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Did we? I haven't seen any names at all for BiP.

What I think is going to be rough -- worse than mustard on pancakes -- is: I assume Gabi's date is first. He tells her NO SEX, and they spend the night mainlining maple or whatever. Then Zach sleeps with either Kaity or Ariel. THEN Gabi finds out about it, and spirals because she feels ugly and undesirable. I believe that's the point we see in the previews with her having a moment on the beach. THAT would feel awful. "He was able to become a monk with me, but couldn't whip Little Zach out for Ariel/Kaity fast enough?" In her shoes, I would be gone so fast I left scorch marks on the sand. ETA: Now that I think about it, this might explain why Ariel isn't the Bachelorette. If she and Zach actually have sex -- in fact, she's the ONLY one he has sex with -- then he sends her home, that says "thanks, Ariel, I got what I wanted, have a safe trip." I can easily imagine her being done with the franchise.

:) Nothing surprises me any more on this show. The preview certainly LOOKS like that, but trusting the preview is a fool's errand.

Be careful - I took a bath on body glitter stock.

Okay, interesting WTA. I am going to miss having Jess on my screen. But I do wonder what happened to: The ear licker Holland The Morning Balin Brianna Davia Any one of them would have been more interesting than Olivia L or Madison.

No one really seems bitter. Maybe in the months since, they all have realized the bullet they dodged.

He's not saying anything, and he's not saying it in the same way to all of them.

Yeah, they likely got an endless amount of grief from Bachelor Nation too.

I would have bet money they glossed over the blackface issue

I love it. "I'll wear my glitter if I want." You go, Jess. Turn yourself into a mirror ball if you like. I actually think Greer is really cute. It's too bad about her problematic past.

Greer's there. She may have slid in late.

Okay, we're, what... three hours into this? Wait, 30 minutes? Oh god...

Or Bailey. Or the neck licker. Or Holland.

Ohhhhh maaaaaaan I forgot about Madison

Zach has found his type, and his type is in college. Is this at UTexas?

OMG Jesse is going to change someone's life forever! Where is THIS cruise going?

Oooo, that sucks. I managed to miss the fire ants. I was in Austin for training at Oracle, and happened to be staying at the Hyatt at the end of the Congress Avenue Bridge. They even had a bat statue outside. When I asked the woman at the desk about it, she told me about the actual bats, so I dropped off my stuff and went and found the sunset boat tour :) It was a little intimidating passing under that bridge, home to 1.5 million bats -- the largest urban population in the world. (NOTE: The 1.5 mil was according to the tour guide, but the web site says up to 100k. Still a lot of bats.) The tour guide tried to assure us that on average only 0.5% of bats have rabies, which sounded great but that still gave us 7500 rabid bats living under a 500-ft bridge. When the sun set and they all took off, it was amazing to see. But back to The Bachelor. I'm sure assembling Kaity's IKEA stuff was at least as much fun. And she is way prettier than a rabid bat.

okay, judging by the previews... Zach tells Gabi and (maybe) Kaity he doesn't want to have sex in the fantasy suite, but then once he's alone with Ariel, it's BOOM SHAKKA LAKKA LAKKA BOOM SHAKKA LAKKA LAKKA. I understand wanting to have all the sex with Ariel. But dude, you gotta plot your course better. Kaity and Gabi are going to feel betrayed and Ariel is just going to feel used. Assuming we trust the previews, which we don't

FWIW Ariel's middle name is Lana and her birthday is August 24. Now excuse me while I go marry her.

Bold move, hand on the inner thigh in front of the mom

And Vermont too. *grumble grumble*

Austin! Take him to the bridge with all the bats!

I'm no great judge, but Charity's brother is a very handsome dude. Loves his sister, too. In fact, the whole family is awesome.

Well, Rachel's dad looked like he wanted to pile-drive Clayton into the couch