What's been happenin'?

Okay, well, I watched all the Olympics and couldn't really watch the shows on TV; but thanks to the internet, could keep up on what was going on by seeing episodes on my computer.

First, I want to say, the NBC Olympic broadcast was so boring, redundant and poor, I was sick to death of NBC before the end of the Olympics. They really do suck. The Olympics was exciting and fun but the televising was poorly directed and edited. We want to watch athletes not putzfaced NBC staff. Yeesh.

The Amazing Race started in LA. OMG, they have Caitlin the dumb Miss Teen USA contestant on a team and the other teams do remember her. Love all the snide mimicking of her. I've officially nicknamed her and her boyfriend, team dumb and dumber. I'm not sure which is which. There are a couple of brother cowboys from Oklahoma and not only are they hot, but sooo darn cute. They're so, "Aw shucks." low key that the other teams don't think they're a threat. They've proved to be smart, quick, crafty and rather athletic. So far, they've hit the finish mat first twice without asking other people for help. Way to go guys! Of course there are the requisite old person with grandkid team, lesbian team, gay team, married team and reality show team. I love the fact that the gay guys are totally living up to their stereotype. They can't drive a stickshift, are poor navigators and aren't athletically inclined. The Asian/oriental team is not living up to their stereotype. They can drive but they're not too smart. Hopefully the racers will leave South America soon. The dumb teams keep thinking they're in the USA and ask for tickets to San Jose and San Juan. Ha ha ha. BTW, I don't think Phil ages at all.

Survivor needs a new director. They keep leaving in the boring stuff and leaving out the stuff we want to see. The Heroes lost the 2nd immunity challenge and booted Stefanie. James let out a tirade against her both at camp and at tribal council. I think he's just grouchy from hunger. Jeff Probst doesn't help when he asks someone to name names. Last week the Villains won. There was no puzzle and Boston Rob couldn't save the day. Once again, they rolled the luxury and immunity challenge into one and there was no contest. The Heroes have more food, sleep and water. When it comes to a contest of who can push who over, I think the Heroes have it in the bag. Russell did his usual thing and hid the machete. I'm thinking, weakening the team isn't a good idea but maybe it's good to get rid of some of the chaff. There was footage of some hemming and hawing but in the end, it was a landslide for the grouchy weak old guy: Randy. Did we get to see the Heroes enjoy their luxury? Heck no. Maybe next week.

Project Runway only had one show during the Olympics. This time they had to make something for a little girl. The next day Tim told them they also had only one day and $100 to make an outfit or dress for their adult model. I have to say, I was impressed. Most of the things were pretty cute. I didn't care for the drab lilac dress one guy made for a little girl. She looked like a poor orphan who had to wear her older sister's hand me down. Even the losing outfits weren't that bad. Janeane was booted for her cheap look. I'm getting a real trend here. The judges like things that look expensive. Really? In these economically bad times? Seth Aron won with his really cute Black, white and hot pink hoodie. The little girl liked the purse that went with it best. How funny. The adult model was equally stunning in a black and white geometrically striped look. Most of the time I can't pick the winner but this time I did.

Shear Genius was very interesting. 2 weeks ago they had to do hairstyles for a romance novel cover. One stylist just up and quit cuz he was missing home awwwww...whatever. So when the people had to work in teams of 2, someone had to work alone. Brig did a great job on her own. Do we care who got cut? Not really but it was the African American woman. Last week, the stylists had to do a different style for bridesmaids of a Bollywood wedding who had wedding styles already and they had only 1 hour. Brig and the English guy got the heads of lettuce. Poor Brig would do a curl and the girl wouldn't like it. Then she did a bouffant and the girl didn't like it. By the time Brig just decided to flat iron the whole head, she ran out of time. I really felt sorry for her after combing out the girl's hair about 4 times. The English guy's girl didn't know what she wanted and didn't really want anything done to her hair. Nice directions. What a dumbass. The English guy got cut but we were all glad to see the big blowhard go home. He bragged and namedropped so much, it was nauseating and he never did prove he was any good at hairstyling. Whatever. At least Alves has woken up and started browbeating the hairstylists. I love Jonathan Antin. His comments are totally hilarious, but true. I quote, "That horse has better hair than those models." LOL!

Carnie Wilson is hosting the Newlywed Game and she's great. She doesn't have that horney leering sound to her voice like the old host had but she's just matter of fact and fun. She does give a giggle and a wink here and there to let us know exactly what's going on in her mind. Girl! We're there with you. It's so cute and funny. I could do without the full profile of the couples before the show starts but thank god for TiVo cuz I can just FF through all that.

I watched 10 minutes of the Bachelor: On the Wings of Love and just about threw up. The show is as nauseating and ludicrous as ever. For some reason, Jake isn't good looking out of the uniform. Hmmm... He should wear that thing at all times.

I want to say; Hallelujah Law & Order shows are back at their proper time at 9pm my time. They shouldn't be on during family time. Kids can't really understand it and now the shows can be gritty like they used to be.