More ramblings about last night's Project Runway

[apocalypsos]

-- No, seriously, they REALLY need to show Victorya's bitchfest. For those who hadn't heard yet or were skipping spoilery posts, according to Fashionista when Victorya was eliminated she went apeshit. She threw a complete temper tantrum and was screaming obscenities and whatnot, and she stormed off the set and it took them a few hours to find her so that they could film a real ending. You can even tell when you watch it -- she's not making eye contact with anyone at ALL when they auf her, she doesn't say anything as she's leaving, and Tim doesn't even bother saying how much they'll miss her. I don't even get why they cut it. They haven't really had much drama this season, and while I'm the first to bitch when that's all they focus on when they try to ignore it when it's going on it's bothersome. I'm hoping they'll put it on during the reunion (yeah, I doubt it) or on the DVDs as an extra (they did it with Santino and Nina's argument and Andrae's breakdown, if I'm remembering correctly, why not this?). Oh, or maybe some nice Bravo employee could sneak it onto YouTube? *hopes*

-- I just love the fact that Ricky's up there welling up and the judges looked at him EXACTLY like the audience looked at him. Like, "Man up, Leaky Fountain!" I know there's a bitch in you, Ricky, but it would be really nice if it were a cool bitch rather than, like, a prison bitch. Who's been cornered by the biggest guy on the cell block and hasn't lubed up and is terrified. (TMI? Don't much care.)

-- You know, I can appreciate that Christian has a vision and still think there's no way in hell that I'd buy his clothes. He does some really neat things with '80s styles but really, skinny jeans and tuxedo shirts? Thanks, but no. Not to mention the fact that ... look, Lisa is a lovely model and she's very good. But she also has no waist. And if Christian were a designer like Nick Verreos who uses his models as muses and is therefore more likely to know her flaws and good points, or if he were like Michael Knight and could give the skinniest flattest model curves, it would be okay. But the way he designs she ends up looking puffy and unfit in her midsection and it makes his outfits look that much more unappealing.

-- "Are we going to meet somebody fabulous?"
"We ARE fabulous. We don't need to meet anybody else."

Oh, Tim. Join me in a conservative-approved loveless fake marriage? *bats eyelashes*

-- I'll admit it. I was sitting there hoping that my uncle would suddenly show up as, like, a guest judge or something and I could squeal like crazy. (For anybody who missed it, this is my uncle Jim. He read that at Parsons. Tim Gunn has a quote on the back. No, I will not stop bragging about it, 'cause it's AWESOME.)

-- WeeBlond!Rami was so adorable my ovaries quivered.

-- Sweet P has her problems with design, but the one thing she's got over nearly every other one of the contestants left is that she's the only one who's consistently listened to Tim's advice from day one. Everybody else has had their, "Well, *I* like it," moments. Also, I love her adorably dorky husband, and her wedding picture was lovely.

-- I want a sewing machine! *sobs* This happens every time I watch a new season, damn it. I watch, and I remember how much fun I had making clothes, and then I go stare at my sewing machine and its missing bobbin case and whimper.

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Top Chef Chicago! March 12! Hi hi hi! *twirls*

I know everybody else is like, "More reality shows? ARGH!" But they keep giving me the reality shows I want so I'm totally content with it. :)

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For everybody who asked yesterday, this is where I'm selling my DVDs. I'm going to spend the rest of the day uploading them, so ... yeah.

Comments

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

I freaking love that everyone else was like "No, I have my vision. I'm happy with it!" and Tim's like "OKAY THEN", and Sweet P's like "Dude, this is TIm Gunn. If he says he's concerned, YOU FIX IT. If he says set yourself on fire, YOU LOOK FOR MATCHES."

I started yelling at the TV halfway through Ricky's crying that he's not Andrae, he's never going to BE Andrae, and he needs to stop trying because it's just sad for all of us.

Also, seriously, they can't NOT show the Victorya bitchfight at some point, right? I mean, if she wouldn't do fashion week, she's probably not willing to show up to the reunion show, right?

*clings to denial*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

"Dude, this is TIm Gunn. If he says he's concerned, YOU FIX IT. If he says set yourself on fire, YOU LOOK FOR MATCHES."

HA! Yes, exactly. I know he's not allowed to say a lot because they don't want him to steer the contestants, but if he's standing there going, "This worries me," you're absolutely right to stand there like Sweet P and go, "Oh, no!" Tim Gunn is always right. Repeat after me: TIM GUNN IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

Oh, Ricky's not even close to being Andrae. Andrae cried ONCE. He may have cried an equal amount of tears compared to what Ricky's managed to spread out over nine episodes, but he did it in one glorious breakdown. But then the others in the apartment teased the hell out of him, and he blushed a little, and then he went back to being the cuddly drama queen we all know and love. :)

See, I'm worrying that she won't show up, and Jack won't show up (I heard a rumor he's suing the show because ... hell, I don't know. They wouldn't let him come back after he got treated? Chris didn't get brought back and then immediately auf'd? I don't even know, but he's been bitchy in interviews since.), and they'll be like, "Well, it's going to be awkward having a reunion show if we don't have two of the contestants." No! No, it won't be awkward! Now you can show Victorya's head blowing off!

