Winter Olympics - Eye Candy Edition

I have a question...

Bode Miller - Alpine skiing, USA

Bryon Wilson - Freestyle Skiing, USA

Chad Hedrick - Speed Skating, USA

J.R. Celski - Speed Skating, Short Track, USA

Anton Apolo Ohno - Speed Skating, Short Track, USA

Seth Wescott - Snowboard, USA

Shani Davis - Speed Skating, USA

Shaun White - Snowboard, USA

Louis Vito - Snowboard, USA

Tony Angiboust - Curling, France

Alexandre Bilodeau, Freestyle Skiing, Canada

Has anyone else noticed the plethora of handsome men in this Winter Olympics?

Winter Olympics - Fashion Edition

I have been enjoying the Olympics as I always do.  There is something about the passion, determination, and commitment of the athletes that makes me happy.  I am in awe of their skills, their courage, and their drive.  If I had just one tenth of that, I would be able to rule the world (or at least get off my but and exercise every now and again).  One thing I have noticed this year, besides the amazing talent of the American athletes, is their cool uniforms.  So I bring you the Vancouver Olympics Fashion Report.

From the Opening Ceremonies - by Ralph Lauren

Dashing, debonaire, studly, cool, dude...

Beautiful, sexy (but not too), stylish, gorgeous

Podium Jackets by Nike

Love the ombre look, very nice

Snowboard Suits by Burton

So very cool, love the plaid, love the pants that look like jeans

Bobsled/Freestyle Skiing by Under Armour

Love the stars, a little like pj's but if I could wear pj's to do my job, I totally would

Lindsay Vonn and Julie Mancuso's beanies by Ralph Lauren

So very cute!  Love Lindsay's with the Olympic rings

Honorable mentions from other countries...

Canada's Torchbearer's mittens

Adorable!

However the award for greatest team uniform goes to:

The Norwegian Curling Team

Those silly Norsemen!

Next up, Winter Olympics - Eye Candy Edition

It will be the most BORING SEASON EVER!!!

Why didn't Chris Harrison just tell us at the beginning of the season that Jake is the most boring bachelor ever?  It might have saved us all some time.  Even on the tropical exotic dates, there is just something so boring about him.  I don't find myself invested in this season as much as season's past, possibly because I lost my innocence over the Jason/Molly/Melissa thing but also, Jake is just so...boring.

Anyhoo...on to the exotic dates in St. Lucia.  "Mr. Dateless" is so obviously hung up on Gia's modelesque beauty that he has tricked himself into believing that she is more than just a pretty face.  Right, Jake, she is more than a pretty face, she is pretty legs, boobs, tushie, etc.  But as for brains...well...did I mention she is pretty?  They have a boring date and kiss a lot.  Off to the fantasy suite where Gia can show Jake how brainy she really is because you know in the fantasy suite the couple always plays Trivial Pursuit all night long!

His next date is with Tenly, or as I like to call her "MyX" because that is how she starts every sentence..."My X never did this with me."  "My X wouldn't do that with me."  "My X is still living in my head and I am totally not over him."  Once again, boring date, lots of kissing.  She is my favorite as far as she is the most mature.  She asked Jake how he would pursue her in the real world when he didn't have ABC footing the bill and in true egomaniacal pilot form he told her he would be flying her to the Caymans at his every whim.  Because that is what normal everyday men do when courting women in the 21st century.  What ever happened to dinner and a movie?  No wonder women these days have such high expectations and men don't even try - why should they if they can't live up to TV?  Fantasy suite...blahblahblahnotbeenwithanyoneexceptmyXbutsureI'llgospendthenightwithyoublahblahblah.

Last date is with Vienna.  This girl is 100% ho and I am sure that is what Jake likes about her.  There's just something about Vienna, he keeps saying.  Yea, she's a ho.  She licked you, for crying out loud!  And you licked her back?  Do you know where that thing has been?  And, boring date, lots of kissing, fantasy suite, more proof that she is a ho (negligee, closing the bedroom doors) and...scene.

Then, in the most unsurprising surprise development, Ali calls and tells Jake she made a mistake.  Gosh! I didn't see that coming!  I kind of hoped he would let her back in and kick Vienna to the curb but he was fresh off some fantasy suite action and wasn't about to let that go.  Sorry, Ali, you will have to live with your regret for the rest of your life or at least until ABC casts you as the next Bachelorette.

Ok, rose ceremony...boring, who didn't guess who the roses were going to?  Sorry, Gia, but the air in your head just couldn't keep Jake from blowing you off.

So, is Jake going to go with the girl who is still hooked on her X or the girl who is rated X?  Next week is the Women Tell All where we will hear from Rozlyn and Ali and be teased by Chris.  Tune in, or just stop by here on Tuesday!

Fix it Friday #43

Original

Such beautiful eyes!

This one scares me a little...

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I may have to switch teams...

Bubba and I were channel surfing the other night and the movie Cheaper by the Dozen 2 was on.  We have both seen it before but there was nothing else on so we watched it.  Little did I know there was an adorable and very young Taylor Lautner starring as Eliot Murtaugh, of the rival family to the Bakers.  How on earth does this sweet young thing...

Turn into this...

Holy crap!

Happy 18th Birthday, Taylor!  Now that you are legal, I don't feel so dirty when I drool over your photo.

The Craziest Season Ever!!!

This is my stream of consciousness Bachelor post.  I DVR'd it and and am watching it while I type...This is the hometown date week...

Gia

has to be the ugliest boat I have ever seen...what's with the clutching her hands under her chin...her brother is scary...that hair, those glasses...yikes, her mother says i hope he is the one that heals her heart...  talk about pressure if he picks her...very wise that she can't ask him to love her...no one can love someone that quickly...fall in love maybe but true love takes time...red lipstick?  really?!

Ali

so cute how he kissed her cheek and told her he missed her.  awesome grandma's house love the charm.  funny about her mom googling him...asking her if it is ok to marry her daughter...didn't do that with gia's mom.  i think he really likes her...took off his gloves so that he could kiss her.

Tenley

oregon is pretty reminds me of germany  look at him checking out her legs while she was dancing...didn't like her paper bag skirt...needed to be more flowy...liked her dad...down to earth and solid...i don't think she or her family has recovered from her divorce...still mourning the marriage...may be too soon...whole family is very emotional...asks dad for permission to marry her....VERY passionate kiss!  wowsers!!!

Vienna

she is a total ditz...icky love fest between she and her dad...a little too close?  he is a bit of a jacka$$...totally see him being right in the middle of their relationship...mom says V has had other women calling her out all her life...ding!ding!ding!  what more do you need to know?  she has not been nice her whole life....run from this girl!  run fast!  her dad totally walked in on them making out!  preview of things to come?  daddy will be walking in on them a lot...didn't see him ask for her hand.

Ali bombshell...is it really that hard to decide whether to stay there or go back to work...if you think you love him, you stay.  period.the.end.do.not.pass.go.do.not.collect.a.bachelor!   however...he didn't tell her to stay.

Chris Harrison..."thanks for quitting your job, but you're not the one!"

Ali looks like she swallowed something nasty...or took too many drugs...i do understand her dilemma..it would be different if she knew totally that he was going to pick her...glad he told her that he didn't want her to go...she is going totally into the ugly cry...somebody get that girl a tissue...he looks like he is going to blow chunks...i think she is making a huge mistake...he totally loves her...this has been the craziest season ever!

headed to st. lucia with Tenly, Gia, and Vienna...

what about the phone call?  will Ali come back for ATFR?

I'm a Nguyener (Winner)!!!

A while back I entered a contest over at Amyboo's.  Since I never, EVER win anything, I didn't give it a second thought.  And then, lo and behold (what exactly does that mean anyway?), I get an email from Amyboo herself stating that I had won.  Today I received my booty in the mail.  Check it, ladies.  I give you COLD PLASMA...

  

Ok, that is a really small photo, sorry.  Imagine, if you will, youth in a jar.  This stuff is $150 an ounce!  That means that this stuff costs $19,200 a gallon!  So, it's not just youth in a jar, it's also gold in a jar!!!  I am so excited!  I would never spend that kind of money on beauty products.  Can't justify it when there are house payments, car payments, food, etc that are more pressing.  I am hoping that it will take away my wrinkles and other unmentionables that are marching across my face.  I will keep you posted.  I am hopeful that I will go from looking like this...

 to looking like this...

I surrender!

The Japanese Porn Spammers have won.  I have to turn on word verification for my comments.  Sorry.

Foto Friday

Hopefully we will have a repeat of last weekend!

B2B

subtitle:  Dooce shouldn't have all the fun!

I am jumping into the world of (hopefully) paid blogging.  Business 2 Blogger is a free service that connects bloggers with businesses who need exposure.  Hopefully, I will be reviewing products, merchandise, services, etc. in exchange for some serious coin modest compensation.  Check them out, they are giving away a $600 blog makeover from SMD by Shauna.  If you like what you see, sign up!  It's free!  C'mon, all the cool kids are doing it!

I left my heart....

In San Francisco...at least that what the Bachelor might be saying after this week! 

The girls are on the road again and end up in San Fran in a huge suite all together.  Fun, just what I want to do is spend all my time with the 4 other women who are dating my boyfriend! 

Tenley got the first date and they ride a private cable car to China town.  I really like their relationship, they seem so comfortable together.  I wondered what was in the fortune cookies that they wrote themselves but knowing the Bachelor, it will be cheesy.  Kudos to Jake again for asking the tough question about Tenley's marriage and her role in its demise.  She had a great answer and I totally think she is the real deal even though her voice is a bit annoying.  Oh, and I was right "Kiss me" is the fortune in both of their cookies.  See?  They are made for each other!

Whatshername (is it bad that I still don't know her name) told a funny joke when the next date card arrived - Ali and Vienna on a group date together?  ABC, that would have been priceless!  Shoulda done it, I'm just sayin'.  Anyhoo, Gia and Vienna meet Jake at a castle in Napa.  It seemed to me he was more excited about seeing Gia than Vienna, maybe he is finally taking to heart what the other girls are saying. This whole date can be described in one word...AWKWARD!!!  From V monopolizing his time talking about Ali's meltdown, to V searching through the catacombs of the winery and getting lost, to V jumping into bed with a half-nekkid Jake, it was just all sorts of awkward...do you see the theme?  She is very immature and not very nice.  I think his attraction is purely physical since he admitted to "dirty thoughts" when she showed up in his room.  He seemed mortified and sent her packing.  While I do think Vienna is getting a bad edit, I also think that it could be a lot worse.  I think they are not showing a lot of the behind the scenes stuff between she and the other girls.  There has to be some reason for the entire group of women not to like her.

Side note...I can't stand commercials!  I think I need Tivo.  That is really sad, though, since I used to work in ad sales for a cable company putting commercials on the air!

Back to the drama...

CORRIE!  That's her name, didn't remember until she got her date card.  Sorry, but I see absolutely no chemistry between these two.  Their whole relationship can be summed up in a word - math.  Math? you say?  Math.  And here's why - She thinks that a man should go 90% of the way when initiating a kiss and the woman should only have to go 10%.  Jake believes that a woman should go 20% and a man 80%.  See the disconnect?  Their lips will never meet - he will be hanging out at 80% and she will be sitting back at 10%...the kiss hangs somewhere in the middle.  He is shocked by her admission that she is saving herself for marriage, but reassures her that it won't be the reason he sends her home - sure, Jake and I bet you have some waterfront property in Arizona you are willing to sell her, too.

Ali has the last date and she gets to plan the whole thing since SF is her adopted hometown.  You can really tell they have great chemistry and he likes her a lot.  Did he totally grab her heinie when they were kissing on the blanket?  I think to a point Ali is also getting a bad edit and ABC is focusing on her hatred for Vienna and not the chemistry between those two.  Again, kudos to Jake (the dude is a rock star when it comes to standing up for himself and asking the tough questions)  for asking about her lack of love for Vienna.  I was a little confused with Ali's answer but appreciated when she said it's in the past and it's not worth talking about it any more.

