Ggb/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795029208317506" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Look how pretty Emily is.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">All right, so they all do their scenes... blah blah blah<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeEEaNMVASZ_l0i9aVNmWfICLW97VNNqcgwBkPgb-UX95kR4AHUCx21tAtVo0IEHy0HLfHujgg2mpEJHbbiXYAvVwzCw0EeXL7ecegrPCsCO9D3WCg60mk919BYPrK7MB81R_duneVJXY/s1600/awkward2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeEEaNMVASZ_l0i9aVNmWfICLW97VNNqcgwBkPgb-UX95kR4AHUCx21tAtVo0IEHy0HLfHujgg2mpEJHbbiXYAvVwzCw0EeXL7ecegrPCsCO9D3WCg60mk919BYPrK7MB81R_duneVJXY/s320/awkward2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793160035344290" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Melissa kiss-rapes Brad during his scene w/ Emily and some other chick.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgCMJ_ZB6MZ7ELYNoKt4w_Ie8yCgVZteJWghjw1-ESLYADKC-58NWVnJsSTs20ZWltO1ihQSmSgXgwAxVmbOExMBpIyGzyZkal2_CxtD8fTpQxjo0txaxZ7Fn_uojopvxq-tj52J8FRkP/s1600/vampirebrad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgCMJ_ZB6MZ7ELYNoKt4w_Ie8yCgVZteJWghjw1-ESLYADKC-58NWVnJsSTs20ZWltO1ihQSmSgXgwAxVmbOExMBpIyGzyZkal2_CxtD8fTpQxjo0txaxZ7Fn_uojopvxq-tj52J8FRkP/s320/vampirebrad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798139729834674" border="0" /></a>Brad dons vampire fangs and attacks two girls that just wanted to have an innocent threesome.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5yE_tCkoQkW3lrq9UjixokRywOUebGnmsFH3kFxHX98zE0DjqeQGfawDYCsqJiqDoA9VpV7Pc4HyDytJsgZMDbkjYOWQJlZlA8UIkFE3kzTmryQQMUUn209cxuPPN8OQb0G-497KIHeo/s1600/vampire+attack.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5yE_tCkoQkW3lrq9UjixokRywOUebGnmsFH3kFxHX98zE0DjqeQGfawDYCsqJiqDoA9VpV7Pc4HyDytJsgZMDbkjYOWQJlZlA8UIkFE3kzTmryQQMUUn209cxuPPN8OQb0G-497KIHeo/s320/vampire+attack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560797739899777586" border="0" /></a>Madison dominatrix-es Brad over lunch.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLS3FZNKgXrp_9A9LPA1ggrLNF4hsgIA9eZn1-cCVwryr1OgsKSrqUGsxqT3P23pNxz4b4nmuxbGffqBmKn0cWqDNP4oqAUpBhfMmHHnmmHbxs408YcLI55LdN2pefNL7HI-aJ-rfqA3/s1600/vampire.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLS3FZNKgXrp_9A9LPA1ggrLNF4hsgIA9eZn1-cCVwryr1OgsKSrqUGsxqT3P23pNxz4b4nmuxbGffqBmKn0cWqDNP4oqAUpBhfMmHHnmmHbxs408YcLI55LdN2pefNL7HI-aJ-rfqA3/s320/vampire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798135733275922" border="0" /></a> And so on and so forth....</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">After the date, the ladies follow Brad like little ducklings across the street to the after party.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNFbmqKJeKRd2hB6H9XAV5HH3Z7fte6McySlpFiXwFG-rZns1DoYyuSzFYAZmjaz_m69UmmA052fyD8zmAWV8LXguT8vnl1rbLceOqbwyrGMbfScon2EB7iK4qGkte6zNVqzUbi97xDD_/s1600/group+date+walk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNFbmqKJeKRd2hB6H9XAV5HH3Z7fte6McySlpFiXwFG-rZns1DoYyuSzFYAZmjaz_m69UmmA052fyD8zmAWV8LXguT8vnl1rbLceOqbwyrGMbfScon2EB7iK4qGkte6zNVqzUbi97xDD_/s320/group+date+walk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795795652628754" border="0" /></a>Now the drama can <s>begin</s> continue. All right so obviously Michelle is insane and hideous (personality-wise). BUT... what I find the most interesting is that Brad is INTO it!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKWbukgSvMoLh3TSjOLLnMSElz4e9epoLFVPQeMAQebRo1r8kQtH4p5LPbriCV9gLncRLqjD03VE_Y6cahjE-RcV6gM1gRKCbdOsOzMEwM5_SdawpNU3-I4VGzl9g26KCi3o_CrY02-nr/s1600/pity+party.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKWbukgSvMoLh3TSjOLLnMSElz4e9epoLFVPQeMAQebRo1r8kQtH4p5LPbriCV9gLncRLqjD03VE_Y6cahjE-RcV6gM1gRKCbdOsOzMEwM5_SdawpNU3-I4VGzl9g26KCi3o_CrY02-nr/s320/pity+party.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560797300703767826" border="0" /></a>I am serious!!!!! I didn't realize it at first. I couldn't tell when she went off sulking during the shoot. But when she stole him away at the after party to pout and generally be weird, I caught the look on Brad's face.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhR24Nx9mSYbFgCRUnhUjFMvIkvGtCUdkU6oA5SdfFiBoFjqtSTWrNlLypZAkIwcqnm9__9jHtnR0S354vLzKSnTxMmfVwBtFZHl1K_GS4abIbg3f_7HoiJNhc2qT-O7Flyk1DkQM3vDO/s1600/brad+birthdfay+girl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhR24Nx9mSYbFgCRUnhUjFMvIkvGtCUdkU6oA5SdfFiBoFjqtSTWrNlLypZAkIwcqnm9__9jHtnR0S354vLzKSnTxMmfVwBtFZHl1K_GS4abIbg3f_7HoiJNhc2qT-O7Flyk1DkQM3vDO/s320/brad+birthdfay+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560794308138920418" border="0" /></a> He had this smile coming from within him, that he could not help, when she was talking about peeling away the layers and walls of his onion. I kind of saw this flash back to the old Brad. Like I could see how he was in his days of being a bar-owning playa. Meeting some crazy girl that is no good, but not being able to help himself. What is it with men being into crazy girls?? I don't know, but it's a THING, for real.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-xbAu4SV5mhtrmrw_gG54N4PajA1V1vAX9E6-aL8o1nbCIHTHTwaTRjPC9vOmuJ7_OXOqrhbn63-hwhys-GPhDGrpgtyO0xTYh_J05E47lw_uOii-YIpTTGUm-APT6DkSwuik6Xcjk96/s1600/dive2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-xbAu4SV5mhtrmrw_gG54N4PajA1V1vAX9E6-aL8o1nbCIHTHTwaTRjPC9vOmuJ7_OXOqrhbn63-hwhys-GPhDGrpgtyO0xTYh_J05E47lw_uOii-YIpTTGUm-APT6DkSwuik6Xcjk96/s320/dive2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795013328956418" border="0" /></a>Basically, I think he needs to somehow reconcile these two parts of himself, rather than trying to ban one over the other. Like I was saying above, I think he's so fixated on being CHANGED and DIFFERENT, that he's maybe losing a little something primal in himself. He doesn't need to be with some girl JUST because she also had a jerk of a Dad and can talk about it. I kind of think he's going TOO much with his head at this point and not really sensing where there is chemistry and where there isn't.