S’up, Trashtalkers? Not a crazy dramatic week, but lots of fun nonetheless. I like the “College Try” episodes. What are those, you ask? Why, they’re the episodes in which we see the women give new things a good ol’ college try – like singing (Gretchen), “acting” (Alexis) and sanity (everyone of’em at some point). This week was particularly chock full of try with Gretchen’s song/proposal thing, Alexis’ audition and Vicki’s vodka tasting in Napa. Apparently Slade loves it when Gretchen sings, so she’s decided to record a song for him and, I assume, work it into the proposal somehow. Holy crap, if anyone deserves their own spin-off, it’s Gretchen and Slade. We only see about 15% of their daily lives – can you imagine what we’ve been missing? I bet they have tea parties with Gretchen’s dogs on the weekends she has custody. Oh, and if you were wondering whether or not Gretchen’s voice has improved since last year’s Pussycat Doll performance, it hasn’t. And apparently the word “else” gives her trouble. Don’t ask, just watch. Alexis gets an audition for a television pilot and we follow her to Jeff Margolis’ casting office to watch her read for the role of “child psychologist.” Unfortunately, “child psychologist” does not refer to a child that is pretending to be a psychologist, something Alexis would be totally right for. It refers to someone who actually practices psychology, and Alexis is predictably terrible. The whole thing is incredibly uncomfortable, up to and beyond the point where Alexis takes a break to draw a picture. Don’t ask, just watch. Vicki and Brooks take an incredibly awkward trip to Napa to bottle Vicki’s Vodka and Vicki actually confronts him about their relationship in front of the other business partners. Gretchen, you need to respect Vicki more. She’s an incredibly savvy businesswoman. And hey, remember when Slade called Vicki “Miss Piggy”? She didn’t CARE or anything, but wouldn’t it be funny if they used her bacon-flavored vodka to market a drink called the Bloody Piggy? And wouldn’t it be funny if that drink went on to popularize Vicki’s Vodka, they made a million dollars and Slade wouldn’t get a dime? Not that she CARES about Slade or what he says or anything. Hey, Vicks? Never in a million years would I order something called a Bloody Piggy. A) it reminds me a of a dead baby pig and B) it’s a stupid name. I would order a Bacon Bloody Mary, or a Bloody Mary with bacon-flavored vodka, but just to spite you, I will not say Bloody Piggy in reference to something I put in my mouth. In other news, Tamra and Eddie have a begrudging wedding date, and they come to it in the most unromantic way possible. They’re at dinner, and Tamra basically berates an exhausted Eddie into talking about the wedding. But Eddie has way more practical things on his mind (and, let’s face it, I imagine he’s procrastinating for other reasons), so he [...]
S’up, Trashtalkers? Not a crazy dramatic week, but lots of fun nonetheless. I like the “College Try” episodes. What are those, you ask? Why, they’re the episodes in which we see the women give new things a good ol’ college try – like singing (Gretchen), “acting” (Alexis) and sanity (everyone of’em at some point). This week was particularly chock full of try with Gretchen’s song/proposal thing, Alexis’ audition and Vicki’s vodka tasting in Napa. Apparently Slade loves it when Gretchen sings, so she’s decided to record a song for him and, I assume, work it into the proposal somehow. Holy crap, if anyone deserves their own spin-off, it’s Gretchen and Slade. We only see about 15% of their daily lives – can you imagine what we’ve been missing? I bet they have tea parties with Gretchen’s dogs on the weekends she has custody. Oh, and if you were wondering whether or not Gretchen’s voice has improved since last year’s Pussycat Doll performance, it hasn’t. And apparently the word “else” gives her trouble. Don’t ask, just watch. Alexis gets an audition for a television pilot and we follow her to Jeff Margolis’ casting office to watch her read for the role of “child psychologist.” Unfortunately, “child psychologist” does not refer to a child that is pretending to be a psychologist, something Alexis would be totally right for. It refers to someone who actually practices psychology, and Alexis is predictably terrible. The whole thing is incredibly uncomfortable, up to and beyond the point where Alexis takes a break to draw a picture. Don’t ask, just watch. Vicki and Brooks take an incredibly awkward trip to Napa to bottle Vicki’s Vodka and Vicki actually confronts him about their relationship in front of the other business partners. Gretchen, you need to respect Vicki more. She’s an incredibly savvy businesswoman. And hey, remember when Slade called Vicki “Miss Piggy”? She didn’t CARE or anything, but wouldn’t it be funny if they used her bacon-flavored vodka to market a drink called the Bloody Piggy? And wouldn’t it be funny if that drink went on to popularize Vicki’s Vodka, they made a million dollars and Slade wouldn’t get a dime? Not that she CARES about Slade or what he says or anything. Hey, Vicks? Never in a million years would I order something called a Bloody Piggy. A) it reminds me a of a dead baby pig and B) it’s a stupid name. I would order a Bacon Bloody Mary, or a Bloody Mary with bacon-flavored vodka, but just to spite you, I will not say Bloody Piggy in reference to something I put in my mouth. In other news, Tamra and Eddie have a begrudging wedding date, and they come to it in the most unromantic way possible. They’re at dinner, and Tamra basically berates an exhausted Eddie into talking about the wedding. But Eddie has way more practical things on his mind (and, let’s face it, I imagine he’s procrastinating for other reasons), so he [...]