So, to end the most boring episode in Bachelor history, the cocktail party is tame, the conversations lame, and the only strange thing was Jake showing Vienna his bedroom - all the more reason to believe that he is keeping her for Little Jake and not Big Jake.  It was pretty obvious who he was sending home and the rose ceremony was just a formality.  Sorry, Corrie, you are just not fast enough for Jake.  But one question...why does it sound like he is going to puke when he says Vienna's name?

Hometown dates next week!  And a SHOCKING development!  And no rose ceremony!  Wha?

Oh, and are you ready?

Old Farmers Advice

I swiped this from Layla over at The Lettered Cottage..so simple and yet so right!

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.

Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

Every path has a few puddles.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

Don't judge folks by their relatives.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

I really like you, but....I'm the Bachelor

I think you are a fantastic person, but...see ya later, you wacko!

I keep getting lost in your eyes, but...that's just because there is nothing behind them in your head!

You are a great mother, but...you're old enough to be mine!

You deserve a guy who sweeps you off your feet, but...I left my broom in my other pants!

I would like to listen to your sage advice, but...I am a dummy and don't believe anything I say before "but..."

Just a few of the noteworthy "but's" in last night's episode.  My recap will be brief, as will this season if Jake keeps kicking off more women than he is supposed to!  All I can say is...way to go!  He totally let "ladies" go that he didn't have to.  I am going to recap the dates in from most brutal to least.

The two-on-one date was totally brutal.  Ella monopolized his time and Kathryn couldn't get a word in edgewise.  There was absolutely no chemistry between Jake and Kathryn  and he totally pulled the rug out from under her when he came back into the cabin after letting Ella go and told her he wasn't the man for her.  Coulda fooled her!  He's certainly not pulling any punches.  Ella was the personification of class when he let her go.  She told him to make a good choice and to be careful.  Unlike most women who, when let go, tell him he is making a huge mistake.  Maybe they think if it worked for Molly, it will work for them!

The group date was almost as brutal.  From the way Vienna bounded off the RV and into Jake's un-waiting arms, to when Ali called shotgun with Jake and all the other girls just stood there, to the roll/tumble down the sand dune with Corrie, to the one-on-one time with Ashleigh filled with painful silences, to Vienna telling him she wanted the last one-on-one time of the evening, awkward was just abundantly flowing.  I have to say I am getting a bit tired of the Vienna vs. Ali drama.  Ali needs to back up her claims that if Vienna is what Jake wants then he can't possibly be the future husband for her.  Vienna grated on my nerves a little more than usual last night, too and I loved it when Jake told her that she brings on the cattiness from the other girls herself.  Reality check?!?!  Anyhoo, Tenly got the rose for this date which was well deserved.  She was the only one who had relaxed adult conversation with Jake, intermixed with some pretty hot kisses.

Gia's one-on-one date was cute.  I think it is so adorable that Jake obviously doesn't feel comfortable driving a motorcycle and, yet ABC keeps putting him on the darn thing.  Gia wore her appropriate motorcycle/camping attire of 5 inch stilettos and flowy chiffon tunic because nothing says motorcycle safety like floral and Manolo's.  She was a trooper and hung in for Jake's outdoorsy date.  Notice how he plied her with wine - "If we hurry up and finish this bottle, we can play spin the bottle so that you can relive your first, terrible, nightmare of a kiss!"  I think they have good chemistry and she is pretty even-keeled.  I did notice her New Yawk accent made a starring appearance in this episode!  I hadn't noticed it until now.

Rose Ceremony!  Wooohoooo, Jake!  What moxie you showed by refusing to give roses to girls you don't see a future with.  Why string them along for another week if you know you don't feel anything for them?  I was surprised with Corrie - was thinking it would go to Ashleigh but, hey...

Roses went to:  Gia, Tenley, Ali, Corrie, Vienna

No roses for:  Ella, Kathryn, Jessie and Ashleigh

Next stop, San Francisco!!!