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiARajURiHrzaUcnT0oHxHiyoUEOnQlp8G1DSx4qv7begk2Jai6W9SuxEGf_pp1EmrvCumVcAfM55JmcGPZ7PwGUPKYGzh53aaiD0TU1wYlD-I_2CSGCNi1q1fmLttqsUkq1Zili20jEx3/s1600/mightmare.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiARajURiHrzaUcnT0oHxHiyoUEOnQlp8G1DSx4qv7begk2Jai6W9SuxEGf_pp1EmrvCumVcAfM55JmcGPZ7PwGUPKYGzh53aaiD0TU1wYlD-I_2CSGCNi1q1fmLttqsUkq1Zili20jEx3/s320/mightmare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796743520540802" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">And the peril in doing this I think is that he is then more vulnerable to the temptation of the psycho known as Michelle. If he could somehow focus on having both chemistry and compatibility, then he'd be looking more in the right direction.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jZVdPK3tUjTfh2hpM6OpEpgLJDobE61riiHCkKrun311yzoPbgfi0ZBQ5I909NfNJYCJwU2o9kjxy3sOO-YfP7rq0Mi_Yzd0KS2c_KZ0i5r67BRp6KkCmvaM4bGBSdeFNABC5QUcbBNd/s1600/crazy+michelle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jZVdPK3tUjTfh2hpM6OpEpgLJDobE61riiHCkKrun311yzoPbgfi0ZBQ5I909NfNJYCJwU2o9kjxy3sOO-YfP7rq0Mi_Yzd0KS2c_KZ0i5r67BRp6KkCmvaM4bGBSdeFNABC5QUcbBNd/s320/crazy+michelle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793166421037154" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">But really... what the hell do I know???????? He gives BSC Michelle the rose.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Anyway... what else. Melissa is straight-up crazy... not much of interest to note there. It's too bad, because she is the oldest one there... 32. So she's not giving us 32 year old women a good name. And really, how can I blame Brad for sending that kind of crazy home? Now he's going to be stuck with a bunch of babies.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygZGX2ckAK208plSF8Co0drZCTkFEGq1N1WYuv_I4EB87FZYdUgyFizYb8fPZVwPdG7C5LYFEvZp5VxEykWDGskS9o5wJZdOC0CRDvb7wA2Ey6PFEAZWhH4bIZXtj9kkTjXybwc1fQV46/s1600/evesdroppers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygZGX2ckAK208plSF8Co0drZCTkFEGq1N1WYuv_I4EB87FZYdUgyFizYb8fPZVwPdG7C5LYFEvZp5VxEykWDGskS9o5wJZdOC0CRDvb7wA2Ey6PFEAZWhH4bIZXtj9kkTjXybwc1fQV46/s320/evesdroppers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795464802432914" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This is Keltie eavesdropping on Melissa's creepy one on one time with Brad.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">At some point during the episode, the producers of the Bachelor made sure to get Emily on tape calling her little daughter back home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjushjiPQuvRctNrh1TjpbTz8D-2HUa4Ptr2tjpMdBviYng7xDVxsNnmOOq62Szh3juRU6ceSR3j2DBSRA2s9maeatIFvc0du9aSgUkn03qQHsGb_c3XmvBoCsu9LbiRIhMjBBmu8JWycyK/s1600/emily+on+phone.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjushjiPQuvRctNrh1TjpbTz8D-2HUa4Ptr2tjpMdBviYng7xDVxsNnmOOq62Szh3juRU6ceSR3j2DBSRA2s9maeatIFvc0du9aSgUkn03qQHsGb_c3XmvBoCsu9LbiRIhMjBBmu8JWycyK/s320/emily+on+phone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795025361490738" border="0" /></a>I think after all the single moms being on the show and complaining that the producers manipulated them and wouldn't let them talk to their kid, they wanted to strike back and show the hot single mom talking to her little baby, free and clear.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Now, I agree with Grace that it is pretty shady not to mention straight up that you have a kid. That is some pretty important information that someone should know about you. On the other hand, I kind of actually do see where she is coming from, especially considering that her fiance is dead, etc. There was a clip where she was like "Men shut down and get intimidated when they hear her whole history." I can see that.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">For example, if I am Online dating, and I see someone has a kid, I am like DELETE. WHY bother wasting my time getting into that. BUT... if I happened to meet someone in real life and got to know them first and liked him on his own, he might be able to worm his way into my heart, irregardless of having a kid or not. So I kind of see her point. Most of all, I just think she is really pretty.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">So. The final one on one date is with Jackie.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1MoXSjvX3avee8jOL0UWxv0rdXY5gAEWFgQeETSGv6ath5c5vnK-MO3WGmA7gJXupyw1lwwRC1aMjdi20SBFxvEJGqQStAStBq8KxLKrAofkKbHhY0IuJhxLDnJBG_5CBBBG7WpmC8N_v/s1600/HAHAHAHA+facemask.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1MoXSjvX3avee8jOL0UWxv0rdXY5gAEWFgQeETSGv6ath5c5vnK-MO3WGmA7gJXupyw1lwwRC1aMjdi20SBFxvEJGqQStAStBq8KxLKrAofkKbHhY0IuJhxLDnJBG_5CBBBG7WpmC8N_v/s320/HAHAHAHA+facemask.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795804337873202" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">OMG, my eyes popped out of my head when he said "This is going to be her very own 'Pretty Woman' experience." WHAT?? So he's going to pay her for sex???? HAHAHAHA!!! Usually women get pissed when you call them a whore.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't like Jackie, sorry. She seems like a huge super dork/nerd to me, and I think you all know how I feel about dorks and nerds... NOT into it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHODz5pUeZMblTl2ZzRn1urUoY16dZKrRwHXRVtuwzPehsOBb8PMmpUhqdYTI94AFlM5tHsfP8Sd7uOd_hAaLr8TqFRYUDjD2VjEqP0o5EzDmhAjoTBnolGEG0f8aiprhhMCmdmyadgV_T/s1600/uh+oh.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHODz5pUeZMblTl2ZzRn1urUoY16dZKrRwHXRVtuwzPehsOBb8PMmpUhqdYTI94AFlM5tHsfP8Sd7uOd_hAaLr8TqFRYUDjD2VjEqP0o5EzDmhAjoTBnolGEG0f8aiprhhMCmdmyadgV_T/s320/uh+oh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560797738879582802" border="0" /></a> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">There is no chemistry between her and Brad either. And also -- seriously he was that shocked when she said she didn't date during college?? And she'd only had TWO boyfriends in her life? A- she is only 27, so two boyfriends really isn't that shocking. And 2 - look at her. She is a huge nerd, so it's not a surprise she chose to prioritize her studies over relationships in school... and I think you REALLY know how I feel about losers who do that. So I pretty thoroughly dislike her. And there was also a part in the cocktail party when Raichel and Melissa were fighting and Raich turned to Jackie like, I need to just talk to you guys right now. And Jackie was all "Uhh... I really don't want to get involved" in a very pompous, yet scared and sanctimonious and like "I can't really handle myself socially" kind of way. So yeah, I got no love for her, sorry.