goodbyeglittergirl

When you are overweight, you quickly realize how other people see you. In college, girls on my hall developed a list of tips to help themselves to eat less and stay skinny and posted them as a sign in the hallway. One tip: "sit near a fat girl and watch her eat - it's so gross, right?" I am overweight. I am working on it. I am FAR from these folks on My 600 Pound Life - but know that when I am eating a restaurant or in a group of people or whatever, I am ABSOLUTELY paying attention to every bite I eat, how it looks from an outsider's point of view, etc. So I can imagine being filmed eating would feel very similar.

Oh man, I didn't know that about his divorce. That makes me sad for him. Above all, I generally have always thought of him as a kind person and I'm sorry he is going through that. That said, those heels! Yikes. But I still love him.

I hope we eventually get an update on Joe. I was looking forward to this episode because Joe lives in my hometown, but the episode was just a whole lotta waiting around. I hope he does well. I think trying to get Joe eating healthier, though, is an uphill battle so long as his mother is his caretaker. It was a very depressing episode.

Lord. Evander Holyfield. Is he SURE he doesn't have any long-lasting damage from boxing, because watching Wendy interview with him was like watching paint dry. I actually felt bad for Wendy! He was not wanting to talk, and she was just praying for the segment to end. Me too, Wendy!

I did snap some pics with my phone but they are not great - smoke effects, etc, did not make for great photography. I only met Adore b/c she so awesomely came out and visited with all of us standing in the rain waiting to get in. She was incredibly gracious and engaging. You could buy VIP tickets which included a pre-show meet and greet and photos with everyone in the show, but it was out of my price range. The basic general admission show tickets were $29 and honestly were worth every penny. I think Michelle just does BOTS but honestly - I loved her. She was a great emcee and she also sang a little and she and Jinxx and Alaska did "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" and I about died because it was so funny and incredible and I love musical theatre. I was really impressed with Michelle and I was not expecting to be. She spoke a little at the beginning about her life when she first moved to NYC and how the gay community embraced her there and how she hung with the "pier queens" and stuff. Really interesting stuff and I enjoyed her. I thought the best performer over all was Detox. She was seriously amazing and did 3 completely different numbers (a song from the movie Mannequin, and then 2 songs (one was sort of spoken word) that I am too old to know what they were but they were raunchier and harder edged) and then appeared in Snatch Game as Clucky the Chicken and had Michelle Visage about falling down laughing. She is really commanding when she is on stage. I thought Detox was good on RDR but seriously, in person she is a STAR. The person I was least impressed with was Ivy Winters. I really liked her on the show but in person she was kind of meh. She did not do Snatch Game - it was just Detox (as Clucky), Sharon (as Joan Rivers), Jinxx (as Bette Davis and she was a laugh riot), Bianca (Judge Judy), and Alaska (as Laganga (sp?) Estranga) and I think she made some people pee in their pants they were laughing so hard. Adore and Sharon both live sang some of their original songs. Sharon was not very good - just the live vocals were not great and her music is not my thing. Adore sounded awesome. Her style of music is not my favorite - but her voice was great and strong and right on pitch, etc. Jinxx did an Into the Woods medley live and sounded alright but was having some cue problems. You should totally give a show a try sometime. I am a 40 year old suburban mom who is not and never has been hip. My friend who was going to go to the show with me backed out at the last minute and to be honest, I almost didn't go. I felt really dumb going solo and being fat, old, and unhip. I also have social anxiety issues, and I don't drink, and I just felt like I would be so out of place,.etc. BUT - I did go and it was wonderful. The crowd was wonderful - very chatty and positive and I really didn't feel terribly out of place at all. I left about 20 minutes before the end of the show because I needed to get home to the babysitter, so I am dying for someone to post video of what I missed! I assume it was probably a second set from Bianca and Ivy as they were the only ones who had not performed twice by the point I left. I hated to miss Bianca again! I posted a pic of me and Adore on my Facebook and said something like "I felt really anxious about coming here alone but I'm glad I did!" and several of my friends in town said, "Oh man, I would have loved to go to that with you" - so I came out of this with the awesome knowledge that I have a handful of real life, local people (fellow moms from school, a girl I went to elementary school with, an old coworker) who would like to come with next time and that's fantastic. I won't hesitate!

Hey y'all, I just wanted to say that if the RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons tour comes near you, you should GO! I went last night and it was a blast. Adore came out and milled around with us waiting in line, posed for pics, etc - she was super sweet. And then we saw Michelle Visage, Adore Delano, Sharon Needles, Alaska, Detox, Ivy Winters, Jinxx Monsoon, and Bianca del Rio perform. Some sang original stuff, some lip-synced, Jinxx sang an Into the Woods medley live, Bianca did comedy, etc. And there was a mini-challenge and then Snatch Game as well (which was worth the price of admission alone.) It was so much fun. I wasn't sure what to expect so wanted to urge anyone with a chance to GO! So fun!

I hope this woman gets both the mental therapy and physical therapy that she so badly needs. It pained me to see her walking so poorly, even after that giant weight loss. Shame on Dr. Now for not digging deeper when she lost ~150 pounds in 2 months. Yes, larger people will lose weight more quickly, but that's insane and honestly set her up (IMO) for the nutrition problems that eventually caused problems and landed her with a stomach tube. I hope she goes on to live a happy and healthy life - she seemed to be so sad, all of the time. I hope for her sake, and the sake of her son, that she can pull out of that and enjoy living.

