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Wow. That’s the best word to describe this episode. Wow. The hometown dates went well. I really like Reid, but I have to admit that I’m not sure the spark is entirely there, though it did get stronger after the hometown date. Jesse was very cute with his family and Jillian seemed to fit in well with his family and Reid’s and Kiptyn’s and Michael’s. It was quite funny how Kiptyn’s family poked fun at Jillian’s hot tub scene, and she even mentioned that we may see another similar scene. However, Kiptyn did point out that he would not be ready for marriage at the end of this process which is the very thing that Jillian wants. More and more, I’m thinking he’s not right for her. I really like Michael. He’s growing on me a lot. He’s so head over heels for her!
So, now on to the more dramatic elements of this episode. Jake returns to tell Jillian that Wes has a girlfriend named Laurel. I repeat: Wes is a pig and the viewers are going to see that and it’s not going to help your career but hurt it, Mr. Pig! Poor Jake. I really think he is genuinely concerned about Jillian and really trying to help. Wes wouldn’t stop lying to Jillian to cover his tracks, but he was quick to get angry about the accusation. Me thinks he doth protest too loudly. Still, Jillian decided to visit the family and it turns out they are all very good liars as well. I don’t like any of them! Wes prepped them no doubt. I have no doubt that he is there for the wrong reasons and he probably does have a girlfriend. We even see in the previews that he says “my girlfriend – I mean, my ex girlfriend.” Such a pig.
And then the next shocker. Ed is back! I know she likes Ed, but I don’t see it. I am not a huge fan of him. I know what he did was hard, but he made the decision and Jillian shouldn’t have to have even less time to figure out her life. That’s not fair to her and it’s not fair to the other guys. I think she should have turned him down. Instead, she turned down Michael (who accepted defeat gracefully but was so heartbroken) and Jesse who I had started liking more and more. And she kept Wes. Jillian, you’re making a really dumb move here! Sure, I’m only watching, not living it, and I’m not perfect either, but come on! He doesn’t even look sincere when he lies to you!
I hope she dumps him next time. We’ve seen teasers about him on the overnight dates so hopefully he won’t be around past that. Still in the running are Reid, Kiptyn, Wes, and Ed. Right now, my money is on Reid, but I’ve never had my opinion change so often during a season, and I haven’t had my front runners kicked off so early! Needless to say, she’s keeping us on her toes. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
So I just finished watching The Bachelorette (my apologies – I have to watch it online after Mondays, and I was a bit behind this week!). I’m completely floored. Umm, I’m not even sure where to begin. I guess a synopsis will suffice.
Robby got the first one-on-one date which ended with him being dropped off in the “Canadian wilderness” (there was a train station). I must say, the editors of The Bachelorette messed up. They showed the scene where we learned Robby was going to be on the first one-on-one (we had previously seen the teasers that someone gets dropped off the train), but then we saw clips from the rose ceremony – and there were shots of everyone but Robby. Needless to say, I didn’t need to see the date to know he was going. He was sweet, and it sucks that he had to get off the train like that, but he wasn’t one of my favorites for Jillian.
Jake has always been a favorite of mine, but Reid is definitely giving him stiff competition. The snow-shoe date was cute but WES IS A PIG. He believes being on the show will make him famous. News flash, genius! It’s going to make everyone hate you! You have a myspace page, and I’m half tempted to give you a piece of my mind you low-life pig. So, if that rant didn’t give it away, I don’t care for the man. When is Jillian going to see it? I’ve always thought her to be very level-headed and logical, but she’s completely off on that one. Tanner’s foot fettish still freaks me out, but I caught myself looking at Jillian’s feet (near perfection as Tanner sees it) and hoping that my feet looked a little bit more like that. Tanner would not be pleased with my feet. On the group date, it was Kiptyn who got the rose. I do like him for her, but he’s no longer a front runner in my mind necessarily.
Reid’s one-on-one date was quite entertaining. The poor guy must have been so sore. He’s definitely growing on me. I think they are quite cute together.
So, rose ceremony. Umm….so let me get this straight she chose Wes over Jake??!?!?! Not a good call, girl. Actually, that was downright stupid. Course, she doesn’t know yet so I can’t blame her too much. She says he isn’t capable of lying – just wait till she finds out (well, she already found out since the filming is done).