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd3YtnhPfbTlrvKPtxh8ybtoD0W7JIQthxE6w4UzHpWVrEYJbyUPF6Td_q5BNQJsWB661GoPGGdwa0r_EhaMsr0YJnQt4OLjzZ6hAu9bJN6YDKjdsKOVpLWpkElZSuJtIuSmYi5MWSCz-/s1600/jackie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd3YtnhPfbTlrvKPtxh8ybtoD0W7JIQthxE6w4UzHpWVrEYJbyUPF6Td_q5BNQJsWB661GoPGGdwa0r_EhaMsr0YJnQt4OLjzZ6hAu9bJN6YDKjdsKOVpLWpkElZSuJtIuSmYi5MWSCz-/s320/jackie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796286045304178" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">And neither does Brad. Their body language when they were dancing was that she was holding him all close and he was keeping her at an arm's length.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb0rGRqkPKgbZkbMQiU2h9nuJTAY2K-WYLn4NPl_rIV2dctO5Xs-OMmnNsr95KbFgIEIU_49B2rjcj9dyCiggBkEYS0N9MceuzSLSbgC7Keav1lvhIUJbDBXPXIEz91j93faQKZnPsGQl/s1600/not+interested.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb0rGRqkPKgbZkbMQiU2h9nuJTAY2K-WYLn4NPl_rIV2dctO5Xs-OMmnNsr95KbFgIEIU_49B2rjcj9dyCiggBkEYS0N9MceuzSLSbgC7Keav1lvhIUJbDBXPXIEz91j93faQKZnPsGQl/s320/not+interested.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796764415959570" border="0" /></a> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Ok, so cocktail party. I thought it was really quaint how Brad thought he was walking into a room of friends. If he really thinks that, I don't think he knows much about women.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtWgFbkkBdduYtOePhyphenhyphen7g8aoHrtl8ZrtlpakC681Yk6X9S8ddPd-EbN4eDC0vg1UqCiCQpPGumJuGqiwj088J4LNS5RetIZWHBl20ANUO5U6O3EZfNQDylbACaWmlb1A2zAmeRK8XCj4t/s1600/room+of+friends.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtWgFbkkBdduYtOePhyphenhyphen7g8aoHrtl8ZrtlpakC681Yk6X9S8ddPd-EbN4eDC0vg1UqCiCQpPGumJuGqiwj088J4LNS5RetIZWHBl20ANUO5U6O3EZfNQDylbACaWmlb1A2zAmeRK8XCj4t/s320/room+of+friends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793448696896114" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">So Melissa and Raichel are at each others' throats and the violence escalates to the point that Womack steps in to hear their grievances.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fM9lQf48qYDRTWDn-6DfOtMMSJ9slyii_dIod7aK7SNj1Ptjx7XYMD4D-BCUolFsPLEwQeaO9gvGrJKw1u7lud301l0BqRe4z33bZEZc5yvot-0hRvQexrl2H8FL7qTUcSxf1GRv35_Q/s1600/ocd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fM9lQf48qYDRTWDn-6DfOtMMSJ9slyii_dIod7aK7SNj1Ptjx7XYMD4D-BCUolFsPLEwQeaO9gvGrJKw1u7lud301l0BqRe4z33bZEZc5yvot-0hRvQexrl2H8FL7qTUcSxf1GRv35_Q/s320/ocd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793427180342450" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-7fTTwgojZf_qmh_bzN0XwrRPkt_JlskEBm63KVrYZKwXc5jn7bFlZGJkQrcO9sPaoBDZABKraMXw1_XkyHbBQisyo1tfYxeurRWgK_SJAOZLMGadVUlAKzn1rcqDV6v60Ylme1aTBrv/s1600/raichels+side.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-7fTTwgojZf_qmh_bzN0XwrRPkt_JlskEBm63KVrYZKwXc5jn7bFlZGJkQrcO9sPaoBDZABKraMXw1_XkyHbBQisyo1tfYxeurRWgK_SJAOZLMGadVUlAKzn1rcqDV6v60Ylme1aTBrv/s320/raichels+side.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793441475121122" border="0" /></a>Uhmmmm yeah. Never a good idea to take your cat fight problems to a man you are trying to pursue. I felt bad for Raichel in this, because she didn't seem genuinely crazy like Melissa did. But on the other hand, she must have something in her to get that far into it with a crazy person.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYENe8mUoIQP4xYasc4mF91TBaqknEc803N5Vm_mejGnUlc-nR44Aa47nFD-jf9KPVK3gDvhmwKABDefuwZBj0nawVDzD3_bjgbkR8uuVQ2W_XvksVXxF-C9XeKozdfvwi9TXhucYuSes/s1600/starbux+or+tcbtl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYENe8mUoIQP4xYasc4mF91TBaqknEc803N5Vm_mejGnUlc-nR44Aa47nFD-jf9KPVK3gDvhmwKABDefuwZBj0nawVDzD3_bjgbkR8uuVQ2W_XvksVXxF-C9XeKozdfvwi9TXhucYuSes/s320/starbux+or+tcbtl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793651504086370" border="0" /></a> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Michelle stole Brad away for more one on one time to talk about important things -- Starbucks or Coffee Bean. Fortunately Brad said *$s. I also prefer the Bux. The reason is because I like soy lattes. And I like soy because it's sweeter than regular milk. So Starbux uses vanilla soy milk, so you get a little bit of sweet flavor, but not full on vanilla syrup flavor, which is too much sugar for me. So really it's the best. And again, Brad was into this ridiculous line of questioning.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6oiqOGPZSx-Jpp2pg4fRAUV03GzeJeXsXzfQdwrHwWoJAtX1PagmwWZoMNMuTYdmVVAmp8UqcytCaKJ7bx6BTkLm6cZ5_AiafkOVFHaFjqc90CdXClj4nddlq-BeJgIuEr6PMilUakpQ/s1600/love+in+the+air.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6oiqOGPZSx-Jpp2pg4fRAUV03GzeJeXsXzfQdwrHwWoJAtX1PagmwWZoMNMuTYdmVVAmp8UqcytCaKJ7bx6BTkLm6cZ5_AiafkOVFHaFjqc90CdXClj4nddlq-BeJgIuEr6PMilUakpQ/s320/love+in+the+air.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793174070187474" border="0" /></a>I think he likes her because she is confident and crazy. She does have an older vibe to her, compared to some of the twenty-five year olds. I think he sees her more on his player-level.