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Agent Doug reminds me so much of someone I worked with for years. I went back and forth between being amused by him and hoping I could avoid him. I would have cracked up at the gold suit, but have no patience for people who don’t like “boring” stuff, because that’s usually the actual work. My husband used to eat McDonalds all the time and loved “French fry Monopoly” because he said that’s the only thing anyone ever won, heh. He felt vindicated when the story broke. 🙂 I’ll keep watching. I love shit like this, lol.

I feel like I don’t want any more emotional deep dive-in James and his issues, and I don’t want to know anything about his life unless it has to do with Raquel and the puppy shower-planning business that I want her to start, but a few drive-by “It’s not about the pasta scenes,” would be far more entertaining than two seconds of these newbies.

When they were talking about light mayo, I kept thinking of how Rachel made Joey switch to light mayo and his pants fit better. (I watch WAY too much Friends, pardon me...) I'm still in disbelief that she bathes with a bucket of water, once a month. (And I hope that has changed?) Her hair didn't look filthy, so I wonder if there is hair washing going on that we weren't privy to? But a small bucket of soapish water dumped over you like icing on a cinnamon roll isn't actually a bath or a shower. It's creating your own special skin paste. I cannot image the stench—my friend's tall, super skinny teenage son is going through a phase where he hates to bathe and after three days you can smell him from three rooms away. I could almost hurl thinking of the stench of that living room. I thought the big event of the ep was going to be the mom dropping dead of whatever was wrong with her. She couldn't open her eyes without becoming short of breath. I really didn't think she was going to make it through the episode. Gina will never get the attention she wants, because it's bottomless and requires the earth waiting on her hand and foot for infinity squared. FFS the woman applauded herself because she destroyed a few sections of Whole Foods and bought 3 things. I get making baby steps, but there are baby steps and then there are barely steps. And I am still a little confused by that maid of honor speech from the safety of the minivan...sitting like, 20 feet outside. If the whole wedding party had come outside, would she have gone back in? Heck, could have been a fun reception game.

I appreciate you not saying his name. It could be a Candyman situation. On a different note, bridesmaid bathing suits? FFS. I don't want to begrudge anyone spending a ton of money and acting goofy just for kicks, but I feel like Brittany went to the "These Chicks Will Buy Anything Bridal Store" and got 10 of everything. Also, I thought Kristen looked really cute in her tacky wedding dress. Stassi was right about Sheana—her wedding outfit looked like it could have come from her closet.

Same. Her devotion to ranch is hilarious. And I love it when she narrates anything. I could not care less about Kristen and Carter, and I don't even know why Kristen is going through the whole "we broke up" thing when they clearly haven't. It's boring. So is LaLa's BJ talk. Booze cruises always sound a lot more fun than they actually are. Beau got to the heart of what happened with the book party thing - Sandoval is being a dick. That's really the beginning and the end of it. And I think that whatever happens at TomTom, very little of it is ever managed by Sandoval, which is why everyone seemed to be confused as to why he threw such a hissy fit. I think Sandoval wants his Pump Rules character to be that of expert bar owner/manager, and was more mad that Stassi's party wasn't set up to give him some sort of bar boss outfit opportunity. He clearly knew about the party thing. He could have easily involved himself more but didn't, then got mad when he didn't come off as the boss. Regardless, if he had any issues, it was with Tom or Lisa, and if this was real life, he'd be sidelined from ever contacting customers again after what he sent to Stassi. I mean, he's an investor and sent that shit to a customer? No. I realize we're in pretend Bravo TV world, but still. Grow up, man. When Schwartz makes you look like a loser, that's something.

The people who work for Lisa often look hygienically challenged, and now that I know I am likely to get a pube-tini, I am not sure I could ever actually walk in the door of Sur. I will take no bra server over open-air labia server any day. But why would those be my only choices? Lol. How sexy and unique...

The Sandyman comic was brilliant, and I want more of it. Stassi can be an ass, but she can also be a funny weirdo. I laughed some serious Zoolander tears when Sandoval said that his "biggest fear in life" is people thinking he's jealous. Is he 11? For real? This is a grown man who said these words out loud? He was clearly in the wrong. Stassi shouldn't have thrown such a fit with him, but he was clearly wrong. He'll never admit it and will reinvent this story a billion more times until he's 10 times more of a victim. He's entertaining but I'm really glad he's not in my life, lol. Also, Tom, sugar, your worst fear has been true for probably your whole life. You are perma-jelly of literally everyone. You were even jealous of James, your new BFF. Dayna seems okay but the rest, good lort. Never Pasta acts like she's auditioning for a "teen call girl ring" episode of Law & Order. Both the new dudes seem so vapid and opaque they make me wish for Jax scenes. If I cared less about Jax and Brittany's wedding I'd have to be dead.

