To kick things off, an observation from one of my few friends that are not figments of my imagination: “Nicolas looks like John Hodgman,” she said, almost too casually. “A young, douchey John Hodgman.”

Well done, friend. This remark was made after a lengthy back-and-forth about all the contestants we don’t like. I believe the only overlap was with Shirin, whom we decided was exceptionally annoying both in personality and voice. Needless to say, we were extra-pissed when she got some side-hug comfort-action from Tim Gunn. This season’s contestants have really lucked out with the Tim Gunn tenderness/wisdom combo.

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(Season 2, Episode 9)

Blair’s desperation to get into Yale lands her in yet another sticky situation, dealing with a hormone-crazy girl who would rather go out than stay at home, reading Harry Potter and eating ice cream. At this point, I’m so curious to know where are the characters end up attending school, I’m tempted to jump ahead and read spoilers for the upcoming season. As I’ve mentioned before, if I find that they all end up at the same university, I will break something. Maybe I should just hold off until I absolutely have to know, because I’m getting the feeling there’s a stupid cop-out coming.

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The current season of Project Runway has yet to bring out its star talent or resident weirdo, but that is doing wonders for catwalk justice. In previous years, it would sometimes feel like producers were keeping certain contestants on the show simply because of the controversy they stirred (creepy Victor? Rosette-tastic Angela?). However, this episode’s elimination convinced me that Project Runway is moving in the right direction. They’re already on thin ice with this move to Lifetime; they can’t really afford to make viewers too angry.

Also, also, I had no idea that Lifetime was doing this, but apparently you can watch full episodes of Project Runway on their website. Four for you, Lifetime! You go, Lifetime.

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(Season 2, Episode 8)

Oh, no. An unlikely couple has sprung out of nowhere. Nate and Little J are sucking face in a darkened street and I am uncomfortable for having witnessed that. Is it because it’s almost like watching Dan and Jenny make out? Or is it because Jenny’s built like a 12-year-old boy and that’s all I can see? I mean, really, I can’t unsee things, people.

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Oh, Tim and Eric. You assault my brain with such seizure-inducing aggression, I can’t sit through an episode without smelling some hair burning. It’s a good thing I now have the third season on DVD so I can do this at my own pace. And may I suggest that the best way to watch it is really late at night, in a black-hole of a room, with something alcoholic sitting by your side (be it a beer or a tipsy friend). This way, you can wake up several hours later on the couch, with a pouch of sequins inexplicably in your mouth, and a fistful of spaghetti that you don’t remember making, accompanied only by the DVD menu quietly droning through its loop on the screen. I mean, I’m assuming that’s what would happen, anyway. Not like it happened to me. Read the rest of this entry »

(Season 1, Episodes 9 – 10)

With this episode, we got to see — Holy crap! Did River just cut up Jayne!? And did she just shoot three dudes without looking? Finally, some of River’s badassery is making itself known. I’m digging the team dynamic revealing itself; it’s the ensemble cast that really makes this show work.

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The sixth season of Project Runway kicked off on Lifetime for the first time, accompanied by a warm sense of fashion-nostalgia and no big surprises. The first challenge was not nearly as aggressive as previous seasons’. It was sort of the challenge equivalent to a shrug, especially when one compares it to the first season’s super-stressful grocery store dresses. The up-sides to minimal surprises are that the winning dress looked good and the person that deserved to go home actually did.

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