TI3 Season Finale
 

Okay...I admit it. I am so excited about this.

My predictions are as follows:

Anthony will go out with Ashley on his final date and Stepahnie will go out with Jeff. They will both have incredibly romantic "connections" on their dates. In the end, however, they will stay together.

Eric will go out with Maria and Kristin will go out with Giulio (Jules). These dates will be utterly platonic and boring. Eric will talk about Kristin and Kristin will talk about Eric. They will stay together.

Jason will go out with Erryn and Kara will go out with Ian. Jason will be a dick and be rude to Erryn because he doesn't want to "disrespect" his girlfriend. Kara will have a very good time with Ian, but not romantic. They will break up....but not tonight, and not on TV. (bummer)

Michael will go out with Tiffany and sleep with her. Melissa will go out with Jerome and have a"connection". He proposes to Melissa at the final bonfire. She says yes.

No one breaks up. I hate this show.

BTW, on Fox's website, both Michael and Melissa's occupations are model. Isn't Michael like way too ugly to be a model? And isn't she way too annoying with her pink gingham bikini and her long braids?

As I said, I hate this show.

But I cannot look away.

Joe $MM
 

That would be off the charts for creepiness.

What I'd like to see is a version of TM's idea, except instead of a female pretending to be wealthy, have a woman who's extremely anti-man (lesbianism not necessary, NTTAWWT) and quick with a putdown. Let's see if any of the man-hos, latin lovers, righteous wackadoos and other overly self-confident types can score a love match with someone who comes in hating their very existence. There'd have to a cash prize of some sorts, but I think this would be highly watchable.

P (of course it may already have been done, since I don't really watch reality TV) D

Edited to say no, I don't think the Bachelorette counts.

Joe $MM
 

Love, no. But there'd be a high potential for meaningless sexcapades. If she can't stand 'em, she won't want to talk to 'em more than necessary, but she might go the "let me test you out and see if you're prizeworthy" dupe route.

One of the networks is planning a 'tame' reality dating show of divorced parents looking for love who don't want to sleaze around openly in front of their kids--I think it'll tank.

TI3 Season Finale
 

I just looked at the website and he looks better on the website than he did last week on the show. He is completely NMT. Not seeing the model thing either, but maybe he can pull it off for still, airbrushed shots.

Joe $MM
 

Didn't Who Wants to Marry my Dad fail in the ratings? And that was with sleazing around with cougars who realized they no longer could catch the younger guys.

Neuroses Test
 

It's hard to believe we could have a more boring day on the FB than the physics stuff this weekend, but we've done it.

For your amusement, here is a quiz to determine how neurotic you are:
http://www.neuroses.org/cgi-bin/sfes...psychologytest

Your score is 50.

You are slightly neurotic, and fairly enlightened as well.

Neuroses Test
 

Your score is 45.

You are slightly neurotic, and fairly enlightened as well.

Anne
Ho-hum.

As Jefferson Starship
 

sang for us so brilliantly, nothing's gonna stop us now.* Our brilliant plan has succeeded breeeliantly.

http://www.davidicke.com/icke/articles2003/plans.html

(spree: David Icke to discontinue public speaking, cites "exhaustion")

Secret agendas and inter-dimensional backgrounds? Mammal, please. Don't make us laugh. Icke has done some fine work, but he has only scratched the surface. With him out of the way, there is nothing preventing us from implement our plans. Mwwaahahaha.

* I don't think I'm revealing too much by sharing with everyone our involvment in this song. Did anyone really believe this crap could get played over the airwaves (or produced in the first place) if there wasn't a worldwide conspiracy of shapeshifting reptiles? Did you ever meet anyone who liked this "song"? Think about it.

Neuroses Test
 

Your score is 61.

You are definitely neurotic, but there is still hope for you.

And this is boring too......

Looks like we've all got a case of the Mondays!

As Jefferson Starship
 

he left in this loophole:
David will still consider talking at a very few events only if they are designed to put him in front of many thousands of people at one time because of the impact such events could have on expanding awareness. But apart from this his speaking days are over at least for as far ahead as he can currently envisage.


Do it right or don't do it at all. I think he got this idea from Barbra. Who, now that I think about it, might actually be a shape shifter herself.

The exhaustion photo is quite nice. Anyone in need of a new avatar?

Thanks for the chuckle -- I was a philosophy major and I'm dating someone who majored in history and religion (and he's taking a philosophy class for fun right now).

Beyond logic courses, I never took any exams in philosophy. You are graded on class participation and papers. Subjective, yes, but as with lawyers, the bullshitters stand out to even a mildly discerning mind.

How about gossip
 

Christina Aguilera has been finding more than genies in bottles.
The belly-baring singer was in Sweden last week, and a source there says she was downing the drinks with such gusto that at one point she couldn’t walk on her own. According to local reports, Aguilera went to a restaurant with a hottie where she ate hamburgers and fries and finished off multiple vodkas and cuddled for three and a half hours. “She laughed loudly at an art collection they had (at the restaurant) that showed hidden surveillance pictures of toilet models,” says our source.
When Aguilera finally arrived at her hotel, her bodyguards had to carry her from the car, reports the insider. Aguilera was scheduled to appear at some events that evening, but didn’t show. “Considering her condition,” a source who works with her told the paper Aftonbladet “She won’t be going out again this evening.”


Who's the hottie she was seen with?

How about gossip
 

Fred Durst? If that incomparable babe magnet has been able to shake himself free of Britney and Halle yet?

Movie review.
 

My score is 61, too. I totally have the Mondays.

In other news, this weekend I got to see Bubba Ho-Tep. This was a really fabulous movie. Nominally, the movie is about Elvis (Bruce Campbell) and John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), who are are alive and living in a nursing home in Texas, which is being beset by an evil mummy they must vanquish. Really, the movie is about the difficulties and indiginities of getting old (Bilmore take note).

It is in limited release now - if it is coming to your city, I recommend it highly - and if not, pester your local art house. This is a classic example of an indie film that gets lots of critical praise and still can't find a general release.

http://www.bubbahotep.com/

As Jefferson Starship
 

Speaking of shapeshifting reptiles, I'd say "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" has one redeeming quality --- it hearkens back to a movie with pre-cougar Kim Cattrall. Right now, she's one haircut away from doing the definitive Martha Stewart biopic. I wouldn't fuck her with Grace Slick's penis.

Edited to add: Who am I kidding? Yes, I would.