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQLIxD-bCcXn5fu5olCZDE76rMXOdKHJE9RYGYL_tTb-5KuhycrnF1kStwnG5uOa7Xu6mM-RfFskctzT7lPgUdfln0S2MADalA6tzEFQ1E6aUcY_uRMwigzga5GUUvtrUOafk6iUb-WI/s1600/brad+loves+emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQLIxD-bCcXn5fu5olCZDE76rMXOdKHJE9RYGYL_tTb-5KuhycrnF1kStwnG5uOa7Xu6mM-RfFskctzT7lPgUdfln0S2MADalA6tzEFQ1E6aUcY_uRMwigzga5GUUvtrUOafk6iUb-WI/s320/brad+loves+emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560794312098935762" border="0" /></a>The other time I saw that genuine smile on his face was when he was sitting with Emily. I think he has that same spark for her. And she seems WAY nicer and more normal and down to earth than Michelle, so he should definitely pick her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eA_jnKnIpq-NqiwDIHB1L2dhldEweC98LKcdVvgcSpjRp_RbeeMU6gVIatCeqwc-ywTYgJ_F0Js4oL1isoVMl4ZMumijJS0xID7AaWiH5RhqBlet4LFLJEXG_meBxbacXsfBHRdbEQxY/s1600/ali-roberto.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eA_jnKnIpq-NqiwDIHB1L2dhldEweC98LKcdVvgcSpjRp_RbeeMU6gVIatCeqwc-ywTYgJ_F0Js4oL1isoVMl4ZMumijJS0xID7AaWiH5RhqBlet4LFLJEXG_meBxbacXsfBHRdbEQxY/s320/ali-roberto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793914275366066" border="0" /></a>Ali and Roberto showed up for some reason and spouted some crap that ensued in him giving a rose to Emily, so that worked for me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BIsyKB0k-1rn6beuEcX6Wp43Iqi2n5IwXNuQunaXPxj9HOQRExj7KKPNcMpbZJ41Mrd6TEP3Ihg9rRQkps_w-3r15FR0KHJ2xmiiZmh88qEjef_xDbq_cGEA3dLbML0LV4tg64tHjrUv/s1600/ladies+brad+final+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BIsyKB0k-1rn6beuEcX6Wp43Iqi2n5IwXNuQunaXPxj9HOQRExj7KKPNcMpbZJ41Mrd6TEP3Ihg9rRQkps_w-3r15FR0KHJ2xmiiZmh88qEjef_xDbq_cGEA3dLbML0LV4tg64tHjrUv/s320/ladies+brad+final+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560796295240815858" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">LADIES, BRAD, THIS IS THE FINAL ROSE TONIGHT (sorry, didn't get to caption that one either).</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Melissa, Keltie and Raichel go home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpthckA1H3Wze8DQazddGcMWKoKDXD3hqK0juwDZzJ2ddtUTeN76DxVi515nO8dwtK2lx7YdBMHMigONDqacF_71R_91-CUScjSVK7WHB1htiS0_DfxCVp9RRCSLh5HlaK3aSp5_WfVIwb/s1600/watch+your+back.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpthckA1H3Wze8DQazddGcMWKoKDXD3hqK0juwDZzJ2ddtUTeN76DxVi515nO8dwtK2lx7YdBMHMigONDqacF_71R_91-CUScjSVK7WHB1htiS0_DfxCVp9RRCSLh5HlaK3aSp5_WfVIwb/s320/watch+your+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793657269142802" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Yeah, poor Melissa. She is the kind of person I feel pretty bad for, for ending up on these shows. She looked pretty maniacal when she walked out of the mansion... hopefully she'll be ok.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90e6ChPVrQg232SO6K3kX3xjOdz_jHcJW57D2f6sOeFlzCUM5wX3ffvX2RF9dzrhOX0yj9heKViHEt7k23lCc4QO53rJfHh_WS-kB8an1yLUnpz-affQzDf0r927AHxBJzy2yrWpIhBJ3/s1600/online.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90e6ChPVrQg232SO6K3kX3xjOdz_jHcJW57D2f6sOeFlzCUM5wX3ffvX2RF9dzrhOX0yj9heKViHEt7k23lCc4QO53rJfHh_WS-kB8an1yLUnpz-affQzDf0r927AHxBJzy2yrWpIhBJ3/s320/online.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793439123447170" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Don't worry Keltie... you seem cute and sweet, you should be able to find someone. You can't help it that they forced you to wear that ugly ass costume. It's really not your fault.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ez1eLHrFwZscXbCCYjOdPrhxHMPi639qE4YaSjl1Mtlakp4ymQQPboVIBxZjE8ZFRvytfL7eVr-lpykuX_iJmRaEbvMvXjOJdlIgmCdaSgoyy2oi_w0MbyE4E-pRIvjl9k-4RoulnNZZ/s1600/single.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ez1eLHrFwZscXbCCYjOdPrhxHMPi639qE4YaSjl1Mtlakp4ymQQPboVIBxZjE8ZFRvytfL7eVr-lpykuX_iJmRaEbvMvXjOJdlIgmCdaSgoyy2oi_w0MbyE4E-pRIvjl9k-4RoulnNZZ/s320/single.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793650899338418" border="0" /></a>Raichel apparently meets a lot of men in her work, so she'll also be ok.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Maybe they will all find someone more age appropriate anyway.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66K8p3EjuV8M_U62XRi1_9j5VExmQC-QQ9eIzuRJ4UAKPM5oho_oL9MRsU8IhA1libax6d2cfx5HUH5jIFVunspLGr-ZkOvSZUsp5r_M9p2-CZqcDIvAKMWRrFxJ7EHvdXIakwY0RK5Um/s1600/gustavo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66K8p3EjuV8M_U62XRi1_9j5VExmQC-QQ9eIzuRJ4UAKPM5oho_oL9MRsU8IhA1libax6d2cfx5HUH5jIFVunspLGr-ZkOvSZUsp5r_M9p2-CZqcDIvAKMWRrFxJ7EHvdXIakwY0RK5Um/s320/gustavo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560795802178797890" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">And here's the final breakdown:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedQNhMb2kXnXoQ1SfWM_xN9ZPdz0xCoLpqbyTHvb1x4q0F_SCFAzOZ5x849J6Z4gAzqByi0aq3S_lMqdNLAWtBHBChAUvWVrvUAdqkKUcT8FJ2cOgq3DWP2pHVQYB7I3NW3SBuLYb2dEd/s1600/Week+two+eimination.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedQNhMb2kXnXoQ1SfWM_xN9ZPdz0xCoLpqbyTHvb1x4q0F_SCFAzOZ5x849J6Z4gAzqByi0aq3S_lMqdNLAWtBHBChAUvWVrvUAdqkKUcT8FJ2cOgq3DWP2pHVQYB7I3NW3SBuLYb2dEd/s320/Week+two+eimination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560793659549162066" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />Yours in the Single Life,<br />JulieJulie<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-71521201382154958362011-01-06T11:22:00.001-08:002011-01-06T11:30:28.457-08:00New Chart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQcH1FsZAzQeFyizM0YVghPl-kdzQBlM9dz9laPShpUsGQePhxHhyphenhyphen0fw-yjTB7SsJdyPDs1w4oAq5DldB8Y4qK1ioAgPA7-A7b_dJ_C7WNwMbfLswY7hU8fOhQjBK6-FJTtL1pecjd3mq/s1600/week+one+chart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQcH1FsZAzQeFyizM0YVghPl-kdzQBlM9dz9laPShpUsGQePhxHhyphenhyphen0fw-yjTB7SsJdyPDs1w4oAq5DldB8Y4qK1ioAgPA7-A7b_dJ_C7WNwMbfLswY7hU8fOhQjBK6-FJTtL1pecjd3mq/s320/week+one+chart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559157099879157138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ok! So I felt bad after my last post.... which upon further reflection, I realized I could have given some more information/insight/opinions on all of the women. After I watched the show again, I realized I really let a lot of stuff slide.