I watched it. Kept my interest enough, but I was underwhelmed. At least the messiah was good looking. I feel like the series really wanted to say something, but about halfway through it started petering out to the point that I really didn’t care much about how it ended. But it’s always good to see Beau Bridges. 🙂

I really loved this. The kids were all just darling - and wow did the producer strike gold with these stories. Very compelling. I get mad when people bitch about “kids today,” because kids today are pretty awesome. My sister was a cheerleader back in the late 80s, and even then it deserved more sports credit than it got. Especially today, cheer is like football and gymnastics. It’s not a matter of if you’ll have a lifetime injury. You just will. Maybe more than one. My sister’s squad went to NCA camp once, and even the super serious girls on her squad who were planning on trying out at a big U (two did cheer at a D1 school) came back from the camp rolling their eyes. They made up a whole cheer called NCA GO AWAY, lol. I can’t remember exactly what all of their issues were but I know my Mom called it a scam and wanted to call the BBB, heh. I always loved watching cheer and dance on ESPN - I figured ESPN stopped airing them. I had no idea of the corporate cheer mafia. And yeah, good job, dude, your org looks like shit on Netflix. I would have loved to have seen clean video of those routines. (Even though I literally shouted when the kid hurt his ankle - OW.) Morgan broke my heart. Leaving her alone in a trailer? No wonder she wants to stay in jr college forever. I hope Monica can help Morgan find a cheer-related career path, because that poor girl’s only safe space is getting her ribs crushed. She has stability and she wants to keep it. I don’t blame her. Can’t believe her dad had the gall to show his face on TV. La’Darius brother’s tears while watching on that tiny little screen gave me tears. Go Jerry! That kid is sweetness and light. Gabi’s parents are creepy. I cannot imagine my mother micromanaging my hair colorist, FFS. I really do hope Gabi can find a way to make cheer her life because she appears to know nothing else, which is just sad. Even her sister is cashing in with her bikinis. Gabi seems like a sweet young woman. I hope things turn out well for her and that she doesn’t wind up on season 15 of Vanderpump Rules or some shit. Or I hope her creepy dad is a great money manager and she’ll be set for life from all those Instagram posts that make her feel bad about herself. I hope Lexi works it all out one day. She’s smart but a bit lost. And I know I am old but OMG girls pull your hair back! All that flipping with all of that hair - I literally can’t walk my dogs with hair in my face like that. That would drive me nuts! Using Bad Girls Club as life inspiration had me LOL’ing.

Enjoying the heck out of this. I love RuPaul and adore seeing a lot of the Drag Race queens, but this is definitely just not for fans of the show. I am enjoying AJ - she and Ru have great chemistry. Great balance of comedy and sweetness. Good fun.

Heh, hetero white woman here, and I am having the same issues. Morris Chestnut has been one of my pretend celebrity boyfriends for 25+ years - bested by Keanu, who has been there for 30, lol - but Cain is such a freaking gross human, it’s interfering with the hot. I got so excited when I found out he was gonna be on the show, and then, ugh. What I DO love, however, is that I now adore Dr. Austin. His character was written with too many tropes early on, but I love how the character has been developed, and grown-up Theo Huxtable is adorable. I watch almost just for him and Jane Leeves.

Hannah in that scene made me cry without even realizing it. One of those, wait, are these tears? moments. Very powerful. I think Alex was talking to Cory, as well. Steve Carrell was brilliant casting - he was so gross and charming and damn monstrous. Alex’s live studio unraveling was awesome - can you imagine what riveting TV that would be IRL? I’d be glued to the TV.

I kind of liked the little run Aniston did when she was trying to catch up with Witherspoon, because I think sometimes in the most serious or intense moment, something can be randomly ridiculous. I also just generally think Aniston is doing a good job with such an odd character. When she screamed that she was empty I feel like that summed her up so much. Once they committed to outing everything I almost let out a breath. Like, yes, finally - I wasn’t sure where they were gonna go, but I kinda liked that they went nuclear. Wish they could have done it without a suicide/OD.

Man, every scene with Steve Carrell made me physically uncomfortable. Kudos to his acting because he made me want to puke. Aniston is killing it. I feel like Witherspoon’s Bradley was a little flat this ep - though the wig is better - but she was out-performed by every other woman on this show this week. And it’s always a joy to watch MGH. I loved her leather power journalist suit, heh. The biggest surprise to me is Billy Crudup, who I wasn’t a big fan of before. His character is fascinating because I cannot figure out his endgame. I’ve worked in the corporate world for 20 years and all of the complicit and cover-up behavior is so well done it’s gross. Well done, show.

Martin Short blew me away. That was an incredible scene on a few levels. Wow. Also can’t ignore Steve’s insanely nuanced performance in that scene. I think this could be my favorite Aniston role. The character is so weird, complex, flawed and unlikable, but I’m rooting for her, heh. The power of the Aniston.

I had such low expectations after the reviews - but I really am loving this show. Aniston is fantastic. Everyone I know who is watching is really enjoying her in a non-Rachel or rom com role. Only complaint is Witherspoon’s tragic wig. Also, as a native WVian and coal miner’s daughter, I love Bradley. Her attitude, wit, sharp tongue, quest for honesty and subconscious self sabotaging are a pretty damn good representation of Appalachian women. Hollywood always gets it wrong. Her wig may be bad, and her accent may be off, but the attitude is right.

