"Two Words: Umm. Eww."

Okay, I'm so fucking unashamedly excited about the new season (or "cycle") of "America's Next Top Model".

But let's go meta for a second: Mena & I were talking this morning on the way to work about how much we love the show, and I said I was going to write a post about it. And she was like, just don't start it with a bunch of exclamation points and "How much do I fucking love America's Next Top Model!!!"

And I said, well, what if I include this conversation as a sort of disclaimer re: my masculinity? [1]

I said it sounded like a footnote, but she said it should be front & center in the post.

And so there we had an agreement on my post about ANTM.

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But anyway: wow. What a show!

My very early-on favorite notes:

• I really like Kim, but I don't think she'll last that long. Call me crazy, but that walk just won't cut it.


• Makeovers! [2]


• This week's episode hit home with me, because I have a recurring nightmare where James St. James is chasing me down the street with a bullhorn. [3]


• Yay, they destroyed Cassandra! I liked it when she was crying about her hair getting cut: so good! And then someone was like, "No more beauty pageants" in the background, while they were cutting her hair. That was funny.


• Big D! This video is awesome, particularly the part at the end with J. playing all like a gangsta, & doing a strangely convincing job of it.

If I had to vote for a winner today, I'd vote for Lisa. Though I'm not sure about the blonde hair.

[1] And, you know, if I also drank a beer or something while watching the show. Which I did!

[2] I have a really, really awful confession to make, one that I'm actually embarrassed about: I used to watch TLC's A Makeover Story every day with Mena about 4 years ago. Every. Single. Day.

Now, I can't even watch that show, because the makeovers are just so bad, relatively.

[3] Well, not really, but that was scary, wasn't it? I kept thinking about that Simpsons episode where Homer makes the clown bed in Bart's room. "Can't sleep, clown'll eat me..."

Comments

[Lilia Ahner]

I'm so glad that you wrote this post! Now I know what's going on with America's Next Top Model this season. Maybe now I'll remember to set my Season Pass on Tivo.

By the way, you don't overuse exclamation points in your posts! Keep them coming!

[Jay Allen]

I'm so ashamed to be a man...

[Lorissa Shepstone]

i can't wait for the next america's top model! britain's next top model is just not cutting it...and the aussie one didn't have the same appeal either. pity.