<br /><br />So, to make up for my lacking... I have created a beautiful chart so you can easily reference who was kicked off!!!! Obviously I took all the headshots off the ABC website. But I compiled them into one picture, and wrote their names, AGES, job/city right on their faces, so you can easily remember who is who, etc.<br /><br />Also, here is another tip... I can't really change the size of the picture in my actual blog main page, but if you click on the picture, it will take you to a bigger size of it, if you need to read it more clearly.<br /><br />Enjoy!!!<br /><br /><br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278356709131981908.post-34158243796042958632011-01-03T20:50:00.000-08:002011-01-03T22:32:57.906-08:00He's Baaaack!!!!!!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOBMaGDy-gkshNDcSF39Q1dYOlm_aO4Aa5ZelNhrAxa0Pj95MjezCBIemE1Ip3l_Vq8MFo__eSIC71puU6fsbTOEVAY2jRigcS1MrYaFfYj-yOd64NYNoxI-9208Hfryi0aYux-iXeiB5/s1600/he%2527s+back.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOBMaGDy-gkshNDcSF39Q1dYOlm_aO4Aa5ZelNhrAxa0Pj95MjezCBIemE1Ip3l_Vq8MFo__eSIC71puU6fsbTOEVAY2jRigcS1MrYaFfYj-yOd64NYNoxI-9208Hfryi0aYux-iXeiB5/s320/he%2527s+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192093237639522" border="0" /></a>So anyone who has been a fan of.... ME for awhile knows that Brad Womack has always been my favorite Bachelor. I liked how he rejected everyone... that's the only reason he was my favorite. First time around, I think he went into it thinking "Whatever... this will be a fun TV show and I'll drum up business for my bar!" (Not sure about the bar thing....)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4zJ2YDcjfLgI1imiYoiOywJe0sLFkM0s-BjQ_9JL3NTerl3WSowk7q7VQouYfy3gSvOP8hyZFk8xOaom6mS1MHhAlGkAKf6Tgl3hmcOGybE4QRkQqTIzL5lR8krfQo8GiJyaE9cSBXIe/s1600/i+can%2527t+look+in+your+eye.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4zJ2YDcjfLgI1imiYoiOywJe0sLFkM0s-BjQ_9JL3NTerl3WSowk7q7VQouYfy3gSvOP8hyZFk8xOaom6mS1MHhAlGkAKf6Tgl3hmcOGybE4QRkQqTIzL5lR8krfQo8GiJyaE9cSBXIe/s320/i+can%2527t+look+in+your+eye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558191517205866066" border="0" /></a>Then when he was standing there at the final podium, engagement ring in hand... he looked into DeAnna's eye (singular) and he could see that it was more than just a TV show to her. She was all kinds of in love. At that point, he just could not find it in himself to lead her on... even for a few more weeks, while they'd have to do all that publicity, etc.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSqk05auePzP8MikUUvWmhqsp8UydoDlr8bF__ZvZrtXSk2rHxWTyisuussYlyVzyV1WiJH1teLxd0KTaxOA-I3MsO7yfQ9rO95OvtB5ncOoWUl8ocmzI86Lunh8oDbZeeOJO5xEmV5Fh/s1600/god+damn+it.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSqk05auePzP8MikUUvWmhqsp8UydoDlr8bF__ZvZrtXSk2rHxWTyisuussYlyVzyV1WiJH1teLxd0KTaxOA-I3MsO7yfQ9rO95OvtB5ncOoWUl8ocmzI86Lunh8oDbZeeOJO5xEmV5Fh/s320/god+damn+it.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193484466315042" border="0" /></a>So, that's why I always liked him--- for being true to himself. I do however remember him sending home all of the good girls and generally making bad decisions about which women to keep. But whatever...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVzU49EOSQmu_ScciKOa0FXtHNfhJnEe1_JXo9ck1B5eHCGE2kkwlj8n1tVXvS-QczdsvZxLWabO5ZiLFnv9Oq0E0ZR_Uxx1JEofXPNy4_m9gTvwuHufFNoP1jNLBcBQ-bUUHa4OGfnVD/s1600/sad+balcony.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVzU49EOSQmu_ScciKOa0FXtHNfhJnEe1_JXo9ck1B5eHCGE2kkwlj8n1tVXvS-QczdsvZxLWabO5ZiLFnv9Oq0E0ZR_Uxx1JEofXPNy4_m9gTvwuHufFNoP1jNLBcBQ-bUUHa4OGfnVD/s320/sad+balcony.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558194371651586306" border="0" /></a>So here we go again. Apparently the story line is "OMG Brad was TOTALLY dysfunctional before.... that is why he picked no one. What a CAD!!!!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7eL4w07tiGDM6qtiPVyJkQ4VoOPWflDUfeQTT71Am9ODw2VmTFbqab1fLDuBaH18oIVSPe891XYKyqPvvXbRQvQdfnH8PHEML_Lcyqh_IaC87_7XS33TZytQ5bsi0a4RTogFEfTLcstH/s1600/home.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7eL4w07tiGDM6qtiPVyJkQ4VoOPWflDUfeQTT71Am9ODw2VmTFbqab1fLDuBaH18oIVSPe891XYKyqPvvXbRQvQdfnH8PHEML_Lcyqh_IaC87_7XS33TZytQ5bsi0a4RTogFEfTLcstH/s320/home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193928287110882" border="0" /></a>So after he ruined his life, Brad came back home to Austin. He fired up his Tivo and re-lived the disaster.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkLonEvxEd5GBJz1asZEQV1BAmt2LIZiUsnkpWflWHWi8Mlu2AZXbsantdDF-Rn88AaraPM-aitloIRI9Hd0IR9ZgUj2W7yc0I7fkL52FO0ISLCnrFvSGmW5ZeQwTx-UDHtKHqJUmGOfp/s1600/im+a+jerk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkLonEvxEd5GBJz1asZEQV1BAmt2LIZiUsnkpWflWHWi8Mlu2AZXbsantdDF-Rn88AaraPM-aitloIRI9Hd0IR9ZgUj2W7yc0I7fkL52FO0ISLCnrFvSGmW5ZeQwTx-UDHtKHqJUmGOfp/s320/im+a+jerk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192097002344210" border="0" /></a>He was so depressed that he went outside and sat in the rain...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MSS5EhmnLSMjAC3wGB92OY7YJ00LgtJGvycRIYznH47_w1kRumV2kt5Xp21RaS90nTcB8QvSMvHtFVkgli7vF_fZLAeIcjcLFKy_K06UiVOaDyPg-4o45uUYguWNLZmpKdEiSQ39JEpV/s1600/crying+in+the+rain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MSS5EhmnLSMjAC3wGB92OY7YJ00LgtJGvycRIYznH47_w1kRumV2kt5Xp21RaS90nTcB8QvSMvHtFVkgli7vF_fZLAeIcjcLFKy_K06UiVOaDyPg-4o45uUYguWNLZmpKdEiSQ39JEpV/s320/crying+in+the+rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192876013069538" border="0" /></a>in the dark.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMYHO8Fki0sj2d-JyivEGD-pJzsWy4rHrwrmKtInPQlQdO2qCoiVCUPI0pBKBLAQcC702c6W3qDQgug1-ExNcNDqjHMuJ_BNWOH6U1YOA6m9McoAkc9eqCh640Z2K26aBNvtziHrX5DKM/s1600/lake+reflection.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMYHO8Fki0sj2d-JyivEGD-pJzsWy4rHrwrmKtInPQlQdO2qCoiVCUPI0pBKBLAQcC702c6W3qDQgug1-ExNcNDqjHMuJ_BNWOH6U1YOA6m9McoAkc9eqCh640Z2K26aBNvtziHrX5DKM/s320/lake+reflection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193937409041490" border="0" /></a>He went to the local park and pondered his reflection in the lake.