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designing1

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  1. If Dylan and Emma stay away they'll be winners. Aside from that there are no winners in this tragedy -- unless you count the viewers, who are being treated to top-notch storytelling and truly stellar acting.
  2. That's it. I'm writing in "27bored" come November.
  3. I felt bad for Heaven'Leigh, and not just for the name, the neck tat, and the eyebrows with multiple lines shaved in. When JJ called him an idiot, I thought she was way, way out of line. Her show is loaded with willful idiots -- folks who, if they checked their self-righteousness and engaged their brains a bit, could actually process information. Heaven'Leigh was indeed respectful, only mildly defensive, and seemed clearly intellectually limited to me, and it's beyond unkind to throw "idiot" at someone who, I believe, was truly doing his best.
  4. I wasn't watching closely -- all that LokSat stuff bores the hell out of me (I truly have no idea what that whole storyline is about) -- but I agree with both you and your mom. I took it as their version of Bobby Ewing coming out of the shower: Castle talking about finding his muse, cut to the future and everyone's happy as a clam. Show never happened -- those were his books come to life. But the "seven years later" from the time of the shooting then makes no sense; it should be seven years from finding the muse. Maybe it was and I missed something. All I know for sure is Nathan really looked healthy and wonderful and I'm eager to see what he does next.
  5. I wonder how many of them ate the fruit and how many just wanted to collect the sticker.
  6. To use the car bag you need an actual parking space for the bagged car to ultimately sit plus another car length behind that where you start driving from. This makes it largely useless in big cities like NY, where not everyone has a driveway and where you're lucky to find one parking space, much less two adjacent ones.
  7. Well, they got the "Bull" part right.
  8. Ah, but Scream Queens has Ryan Murphy behind it, he of Glee, American Horror Story, and Nip/Tuck fame. Much as I love John Stamos, I don't think he's valued as highly as someone who's a proven hit maker.
  9. Here's the link to the story (or at least part of it) that orangekit is referring to. Why would people be running to her for assurance everything would be OK? Maybe they were checking on her, rather than with her, because she doesn't make the decisions as to the future of the show. And much as she might consider herself irreplaceable, she doesn't test that well with audiences, and there's an endless line of marginally talented folks who'd love her part-time/big bucks job. If she walked out completely, the show could still go on while they tested out two new co-hosts instead of just one. Quote from the article: Gather what information? Strahan got a new job, boom, public information gathered. You should be, or at least act, happy for him. Deal with behind the scene issues behind the scene, and act like a decent, mature human being in front of the cameras. How hard is that?
  10. This show was my only exposure to Sam and while his flirtiness was eyeroll inducing, he really lost me at not giving credit where credit is due. The former shows immaturity and ego; the latter shows a lack of integrity.
  11. Yes, that was my first thought, but that gives your hand more of a circumference -- which might not fit through the cuff -- as opposed to a narrower hand that has no depth. I think the real reason for the "cut off my thumbs" was because it was one of the few things the writers hadn't already thrown in the mix. Or it was an homage to The Pope of Greenwich Village.
  12. The entire season was aired over 13 weeks. I don't know their shooting schedule but there's no way it took them anywhere near that long to film. I'd say three weeks, maybe four. NYC is expensive; there's no way they paid for hotel and studio space for "months", plus per diem, if the contestants get it, plus having their entire off-screen crew on hand. Why do you think nearly all challenges are one day now? $$$$$$$ I'm not one to hold a grudge but if I had to work side by side for a month with someone who hadn't given me credit for a major contribution to a successful project I could definitely remain pissed for the duration, especially when I see them being favored at judging, which would feed the pissiness. And I wouldn't go "tell" on that person, either, because it would be as unprofessional as the original offense and likely heighten the workroom tension rather than diffuse it. Sam wasn't "not gracious", he was lying by omission and unprofessional to boot. While Kini might not have been entirely responsible for that outfit (I honestly don't recall if the entirety of the design was Sam's) without Kini's skills Sam would have sent (yet another) falling apart mess down the runway.
  13. Sam made outfits that ranged from outright ugly to total WTF as well, except they also put the "ass" in "assembled". Points to Kini for actually being able to properly present his vision, even if it's one I rarely share.
  14. I work in a creative field and I've had others claim my work as their own; coworkers of mine have experienced the same. It really, really, really doesn't sit well. I think it's important to remember that Kini's behavior as shown to us over the course of months probably occurred in a much, much shorter timeframe, and he had to not only work next to this guy everyday, but watch him get tongue baths for sending craft projects down the runway each week. While Kini's behavior was not ideal, it was understandable to anyone who's ever been in his position. Nothing about that interview changed my opinion of Sam. And really, if he wants to complain about Kini being petty and unable to let something go...pot, meet kettle. I lost count of the number of slaps he took at Kini.
  15. If the issue was the width of his hand rather than the depth of the mound at the base of the thumb I'd personally rather lose the pinky and ring finger. Opposable thumbs = good thing to have. Being too lazy to scan Netflix for something to watch last night, I had to choose between this show and 30 year old reruns of Family Ties. I went with the reruns. Seems like I made a wise choice.
  16. Does it scratch surfaces? I know most scrubbers have the tiny disclaimer to test in an unobtrusive spot first, but what has your experience been?
  17. What makes sense to me would be for Wicked Good to use the product in conjunction with their own, with minimal marketing on their part...some signage saying "We use blah-blah frosting, free of everything except palm oil, which will kill both you and our planet! You can buy it for home use at [store names here.] Bring lots of cash!" Or, you know, something less incendiary. Frosting Lady would be the one doing the heavy lifting of production, packing, shipping, and marketing to retail, incorporating the Wicked Good name in her own marketing ("as used by Wicked Good".) Wicked Good then gets 3% (or whatever the deal was) and all they have to do is use, and acknowledge using, the stuff. A deal where they take over the nuts and bolts of the woman's business for a mere 3% return would be dead in the water. I thought it looked awful as well, and this is this woman's profession AND her product. Lori will sell a million of them on QVC. I can envision hairdressers everywhere rubbing their hands together in glee, anticipating all the women who'll be coming in to get their CreaClip nightmares fixed.
  18. Yes to everything here. Didn't she say the main ingredient was palm oil? Isn't palm oil awful for us, and the planet? Because it's gluten free/vegan/chemical-free/half the sugar/whatever-the-hell-else, doesn't make it healthy. And it would have been far better to pair it with Wicked Good cupcakes, who if they don't already have a line of "free of everything" cupcakes will probably develop one for the "health conscious" market, than for Barbara to try and launch it as an individual (and prohibitively expensive!) product.
  19. Fellow Season 2 castmate Clay posted a lovely tribute to Rickey: https://twitter.com/clayaiken/with_replies
  20. Well then, her mission was accomplished, though it tells me she's oblivious to how her little tantrum came across to most of the viewers. She may have enough sycophants telling her she's a brave warrior, and her bosses may have placated her with another infusion of undeserved cash until they figure out the future of the show, but the average working joe is going "oh, please, suck it up and get on with it."
  21. Van der Zee gallery is not the right guy. You'll want to look for Spencer van der Zee. If he can get $3600 for one of those canvases (and sadly, I bet he can) clearly I've made poor career choices.
  22. The subject of the 1,000th episode painting from hell came up today. Carla had a lovely painting made for her mother for Mother's Day, prompting Clinton to say, "How about that painting that was made for us yesterday?" Silence all around, with Daphne visibly wincing.
  23. According to the daughter's Facebook page, they also originally sued her for $10,000.
  24. That painting was the stuff nightmares are made of. The show did get me hungry for bolognese sauce and cupcakes, though!
  25. ^^^ I absolutely agree the case had nothing to do with the cat and everything to do with control. Whether Dad was a bully to everyone including Mom or they were made for each other from the get-go, I have no idea. If they were part of some super-devout, tight knit community (as many of us are supposing) they are likely cut from the same scary cloth. I'd be curious to know if any of their other four children gives them the time of day. I believe they said something about telling the neighbor not to let any of the kids in the house, so perhaps not. They were odious. The audience was squirming in their seats much as I was squirming at home. I really wanted to reach through my screen and smack them (the parents, not the audience.) I hope one day defendant daughter feels free enough to stand up straight and hold her chin up.
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