From the Emily interview -

Okay, I don't think she should have gone home. The other girl was much worse, and frankly I thought the winning design was being called out as part of the bottom three.

However.

"Have you watched the show much" is followed by one of those uber-annoying comments about not having a tv and going out to see art and stuff with friends who do something.

Annoying.

Then, talking about how hard Mood is to navigate and how New Yorkers have an advantage:

Obviously if I lived in New York I would have done my homework, but I don’t.

Really? You couldn't come to the city a day early to figure out a key locale? You'd have done your homework like you did by [not] watching some freaking DVDs to figure out the what on the show and the judges?

Not enough whatever in the world.

[That said - Suede works at Mood? You'd think that would come up.]

I thought she meant (whoever she said) lived in the city and Suede worked there, meaning the *city* not Mood. But you could be right.

I lost a bit of love for her with the TV comment, yeah. Holier than thou is never attractive.

If I was ever auditioning for PR, I would be spending a lot of time at Mood, getting to know the stock and the personnel, so that when I was in a hurry, I knew where I was going and people liked me and wanted to help me.

I don't know if you'd get the chance to go to Mood but I'd certainly find some dvds or watch a couple of PR marathons before coming on the show. It's foolish to be so unprepared and yeah, an actual reality show participant has no right to be so holier-than-thou.

I'd never really thought about it before, but this is one of the few reality shows where you actually could scope out a key piece of the challenge ahead of time (well, I suppose Top Chefs could hang out at Whole Foods)- I can't imagine not doing so. I wonder what the other contestants did or didn't do with that.

Just finished watching the winner of NFNS. He was a decent presenter, but his food wasn't perfect. He burned some of the chicken, as well as the pork, and his oven fries didn't get crispy. I wonder if they didn't want to spend the money to reshoot it.

I suppose Top Chefs could hang out at Whole Foods

And memorize at least one killer dessert.

Oh, definitely memorize at least one dessert.

I thought that Aaron's food looked kind of greasy but it was an okay show. We'll see what sort of stuff he does when he's NOT doing his kids' favorite foods.

NFNS: Adam gets his show.

Huh. That sounds like kind of a fun show.

On Big Brother, Dan became my favorite when he started giving the motivational speeches.