Back when he was raging on Twitter about a bartender or waiter or flight attendant or something, I joked that they left off the “Everyone” at the end of the name. I join you in bad taste solidarity. 🙂 I am quite sure his career will be fine - he’s no RDJ, so he can’t keep doing this without going down the Andy Dick road instead, so he’d be wise to lock it up and use it to his advantage, since thousands of people have asked “who the hell is Jared Padalecki?” in the past day or so. But I don’t see much of what once seemed like a sweet guy. For years he has seemed like he is barely containing anger and snark, and his sweetie-goofy moose act just makes me uncomfortable because he’s not that great of an actor and I don’t buy it. He’s handsome AF and man, I really wanted to keep liking the dude, but I fell out of like. And he better own the hell out of this. If he makes excuses, it’s going to happen again. I like to think this will be a wake up call, but, I mean, Smallville was a freaking sex cult so I have no idea WTF goes on in the CW, heh.

Good lord. The cops were disturbed that he was smiling and laughing while the other dude bled? If he tries to use depression as an excuse I am gonna be pissed. Lots of people suffer from depression - and don’t have half his resources - and don’t go around getting violent. And he touched those cops because drunk or sober, he is an entitled jerk-face who doesn’t think rules apply to him because he’s a good-looking famous dude. He’s lucky he didn’t pull that shit in my city. He’d still be sitting in jail. I really hope he learns from this. And I have a feeling there are people in his life who are both relieved that he hit rock bottom, or afraid this isn’t rock bottom. That said, his mugshot is fierce and Tyra would be proud.

Twitter is quite the trip. People are acting like something was done TO him and are actually faulting bystanders for not HELPING Jared. Cuz I’d sure step in to try to calm down a drunk, raging, giant man. The fuck? People make mistakes, sure - Jared made some pretty serious ones, here, and frankly, he was freaking scary. This isn’t some college kid who drank too much purple Jesus and fought his frat brothers and everyone laughed five minutes later. This is a 37-year old man who got drunk and violent - and seriously, if he punched his own employees he’s in a world of shit. Does he love a deposition? I used to adore him but made the mistake of following him on Twitter. I don’t think we could be friends IRL, lol. I have 2 guy friends who I rarely ever see because they are in their 40s and bar fights are still a regular thing for them. Nobody wants to be the babysitter and wind up, well, getting put in a headlock by the idiot you’re trying to help.

For a bit I was really thinking that Ada was Moira - super hoping, too - then she described her background and it wasn’t like Moira’s. I also think she would fess up and tell her she was her mom’s BFF. God, now I want a similar book but from Moira’s, Emily’s and Luke’s POV. 🙂 I am greeeeedeeeeee. I am re-reading Surfacing right now, and I am just amazed at how masterfully Atwood tells stories, and how beautifully distinct her voice is. I have a feeling I’m going on an Atwood re-read bender. My Hemingway re-read bender of 2016 lasted a good six months, heh. Let’s see how this goes - I now embrace audiobooks, so it might go faster. 🙂

I agree - I feel like the Lydia we knew makes more sense now. And there was always a huge part of me hoping that Lydia was like, a quadruple agent. And if she recognized that June could be of use, it at least explains why June still has both of her eyes and all of her fingers, not to mention a breath in her body. The Pearl Girls were a brilliant addition to the story. And genius of Lydia.

As usual, I agree with your post. I love the part June played in this book without having to even be in it much. I feel like Atwood wrote this because she HAD to, heh. She had to finish the story. I just finished and I feel satisfied, like I ate a good steak with some hearty wine. If this is also going to be a Hulu show, Anne Dowd needs to send Atwood a muffin basket, lol. I have always been fascinated by Aunt Lydia, and now I am obsessed. Talk about a complex character. Atwood owns me. As does Dowd because like Tom Selleck IS Magnum, she is Aunt Lydia. Anyone else playing that character is just blasphemy, heh. Even though I figured out the mysteries kind of early on, the payoff was satisfying, and Atwood’s voice is still as powerful and humorous as ever. My 19-year old self just sighed and said, finally, man. Also, because I am a greedy ho, I now want a book about life in Canada. 🙂

I'm halfway through it now, and it's interesting to me the different styles of the two books, and wonder how my writing style will be in 30 years - it's certainly different from what it was 20 years ago. I don't know if it's easier to read because I'm already familiar with Gilead, the Aunts, etc., or if Atwood is just breezier. Regardless, I am enjoying the crap out of it and can't wait to finish work and get back to it, lol.

Just got back from a trip and my book is here - and I am afraid I may be up all night. :) Everything I’ve read here is exciting - can’t wait to dig in! Thanks for all the info!

Or that these days, coal miners often have Engineering degrees. He's such an uninformed douchebag. I'm so glad Andy lost his love for Shep. He gave him enough rope to hang himself. That Astor comment was almost as good as "he was born in DC."