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYwNpv4Bjq8_VGBadwMBcA1TlXWGdZd7hv22FesdlGm3-8NAOrWf-B6Bovd1cxKb-IEi-g6hmFZ2K47eXtvQCpNAzQ9yrqqUaM_cOC86NtxKhQNyUcbr_ZEa-MGhyphenhyphenMdKlIShhNNmzzBGb/s1600/healthy+cereal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYwNpv4Bjq8_VGBadwMBcA1TlXWGdZd7hv22FesdlGm3-8NAOrWf-B6Bovd1cxKb-IEi-g6hmFZ2K47eXtvQCpNAzQ9yrqqUaM_cOC86NtxKhQNyUcbr_ZEa-MGhyphenhyphenMdKlIShhNNmzzBGb/s320/healthy+cereal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193486856853042" border="0" /></a>He forced himself to stick to a healthy diet of high protein cereal, telling himself "I will NOT be that guy who gains weight after going on The Bachelor and summarily rejecting each and every Bachelorette, thus incurring the wrath of America."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPOKp0N9FEZsCtQ6nzNkEO1IFctNt6PUs5XILSzke5Fk45hXlmZ50eWG0-WfmCfhrYGCt_-k5sKTKE_qgang_bGR_hDOVnOSM1IgZScRhLdXkgpaSxfgefTNCsOkmGd9dxMwXO-BnA6wr/s1600/making+graphs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPOKp0N9FEZsCtQ6nzNkEO1IFctNt6PUs5XILSzke5Fk45hXlmZ50eWG0-WfmCfhrYGCt_-k5sKTKE_qgang_bGR_hDOVnOSM1IgZScRhLdXkgpaSxfgefTNCsOkmGd9dxMwXO-BnA6wr/s320/making+graphs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558194357066834498" border="0" /></a>He was afraid to go outside, so he would instead sit at his computer and work on his pie charts. Finally he asked himself "What is wrong w/ ME? Not w/ all the hot women I sent home, but ME?"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ySv_CyyNJfpc1EYjPigJ8EbmgGo1KxRtdr_bunl0lygEeDn9WmIhHjq2yEq1OVdFn3jzP0TGvzAWk_ybEYOz5uxXMJCnyhKqPawF7HvrttsAiicSbwa1iYl3G393TXVE3FnfID9qziuA/s1600/get+off+my+back.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ySv_CyyNJfpc1EYjPigJ8EbmgGo1KxRtdr_bunl0lygEeDn9WmIhHjq2yEq1OVdFn3jzP0TGvzAWk_ybEYOz5uxXMJCnyhKqPawF7HvrttsAiicSbwa1iYl3G393TXVE3FnfID9qziuA/s320/get+off+my+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558191511457986354" border="0" /></a>He then decided to enlist the help of a therapist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRU84uFp9P4wKSvXhYSz4IXn_DIbcdQaIWSXWA2Gsx52Q4S_vb0ATVcAIconroykXGmlYMDdScBQ8E7Dysusgo4JBlUGriidsmgI9m19HFxIkLGP6_hGS9DAW45lOstcbZqkEB4Gg3gEo/s1600/hiking+runyon+canyon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRU84uFp9P4wKSvXhYSz4IXn_DIbcdQaIWSXWA2Gsx52Q4S_vb0ATVcAIconroykXGmlYMDdScBQ8E7Dysusgo4JBlUGriidsmgI9m19HFxIkLGP6_hGS9DAW45lOstcbZqkEB4Gg3gEo/s320/hiking+runyon+canyon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193493943246274" border="0" /></a> He even ventured outside. He took long hikes up<s> Runyon</s><s> Canyon</s> some random canyon in Texas.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhHhfG5P5xXhA5AxkZfR39iiqTYLJC5NqhaOVW66bMm1Whjf0e210w1YEyNhoNTbP1I0weVbuvRX7IPLl6mHzvdVOHz5M3i09ERjI8zNTes_AGaD_MRPQNf13jSuN3VBaLNLayFU4i2X4/s1600/jog+on+the+beach.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhHhfG5P5xXhA5AxkZfR39iiqTYLJC5NqhaOVW66bMm1Whjf0e210w1YEyNhoNTbP1I0weVbuvRX7IPLl6mHzvdVOHz5M3i09ERjI8zNTes_AGaD_MRPQNf13jSuN3VBaLNLayFU4i2X4/s320/jog+on+the+beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193932686434226" border="0" /></a>He jogged along the seashore at sunset.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhort_gxkI0_jsYwp_CraTrnhkJDVRTD0kr5uBxbI1s7TiJfovoRM6dGnvzU6UdSYTfaBY_K3-BYpuc7S04E4z-BngjA0GgfiWPsMdy0n2LqaRbAeBHNHW1kJYWQHNGBZsky2oz2nmHYuTT/s1600/lift+weights.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhort_gxkI0_jsYwp_CraTrnhkJDVRTD0kr5uBxbI1s7TiJfovoRM6dGnvzU6UdSYTfaBY_K3-BYpuc7S04E4z-BngjA0GgfiWPsMdy0n2LqaRbAeBHNHW1kJYWQHNGBZsky2oz2nmHYuTT/s320/lift+weights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193937844566850" border="0" /></a>He pumped iron.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUn6QWfaTLFFCB3UZQhFaBpEuIB2gqRHGB1CvSH5OQyOU-Vm6vSYQ63cX3i4IaFANnqB1iEX89hy8suLRuHpAcS8KFbXrP4Iz8CvXrPO3ArWnJuT72pnoXgAXD-92pPEULWbGZLUl3Im3/s1600/abs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUn6QWfaTLFFCB3UZQhFaBpEuIB2gqRHGB1CvSH5OQyOU-Vm6vSYQ63cX3i4IaFANnqB1iEX89hy8suLRuHpAcS8KFbXrP4Iz8CvXrPO3ArWnJuT72pnoXgAXD-92pPEULWbGZLUl3Im3/s320/abs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192868529644530" border="0" /></a>And whenever he started feeling depressed again, he would just pop his shirt off and flex his abs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RG24J1mOmkEVtNfD91tXXbMjhxOg-yBZOU4Vkvcy7R-QXLbn7nlaY8-IvdhniwP_AzW4sYQrCGmxI9L1rZjTAu7aeAalFE_oehvDUY_YPCRD4dX2P3IIm5VfQC08B_0znm3GdqW1JP8M/s1600/brothers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RG24J1mOmkEVtNfD91tXXbMjhxOg-yBZOU4Vkvcy7R-QXLbn7nlaY8-IvdhniwP_AzW4sYQrCGmxI9L1rZjTAu7aeAalFE_oehvDUY_YPCRD4dX2P3IIm5VfQC08B_0znm3GdqW1JP8M/s320/brothers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558191505737609922" border="0" /></a>He hung around with his less cute brothers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVBr8OMNVL1BWKBSZ5tZ_96DKHapFH89wX-WlbtF9K5zXVl1Gq6vCYhaK_ghNXaWULuMEVzRycyzY0fJF8JYYqsPtMYKdg5dDes5kbXc_6an59FdMwFWo21-G4CzZFcwYDX9oC1wyTEoq/s1600/so+pretty.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVBr8OMNVL1BWKBSZ5tZ_96DKHapFH89wX-WlbtF9K5zXVl1Gq6vCYhaK_ghNXaWULuMEVzRycyzY0fJF8JYYqsPtMYKdg5dDes5kbXc_6an59FdMwFWo21-G4CzZFcwYDX9oC1wyTEoq/s320/so+pretty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558194370960359938" border="0" /></a>And he caught baby fever. He realized that he need to get married ASAP. So he packed his bags and headed to LA. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje840emLJlv9j_3PwLKogg-Mjax2WkyHcF6_k7kNQ4Rmqtr-KTKy0NsfXpgw83Umh-5-G5E__NiZarCNE5q7mROWtkNUT-ZG8eIwZH2pAdsuMMXsQK3CT23KKuSDbzaKYSuSKeHBorf01M/s1600/pack+my+bags.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje840emLJlv9j_3PwLKogg-Mjax2WkyHcF6_k7kNQ4Rmqtr-KTKy0NsfXpgw83Umh-5-G5E__NiZarCNE5q7mROWtkNUT-ZG8eIwZH2pAdsuMMXsQK3CT23KKuSDbzaKYSuSKeHBorf01M/s320/pack+my+bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558194359484104482" border="0" /></a> He met up with his old buddy, Chris Harrison.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lagY5Fsg6qLcK9JV1sv4vdDzrvxUuXVpNuYDNstLr-Wj25hihuVDj-yi4niw9gvdu7v_KeHyvZ7U0b3uilP9jb2uHHLLMh18C7GCVNWG2hmwqBUl1hFE3P5pWa3Z8MWPcuk-xQIAqWiQ/s1600/hi+again.