Bachelorette Rings...

[Mara]

Yes I was one of the sorry few tuned in last nite to see fat-cheeks choose her man. My best friend and I long ago had already named the unknown winner: Skeletor; and the charming, sensitive runner-up :Terminator. How funny that our two favorite boys (with the best names!) made it to the last. In the end, Terminator got the boot which was sad because I loved his deep sunken eyes and caveman forehead...he was such a cutie and he really did love that girl.




Skeletor took home the booty and I bet their embarssingly hot TV lust finally culminated that night because we all know that Mere-D didn't really love Ian, she just wanted his hot bod (minus the funky pattern of chest hair that was shockingly displayed while he blow dried his Dallas-80s hair for the last stand). That feeling you have, gal...it's called LUST. Not love. Poor Terminator. I bet he will be married to some gal in Friendswood, TX within 6 months. What a catch. Loved the tie.




Anyhow, the jist of this post is...the rings on the show last nite. They are by Tacori since HW dumped the Bachelor/ette...probably because all the people except T&R have split up and now the market will be inundated with expensive HW rings going for 1/2 price on eBay...hee hee. What a way to dilute the brand. Anyhow, fave ring? I loved the cushion cut with the pave stones, SWOON. That thing was to die for. Hands down my fave. More closeups please.




Cheesiest line of the night? No it wasn't Meredith telling Terminator that she hoped that this 'thing ends with a proposal' from him, sending his poor heart into spasms of soon-to-be-dashed anticipation. No, the cheesiest line award goes to the jeweler at Tacori who used the same line on both men (this would be kind of like Mere-D's mom making the same gross looking casserole for both men AND the youngun following up in the same vein when Skelli made her the yummi insalata caprese (chef in Greece?!) and she clumsily replicated it for Term minus the grated asiago the next nite).




The line I speak of? Infamous. About the princess cut 3c ring (which looked appallingly small on her large manly hand), yes...it went something like 'That's a ring fit for a princess'. BARF! But BOTH men got that same ring! Chalk one up for B&M cheesy lined jewelers everywhere! Yay. People do still buy that crap.




One point for cushion cut with pave...

and one point minus each for the cheesy line and the big cheeks. I give this relationship...oh long enough for the lust-induced haze to wear off and/or until Skeletor gets tired of seeing Mere-D's big white arms in bed every morning. *shudder* Those arms were enough to put me off watching the 'fantasy travel dates' epi last week, because every preview showed her in a bikini with *the arms*. Frightened me. I just ffw'd to the end of that one in time to see Chad crying in the limo.




SOOO glad this round is over. Hopefully the next Bachelorette can at least hit the gym and the tanning salon before going on national television. Can't wait for the new Bach with some rich sports guy, which hopefully will showcase more crying, hysteric women and cool looking Tacori rings.

 

[mike04456]

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On 2/26/2004 1:33:57 PM Mara wrote:







The line I speak of? Infamous. About the princess cut 3c ring (which looked appallingly small on her large manly hand), yes...it went something like 'That's a ring fit for a princess'. BARF! But BOTH men got that same ring! Chalk one up for B&M cheesy lined jewelers everywhere! Yay. People do still buy that crap.

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Mrs. Lawgem was watching it. I happened to look up from my book during that scene.

Yech. Of course she (Meredith) ate it up.

Mrs. LG's main comment about this version was something along the lines of disgust at how she was making out with all the candidates one night after another. /idealbb/images/smilies/9.gif

 

[AGBF]

I know I will regret asking, because what I have read about this so far sounds so appalling...but what happens on a show like this? Just give me the bare bones, please. How is it set up? What happens? What is the goal (I mean BESIDES making money for the network and the advertizers)?

 

[pauls girl]

lol...mara, you crack me up. I didn't even watch it because she was just annoying to me - and yes, mannish & large! I was totally surprised when I found out it was her that they chose to be the next bachelorette. What the....

As someone who wears a Tacori band, I have been irritated ever since baby-talk Trista chose her wedding bands from them. Grrr! I don't know why, but I don't want THEM wearing the same brand as me. Why does this irritate me? I can't possibly explain it.

Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking about her!

Now, I don't watch it, but all the girls at work were talking this morning, and did that Ian guy really just say "will you?" That was all??? "WILL YOU?" Will you what? Take the ring and run?

 

[Indescisive]

I think the worst line in that whole show was in the following sequence (near the proposal)....

Merid - "I'm scared"
Guy - "I am to baybua

BaybUA???? Is that a word?

pauls girl:

I said the same thing... Will she WHAT???

On a side, I thought the princess cut was amazing. The other one the guy that got shot down chose was awful (just my opinion).

 

[Mara]

Indecisive: the two guys chose the same ring we thought? They had the exact same one in their hands...the princess with 2 side stones and pave down the sides, ala Tacori.




And Skeletor's tie? Periwinkle blue with funky floral and horizontal patterns? Please. Those went the way of the Dallas 80's hair!




Oh and what about Skeletor saying...'I'd hate to give her the ring and have to take it away later' or whatever it was he said. Take it away later? Just TRY, buddy!! The way he had to squeeze & push it onto her largo hand...no way is that puppy coming off.




I missed the 'baybua'...and I think Ian will get bored with her. He is very metro, NYC & Sao Paulo and she is just a country girl with stars in her eyes and horribly bad fashion taste. I hope she gets a trip or two out of him before he axes her though. And the ring for eBay-age.

 

[Indescisive]

Mara

You could be right, but I thought the dumped guy chose the oval looking ring... I know they both looked at the princess and got that gay sales line, but I thought the guy Mari-d picked was the only one who walked out with one.

Then again, I could barely keep my eyes open (went to 4 jewelery stores between my lunch break - including two at the MAUL... and on top of that, it was out 5 year dating aniv.). I just glad I finally made a choice and don't ever have to hear the "so, why don't you take it home" line again!!

 

[sumi]

There were two different rings. One man chose a princess cut, and the other chose something that looked like an Asscher cut to me. I think Meredith ended up with the princess cut. I wasn't impressed by either ring.



Awww, come on LawGem. You aren't fooling anybody! I know you were watching the Bachelorette!!

 

[AGBF]

Hello! Earth to posters! Explain this madness, please. Some people (believe it or not) do not watch television and don't know what the heck you are going on and on and on about!!!!!

 

[Mara]

AGBF...feel free to check out www.abc.com and pull down the 'Choose a Show' then select Bachelorette for the full rundown. I am sure it would be much more detailed than anything we could tell you.

 

[AGBF]

Thank you, Mara. I had no idea such a site existed. My cultural horizons are being broadened greatly of late: I just learned all about "Sex and the City" now that it is over .

Deb

 

[AGBF]

Ok...I checked out the site and this is the best explanation of what happens that I found there:

"The Bachelorette follows a gradual process of elimination, as she goes from the 25 that she meets initially, then narrows it to 15 on the season premiere by presenting them with a single, red rose. She will then decide on ten, six, four, three, two and, ultimately, on the one man who captures her heart. At any point along the way, however, should a man decide that he is no longer interested in her, he may reject her invitation to continue dating."

How does the Bachelorette choose and eliminate men? Does she see them only on the show or may she see them off the set? If it is the latter, is she allowed to be intimate with them? Does she have to marry the one left at the end?

Deb

 

[Nicrez]

Mara, I only watched like a few minutes of those episodes two times, but i have to say that your descriptions fo those two guys was HYSTERICAL! I laughed because they are so proper for those guys!!!




That said, I think she must have been the chubby kid or the ugly kid, because she chose guy totally based on their appearances, ad I have to say bad taste in my book...but she seems to be smitten with them outside, and is so excitd to be getting all this attention from guys who would not normally give her the time of day? it was a sad display of ugly duckling syndrome, and poor little duckling get 4-6 months in my book, IF she makes it to the alter. Is that mean? Oh well!




AGBF, to the best of my gatherng, she chooses them by eliminating one each episode. Each person staying gets a rose or something and the one who doesn't gets a limo to reality! The limo ride always offers a angry or sad reaction, sometimes teary-eyes or sometimes they get all upset for being snubbed...It's a sad display!