The previews for the upcoming episodes have me really curious. Jake is going to come back, and I’m guessing he’s going to show a side that isn’t necessarily perfect – but that isn’t a bad thing. I think after that – at least from what we’re led to believe – Jake will be back in the running next week, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the one who proposes to her after she thought she had picked the guy. I’m still unsure what the whole “physical intimacy” issue is that they’ve been teasing us about. Drama, drama, drama…
Well, this episode was above and beyond what I thought we’d see based on the teasers. So, Michael gets the first one on one of the episode. He really is quite adorable. In a way, he’s just as bubbly as she is. However, she’s bubbly while still mature, and I haven’t come to a decision about whether he is as mature or not. Still, they looked like they had fun together. At the end of the date (or what the viewers are shown as the end of the date) he gives her a kiss on the cheek. True, that’s cute, but they’re at the point in the process where if she hasn’t kissed them, they are behind the rest, and they (as a couple) may lack the physical attraction element.
The snowmobile date looked fun and quite funny because the guys had to pair up on the snowmobiles. Jillian once again questioned the guys about who has a girlfriend (stupid Wes). She says that she doesn’t think she’d fall for a guy who had a girlfriend or who was there for the wrong reasons, but she’s falling for Wes and the teasers for next episode show him full on admitting that the show is great exposure for his career. Even in this episode he mentions that the exposure element had always been there but that he purposely didn’t tell her so she wouldn’t think that was the only reason he was there. No, Wes, you flat out lied to her. She asked you straight up if you had ever (even if the feeling was gone) thought of the show as good exposure for your career. You said no. That is called lying. Oh, and by the way, Wes, saying “I’m clean” in response to last week’s who-has-a-girlfriend questionnaire is in no way, shape, or form saying that you don’t have a girlfriend. “I’m clean” could literally mean you had just showered – not that you were clean of guilt. All the other guys said, “I do not have a girlfriend.” You found those words too hard and instead said, “I’m clean.” That says something to us. I don’t like Wes…
Jesse had the next one-on-one date. I gotta admit, landing on a glacier would be amazing! No wonder Jesse said that he couldn’t see how this date wouldn’t bring them closer together. It looked great. And even though their date was on ice, they finished the evening in the hot tub. Umm…hot tubs are great and all, but didn’t Jillian say that she didn’t want any more hot tub scenes that her father could see? There is a reason that she’s been called Hot Tub Harris. (Jillian Harris and Chris Harrison….close last names.) Anyway, there was steam, and I’m not just talking about from the water.
Oh, the Ed situation… When I saw the teasers last week, I really thought it was because Jillian figured out that Wes was a snake, but the tears were for Ed! Did not see that coming. I understand that the economy is horrible and that losing a job is a very bad thing right now. I cannot totally hate him for his decision. However, Jillian has a reason to be upset. Here she’s already wondering if the guys are there for the right reason, and Ed chooses work over her. Essentially, that’s saying that she wasn’t important enough. He tells her that he knows he’s letting her down, but he’d be letting down 6 or 7 people if he didn’t leave the show. Yeah, quantity makes no difference. If one of those people is more important to you, they get priority over the others. Ed chose the 6 or 7 people. They got the priority. Sadly, she was falling for him, and his decision that she wasn’t worth staying for obviously has got to be hard. It’s a good thing that she has committed to getting over it so she can focus on the other guys. However, that doesn’t include Mark. I did suspect it would either be Mark or Tanner going, though Wes being in the bottom two was a surprise. In the diary of the departed, Mark stated that his barrier was a problem. Yes, that was, but who can blame him? The poor guy has been cheated on 4 times?!?! How did that happen? I feel so bad for him. Hopefully, he’ll find his happiness soon…
So…yeah…next week’s teaser….umm…problems in the bedroom? I mean, we all kind of figure that more than just kissing is going on during the overnight dates (hopefully not with all of them!!!), but I thought the show’s producers wanted to keep the allusion that they weren’t essentially acting like pimps. Seriously, someone is having problems in the bedroom? And they’re talking about it? Can you imagine if that’s not the guy she ends up with and the one she does end up with has to watch the show and see that happen? Not to mention that her parents are going to see it. Oh, gosh. Well, we’ll see next week.