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lagY5Fsg6qLcK9JV1sv4vdDzrvxUuXVpNuYDNstLr-Wj25hihuVDj-yi4niw9gvdu7v_KeHyvZ7U0b3uilP9jb2uHHLLMh18C7GCVNWG2hmwqBUl1hFE3P5pWa3Z8MWPcuk-xQIAqWiQ/s320/hi+again.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193489815225250" border="0" /></a>And agreed to be The Next Bachelor. Because he had CHANGED.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfxnevXhSNtRNSDH6M8U724yP0NLFeFvHaeCjoiQtSAQx_62Sw5fiZcNl32Cbm1rUki2jTHPc7wmQdfeJtx2FkbMfp4q_PNz7T8ZS1JvJDN8W7mKlrLfEm1tanY5Fr7lfRn1iUvPNRAyp/s1600/jenni+-+deann.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfxnevXhSNtRNSDH6M8U724yP0NLFeFvHaeCjoiQtSAQx_62Sw5fiZcNl32Cbm1rUki2jTHPc7wmQdfeJtx2FkbMfp4q_PNz7T8ZS1JvJDN8W7mKlrLfEm1tanY5Fr7lfRn1iUvPNRAyp/s320/jenni+-+deann.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192100574080050" border="0" /></a>Jenni and DeAnna come out to chat with Brad. So actually, from their perspective, if I was one of them, I would probably be kind of hurt that he was going on The Bach again. I would have thought that if he was so keen on dumping the both of us and being true to himself, that AT LEAST he could have learned one lesson: Don't go looking for love on reality television. I mean, seriously, I personally really would have thought that would be his THM (Take Home Message). But I guess not....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CP33FP_Ir2_BTxvVaJNiGeAt0s3mX5Hw_7F_VVQNveN5fPKyz52rxJBVfhd9y6wfyg9z45xhnm505xSiqFkeLacHKvxJIc6EQ0LsknGyuSTio3AdEYRfUvbgo_CMaANYD8_s85nbg1PC/s1600/i%2527m+changed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CP33FP_Ir2_BTxvVaJNiGeAt0s3mX5Hw_7F_VVQNveN5fPKyz52rxJBVfhd9y6wfyg9z45xhnm505xSiqFkeLacHKvxJIc6EQ0LsknGyuSTio3AdEYRfUvbgo_CMaANYD8_s85nbg1PC/s320/i%2527m+changed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558204922657162770" border="0" /></a>So send in the ladies.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGcKtt30YDyXngTK5ud7zC8al2FMGLnvik9lVheL_26yQ08wymLPqPrZOryBXu7Dr0kWlKgLrRkPh2WdKJMuFdXgNoYJRfLr_PM7-NiOkC6pb8-eL1GDhb0PFtR9rOWqTVZw_cPpUgDRJ/s1600/gas-efficient-car2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGcKtt30YDyXngTK5ud7zC8al2FMGLnvik9lVheL_26yQ08wymLPqPrZOryBXu7Dr0kWlKgLrRkPh2WdKJMuFdXgNoYJRfLr_PM7-NiOkC6pb8-eL1GDhb0PFtR9rOWqTVZw_cPpUgDRJ/s320/gas-efficient-car2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558191509779209522" border="0" /></a>Ok, so seriously, I really think they need to come up with some other sort of intro-ceremony. I could NOT sit there and watch thirty women parade out of the limos one by one. BORING. Let's shake it up a little. Have him meet two women at a time or something. And right on the spot, he has to send one woman home and the other gets to go to the cocktail party. I don't know... but really, come up w/ something ABC.<br /><br />Obviously, I did NOT think the slap was funny or cute. I wasn't impressed w/ the girl who forced him to get down on one knee and propose. It was all pretty boring.<br /><br />So, I got enlightened when the first girl finally said something nice to him, like "I respect what you did." or something to that effect. I think Brad really is looking for a NICE girl. But he's pretty good at being a gentleman and hiding his hurt feelings well. Like when that girl slapped him, he made it seem like he felt he deserved it and liked her more for it... but THEN when one of the girls was finally nice to him, he felt so relieved and happy.... that I think he wants a nice girl who is sympathetic to his cause.<br /><br />Overall, I was deeply offended by the ages of the women. I am NOT saying that relationships with huge age gaps are NEVER okay... but I AM saying that a healthy, happy, well balanced relationship is probably MORE OFTEN found between two individuals of similar age. So why in the HELL are they pairing him up with thirty women HALF HIS AGE!!?? Ok, they are not half his age; however, the whole gaggle of them is really inappropriately younger than him. And just to give you a visual, I have prepared an Inappropriate Age Gap Graph for you. It took me a long time to figure out how to make this damn thing in Excel, but I think it's really important for us all to understand what ABC is matching him up with!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTFbE6gri_bdW35BmJuYn8S3AicNWqFxomb6zfNMARqf-iFX5wcGUH0zrTYQlioLHL9Y0kPsTT64kbPV6j-pEVukww0erlwBgcmShtQpvfWXtqR9HeZcod6lfNWlEqRVcHkYljPJk6KB2/s1600/inappropriate+age+graph.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTFbE6gri_bdW35BmJuYn8S3AicNWqFxomb6zfNMARqf-iFX5wcGUH0zrTYQlioLHL9Y0kPsTT64kbPV6j-pEVukww0erlwBgcmShtQpvfWXtqR9HeZcod6lfNWlEqRVcHkYljPJk6KB2/s320/inappropriate+age+graph.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558193930486573202" border="0" /></a>As you can see, the oldest girl there is 32... and there is only ONE of her. The biggest age group represented was 25 and 26. And Brad is THIRTY EIGHT. That's like an average of over ten year age difference!!!<br /><br />Here's another headline for you: when I was twenty-three I did date a guy that was 37, and guess what - I thought he was OLD! So this set up is really ridiculous, in my opinion.<br /><br />Like I said, I am sure a relationship COULD work with such a huge age difference.... but they already have a ton of factors stacked up against them, like... I don't know, living in different states, BEING ON A REALITY SHOW. Not only does Brad have more than ten years on most of these chicks, he also has the added benefit of already going through the whole process one time... so I'm really not sure how he's going to find some sort of lasting love relationship here. Oh well, whatever. We'll see, I guess.<br /><br />Oh, btw..... don't think that I didn't notice that ABC is now suddenly NOT putting the girls' ages in their captions, as they have ALWAYS done in the past. I think they are trying to draw attention away from the RIDICULOUS age gaps they created!