 

[Mara]

Haha Nic..if it's mean that we are mean too. Actually we are. Hmm..Oh well

If I was on TV putting myself out for national display, you should know you are going to take some knocks right?




That said, we totally agree with the 'time of day' comment. My MOH said that Skeletor would never look at her twice, esp in NYC...hee hee. She definitely seemed smitten by all the attention, and the reasons for what SOUNDED like she chose Skellie was because he could take her places, was worldly, be exciting etc. Plus they had some serious sexual chemistry! Termie was too boring for her. Probably too close to her life in Oregon. But I don't think they will make it in the long haul. He seemed too skittish about committments, and she seemed too 'wowed'.




The joke about this Bachelorette was that it was done 'on the cheap'. The dates were nowhere near as spectacular as the previous Bachelorette and also her wardrobe was absolutely hideous for a girl her age (she dressed like my grandmother). Trista looked frumpy when she was on the Bachelor, but her Bachette wardrobe was all Saks and they had someone to help her with hair and fashion I believe. She looked 1000% better than her first airing. Poor MD didn't have that luxury...some joke that ABC was too poor after T&R's 3 million dollar wedding.

 

[winyan]

Mara...

All your posts are blank!

win

 

[Nicrez]

Win, not on my screen...maybe your compuet LIKES the Bachelorette, and blocked Mara's words...hee hee, what you're missin'!

AGBF, are you frightened yet after reading all that about the extent of reality TV shows?




Look up The Apprecntice. That's actualy one I do like to watch, whenever I remember it's on...Mini-semi-celeb sighting, as I was heading to lunch almost got bumped into by "Bill?" the other assistant guy to Trump who watches over Protege... GO Troy! (he's great!)




AGBF here's a link, it's actually an interesting show:


http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Apprentice/weekly_recap/

 

[Mara]

Interesting Win... wonder if anyone else is seeing that phenomenon?!

 

[heart prongs]

Mara - You are too funny!!! I never knew that one woman could own so many cowl neck acrylic sweaters. Just watching her made me itchy!!! Still, can't wait for the next one to start. kl

 

[Mara]

Heart...since you mentioned MD's large sweaters, here is an excerpt from one of the episode recaps from TWOP..god I love that site. I about DIED laughing when I read this....too classic.





"Meredith descends, clad in her fishnets of doom, and launches right in: "My heart's beating really fast!" Hey, that's the first time she's ever elicited an exclamation point! And just at the same moment, her Venus Fly Turtleneck threatens to engulf her whole. That is so sad!"

Fishnets of doom..aaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!

 

[winyan]

leonid...help! not only are all of Mara's posts blank on my pc, but so are some of LawGems!...are they writing in white or something?

win

 

[winyan]

Wow, I rebooted and that fixed the posts. I never saw anything that weird on the 'net before. I've seen it where things have been blank, but not selected areas!

Phewwwwww...I'm glad it is all better now!

win

 

[Danica]

AGBF - I have to recommend the pinnacle of all reality TV shows - are there any fans of this one out there -

"My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance" - you must watch this one to show the depths one can sink to for the love of winning money, lots and lots of money, and the pain that one is capable of inflicting on our loved ones again for the love of winning lots and lots of money.

This one is the eyeopener and the remote control shut off for me. The only trouble is - the big fat slob is hysterical and I like the way the voice overs are giving an indication of how the participants are feeling.

Its horribly compelling - in a really sad and pathetic way.

 

[AGBF]

Sorry, Danica-

I can't do it. I don't mind using my aggression in debate, making points against an opponent who is fighting back. (As long as it does not get personal, but sticks to the topic being debated.) I would cry if I saw people being humiliated because they are fat or unattractive or seeing people rejected as if it were amusing.

We don't watch television in our house. We own two poorly-connected televisions on which we watch videos, but we don't watch TV. At times I really feel I missed something (as when people started to discuss "Sex and the City" in the papers and I found out what it was about). The kind of "reality" (i.e. "bringing out the worst in people") TV described here makes me glad I unplugged. I miss some great cable news channels, but this blasé sadism is not part of my daily life.

Deb

 

[heart prongs]

Mara - What's TWOP?

