makeover show-palooza!
...i know
i haven't even looked at livejournal in a week. i kinda glanced at myspace once or twice...that's about it.
i'd like to tell you its because i've been crazy busy...but for the most part thats not true.
norbert's still in town and he leaves monday. we were going to drive to marfa to see the donald judd estate but it fell through at the last minute because his car is officially comatose. my brother's on again off again girlfriend is on right now so she's in town visiting and so i feel obligated to spend time with them too.
also, the job hunt continues....a few places promised call backs and totally lied. i know i can get a job at the evil superstore across the street and i've been holding back on that as a last resort. i think its last resort time.
honestly, i've been watching a lot of daytime tv and i'll tell you what you probably already know to be true...
IT MOSTLY SUCKS.
i am utterly amazed A-M-A-Z-E-D! at how many makeover shows there are. TLC shows a solid block of them all in a row even, so does style network, and roughly around the same time.
the worst of these is definately 10 YEARS YOUNGER...i don't even remember which channel it is but i'm gonna guess style.
the premise:
1. they stick a person (normally a disheveled housewife) in a glass box in the middle of a shopping center and get strangers to stare at them like lobsters at the grocery store and guess how old they are.
2. they then interview the person where they tell them how awful they look and reveal the average age people guessed which is always pretty exagerated as far as i can tell. then the person reveals their real age which is usually waaaay younger than what people thought. i 'm pretty sure the "average age" part is a pack of lies to make the results of the makeover seem greater.
3. makeover time! first the person gets sent for teeth whitening or facials or botox or something. then a winona ryder lookalike with bright red dayglo hair gives them a haircut. then some other lady puts them in clothes that look straight outta a jc penney sale rack. and lastly a crazy gay black dude wearing heavy foundation and mascara does their makeup or if its a guy he awkwardly shaves their beards off.
4. the reveal! they make the person look in a mirror and the chicks usually cry and the guys always look like they could give a shit.
5. they stick them back in the glass bow where the crowd now tells them how awesome and young they look which also feels like a pack of lies.
this show is shit. but there is this one episode they've played like twice where they give this guy named Dane (i have no idea why i rememmber his name.) a makeover in which they turn him from a good looking guy with a beard into something horrible and sad and clean shaven and he has to pretend to like it...and he clearly doesn't.
he looks like he can't wait to get home throw away his new clothes and grow his beard back. and i laugh and laugh and laugh.
i need a job. i know.
i haven't even looked at livejournal in a week. i kinda glanced at myspace once or twice...that's about it.
i'd like to tell you its because i've been crazy busy...but for the most part thats not true.
norbert's still in town and he leaves monday. we were going to drive to marfa to see the donald judd estate but it fell through at the last minute because his car is officially comatose. my brother's on again off again girlfriend is on right now so she's in town visiting and so i feel obligated to spend time with them too.
also, the job hunt continues....a few places promised call backs and totally lied. i know i can get a job at the evil superstore across the street and i've been holding back on that as a last resort. i think its last resort time.
honestly, i've been watching a lot of daytime tv and i'll tell you what you probably already know to be true...
IT MOSTLY SUCKS.
i am utterly amazed A-M-A-Z-E-D! at how many makeover shows there are. TLC shows a solid block of them all in a row even, so does style network, and roughly around the same time.
the worst of these is definately 10 YEARS YOUNGER...i don't even remember which channel it is but i'm gonna guess style.
the premise:
1. they stick a person (normally a disheveled housewife) in a glass box in the middle of a shopping center and get strangers to stare at them like lobsters at the grocery store and guess how old they are.
2. they then interview the person where they tell them how awful they look and reveal the average age people guessed which is always pretty exagerated as far as i can tell. then the person reveals their real age which is usually waaaay younger than what people thought. i 'm pretty sure the "average age" part is a pack of lies to make the results of the makeover seem greater.
3. makeover time! first the person gets sent for teeth whitening or facials or botox or something. then a winona ryder lookalike with bright red dayglo hair gives them a haircut. then some other lady puts them in clothes that look straight outta a jc penney sale rack. and lastly a crazy gay black dude wearing heavy foundation and mascara does their makeup or if its a guy he awkwardly shaves their beards off.
4. the reveal! they make the person look in a mirror and the chicks usually cry and the guys always look like they could give a shit.
5. they stick them back in the glass bow where the crowd now tells them how awesome and young they look which also feels like a pack of lies.
this show is shit. but there is this one episode they've played like twice where they give this guy named Dane (i have no idea why i rememmber his name.) a makeover in which they turn him from a good looking guy with a beard into something horrible and sad and clean shaven and he has to pretend to like it...and he clearly doesn't.
he looks like he can't wait to get home throw away his new clothes and grow his beard back. and i laugh and laugh and laugh.
i need a job. i know.