TattleTeeny

No clue, but it happened on three separate occasions. Once, I had to return the food three times because I said no onions*. They would comply with the raw onions just fine, yet the super-special bonus fried-onion ring on top of the burger was always there! It was as if they didn't consider that to be an onion, or they really wanted to me to give that style of onion a try! And because you don't go inside to order, you can't kind of serve as a visual reminder at the counter--and the servers come out and deliver the wrapped food to you and obviously don't wait for you to take it out of the paper and investigate. So then you wait again for someone to pass by and it's a messy, messy business over there, oh my goodness... I swear that I am not "that guy" when ordering food--I promise. I just really hate onions and it's more than a simple matter of picking them off; their pungency alone permeates food, especially if the food has been cooked with the onion. The fact that menus often don't mention the onion like it does with other ingredients makes it a pain in my ass. It would be a lot easier to hate mushrooms or carrots, I think--they don't do all that permeating!

Thank you--man, it was hard. But I tried to coast along vicariously on that new-tattoo euphoria that I understand so well. But really, this was beyond "not something I'd get" and well and far into "what kind of tattooist is this?" territory.

Maybe they did and we didn't see because it didn't amount to anything (not that I would mind seeing it, even if it had been boring; reality-show creators often seem believe the things I'd find interesting are bad TV or something)? Angel sized it correctly despite Emily's lame "trick," didn't he? I would think even the dumbest of tattooists would at least notice that kind of thing. But maybe I give too much credit. In real life news, a work friend just got a first tattoo. It is terrible. Like really, really bad, bad, bad. I actually gasped in horror when I saw the photo on FB over the weekend. While I have many nice tattoos, I have absolutely no poker face to speak of. As you can imagine, the in-person reveal on Monday was very difficult for me to navigate politely. I actually resorted to, "Did it hurt?"

I feel like the rival theme hasn't made a difference to the way the competition works.

He's diplomatic and professional, despite what may be going on in his head, and even when he says judgy things, he doesn't do it in an attacking manner. Some call it fake but I find it to be respectable and respectful toward clients, and even the other contestants. He even made sure to say a positive thing about working with Julia, even though he thinks she stinks.

I know -- I kind of want it for myself...but that real estate has already been developed on my arms... Emily is such a weirdo. She's so abrasive and combative to people and then, at other times, she talks to them completely normally like a regular acquaintance would. That said, I really didn't mind her peacock, though I thought the feathers could have been bolder in color and more defined (with more blue! I love the "new" darker blue ink so much; I've recently had all my old tattoos with the lighter turquoise color updated with the darker blue).

I thought the challenge was kind of silly -- I mean, how often you gonna run around putting your arms together like that? I did think the DotD ones were gorgeous, and better yet because they worked on their own.

I don't doubt Kathy would help out but I do doubt that it would be due to maturity. I think it would be so she can look like the selfless kindly "good one." That said, who cares? If the result is the kids getting support and love and care and all that shit while they're missing their mom, then good for whomever helps out no matter what the motive may be. It's possible. I am at least Dina's age (and a smoker) and have not a single wrinkle or dark spot or whatever. All I do is use sunblock every day and have good genes. It feels weird to say but Amber just doesn't bother me. She seems OK enough, I guess. Not someone I'd be best buds with but not someone I'd hate either.

Oh, OK--DUH TO ME; I kind of forgot all about the rival nonsense. But this just looked like an accident--sort of like when that morning show abruptly cut to a cat eating spaghetti for no reason. Same. I watch other types of reality for drama. I like this and Project Runway to be about the work.

I love learning little personal details about Joe. He doesn't care about food so he always orders a #1!

Why did it keep cutting to the bow-tie guy sitting on a stool during the judging? It was weird.

Haha--oh my goodness, I just said this one the other day to my friend...and even mentioned that it was the better predecessor to the Nick Lachey one!

Oh, that song is so good too. Random, but I really loved the opening to Hunter. I also loved that show so much.

A friend bought me a refrigerator magnet that has a picture of a book that says "This is Where the Fish Lives" by Melissa Strickland." I also have one that says just "Rowsdower."

Oh, I still just want to know why anyone would decide "Hey, why not tell a virtual stranger about my torrid Jerry Springer-fodder infidelity?"

Although they have been known to make a few smells that, while temporary, are earth-shattering. Especially kittens!

I think you're right. While I would, in all likelihood. look like an idiot on a reality show, my kind of idiocy is not this kind of idiocy, which is, I assume, what (Bravo thinks) people want to watch. Though, I guess I do want to considering that I do watch it.

Yeah. Plus there's always other things to consider -- intent, judgment (or lack thereof), history with similar matters, friendship level, blah blah blah... I mean, I will assume that none of the above really applies that much to these people, as they're basically saying stuff for airtime, pay, and fame unlike the rest of us. But in real life, people say things about people. Sometimes it's based in malice, sometimes it just "pops out" in anger or a lapse of reason (or drunkenness!), and sometimes it's just how conversations work. Again, not that I completely believe any of this applies to people who want their lives on TV. SnarkKitty, I am sorry for your terrible loss. I am not a parent, and can only begin to imagine this kind of devastation.

Well, it seems we disagree on part (but not all) of this whole thing. Whatever--who even knows what the hell goes on with these people anyway, and I have my thoughts on anyone who wants to be on a TV show like this one anyway, though who am I to judge? Again, whatever--I personally just don't get it, but I also don't think I am a person who's wired for such a thing. Now, changing the subject just a little, here's what I do wonder amid all this Santa/Rino business... Assuming VG is not lying that Rino told her this (and I am not saying he said, or that he did it), why in the world would he tell this information to someone anyway? Especially someone he just met? Is that a story one would use to impress someone else? Who thinks someone wants to know that? What the hell, man? Rino seems goofy but not completely insane or socially clueless. Why would he say this (again, not even saying he did)? It's too weird! But... Haha--this made me laugh! Maybe that is exactly what happened.

I kind of want to just to see what would happen -- it would be exactly the sort of over-the-top and oddly abrupt thing that would make me laugh to see on TV, even if I know it's the action of a crazy person.

Someone in my office just set out a tray of sprinkle cookies.

Mr. Brady! If anyone can find a lesson in all of this, it is YOU! Also, I sell seashells by the seashore! Now, who will wrangle the funds to make The Real Bradys of New Jersey, or at least The Bradys' & Giudices' Christmas Variety-Show Extravaganza?

It makes no difference semantically to what I was saying.

You'd think that, by now, they (and everyone on any Bravo show) would all know that they know nothing until they actually see the show footage later. Not that it would matter to all the grudge-holders who are fixated with being on TV, I suppose.

Oh, I agree, however, that's not the point I was making. The example doesn't matter. That said, I definitely would pick and choose carefully who I confided in and about what, not because I don't trust my friends (or think they'd wrongly accuse me of rumor-mongering) but because I know which ones would react in what way to certain things. I know who would want to know something and who would not. Unlike Dina.