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Caleb mentioned, "Rainman," so I think he was going for Autistic or Savant. I only wish. If Donny had any of Rainman's skills he would have aced that counting comp. I like Donny a lot, but I thought his reading the Team America assignment to make up a trick, instantly followed by, "I know! Let's save me!" was a little cringe worthy. The team America thing has already saved Donny and sent Nicole out once, after Derrick changed the plan to vote out Donny, in order to keep his $5000 checks coming. They've all three had enough advantage with that deal. Plus, no Donny, we didn't vote that we wanted you three to be together, we voted on individuals and you guys happened to be the top three. That said, Frankie's "show," was the worst. It's sad that what he considers his great talent is so bad. You're no Nathan Lane, Frankie. You're not even Wil Heuser. Not even close.

I saw something somewhere (sorry that's as accurate as my brain gets these days) the show is deciding between Nick and Farmer Chris for the next bachelor. Could they be considering a double bachelor season? I've disliked Chris since the episode where he had just said something critical about one of the other guys (Nick?) and then he stretched back with his arms behind his head and lifted his upper lip in a self-satisfied, tooth sucking snarl. I swear it was ugly and made me think he has a mean side. Now, I want him to be TB so I can watch for it.

" Marquel probably shamed them all into one drink per evening. Now, I'm quite disturbed thinking about some poor innocent girl spending a month's pay on Lacy's dress, never guessing it contains traces of vomit, bachelor franchise toilet rim germs, Mexican hospital super-germs, and neckline to hem Marcus sweat. I'd like to see it under one of those forensic black lights. JenE4 you started my day out right.

I saw that and wasn't sure what I was looking at. I thought, if that means she has extensions, her own hair must be thinner than Marcus's. I hope Michelle takes charge of Cody's fluffy top knot before next week. With his pink skin and that tuft of blonde hair, he looks like a troll doll.

I didn't remember her until the rose ceremony when I thought, "Oh yeah, I recognize that bitch face." I never knew if it was a fair representation of her attitude or she just had an unfortunate resting face. Now there's a third option -- chronic hangover.

He does make an excellent therapist, but I'm afraid this group has proved too stressful for him. I noticed he was losing his hair in big patches. Poor Clare. She may end up joining the religious order by that name if her man-skills don't improve. Zach, the human sand dune, was never that into her. This show makes a good case for my theory that it's best to let the men do the initial choosing, simply because how the woman looks means so darn much to most visually powered dudes. I think Clare's hour glass figure is the bomb, but Zach was most attracted to wiry, little Jackie, a totally opposite type. If only Clare had talked to me instead of the raccoon, I would have steered her toward Cody who absolutely loved what he saw. They're so well suited! Both want a whirlwind courtship, both have a sunny disposition most of the time, she's a hair dresser, he's a physical trainer, they could open a spa... I had dreams. Michelle Money looked so gorgeous during the photo shoot and she looked so completely wrong with Cody. I'm so bored with her though. She spent so much time whining about not having anyone and now gets equal time saying, "I'm freaking out," over Cody's attentions. Not only does she get far too many talking heads, we always have to wait while she licks her lips before saying anything. Jesse's a hound dog but I don't see why he gets all the scorn and the two drunken idiots who crawled in bed with him get off Scot free. In the end, I think he chose Christy because he can call her "the blonde." He can't remember either of their names. Lacey and Marcus continue to make me feel smothered. The last thing I would want if I was sick and nauseated would be a big sweaty man all over me. Sarah sure turned into a sparkly princess after Robert kissed her. I though for a minute we had a whole new happy, confident, beautiful girl, but then she was back into her judgey ways by the end of the show. All in all I was mighty disappointed that Graham didn't refuse Ashley's rose and she didn't run into the woods screaming that all the other girls weren't even pretty while tripping over a lizard and spraining her ankle.

Thank you for going there. I have tried so hard to like Sarah but I am currently finding her insufferable. She seems like such a high-school crowd follower. When Dylan liked her but all the other girls liked Robert -- she went after Robert. When Kalon was getting shot down by Jackie, she was obviously dying for the chance to do the same thing. She is always ready to cast, "I wasn't brought up that way," judgment or, we're all defending X-person, depending on how the wind blows. I'm wondering how Marquel's love life goes. First date, "You are so beautiful, I love how you dress. Do you like my style? Your shoes are fabulous. I usually don't kiss on the first date." Second date, "Hi. I was up all night compiling a list of your faults. Maybe if you perfect these flaws we could move forward with the relationship." I don't know if he's gay or frightened or what, but he really works hard at pushing the women away. All during Sean's season, I just raved about AshLee's flawless beauty, but the minute she said Clare wasn't even pretty, it jumped out at me that ashlee's forehead was too low. Almost Neanderthal, really.

I hate Zach. After he told Clare that he didn't know if he would turn down a date card because, "It depends on the girl," I really expected her to walk away from him and never look back. Go toward the Cody, Clare! Zach doesn't have your back, he's only there until something better comes along and he doesn't have time to listen to your problems even when there's no ESPN. Run. Away. AshLee is tacky and creepy. Clare let her keep Graham and all AshLee has done in return is trash talk her. Kalon makes me laugh, slime ball though he is. He's like a David Spade character.