OK so I finally had time to watch Untucked - I have to say, I love the new format. I like that it's very stripped down, and I don't feel like I'm being force fed a story line (yet.) It does seem like the untucked budget was $50 and some donated cranberry juice, but I can overlook that because I sort of love seeing the actual backstage stuff. I was on a big game show once and all of the backstage stuff was fascinating - I find the same draw here. I still wish Untucked was being aired right after the race. I still don't like the nude illusion stuff, though, even after seeing it unblurred. It just seems dull. I was sorry to see Tempest go home because I was interested in hearing more about her weight loss story, but I felt like they signaled it would be her by how much focus she got in the episode, so it wasn't a surprise.

I love Ginger and Katya. I do not love not having Untucked immediatly following the show! I was not a huge fan of the nude illusion challenge. It was sort of dull to watch IMO. But I am definitely looking forward to the rest of this season!

I love Schaal, so I will hang in for a couple more episodes. But I wasn't overwhelmed by the awesomeness .

Oh man, I didn't get any of the "since the show was taped" info on ANY of the contestants! I will miss this lovely show so much. The tone, the visuals, the people - what a brilliant show.

I agree with this, BUT, when she came home to visit family, it seemed incredibly short-sighted and unkind of them to put together this huge spread of unhealthy foods and then plop her down in front of it. They had not seen her for a year. They seem to love her and care for her. The whole reason she had been gone for a year was to work on her weight and health. And so you see her, hug her, and offer up some fried chicken? I am really rooting for Bettie Jo because she seems to have a kind heart. I hope she succeeds.

You would know Joey - he still looks like himself, just older. I would not have recognized Jonathan either! I tried to stick with this episode but I just can't bring myself to care. The young dating couples are always my least favorite, and to have a whole season of them just makes it very blah for me. So I'm out until next race!

That was my exact reaction! I was like...oh, and so it begins.

I love Robert. He seems to be such a good sport and nice guy, but very competitive, so I hope he goes really far into the season! But sorry, DWTS, I will be watching his dances on YouTube or something. I can't deal with all that showbloating.

According to that link above, their contract's up in June? So obviously they are putting themselves out there in hopes of getting another show. Ugh. You know, I enjoyed watching HBB before all of the improprieties came to light, mainly because I am from a poor southern area and they remind me of friends and family. I could identify. I also liked a lot of what Mama June said about how she was saving all of their TV money so they kids could haev it, etc. Now it looks like that wasn't the case and they are out to get famous again, I feel sort of complicit and sick about it. I watched their clips from The Doctors and I just - oh man. Poor Alana. I have an almost 9 year old kid and 2 years ago his pediatrician had a conversation with me about how he was edging toward weight problems and that we needed to get on it. And so we did - but not with trucking him onto the TV so people could watch him eat a chicken leg. So this all just is too close to home for me and I feel like surely the whole family would be better off out of the limelight and focused on what's important.

Definitely. They are all awful. I used to have some respect for Holly but that withered away several seasons ago when it became clear she was all aboard the fame train no matter what the cost to Nia, just like the rest of the moms. So now I hate all of them. I was surprised, though, that Jill allowed Kendall to be pulled from the YouTube video. Not because she's awesome, but because she would see it as a chance to be noticed.

This season's LA business has been so contrived. I would not have let my child dance in the Lady Marmalade numbers. Um, they are hookers. And dressed like hookers. No thank you. I also hated the Lucy/Ethel black and white stuff- the makeup, the dress, everything. I guarantee you a poll of the audience asking "who are the representing" would not have been answered with Lucy and Ethel. I wish Dance Moms would get cancelled so I wouldn't feel the need to hate watch anymore! haha!

The technical gave me the heebie-jeebies, as I had to make a Schichttorte during high school German and it was a pain in the butt to make and then dry and yucky to eat! So sad to see Chetna go as she is so lovely and kind - but then, almost everyone on this show is just a gem. I think I will go into withdrawals after the finale!

Less Max?! Less Max is never the answer.

I like Joey, but I don't think she'll last much longer because she seems to get so stressed out about everything and it's not even live yet. She hasn't seen pressure yet and she's already crumbled a couple of times. It's a shame, because I enjoy that kind of voice. Jax. Of course you don't use a last name. Of course. I was sad but unsurprised that Hollywood didn't make it through. Count me among those who think the lack of "try again next year" points toward the very cloudy future of AI.

Ugh. This woman. I found no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I was really surprised (and glad) to see Dr. Now about as mad as I've seen him over this situation. I wish her son could get away from her. He's going to wind up just like her and that's a real shame.

Hated the sing off. I feel really bad for the girl in the chevron dress. I don't think either singer would have lasted long going forward but still, how terrible to say ooh, you had the spot but now it's a SINGOFF!

And I really enjoyed her! I was bummed that she was booted. I wish we'd heard what happened, though my guess is that she wasn't pretty enough to be that quirky. AI can handle quirky if you're a girl, but only if you're also super cute.

I was so sorry to say goodbye to Martha - what a joy! I hope she goes on to a life of great happiness.