 

[Mara]

www.televisionwithoutpity.com




hysterical sarcastic recaps of many of the shows on TV

I could not live without my TV. I absolutely love crap TV, to Greg's chagrin (he prefers the History channel!). He didn't even used to have a TV when he met me. I made him get one within the first month.

I don't watch that much TV per week, I condense it with TiVo and just watch my fave shows, but I love hilarious stuff.




The way I see it is with some of the reality shows is that people make the decision to put themselves out on national television so you just have to take your lumps. People in their natural states are incredibly funny (Jessica anyone?).




Some shows are just not intriguing to me...but other ones are just must-see. I think our fave for the last 2 years has been Alias, which isn't reality...but we both love it. If you don't watch Alias, watch!

 

[AGBF]

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On 2/28/2004 11:56:17 AM Mara wrote:
"The way I see it is with some of the reality shows is that people make the decision to put themselves out on national television so you just have to take your lumps."


I can't look at it the way you do, Mara. Some people have no idea how they really come across and how humiliated they will be in a situation. I see the ones who get laughed at as victims of the people who make the money.

And as for sites that make fun of the stupid television shows: how smart do you have to be to make fun of a stupid show? It's not like writing scathing criticism of something literate.

I don't go into the living rooms of other people to tell them what to watch, but when this kind of television is publicly lauded in a free forum I feel I have a right to say how I feel. (If you notice my defensive tone, you will see I am actually *ambivalent* about speaking up in this free forum. I don't want to be judgmental of what other people like. Public humiliation of the innocent touches a nerve with me, though.)

 

[Mara]

Again...I have no sympathy for those who open themselves to national scrutiny willingly. Just like any politician.

Please don't tell me you think that these people who sign contracts to be aired on reality TV don't know what they are getting into? Reality TV has been around long enough for people to know the deal. Esp someone like MD who was on the show once before...it's not like she was a green gal. Sorry, no innocents to protect here.




As for the TWOP website...I appreciate good writing and dry sarcasm, both of which this site has...and the two things together are priceless. I love TWOP and am not ashamed to admit it.

Lastly, don't kid yourself about not passing judgement. To each their own. Next time don't read the thread or ask about the show. Problem solved.

 

[phoenixgirl]

I agree that Meredith has terrible fashion taste, but I thought that if I had to be stranded on a deserted island with either Meredith or Trista, I would hands-down pick Meredith. She at least seems to be a genuine person with a brain.

I also don't buy that Matthew really loved Meredith. I think he was in it for his fifteen minutes. Sure, what we see is highly edited, so who really knows, but at least Ian was honest and wasn't going to fall in love and propose (ok, well, he did) just because he was on TV. Did anyone else watch the "After the Ring" special the next night? Matthew confronted her about leaving him broken-hearted. He was just looking for something to get him some air time.

Maybe it'll work out. So far the bachelorette has a 100% success rate, compared with the bachelor's 0%.

 

[Mara]

Yes Trista's baby voice would have me tearing at my hair within minutes on the deserted island. I'd much rather be stranded with Ryan or Ian.

As for Matthew...I felt bad for him..I mean SHE DID say that she wanted a ring from him! He had a valid point, how DO you take something like that? Yes, he should have been more wary, esp if he watched previous shows, but I guess he just took her at face value.




Oh and how painful you think it was for him to watch the rose ceremony again when she let him down? Ouch! I was cringing watching it myself that 2nd time around. Why put yourself through that AGAIN? Cut your losses and move on dude. She really was not that much of a prize!!

 

[sparkler29]

I don't post here often but I just had to pop in to say that I'm dying with laughter over Mara's posts!! You are hilarious!

I tuned in to the final episode - so glad I did. It's too sad!

Absolutely no sympathy for people who willingly go on national television to find "true love." That's a joke. It's fun to watch, but it's certainly not reality. I mean, they live communally in a Southern California mansion and go on "group dates." They stand in a line and wait for a rose? Who are these people? Most likely, some part of them just wants to be on television. They should be prepared for what's dished out on forums like this, in my opinion.

That being said, I definitely plan to tune in to the next one!