Alright, I’ve always had a good number of pet peeves because, let’s face it, some things are just plain wrong and annoying as hell!
First, blinds. Who designed those things? They never work properly, they get stuck, they go down when you try to pull it up, they go up when you want them down, and they easily go slanted!
Microwaves. If there is only a few seconds left on the timer, either leave your food in there or CLEAR IT!! Why leave a few seconds on the microwave? Obviously, the next person can’t use the 2 seconds, and they’ll have to clear it because you were too lazy to push one little button.
But today, I’ve realized an even more annoying trait. I’m being driven absolutely insane. I’ve been over at my boyfriend’s a lot. Well, his friend is visiting. Well, slurping soup is one thing – but slurping cereal??? What the hell! It’s cereal! Stop slurping it! As if that wasn’t bad enough, he eats a minimum of 5 bowls a day. I’m about ready to scream…
You may think I’m crazy, but so would you if you had to hear slurp, slurp, slurp all day long.
So, I’ve always enjoyed watching The Bachelor or The Bachelorette. That may be sad, but I don’t care! Still, I don’t think I’ve had as much of an opinion about each of the guys as I do this season. I usually find one and hope he or she will make it to the end. For Deanna, I thought Jason would be the best. For Jason, I thought Molly would be best. So far, the lead for Jillian (in my mind) is Jake. Still, Kiptyn and Reid are contending for second in my mind, followed by Robby.
This week was once again drama-packed. The whole talk of some of the guys having girlfriends is no big surprise. It did take me awhile to develop an opinion about Wes, but I’m with the guys on that one. He’s in it only for the publicity. I mean, how many times do we have to hear that song???? Think about it, if we’re hearing it that much, that means he did it in front of the cameras that much – and not all were around Jillian. If you really are putting your heart into something, you tend to be private about the creation of it and reveal it only to your intended audience – not to a camera. When we saw the teasers about someone having a girlfriend, I automatically assumed it was Wes. I don’t like him. I also cannot stand David. I never understood why he got the first impression rose. He’s all moaning and groaning about how he’s never been denied a kiss – maybe that’s because the girls were afraid of you! Who would want to kiss him? He’s mean, he’s disrespectful (did you see him grab at her shirt?), and he definitely has anger issues. Juan may appear to be a kiss-up, but that doesn’t mean that David has the right to go off the deep end. Actually, if there hadn’t have been all that drama with David and Juan (yet another example of how guys can sometimes be even more dramatic than girls), I wouldn’t have had much of an opinion of Juan. In his bio clip, he seemed like a nice guy, but once we saw him with Jillian and the guys, he was nothing that was grabbing my attention. Jesse is also one of those guys that I didn’t even remember was on the show until this week. Still, he is growing on me. Mark too is growing on me. I was shocked when she let Mike go instead of Mark, but that just goes to show you that she’s not going to make the decisions just because it seems to be the most logical one – but the one she needs. Tanner P. is surprisingly still around. He’s nice, but the foot fettish thing scares me. I feel bad that he’s caught in the middle of this whole “who has a girlfriend” drama. True, he may have been lying or just misinterpretted something that Wes said, but I think he’s probably right. He was just trying to warn Jillian so she doesn’t get hurt, and I’m proud of him for not throwing anyone under the bus. Michael (the breakdancer as I’ve known him) really is adorable. I don’t think he’s right for Jillian, but he is sweet. She does seem to fit in nicely with Kiptyn, and they already act like a couple, but Reid keeps growing on me everytime I see the two of them together. Jake, of course, is still at the top of my choices for her. The whole “is he too perfect” conversation was a bit odd. Apparently, it’s become a weight to him to be brushed aside as too perfect. At first, I wondered if this was arrogance, but on second thought, I don’t think so. If you tend to be good at whatever you try, people tend to think your work to get there is no longer important or that you are just a robot. I can see how it would hurt him.
And to finish up, David and Juan are gone. Thank you, thank you, thank you for getting rid of David! Though, I can see why Juan went too. Ironic how they were kicked off together…
