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Me, too. One of the reasons this show makes me happy is because I am happy to see Nate happy after he went through losing his partner in the Thailand tsunami in 2004 (wow--I guess I've been following his work for a while).

Guilianna reminds me of a praying mantis. All gangly bony limbs. I thought Lea Michele was a good addition, actually. Maybe she could replace NeNe.

Looks like Jessa to me, too. Weird. I don't generally think of Jessa and Jinger looking alike at all.

I thought the San Jose couple should have bought the first home if they were interested in building equity. They were among the worst actors we've seen on this show. I'm sure I would also be terrible at pretending I had not already selected a house so I felt for them in that regard.

It aired Monday. Included a tiny bit of Cannes, too, randomly.

No comments on last weekend's episode? I had mixed feelings. Sure, they had a bad time with their daughter's cancer diagnosis and the flood in their home but they were clearly not hurting for money. I wondered why they had waited so long to work on their house. And the wife's cheekbones were seriously scary. She looked like a puppet a la Punch and Judy. Apologies to her if those were natural; they certainly did not look it!

I learned last night that the only thing worse than having NeNe shrieking on my TV is having NeNe shrieking on my TV while I have a migraine. I seriously had to fast forward every time she was on to keep her from melting my brain. And STOP talking over each other! This show has way too many hosts to be able to do anything other than let them each get their favorite quips in. I would also like to hear a knowledgeable discussion of the fashion occasionally. Without NeNe.

Are there people who are not Duggars who can hear the phrase "oh a mission. from god." and not think of the Blues Brothers?

But... but... Joy doesn't have a penis. What else would she do, other than stay home and take care of her parents' eleventy-seven kids or start having her own? Completely utterly sad waste of human potential. Fuck you, MEchelle and Boob.

(1) Local bridal shop for $1500 (twice as much as we had budgeted but the entire wedding still came in under $10K--it was very small with great food). I cut a picture out of a magazine, took it to the appointment with me, and that was the first one (of four) I tried on and the one I bought. (2) Married 15 years to date but we were together, owned our house, etc. for 9 years prior so 24 years total

Just watched the most recent one. I did not mind the green, per se, but did not like the textured wallpaper under it or that they painted the ceiling the same color. Did they paint the sauna, too? I could not tell from the reveal shots. I HATED the poop brown in the living room area. And if you come near my house with brass anything, we will have to have words. We have been working to de-80s our place for a few years now and finally managed to expunge all the brass last year. I do not get the warm fuzzies for the odds of success of this couple, though, if she holds engagement over his head the way she did. "Our house that I inherited is not finished to my liking so I refuse to acknowledge our engagement"? I think he likely should have taken that opportunity and gotten out while the getting was good.

Not to take this too off-topic but I have recently worked with an elder law attorney to help do Medicaid planning for my dad, revise his will/POA/etc and the woman has been a freaking godsend. Dad had some documents previously prepared by another attorney who did not specialize in elder law and we were able to get revised versions that are allowing my sister and me to protect him and his assets much more completely. It is actually good to have an attorney who specializes in the area where they practice. Not to defend Ree, who is a rodent-faced hack riding her lack of talent and deal with the devil as far as she can.

Catching up on what's on the TiVo and watching the episode from 25 April, the fry-something-in-every-round competition. I am struck by the fact that they seem to have cast really low-key and, in some cases, not particularly telegenic kids for this one. There is the cancer survivor kid who's been on prednisone and is totally swollen (I feel sorry for him because he must get teased and he actually seems pretty nice and a good cook). There's a Southern girl who looks worried all the time. And there's a girl from New Jersey (I think) who has zero affect. Like, no one is home at all. It's actually a bit uncomfortable watching her (for me) because she looks so uncomfortable. Just a curious bunch and it makes me wonder if they cast them all on the same episode to keep them from getting totally eclipsed by more charismatic kids.

I think dense tissue just means it is hard to get an accurate read, not that the read is necessarily bad. Hope you can feel more at peace!

Plus her closet in the original house with its own zip code! Having priorities where your freaking closet is the first one is fine. Not admitting it... Plus her tastes was completely stereotypical traditional crap and she seemed to feel she was a special snowflake. Evidently, I did not like her.

The bolded above made me think of how much the Duggars are like the Borg. All the sons-in-law will be assimilated and resistance is futile. One brain and it's a broken one (okay, that part's just Duggar).

Agreed that Justin Warner has toned the odious know-it-all personality way down. I actually kind of liked him in this epi. And I thought Aarti's hair was looking fabulous.

Is there anyone who can read Danielle's name in the context of Aunt Sandy and not think, "Danielle likes big ones!"?

I'd like to like this more than once. It was an especially stark contrast for me because I watched this immediately after the Tennessee couple where the bug-eyed creaky-voiced woman was proclaiming that she would "rip out" perfectly good rooms in every house they saw. She was complaining that she did not get a room-sized closet all to herself, too, and was shocked, shocked! by the normal-sized (large!) closets in the homes they looked at. Producer manipulation, perhaps, but they can't make you look rich and entitled if you don't give them that to work with.

Sending positive thoughts and energy to all here who need them. I can use a few next week, too, if anyone has them to spare. We are heading back to my home state this weekend to move Dad into a memory care facility next week and I'll be taking trusteeship of his assets (my sister has his POA). We lost Mom to Alzheimer's ten years ago. Now, Dad's Lewy Body dementia has advanced to the point that it just makes the most sense to move him. He is hallucinating pretty much all the time. He's had 24x7 in-home care for a year but that is crazy expensive and the caregivers are not skilled (no medical training, can't give medication, etc.). The last 18 months have been really hard and this change just feels kind of final, even though I know we still have a long road. I just want to curl up under the covers but that is not the most productive strategy.

I had never heard of Lazarus before his first heat on this show but he seemed nice, genuine, very competent, and he was easy on the eyes so I was rooting for him. So glad the MMA twerp was eliminated first and tarantula-eyelashes was eliminated second (I never remember their names...). But what is up with Geoffrey Zakarian's oompa-loompa coloring?

I thought it seemed Margaret had toned it down a bit this episode (not completely but a tiny bit). NeNe can shut it and get off my screen. I could not believe they gave Rihanna best dressed for that monstrosity.

I was glad the Korean chef went home in the first round and felt bad for the pastry chef who was paired with her. She seemed sour and unpleasant and determined to find herself superior.

That Armenian bride was all kinds of annoying and mutton dressed up as a lamb, besides. For a change, I really liked the couple they featured in the wedding at the end--the cancer nurse who had to do CPR on her fiance. More people like this, show.

I hated the wife in the Chicago episode. I was so glad the house with the gorgeous woodwork was a plant. Wanted to punch her when she walked into the kitchen with the gorgeous cherry cabinets and whined, "well, I guess we could paint them." Just no.