Bachelor, the Hometown Episode

Did anyone notice Ben in his skinny jeans and boots at Lindzi's? If not, here's a picture. It pretty much sums up how suave this guy is.

Ok, so this is a Sims character, but that's only because I couldn't find a picture of another fool who would wear such a thing. Luckily, Nikki teaches him about boots later on in the episode. While at Lindzi's home, she reveals that the guy who dumped her via text actually lived with her. Seriously? Did she just come home one day and all his stuff was gone? Then I guess after she called him 20,786,300 times, he just sent her back a text telling her they were through and calling her "babe." She admitted that she had a hard time letting down her walls because of that, then told Ben that "vulnerable" is a hard word for her. Yeah, probably too many syllables.

Moving on to better outfits...
Kacie's outfit for her hometown date was so cute, minus the Flava Flav medallion. I think all that tanning is getting to her head. She should have thrown that medallion out, along with the baton twirling. I can't help but get the impression that Kacie hasn't moved on since high school. Hence, the baton twirling and her dad not believing she knows anything about real love. Did anyone else have a hard time believing that was her real dad? Maybe she has just been tanning so much that she isn't always believable as white girl.

Don't agree? See reference below.

Moving on...
It was pretty exciting when I figured out where Ben and Nicki were on there date after the stockyards. Just to be clear, Nicki is from Hurst, not Fort Worth. Now, I know they are only a little over 20 minutes apart and there is nothing to do in Hurst, but I never thought about what they do for a hometown date when the girl is from Podunk. For her date, they really played up the Texas theme. Just so we are clear, not everyone in Texas wears boots. In fact, very few people do. I live in Texas, and I don't know anyone who does. (Except my brother, and that is because he has always liked them and thinks living in Texas gives you a decent enough excuse to wear them. I think he would agree with Ben thanking Nicki for the opportunity to dress like a cowboy because he has always wanted to.) Also, boots run around $400 a pair, on average, so I sure hope they saved their receipts! At least Nicki's family fed him well with good ole' Spring Creek Barbecue and sweet tea. *Side note: I don't know how Nicki/Nikki spells her name so you will see it spelled all kinds of ways in this post.

After Courtney declares Ben is her favorite guy [of the day], she follows producers advice to pretend to regret being so mean to the other girls. She tells her family that she like/loves him. What does that mean??? Her sister asks her if just "us two" can talk, to which Courtney responds with something like "oh- that's us!" Her dad and Ben have one only thing in common- her dad drinks scotch for breakfast and Ben has a dog named Scotch. Her mom looks excited about meeting Ben, but we later realize that is from the Botox. Finally, Courtney admits that she is crazy, she just happens to add "about this guy" after saying it.

For the recap with Chris Harrison, Ben admits that even though Kacie's mom told him she didn't want he and Kacie living together before they were married, and he ensured her that he has traditional values, he would expect them to live together after the show. That just provided more confirmation that Ben and Courtney deserve each other.

I still stand by my theory that they provide a VersaSpa for the girls while on the show, especially after seeing how much darker Lindzi, Kacie, and Nikki are than any one in their families. I mean, come on, they are not even at the beach anymore! It's not believable anymore! Just wait until they go to Switzerland. I guarantee you they will still be unusually dark.

My predictions are that Ben will give Nikki the boot. He never spent any time with her until her hometown date. There's no way they can have a relationship yet. I'm sure these are the same predictions that everyone else has. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see it.

I think he picks Courtney because the previews for next week are all meant to convince people that he will send Courtney home. Therefore, we can almost 100% guarantee he will not send her home, but will purpose to her. Yep, that's right, this girl...

Bachelor, another week, again, ugh

I actually saw this week's episode on time. So in case you missed it, here's the scoop. First, Ben takes Lindzi on a one-on-one. I like Lindzi, but this date was really awkward. And every time she is on camera, she seems like she might be a little drunk. They jump off a helicopter into the ocean. Did I mention Lindzi is afraid of heights? He never seems to run out of ways to torture the women. Then, they catch their own lobsters for dinner, which strangely do not have pinchers. After eating their dinner that was alive a few moments ago, Ben tells Lindzi they are going to write a love note and put it in a bottle and throw it in the ocean. The whole thing was really awkward. It wasn't romantic at all.

Back at the hotel, Courtney says that she needs to be appreciated and she is feeling neglected. She actually whines to all the other women about it. And the craziest part is that they all sit there and listen! For as much as these women hate her, why do they hang out in the same room as her and listen to her?! You are in Belize! There has to be a million better things to do! Pick one! Courtney says that if Ben does not give her a one-on-one, she will not accept the rose he gives her. Yes, she assumes she will get a rose. I doubt anyone believes that she would decline a rose. No rose = going home. The last thing Courtney wants is less time on camera. I guess she thinks she can decline a rose, and he will convince her to stay, and the whole thing will just provide more camera time for her. As if on cue, a date card arrives for Courtney. She says that he listens because she was not very happy with him for leaving her there in the hotel room with all the other girls. As she leaves for her date with Ben, she yells to the girls, "Bye! I can't stand you all!" Then, during her date, she tells Ben that he shouldn't have gone on a date with Emily (which I left out because it was so boring) because he knows how Emily has treated her. Seriously?!?! Where does she come up with this stuff?? Then she proceeds to say that she has tried 100% to really get to know the girls but they are mean to her and are shallow. I think she is confusing them with herself. Ben asks if she has any friends at home and she says "I have a lot of good friends" then actually says that they are all guys, and although Ben makes a face to this, he quickly forgets the huge red flag above her head. Dummy. I actually kind of want him to meet her family. I wonder what they are like. I imagine her dad to be something like Hitler. And her mom to be something like Joan Rivers...but taller, and with bigger shoulders.

My favorite part of this episode is when Ben admits that he's a weird guy. That's the only thing he's said that most viewers would agree with. Wait, I change my mind. My favorite part is Courtney's face when Emily says that they have created great friendships while being there. In case you missed it, it looked like this.

Except it was actually worse, if you can believe it. I couldn't find the actual picture though, so this one serves the purpose. For a model, this girl really has no face control. She makes a lot of ugly faces. She probably has more ugly faces than the number of times Ben has ever had a haircut.

So Ben takes Rachel, Kacie, and Nicki to swim with sharks on a group date. How romantic. (eye roll) Kacie and Nicki are super excited, but Rachel, naturally, is scared to death. She comments that she is afraid of lakes because they might have sharks in them. Really?? So she won't get in the water until Ben promises that the sharks will not eat her. I really hope he cleared that up before telling her that because if he's wrong, she's going to be pretty disappointed. Or paraplegic.

So Ben declines seeing the girls before the rose ceremony because he already knows what he wants to do. He sends home Emily and Rachel (after wasting the whole shark swim with her and not paying attention to the other two girls there). Kacie got a rose after the shark swim, so next week, Ben will meet her parents. He also gives a rose to Nicki- did anyone see this coming?? Not me. He has barely talked to her since the show started. Have they even been on one date?? He also gives a rose to Courtney and Lindzi. So, yet another week rolls around where Ben still has not realized Courtney's evilness. This is beyond ridiculous.

So who does he pick? That's a question even Siri can't answer.

This is all too much for Courtney to handle.

Or perhaps it's the wine she is constantly drinking... Haven't they run out of alcohol by now?!?!

Bachelor, again

As I'm sure you can tell by now, I DVR The Bachelor, which means I usually end up watching that week's episode later on in the week, so I am repeatedly behind on my Bachelor posts.

I find this one a little hard to write about because it got sort of...annoying. And, sort of, sad. It's sad how desperate the girls are for his attention and affection. I know this is nothing new for the Bachelor & Bachelorette shows, but come on, this is just an average guy who desperately needs a a haircut, is very awkward, says the weirdest things (or says normal words in a weird way: "May-chet-ee"), and is hardly capable of carrying on a conversation. I know this sounds really harsh, but I'm pretty disappointed in the guy. Courtney strips for him and he looses track of the whole reason he is there. He is completely wasting this season and the shows attempt to help him "find love." He's not focused on finding love! He's got his mind somewhere else. The producers need to come up with some lame reason to kick off Courtney, like they did with Casey S., if they really do believe their show helps people find the love of their life. Instead, they are playing it up. Courtney and Ben both look like complete fools. Oh, and props to the rapper girl for finding a clever way to make Courtney look even more stupid and evil. Who would have thought to just apologize to her? (Although, I think Emily actually meant the apology.)

And Jamie. Oh, Jamie. Poor, poor Jamie. I feel so sorry for this girl. I see now why they didn't give her more camera time before. It was to save herself! This poor girl made a complete fool of herself and will probably regret it for the rest of her life. (If you have not seen what she did and you care to see it, find someone who has TiVo or DVR and watch. I will not describe it.)

So back to Casey...I'm still not sure why they kicked her off the show. She said that she was single and not dating anyone. So what a part of her still has love in her heart for someone she dated for years and shared her life with? She knows they cannot be together and is trying to move on! That is no reason to kick her off! Chris even said to her, "I know you are trying to find love." Isn't that what this show is about?! So the only reason they made her leave is to create more drama so people would actually watch the show. If they didn't have some type of drama or catastrophe to show on their previews for the next week, people would stop watching because, quite frankly, this season is dragging on painfully slow. We can only take so much self-inflicted torture of listening to Courtney. Dang it, Ben! Wake up! Get over your hormones, and send the girl home! I bet even Brittney's grandma no longer likes him. Remember her:

At this point, I think this is all a lost cause. He has done too much damage with Courtney to have any hopes of having a relationship with any self-respecting girl. All the girls are too good for him. Except Courtney, of course, but she thinks she is, so if he picks her, she will just dump him anyway. I still have an ounce of hope Chris Harrison will just kick Ben off for being an idiot and start Emily Maynard's season just to save any little dignity they still have.


I hereby claim Ben's season to be the quickest way for viewers to stop watching the show.

Bachelor- Week 5 (A Few Days Late)

Something happened to my DVR, so it only recorded half of the Bachelor this week. I found out the mystery brunette girl's name- it's Jamie. You know, the one I'm pretty sure Ben has never talked to but she still gets a rose every week. Oh, and I found out what a leap list is. I'm sure you have too. Way to do over the top marketing, Bachelor producers.

My recording started right before Ben & Elyse go on a date. I like her more after seeing her open up. She's really pretty, which I never noticed until they were on the yacht and she didn't have all that make-up on. I think he was already planning on sending her home before the date even started. He didn't even give her a chance. As soon as she said she has accomplished everything she wanted to do, he shut down. Poor Elyse, she actually seems like a normal girl. Maybe that's why he sent her home- he likes sleazy.  He made that quite clear when he thew away his chance at love to "get frisky" with a floozy. "A girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do," really Courtney? Getting what you want by sleeping with people? Oh- so that's how she got her modeling job.

He has already crushed their little hearts by sleeping with Courtney- they just don't know it yet. You could see the guilt written all over his face when he talked to the other girls before the rose ceremony. He has ruined this season. Great job, Ben. What would your mom think?

Quick, somebody help Kacie B.'s hair! Where is Blakely with her complete hair salon travel kit?

Girls he should have kept (or maybe, Girls who are too good for him): Elyse, Jennifer
Girls he should sent home: Courtney, duh!

The Bachelor -Week 4

I really want to go to Park City, Utah now. It is beautiful there. Ben and Rachel's one-on-one date was really awkward. They don't seem to have the chemistry that should be there. The best part of their date is the only time she actually talked to him (at the end of the date). I really wonder what exactly a Fashion Sales Rep does. She sells...fashion?
For the group date, I was pretty excited that he made them ride horses and them go fly fishing with waders. Lindzi was the only one who looked comfortable on a horse. I'm a little confused by how Courtney suddenly had a hat on for the fly fishing part of the date. They don't take purses, so where was she keeping this hat up until then? Also, I have to quote some of Courtney's terrible things she says. They speak for themselves, so I don't even have to comment on them. She says, "Kaci is cute and she's sweet...and she's kinda annoying" and later also says "she thinks she's so cute." Also, her claim of "I'm a nice person. I just want to rip her head off and verbally assault her" and "she should watch herself." You know, all the things nice people say. She also walks around saying "winning" so the girls know that she is winning this thing that is a game to her. This erks the girls since they are there to find their future life partner. I think it's strange that Courtney caught a fish and no one else (including Ben, whose idea this was) caught one. One girl who was sure not to catch a fish was Samantha, who looked miserable on the fishing trip. I don't think she and Ben go together. I agree with his decision to send her home.

After fishing notes: Blakely's hat was cute. But then again, I like anything gray. In his conversation with Samantha, she looked like she was concentrating very hard on looking like Marilyn Monroe and not really listening to him. When he told her, they should end it, she seemed not react at all. It was like she was thinking, "Wait, what did he just say? I wasn't listening." When he was alone with Courtney, I just wasn't buying her act of being insecure. I think she just did that to get the rose. She seems evil like that. She doesn't look him in the eye when she's talking to him. It just goes to show that she's not being honest.

