Tuesday, December 09, 2003
This one's for the Ladies...
Okay not really. I spent most of my evening last night watching the two-hour season finale of Average Joe. Time well spent, if you ask me. It was interesting. Here's why I think so:
The final two contestants had several key differences: one was from the east coast, one (at least seemed to be) from the west coast. One was a wall street trader, one was an student/waiter. One was a millionaire with an apartment in NYC. One lived with his parents. One worked out to relieve stress, while the other one tanned. One had been profiled by Fortune, the other one didn't know how to play checkers. One bought the girls presents after trying to think about what she would want. The other one looked awesome in a suit. Awesome. One of them inspired the comment "He's so sweet!" from my house full of girls. The other one merited "He'd be fine if he just kept his mouth shut." Hmmm.
She picked Jason, the tanning west coast student/waiter (who will probably get a role on a soap opera somewhere after this) who lives with his parents and put the checkers on the wrong squares. What does this mean?
The Daily Quickie says "Shallow wins". I'm not sure if this is completely the case. It's a lot of pressure to put on someone to challenge them to make a choice that will vindicate all of the self-proclaimed average people watching, and prove that charm (and intelligence) really are more important than good looks. Charm and intelligence and thoughtfulness. And direction and stability. Okay, maybe shallow did win. Oh well.
Then I changed the channel to the Rams-Browns game, where even the throwback jerseys couldn't win the Browns the game. I still don't think the Rams are going to do anything. It seemed like John and Al were pretty bored with the game too. They spent almost as much time talking about some birds on the field and a wedding that took place at the stadium as they did about football (granted, I only watched for about 40 minutes). Best quote of the night from John Madden: "What did you think about that kiss?"
There was lots of snow this weekend but no one around to play in it. I threw a snowball at a tree.
I did finish the Da Vinci Code, and am failing to understand what the fuss is about.
I thought this week was going to be long and boring, but it's shaping up alright. E-mails from friends make me feel loved, and Christmas is almost here. Have I mentioned that Kristin and Jessica are coming to visit? I am so very excited about that.
The final two contestants had several key differences: one was from the east coast, one (at least seemed to be) from the west coast. One was a wall street trader, one was an student/waiter. One was a millionaire with an apartment in NYC. One lived with his parents. One worked out to relieve stress, while the other one tanned. One had been profiled by Fortune, the other one didn't know how to play checkers. One bought the girls presents after trying to think about what she would want. The other one looked awesome in a suit. Awesome. One of them inspired the comment "He's so sweet!" from my house full of girls. The other one merited "He'd be fine if he just kept his mouth shut." Hmmm.
She picked Jason, the tanning west coast student/waiter (who will probably get a role on a soap opera somewhere after this) who lives with his parents and put the checkers on the wrong squares. What does this mean?
The Daily Quickie says "Shallow wins". I'm not sure if this is completely the case. It's a lot of pressure to put on someone to challenge them to make a choice that will vindicate all of the self-proclaimed average people watching, and prove that charm (and intelligence) really are more important than good looks. Charm and intelligence and thoughtfulness. And direction and stability. Okay, maybe shallow did win. Oh well.
Then I changed the channel to the Rams-Browns game, where even the throwback jerseys couldn't win the Browns the game. I still don't think the Rams are going to do anything. It seemed like John and Al were pretty bored with the game too. They spent almost as much time talking about some birds on the field and a wedding that took place at the stadium as they did about football (granted, I only watched for about 40 minutes). Best quote of the night from John Madden: "What did you think about that kiss?"
There was lots of snow this weekend but no one around to play in it. I threw a snowball at a tree.
I did finish the Da Vinci Code, and am failing to understand what the fuss is about.
I thought this week was going to be long and boring, but it's shaping up alright. E-mails from friends make me feel loved, and Christmas is almost here. Have I mentioned that Kristin and Jessica are coming to visit? I am so very excited about that.
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