...should stay in Puerto Rico.
Ick, ick, ick.
I'm so fed up with this show. Maybe I'm more grumpy than usual, but when I wearily sat down on the couch last night to tune in to the latest installment of Ben's love life, it hit me: this show is really stupid. Like, really stupid. Maybe this is what Brian has been trying to tell me all along, but who really finds love on reality TV? Unless you are on the Biggest Loser, no one. This show is a fake.
My feelings may or may not also be a result of reading Reality Steve's blog, to which he confirms, with virtual certainty, that Ben picks...
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Courtney.
HUH?
If that is the case, the editors have done a bang-up job of villifying her worse than Vienna. I honestly didn't think that was possible. And I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's probably not as evil as they portray her, but man! She is ANNOYING.
The mouth thing really bugs me. And her little squeaky-little-girl voice. And her mannerisms and her manipulation and her ridiculous push-up bra that they panned to about eight times during the skinny dipping scene. Just about everything about her bugs me.
Alleged evilness aside, how is Ben not completely and totally not annoyed with her as well?
Maybe it's that whole "she's-super-hot" thing that men can't get past and women immediately see through, but I really thought Ben was different. I really did. He's a bit of a nerd who likes to discuss the history of forts in Puerto Rico ("Built in the 16th century..."), knows who wrote Canon in D, and uses words like "rad." He has that silly, floppish hair - let's not forget the hair, people - and I really, sincerely believed he would not fall into the same trap as every other guy. Looks fade, Ben! If she's a tool now, she'll be a tool in 20 years. And she'll still have that weird lip thing going on.
Oh, wait. You probably won't be together in 20 years because SHE IS USING YOU.
Whatever.
Armed with this information, I sat down to watch last night's episode with half a brain. Nicki got the first date. They swam in chocolate or something. They talked about marriage. It rained. There are still girls there who's names I don't know. Kacie B clearly stands out to me as the person best suited for Ben, but even he told her, "I tend to fall for people who don't love me back." DING DING DING! Yes, Ben, that is your pattern - now break it! All of the girls are giving the hairy eyeball to Courtney, yet he is so blinded by lust that he's willing to show America his ass (literally).
And don't even get started on Emily's unjust persecution. Maybe I'm feeling especially sensitive, but she was saying the right things! Courtney IS a weirdo! Courtney IS shady! Courtney DOES show Ben a different side than she shows the rest of the girls, yet Emily's warnings fell on deaf ears. Ben actually chided her with a terse, "Tread lightly" and she immediately pulled back. She lamented to the rest of the girls, "I think he hates me," and my heart went out to her. She is right; he just, for whatever reason, can't hear her.
::sigh::
I am exhausted thinking about it all.
I'm kind of done with this whole thing. If Courtney is the winner ("winning!" as she trills every six seconds), I'm done. I'm hanging up my Bachelor/Bachelorette blogging notes and calling it. 'Cause this show is really stupid, and I would be much better suited playing 'Angry Birds' for two hours on Monday night than getting emotionally invested in dumb TV shows.
Your thoughts?
Ick, ick, ick.
I'm so fed up with this show. Maybe I'm more grumpy than usual, but when I wearily sat down on the couch last night to tune in to the latest installment of Ben's love life, it hit me: this show is really stupid. Like, really stupid. Maybe this is what Brian has been trying to tell me all along, but who really finds love on reality TV? Unless you are on the Biggest Loser, no one. This show is a fake.
My feelings may or may not also be a result of reading Reality Steve's blog, to which he confirms, with virtual certainty, that Ben picks...
****************MAJOR SPOILER ALERT*****************************
*******************************************
*********************************
********************
***********
****
Courtney.
HUH?
If that is the case, the editors have done a bang-up job of villifying her worse than Vienna. I honestly didn't think that was possible. And I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's probably not as evil as they portray her, but man! She is ANNOYING.
The mouth thing really bugs me. And her little squeaky-little-girl voice. And her mannerisms and her manipulation and her ridiculous push-up bra that they panned to about eight times during the skinny dipping scene. Just about everything about her bugs me.
Alleged evilness aside, how is Ben not completely and totally not annoyed with her as well?
Maybe it's that whole "she's-super-hot" thing that men can't get past and women immediately see through, but I really thought Ben was different. I really did. He's a bit of a nerd who likes to discuss the history of forts in Puerto Rico ("Built in the 16th century..."), knows who wrote Canon in D, and uses words like "rad." He has that silly, floppish hair - let's not forget the hair, people - and I really, sincerely believed he would not fall into the same trap as every other guy. Looks fade, Ben! If she's a tool now, she'll be a tool in 20 years. And she'll still have that weird lip thing going on.
Oh, wait. You probably won't be together in 20 years because SHE IS USING YOU.
Whatever.
Armed with this information, I sat down to watch last night's episode with half a brain. Nicki got the first date. They swam in chocolate or something. They talked about marriage. It rained. There are still girls there who's names I don't know. Kacie B clearly stands out to me as the person best suited for Ben, but even he told her, "I tend to fall for people who don't love me back." DING DING DING! Yes, Ben, that is your pattern - now break it! All of the girls are giving the hairy eyeball to Courtney, yet he is so blinded by lust that he's willing to show America his ass (literally).
And don't even get started on Emily's unjust persecution. Maybe I'm feeling especially sensitive, but she was saying the right things! Courtney IS a weirdo! Courtney IS shady! Courtney DOES show Ben a different side than she shows the rest of the girls, yet Emily's warnings fell on deaf ears. Ben actually chided her with a terse, "Tread lightly" and she immediately pulled back. She lamented to the rest of the girls, "I think he hates me," and my heart went out to her. She is right; he just, for whatever reason, can't hear her.
::sigh::
I am exhausted thinking about it all.
I'm kind of done with this whole thing. If Courtney is the winner ("winning!" as she trills every six seconds), I'm done. I'm hanging up my Bachelor/Bachelorette blogging notes and calling it. 'Cause this show is really stupid, and I would be much better suited playing 'Angry Birds' for two hours on Monday night than getting emotionally invested in dumb TV shows.
Your thoughts?
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