I keep wondering what Jennifer's natural hair color is. Anyone have any guesses? I'm really glad he gave her a rose after making her repel down a big dark hole and then dropping her so she falls into water (ok, so he did too), but still. Speaking of hair color, does Blakely travel everywhere with a complete hair dye kit? Is that her profession? I'm pretty sure it's not. I'd be more likely to believe she is a professional stomper. Seriously, did you see the girl stomp?!? She's been doing it for a while!

There seems to be fewer relationships this season than all the others. It appears that he has no relationship has formed with (he hasn't gotten to know) Elyse, Nicki, Casey S., Monica, Samantha and the mystery brunette. For most of these names, as you read them, you may have no idea who these girls are. That is because they have had no camera time yet. In fact, I had to rewind and find out some of there names because I didn't even know that yet, and I still couldn't find the brunette's name. I liked Ben & Ashley better than him and any of the girls on this episode. He and Ashley were just so cute together. And they weren't awkward at all. This season is filled with awkward moments.

Clay Walker was a nice touch for this "country" themed episode. I like Clay Walker and I'm kind of impressed that Ben knows who he is. I think when Jennifer said "I really feel like we connected" when they were dancing in front of Clay Walker, she was talking about Clay Walker. Same thing when she said "I really like this guy." Again, she was talking about Clay Walker. Eh, I don't blame her. I couldn't help but notice she had reapplied some makeup after swimming in the cave. That's nice that the Bachelor producers let them do that so they don't have to be on TV with no make-up on, but again, where do they keep this stuff (without carrying purses)?

I liked Casey S, until she stirred up all that drama with Emily & Courtney. She was kind of egging Courtney on with her mean comments about Emily. I'm disappointed in her. Besides, she forgot to wear pants to the rose ceremony.

And to sum up all my random jibber jabber up:
Girls I think he should probably just go ahead and send home: Rachel, Courtney (I'm really tired of her weird mouth mannerism and evilness), & Elyse
Girls I think he should keep: Lindzi, Jennifer, the mystery brunette (you know the one who nobody knows her name. You may not even remember her- or thought "Wait, who is that girl? Has she been here the whole time?" Hint: she wore a blue dress to the rose ceremony.)
Girls who just need to suck it up and be tougher (aka Girls who got really whiny): Kacie B. & Emily

Bachelor Episode 3

Episode 3:
Shawntel is back! I liked her from Brad's season (up until her crematoria tour). She seems down-to-earth and easy-going (as long as you can handle her strange and creepy profession). I don't think all the girls should be so hard on her. She's just trying to find love, like the rest of the girls.

Favorites: Lindzi & Kacie B.
Girls I think he should send home: Jaclyn, Courtney, & Erika (they are not very nice)

By the way, does anybody know what a leap list is?

Bachelor Update

Episode 2:
Favorites: same as last episode (Lindzi the horse girl & Kacie B.)
Girls I really hope go home: just Courtney

Bachelor Matchmaker:
I feel pretty bad about listing the British girl as one of my least favorite last time and then she cried and took it really hard when Ben sent her home. Poor girl. She probably goes through this a lot. Where is Ryan from Ashley's season when you need him? Quick, somebody introduce Ryan and this poor girl. I created a little picture grouping to illustrate my point.  (Although it's really their personalities that go together so well).

Also, I wish he hadn't sent home the Kentucky Derby girl. I know I sort of dissed her hat choice, but I didn't want her to go home. Don't get me wrong, I love a good derby hat, but this just wasn't the right time for it. He should have kept her over the girl with the crazy cackle (aka Monica). But...since he sent her home, I think she and Brad would make a great couple. (See below). They are really cute together, right? I hope Chris Harrison will have figured out all this by the time the next season of Bachelor Pad airs.

Bachelor News

Ok. I have to post my two cents about The Bachelor. I watched last season, so I really want Ben to find love since he seems to want it so bad. Is it just me or were the first twenty minutes just Chris Harrison humiliating Ben for being dumped??

My favorites so far are Lindzi (the horse girl) & Kacie because she's corny, like Ben. Most Annoying Top Two: British girl & the model. I feel sorry for the poor sap who dates the model because she probably can't love anyone as much as her self.

That Jenna girl is crazy. Who would read her blog for love advice??? I'm guessing she has been broken up with more times than she spray tanned for this show.

P.S. A little advice to girls who think derby hats are a good thing. Yes, for the Kentucky Derby and avoiding wrinkles, they are good. However, men see them as more an obnoxious fashion faux pas. Only girls are impressed by them. He probably does not even remember her face. Although then again, that was probably her thinking behind it, by the looks of the dress. She was probably trying to avert his eyes elsewhere.