Comments on: Ridiculous Reality TV Crushes

By: David

David — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:19:12 +0000

Pretty much any of the girls who appear on Big Brother UK… Imogen, Sam, Chanelle, Stephanie, Jennifer… ridiculous!

By: Meep

Meep — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:11:40 +0000

Tim Gunn is awesome… :D
Also, Dani is somewhat of a celebrity in Portland.

By: Lit Spice

Lit Spice — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:43:43 +0000

Did you see lolcats meets Jackie Warner? A funny site mashing lolcats (”I can has cheezburger” with Work Out “I can haz everything!”). Its here:
http://lol-word.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

By: zombie z

zombie z — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:19:52 +0000

I’m glad it doesn’t make me a Bad Feminist to be slightly obsessed with those half-rate celebrity <3 shows on VH1. I also ADORED Dani.

And I’m fairly obsessed with Real Housewives of New York City. I loved the Orange County version, but this one is wayyy more disgusting. I mean, they didn’t have limos and chauffers on OC. The seriousness in which they discuss how the driver and other servents should address them flabbergasts me. (Firstname? NO! There is a respect issue here! We MUST be referred to as Mrs. Lastname!) Alex and Simon’s relationship causes visceral repulsion in me. I can’t stop.

By: INotI

INotI — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:57:43 +0000

I’m all about Phil from Amazing Race.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:46:33 +0000

1. I swear the conversation from this thread is just like the conversations at http://www.afterellen.com! Over there, Bravo is a worshiped network–got to love how LGBT friendly it is!

2. Dani was totally treated like a rockstar at Dinah Shore two weeks ago. She is really sweet and the only decent part of a shot at love

3. My favorite part of Top Chef: Padma. Oh how i love her!

4. And I’m totally with you Laura on Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff). She is absolutely drool worthy!

By: zuzu

zuzu — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:30:16 +0000

Grant impression here.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:28:23 +0000

Did you see the episode of Mythbusters in which Grant did a Tim Gunn impression?

And Mike Rowe can come get me dirty anytime.

By: Marked Hoosier

Marked Hoosier — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:07:32 +0000

TV via the internet rocks. Movies via the internet too.

Then playing that stuff from the internet on your TV… awesome. :)

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:04:39 +0000

I’ll take it that’s ^ in response to me. You’re calling it ‘ridiculous’ for a reason, right?

Getting shows via torrent, or seeking them out online in other manners, is different. Generally, there are no commercials—which is quite the world of difference from television, where you’re held captive to the whims of marketing execs (unless you have TiVo or such and can fast-forward).

It’s also the Internet, which means you can seek out any type of entertainment. With television, you’re stuck looking at the preview channel to see what your selection will be at any given half-hour/fifteen minutes. The Internet allows you to direct your own media experience; television assumes you’ll be sitting on your butt flippin thru channels.

Since the writer’s strike, I haven’t sought out any teevee shows online. That’s the thing: if you’re too lazy, you won’t even want to search for shows online, you’ll just take alt media you happen upon. With television you can be lazy and just push a button on a remote.

I have been watching a lot of TED Talks during our lunches, though!