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhg72AQMssH56-V91NHW_LOxTIBG5Imf0wqJd2aowbHFUFVgDLorBaB5a7UNW1c64lguDiRIG6BN7FUL8GQAcZFISFZdfhXoQbdWeBzMLJOB_XAC0nIawYTFjMqg-aihg-3HnA_pd7Y34t/s1600/no+age.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhg72AQMssH56-V91NHW_LOxTIBG5Imf0wqJd2aowbHFUFVgDLorBaB5a7UNW1c64lguDiRIG6BN7FUL8GQAcZFISFZdfhXoQbdWeBzMLJOB_XAC0nIawYTFjMqg-aihg-3HnA_pd7Y34t/s320/no+age.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558204934245933298" border="0" /></a>Frankly there were really too many girls at this stage for me to form many deep opinions on any of them. I guess I like that one cute little blonde girl that looks like Dolly Parton. She seems sweet, and more importantly, she lives in Charlotte, my home town.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrwzyVFqr37AIpB_GyjmZKBXSiges7g148RIR4EWxC7rTVGVKRykN38XF0QXvbcHXA7pnyXmWam27Sf19ntr4n2fxWPlGRrxPYh_zbj2Y_oYVjrIoM4JznoArdhUW8VW10Su-NFeoTppQ/s1600/emily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrwzyVFqr37AIpB_GyjmZKBXSiges7g148RIR4EWxC7rTVGVKRykN38XF0QXvbcHXA7pnyXmWam27Sf19ntr4n2fxWPlGRrxPYh_zbj2Y_oYVjrIoM4JznoArdhUW8VW10Su-NFeoTppQ/s320/emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192882324911378" border="0" /></a>Uhmmm... but yeah, at at 24, I think she is WAY TOO YOUNG for him. I think she also has a kid and a dead baby-daddy. So, that's sad.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU961MDAvdJT8lqIWHFyqV53VZfCpl9XuNbBhOw6V81qLI6TWFYx6M62pgm7o1MZGmnZFrWDb9rQ6_XHoaZjcML2eCuy1hK2fAREtgRnyElXsECB_06Kp_H86FIpkdehNhkugfuZ-HibIu/s1600/madison.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU961MDAvdJT8lqIWHFyqV53VZfCpl9XuNbBhOw6V81qLI6TWFYx6M62pgm7o1MZGmnZFrWDb9rQ6_XHoaZjcML2eCuy1hK2fAREtgRnyElXsECB_06Kp_H86FIpkdehNhkugfuZ-HibIu/s320/madison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192106876815250" border="0" /></a>As for Madison, I'll go ahead and state the obvious: he is way too old to be dating anyone named Madison!!!! Hahahahaha!!! But seriously... I think she's going to be this annoying, crazy girl that you want to go home every episode, but Brad keeps keeping her around and you are like "OMG, she is a FREAK, lose her!!!" I did kind of like how he got all stern and took her down a notch by saying that she better cut the crap if she wasn't serious. And it was also kind of funny how he's like "It's kind of hot... but if you're just messing around, get out." About her vampire fangs. HAHAHAHAAA!!!! Kind of hot????????? HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok Brad!<br /><br />I guess it's good to bring a super weirdo on there to make it interesting. She is very pretty... aside from the vampire teeth. But then again, I've never really been into the whole vampire thing... which is basically the romanticizing of violence against women in my opinion. But hey, whatever you like.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1G8YtmhX8IbuvDEPC4vNOD1riuGxwp8C_ZkubTB4KE6Gi1xvpAkvXgKaAz8n9_wPDKtNw2wnlJhv2fxCYehV4927-8Q7ey2W4_p6t3jvGi4ok17a2Q2Ov0chIIvpCgOu3ehdO9tjqFoz/s1600/millions+of+women.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1G8YtmhX8IbuvDEPC4vNOD1riuGxwp8C_ZkubTB4KE6Gi1xvpAkvXgKaAz8n9_wPDKtNw2wnlJhv2fxCYehV4927-8Q7ey2W4_p6t3jvGi4ok17a2Q2Ov0chIIvpCgOu3ehdO9tjqFoz/s320/millions+of+women.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558204931147570626" border="0" /></a>I think I also liked the girl that got the first impression rose. She seemed like a nice one. So good for her!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNxP14AawZ9NKKoufO37_-UIEMxyfXXdzmdl21NYgO5f6C4oG4oPlA-Lam7ndx4tv8kUjriauU5vXxv149KJqXCEADZ47cXfVB4T52SMbhiZ_kofnET3Wet5HZog4Y_ivaEEYfQZaX22Y/s1600/final+rose.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNxP14AawZ9NKKoufO37_-UIEMxyfXXdzmdl21NYgO5f6C4oG4oPlA-Lam7ndx4tv8kUjriauU5vXxv149KJqXCEADZ47cXfVB4T52SMbhiZ_kofnET3Wet5HZog4Y_ivaEEYfQZaX22Y/s320/final+rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558191502990048066" border="0" /></a>So I guess we'll see what happens. In the previews, it looks like they go visit every single exotic location they could possibly imagine. Brad seems pretty genuine, and I support his decision to go to therapy and figure out what he wants in life. I don't especially support him going on national TV to date a bunch of 25 year old random hot girls from around the country in pursuit of true love and happiness.... but what do I know?????<br /><br />I also kind of feel like they really don't want him to dump everyone again, so they tried to pick out somewhat more realistic girls (aside from their inappropriate youth). And I don't buy how they tried to make it look in the previews like everyone dumped HIM and he ends up alone... although that WOULD be pretty funny.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKpKrrpdv-9pLwD-Rz5AaIABACCMZrSxELMFttMPoqUL7o1V4NFIKmRqN_D5gvh3C9JA-Ak5kSsl4A0V_TNXZwhIk_i6X7BbbgIL4SKWtoW8-uYcm4qbp27LaPTI7_5Mq0vZ3YkH-i90N/s1600/lonely+brad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKpKrrpdv-9pLwD-Rz5AaIABACCMZrSxELMFttMPoqUL7o1V4NFIKmRqN_D5gvh3C9JA-Ak5kSsl4A0V_TNXZwhIk_i6X7BbbgIL4SKWtoW8-uYcm4qbp27LaPTI7_5Mq0vZ3YkH-i90N/s320/lonely+brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558204930670777234" border="0" /></a>Yours in the Single Life,<br />JulieJulie<br /><br />PS - Is Brad going to die and/or get paralyzed later in the season when he dives into a coral reef??<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyORAmA_6oVLjodnXmByXi1IurcYfcYZZjnfvQV57_J_23w_P5gtw2RlOeOjdSKQj3mvyuhxIpO7pfCoBNf1xP-Un9sK-oJGrj7NzQTGwOYwTa0-Tg-_biPNETnrKz9b1jhmeCoz_Mscis/s1600/dangerous.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyORAmA_6oVLjodnXmByXi1IurcYfcYZZjnfvQV57_J_23w_P5gtw2RlOeOjdSKQj3mvyuhxIpO7pfCoBNf1xP-Un9sK-oJGrj7NzQTGwOYwTa0-Tg-_biPNETnrKz9b1jhmeCoz_Mscis/s320/dangerous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558192878896135234" border="0" /></a>What the hell is this? Am I the only one who notices those ominous dark shadows lurking in the water below him????<br /></div>The Take Home Messagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06039542806529970439noreply@blogger.com8