I'm rewatching last night's episode right now and it's right before the auf'ing and seriously, she looks like she's about to shoot lasers from her eyes and vomit lava onto the judges, and she hasn't even been auf'd yet.

[shape5.livejournal.com]

Also, that's the biggest tip every winner gives when they do this "what tips would you give to this season's contestants" bit. "Always listen to Tim Gunn."

[darcydodo]

You didn't seriously mean to link to this, did you? Because... you did. And that's kind of hilarious in the context of what you presumably meant to link to, but I want to see what you actually meant to link to, now! :)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

... the hell? I didn't even copy that. *goes to fix*

[darcydodo]

And now I think you may not have gotten the full Amazon link, since it seems to be broken. (I'm just so helpful today...)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

ARGH. *headdesk* I don't think my fingers and/or my brain are working today. :)

[darcydodo]

Hee. :) Anyway, that's awesome! And the book sounds really interesting.

So if your uncle's a Chronicle reporter, does he live out here in the Bay Area?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Nah, he moved out to the Boston area a couple of years ago. I've only met him once (long story), but he's very cool. :)

[dorei.livejournal.com]

I think she means this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592402895

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yup, I finally copied the right damn link. :)

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

Wait...who is your uncle?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I fixed the link. :) (I don't even know how that happened. I didn't even copy that link. I did leave FW open when I ran to the store before. Hmm, methinks the cat's been sleeping on my laptop again ...)

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

hah, okay. yeah, i guess i have seen that link before. that is pretty cool.

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

O Hai.

I just bought your Dumb & Dumber. ;)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you! I'm just about to run out the door to mail it. :)

[kanedax.livejournal.com]

No problem. I'm a guy. It feels like one of those movies that I always should have owned. A few bucks is the least I could do. ;)

[florahart]

Last night in Flora's living room:

Heidi: Congratulations...
Kid Two: *looks up from FOB videos on YouTube to see*
Heidi: ...Ricky.
Kid Two: OH GOD he's going to--yep, there he goes.
Flora: *snerk*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

As I said on the TWoP boards, are those limited editions of his dress Levi plans to sell going to come with Kleenex in the pockets? ;)

[florahart]

(Kid Two is a 12 year old boy whose interest in clothing is mostly "are my jeans baggy enough to fall off my ass?" and "there is no such thing as owning too many hoodies.")

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. I keep meaning to make my brother watch this season. I called him one day and got this:

Me: What are you doing?
Bryan: Watching the Project Runway marathon.
Me: Really?!
Bryan: I'm too lazy to look for the remote.
Me: Yeah, but it's not that bad, right?
Bryan: Nah, it's not that bad.

It's a better translation than it sounds like. He rarely watches TV other than movies on cable.

[beanarie.livejournal.com]

So you still think the report about her temper tantrum was accurate? I don't know. Her behavior at the aufing was a bit weird and closed off, so I guess I can see the pissedoffedness building like you said? In her exit interview, though, she says her aufing was understandable and she wasn't feeling the competition any more anyway. Quite possibly sour grapes, but it's still a big huge 180. If she did in fact lose her mind that evening, I'm disturbed as hell by the turnaround. That's serial killer level sociopathy there.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, Keith Michael wasn't exactly a spastic when he got kicked off. I mean, we never saw him freak out at the disqualification on the horizon during the photo shoot, disappear from the set for hours, and finally reappear. There was a lot of stuff behind the scenes that we missed during that. It's possible the editors went nuts trying to fix this mess -- it just seems weird that she's got this AMAZING sulky bitchface before the commercial break and this calm serene "I'm better than all of you anyway!" smugface afterwards.

On the other hand, somebody on the TWoP boards suggested Ricky as the one who freaks out and ... I don't know. It would make sense because, really, the man has built a reputation out of bawling at the drop of a hat over everything. And we'd still have a freakout in our future, which, YAY. But then again I can't even see him manning up for THAT much.

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

Did the Levi's woman make anyone else think of Yzma from Emperor's New Groove?

[the-jackalope.livejournal.com]

So um.... do you read Tim's blog about the runway? It's all kinds of awesome, and I really love what he said about Ricky's outfit this time. You should totally read it. Very enlightening.

Also, THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE SHOWN VICTORYA"S BITCHFEST, CAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME.