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Heads up: Free stuff on iTunes

Just so y’all know, there’s a bunch of free TV on iTunes right now. You can get episodes of 30 Rock, Heroes, The Office, Battlestar and more.  Many of them are the previous season premieres, others are the pilots for soon-to-air shows.

Because I love you is why.

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Project Runway: The stars say that two of you are screwed

It’s harder to appreciate the garments if you pretend the models are mentally ill.

Big night on the Runway, no?

Two eliminations, the return of this season’s eliminated cast members, cameos by a slew of old contestants and more cast conflict than we’ve seen all season. That, plus we got to watch Kenley and Heidi compare boobs.

The challenge was deceptively straightforward: after you get paired with an eliminated cast member, create an avante-garde garment based on one of your astrological signs. Convoluted, yes. But still pretty straightforward.

For me, this episode was notable because it marked my realization that there were only three of the remaining designers that I actually cared for: Leanne, Korto and Jerell. Again, it’s important to remember that whether or not I like a person’s garments or not is completely secondary to whether I think they are cute/funny/charming. I like Leanne’s off-kilter, elfin space cadet persona and I’m usually amused by Korto’s weary, but strong-willed attitude (everything she says seems to be said with a sigh, but it’s remarkably defiant). Jerell — well, Jerell is just fine. And he looks great looking through the fridge in that tight underwear, which I’m sure you noticed on last week’s episode.

Moving right along, when we realized who the bottom four were I have to admit that I would have been delighted to see any of them go. Blayne is generally amusing and harmless, but occassionally grating. But Terri and Kenley have revealed themselves to be over-confident and socially inept.  While Suede just bugs the hell out of me with his affectations.

Despite the fact that none of their eliminations would break my heart, I really think Suede probably deserved to get kicked off instead of Terri. I’m betting Nina’s violent reaction to her outfit weighed heavily against her — but Suede’s outfit was just unbelievably dull. That said, Terri really proved herself as pretty heinous in this episode. Keith clearly didn’t want to help her, but he was willing to be a team player. From the word go, Terri had no interest in his input or help.

And I have to say it — whether or not he has a disgusting rat tail or not — no one treats my muscley, beardy, Utah-y sensitive flower that way.

On the opposite end of things, my favorite design (and I hate to say this) was probably Joe’s. I’m certainly not his biggest fan, but I thought it was a really well-made garment and he styled her really well.

Got to hand it to the straight guy every once in a while.

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The More You Know: Insensitive photo edition

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