I watched it, Sean, on Wednesday night right after the finale of Top Design. So far, I really like Tyrone, despite his weird top to bottom crash from the first challenge to the second, and OMG was I glad to see Paul-Jean go. Yikes, he was annoying. It was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be, since Top Design was really disappointing to me on a lot of levels.

Wait, I feel like there's a flaw in that argument...

But, er, balance must be maintained!

And, anyway, the french fries didn't help, because then I found out there was a Cheney taint to everything today, and also my supervisor just sent me an e-mail that made me explode inside my head, "And how am I supposed to do that, since I don't know any-fucking-thing about this issue?"

lunda, I was right there, too! Across the street, in front of the Borders.

The Channel, but that wasn't anywhere near the Necco factory.

THAT'S IT!!! It wasn't near the factory? Somebody lied to me!

I had to turn off Shear Genius because my friends and i watched ANTM, Pussycat Dolls (man I'm so sad that the Amazon is gone! She was my fave by far) , and the Top Design finale (totally blah!) and we were completely reality showed out. It sounds like it might be worth catching.

After reading Sean's description I see there's a new reality tv show for me! Thank goodness for Bravo's endless reruns so it won't be hard to catch up.

I can't wait for Project Runway to return and Top Chef -- if they improve Top Chef over last season.

lunda, I was right there, too! Across the street, in front of the Borders.

Shiny. I was in front of Ralph Lauren's slowly-taking-over-the-sidewalk cafe.

I am going to try really hard not to watch Shear Genius except on weekend marathons. I get all into the shows and insist on watching them when they air, and I should go to bed instead!

THAT'S IT!!! It wasn't near the factory? Somebody lied to me!

Nah. It was down on the waterfront near the Children's Museum. If you kept heading out of Boston past it, you went by the (Boston) World Trade Center and eventually you'd get to Southie (or Dorchester).

I haven't been watching Shear Genius because the promos made it look unbelievably lame. (Not that that stopped me from watching Top Design, but I have to draw the line somewhere, right?)

Top Design was bugging me a LOT. One, all of the challenges seemed completely arificial (rooms without windows of any kind, cabanas no person will ever used being judged on standards of practicality). It was really annoying to watch these idiotic challenges that could not possibly have been reflective of any kind of conditions they would ever face as designers in the real world.

Plus, in what seemed like a VERY subjective contest, the contestants were being judged by three people with the most startlingly atrocious taste in personal style. I would never take a criticism from any one of those people seriously. I'd laugh at them and point at his or her wardrobe and hair style.

I mean, all of these Bravo reality shows are subjective to one extent or another, but a hair one seems a little more concrete, they have judges with a personal style I can take seriously, and it seems difficult to come up with stupid and irrelevant challenges (which I felt basically everythin on Top Design was), though I'm sure they'll try.

Plus, Jaqueline Smith!