I kept thinking of Mad Men's plot, too, and wonder if the detective was presumed killed during the war and the little boy is his. I also had trouble hearing most of the dialogue, it seemed the important bits were whispered under loud music. It was all just so unpleasantly angry-making. I know "things were different then," but a lot of it was just too hard to believe; the treatment of the older woman by her doctor ( did he really believe hormones would help with the sagging?) the chunky woman unclear on how babies are made, the gorgeous redhead desperate for a husband, for that matter, the gorgeous redhead well liked by other women in spite of all her exhibitionistic dancing, the pretty young secretary in hospital having an affair with the creepy,ugly married man. Who are we supposed to root for? The dark haired (married) nurse and the (married) doctor who's after her? After "Call the Midwife," I have nurses on a giant pedestal and don't want that to change. The sets and costumes are beautiful but other than that this is closer to 1950's pulp fiction ("The Bramble Bush") than any period's masterpiece.

I don't think she used to have lashes like that, I'm afraid it's a new style. The wholesome single mother on Juan Pablo's season had points for lashes and I see ads for something called Miss Manga mascara that seems to clump lashes together on purpose. I guess it's one of those things I'll just have to get used to -- probably on the day it goes out of style. I have always liked Clare. I think she's one of those rare reality TV people who can't help being herself, even in front of the cameras, so we get what we came for, a fly on the wall look at a person "looking for love.". I think she really did want to go skinny dipping with Juan Pablo and he really did lead her on. Putz. 

The racists got a few boos last year. Not enough. She looked a lot like Wil's YouTube parody of her last night. I did love her joke at the end, "How's my hair?" I have a dream that Donny, Nicole and Derrick will turn on the others and take them down. Christine first.

Seriously! There's a reason why bearing false witness is a commandment. I hated watching that lynch mob in action. Last week Derrick (ruler of all evictions) wanted to send Donny home over Nicole, but kept him for Team America reasons and now the TA thing has targeted Zack. That's two people who ought to sue the show. Oh Frankie, so thrilled that he won veto and it was Kathy Griffin who put it around his neck. He is the fame whore to end all fame whores. He'll end up an old man telling bored youngsters about the people they never heard of that he knew.

I agree that Chris looks exactly like Squidward in the face, but I think girls find him handsome the way guys find Lacey beautiful. From the neck down he is one fine broad shouldered, long legged man. If only those legs actually worked. His ineptitude at sports, his funny run, and his ability to mess up his knee while walking on sand, makes me think something around the knee wasn't hitting just right. I had his same injury a few years ago; ruptured ACL, MCL and meniscus. I broke two bones at the same time but it was the torn ligaments that caused enough horrific, pain to keep me in a nursing home for three weeks. So, I think he really needed to go home with his "care giver." Looking at droopy Marcus and sunken eyed Lacy slumped together in the mornings, I fear there might be Vampires in Paradise. I can barely wait for next Monday! I think I head Graham accuse AshLee of being incredibly tacky. Tacky how, I want to know? Tacky as in green sequined bikinis or tacky as in lewd notes in his t-shirt pocket? Poor AshLee, her "dance" moves indicated a sort of lack of social finesse that makes me cringe, laugh and pity her all at the same time.

I'm strangely happy for them, too. I remember Chris's hometown date and his family is one big, rowdy, Polish group of happy dancers. They seemed like so much fun, it's possible they will embrace Elyse and she will finally feel secure enough to settle down. Please let us see the big tacky wedding, CBS! I felt sorry for Danielle and I'm going to feel sorry for AshLee next week but both of them went on the show with one particular guy in mind and that's taking a huge chance. They should have learned in middle school that the boys you like don't always like you back. Jackie better not get too comfy, Marc-Hell might have a list of faults for her to work on next week.

The thing that would make me steer clear of Elyse was her "apology." Dylan says something like, you keep talking about our deep connection but I saw you making out in the ocean with another guy. Elyse says, "I'm sorry." No explanation really, and I admit she had reasons and excuses if she had wanted to work them, but it was just "I'm sorry," almost immediately followed by an angry, "I said, I was sorry!" I never like it when people think those are magic words that erase the past and if you want to talk about it a little more then you're just unforgiving and mean.

How appropriate that Rachel would return on the episode with the undead theme. It would take a glitter covered stake through the heart to kill a fame whore of her caliber. I hate the Team America idea so much. I honestly think they would have evicted Donny over Nicole if Derrick hadn't wanted to keep the team together. He thought Donny was a bigger threat but hopes to win more money for himself. Nicole should sue. The best part for me was Julie's question about the big thing that happened last week. Frankie gets all coy and flutters his eyes in anticipation of being spot lighted for his big reveal, and then Victoria actually says the biggest moment of the week -- the one we must all be discussing over the water coolers is ... she got emotional. Right Veronica, we could speak of nothing else.

Heh! I wondered about that, too, but whatever his methods, I think Derrick is playing an awesome game. Nicole and Donny on the block. It's going to be a sad Thursday night.

Hmmm, I missed that. The way the editors mix-up the timeline, I'm wondering if maybe Marquel's drinking lecture might have come earlier than it appeared and Michelle had time to re-set her cap in Ben's direction. Then, going by Paradise-time, she would have been madly in love with Ben by the time she heard he was in love with Letter Lady. Proving I think about this show far too much: I'm wondering if Marquel and Sarah couldn't be a match made in Paradise? They both sort of stand apart from the crowd and make superior, "I wasn't raised that way," statements. I can see Sarah in her one-piece and Marquel in his plaids enjoying time together. They might even find each other hilarious.

I went searching for a picture of Elise in her controversial swim suit and discovered her in a soft porn video called "Yule Log Hotties." It's some girls sitting around in their holiday underwear, eating marshmallows with their backs arched. Oddly enough it's porn, but it's completely work safe -- with different music it could be The Bachelor Christmas Special. So I guess she's not teaching anymore.

When Marquel and Marcus were reading Ben's mail and getting all judgmental and gossipy, I was saddened to think how much JJ must have wished he were there. I kept hoping he would get so fed up with Elise's refusal to take the hint, that he would tell her the unvarnished truth. Something like, "When I first saw you in your bottomless bikini I was very intrigued, so much so that I thought you were beautiful, smart and kind. That night, in the ocean, I'm sure you felt my connection. But after listening to your non-stop, inane prattle for an entire week, I started to feel myself losing my mind and, at the end, when you began to list all the traits of a Pisces, I realized that if you didn't go away, I was going to take you out in the ocean and sit on you at the bottom of the sea." I swear I saw most of that pass over his face.

I'm glad they had Nicole do the DR call back to Rachel with her, "Nobody comes between me and my HoH win." That way I was able to contrast Nicoles's HoH win with Rachel's wins and notice that there was no excessive gloating and after her loss, no hysterical sobbing and hiding in the bushes. Nicole is becoming one of my all time BB favorites. She doesn't just talk about what she's going to do in the diary room, she actually does it and she does it without being mean about it. I love this season. Watching people like Amanda and Aardvark get power and then bully everyone was just not fun for me. Another thing I like this year is they are spending less time in bed. Most of them actually sit-up for part of the day. (I'm thinking of you, Amanda's warty gigolo.)

I hope Edith has had enough of taking Mary's hand me downs. Sir Anthony liked Mary first and was coming around acting like an overgrown, love sick nerd, always asking Mary to go for a ride in his snazzy motor car. One day, after another cold brush off, Edith invited herself for the ride. I cringed for Edith at the time but they had fun together and Sir Anthony warmed to her enough to plan a proposal. However, he was easily discouraged by Mary lying to him, saying Edith had been making fun of him. Then, years later, he jilted Edith after getting discouragement from Robert. IMO, Mary and Robert were very much to blame for theses two disasters, but in both cases, if Anthony had really loved Edith, he wouldn't have let the opinions of her family get in the way. Compare with the love of a certain chauffeur for a daughter of the house. I'll never forget Mary, in one of the first episodes of DA, showing Edith how she could take any man away from her if she wanted to. Mary and her parents have always acted as though it was a forgone conclusion that Mary had a hundred times more "advantages," then Edith. No, I want Edith to win over Mary one time. I would love to see a handsome, eligible young man come to the house, Mary be quite smitten -- and the man go right past her to Edith. After all, it's not unheard of for some men to prefer blondes with a bit of curve over brunette stick figures. I'm not saying that Mary's cool demeanor and porcelain skin isn't appealing, just that the show's insistence that it's the ideal of every single gentleman and butler in England is a bit much.

Plus no one answered her as she called a last cheery goodbye on the way out the door. Last year was the record for most racist pigs, but this year may be the record for the most self-centered narcissists. I think Victoria would be happy to spend the rest of her life, alone, in front of a mirror. She thinks she's drop dead gorgeous and doesn't even care whether anyone else does or not. Christine is pleased as punch to be the only girl on the boys team, no doubt thinking it's because she's such a naked-time, sexy person. Caleb appears to be keeping his head covered for the next three months because his hair isn't prefect, and Zach and Frankie are head over heels in love with themselves and each other. Cody is a little more subtle about it but he wouldn't be giving stripper dances as gifts if he didn't know he was the cuteness.

As far as I can tell through my TV, I think Michelle has a pretty bad case of dark pigment splotches on her face. I noticed it on past seasons and this time while she was on the beach with Marquel. I had it once and it took about two years of total sun avoidance before it went away. So I think she wears heavy make-up at night to cover it. That in itself could make her look older than she is. Still gorgeous though!

I laughed at them gliding by, too. Nicole was particularly funny with her legs sort of frog jumping through the air. I was impressed with Nicole's quick recognition that Christine was lying to her. I'm starting to think that little fruit loop dingus might just be the most game-smart of the bunch. I would love to see her win this thing.