I think they all deserve jobs! Perry's final photo was just so much weirder than the other ones that it was hard to compare them, I felt. Ben's were indeed freakin' hot.

But damn, peoples, Ben's photos were freaking hot. Can't believe the goofy-smile, head-bonking, can't-walk guy pulled out that photo. Blazing.

Yeah, that was a real step up for him.

Sad for Shannon, but her loss is not that big-- she can still easily get jobs without the stigma of being as famous.

I did like the comments by the panel about booking models. It would never have occurred to me that Perry's shoulders make him not good for a fragrance shoot.

As far as the weight issue-- yeah, Ronnie and Holly looked a little puffy, and Holly's tiny back chub (I can't think of a name for it) would have made it unlikely she would be cast in a real runway show. But why does M. Rolston care? Couture casting, I can see being strict about body types and sizes. But why do photographers have to buy into that? To me, that was troubling.

And either one of them could tighten up without too much effort, I'd think, if it were a barrier to real jobs. I had already been thinking Holly's face looked puffy earlier in the episode, so maybe it was even just a hormonal thing or something else random. Too much salt that weekend, or whatever.

I did like the comments by the panel about booking models. It would never have occurred to me that Perry's shoulders make him not good for a fragrance shoot.

That was interesting.

But why do photographers have to buy into that? To me, that was troubling.

YES! That was infuriating me in the shower this morning where I was going over the past night's events (me watching MMaSM, that is).

Finally caught up on TC and THANK GOD BELLINI WOMAN IS GONE.

Dear Not!RachelDratch,

Are you serving the fennel marscapone rutabega atrocity atop a champagne/peach nectar cocktail? ARE YOU????

I'll take the judges word for it that it tasted bad too. Her pronounciation was getting on my last nerve.

Twitchy Guy Whose Name I Can't Remember is getting pretty annoying too, but at least his food looks good.

Ah, back amongst my people. So much reality tv talk missed. Frickin' frakkin' conference.

I don't even know where to start. Hmmm . . . AI result was pure baloney and ridiculous. I guess that the country folks have nowhere else to turn but Kristy Lee. At least she has the good grace to look embarassed about it. I am still loving Brooke, Jason, and yes, David A. (though I'm now more sure than ever that the curse of all 17 year old AI boys is going to catch up with him and he'll not win) Super excited about most of the mentors this season. Dolly! Neil! Sir Andrew "I MADE over the top" Lloyd Webber! Although I foresee an absolute trainwreck when Mariah week rolls around.

MMaSM: I really want a Holly win, but I think it highly unlikely. Since this is audience vote, I think it's well within the realm of possibility that Ronnie could win, but I don't think he should win. Among the guys left, I'd actually go with Ben (shock!) as I do think that with a little coaching and the development of another look besides Blue Steel, he could be the most versatile one there. Perry's just too stocky/square Frankenstein. (And I'm still freaked out by the Silence of the Lambs photo shoot) And best guests ever in Naomi and Christian. Oh what I would've given if they'd put those two together to do . . . well, just about anything.

ATNM: Soo much better than the Tootie season. I am loving Claire and hope she can take it all.

TC: Still love the Kiwi. Those mushrooms looked foul. I thought the blini's looked like those angel food cups you put strawberries and Cool Whip in to make the fake strawberry shortcake.

And I love America's Best Dance Crew! It's like watching Step Up 2 the Streets every week (which prominently featured Jabbawookeez, btw). I have also loved this season of Making the Band solely because it presented a weekly opportunity for Diddy to lose his damn mind. And it was hilarious. It could only have been better if Boomkat had come back.

Is that it? Am I done?

I don't know why she insisted on serving them. Yes, the judges asked about them, but they could have said that they did not turn out well, so they decided not to serve them. And to add the cheese and not taste it was just stupid.

MMaSM:

And best guests ever in Naomi and Christian. Oh what I would've given if they'd put those two together to do . . . well, just about anything.

Oh my total god, you are so right. Christian is just a ball of energy, isn't he? I love that the models totally listened to him, because he was so crazy. I hope he manages to keep that in his career ahead.

Perry's shoulder thing. What is that? Is it just that he's too squarish? That he carries his head too far back? I don't really get what it is, precisely, about his shoulders.

Also, they go on and on about the symmetry of Ben's face, but I never notice it. My face is asymmetrical, but I don't know how to notice it particularly about other people.

On the weight issue, I don't know that I can deal with it at all. I really feel like on one level, the whole premise of modeling is flawed. So I don't know how to say, okay, this is outside of the norm, but I accept it for these reasons, or whatever. I mean, I look at the models and I can see what they see in looking for Ronnie to be more cut or Holly to be more trim. I can see the difference, and I don't know how to say, yeah, you should really abuse your body more for my entertainment. But then, they're in that career. We've asked them to make those sacrifices and they evidently have tacitly agreed. Athletes do terrible things to their bodies in the name of our entertainment, too.

I guess it's just more personal because it's entirely about the body. That's the product.

I mean, I couldn't be a model, even when I was a kid and wanted to be, but at the time it wasn't my weight that would have stopped me, it was my height. And so I just said, hum, can't be a model. If there was some crazy procedure I could have done to be taller so I could have been a model, would I have tried?

Not sure where I'm going with all this. Guess I just feel conflicted about it. I don't really blame the judges for their comments, I guess. And I at least appreciate that they've always tried hard to explicate the difference. "These are not the standards for normal people, just for models." At least they've expressed that, because a lot of these shows don't.

And I at least appreciate that they've always tried hard to explicate the difference. "These are not the standards for normal people, just for models." At least they've expressed that, because a lot of these shows don't.

This. Very much so. If I thought too hard about the real life message that comes through when someone with a body like Holly's is deemed "too flabby", I'd never be able to watch any of these shows. But I do think that MMaSM does a better job than any other model show in stressing that their critiques of the participants' weight is being given within the context of the show and the warped standards of the modeling world. I also like that they are just as critical and hard on the boys as they are on the girls. And their hard nosed criticism has produced finalists who can actually work and have careers post-show (unlike another model show fronted by a fivehead, former super model who's put on a few pounds herself).

unlike another model show fronted by a fivehead, former super model who's put on a few pounds herself

OMG, the other day they had Paulina walk past/in front of Tyra while in the judging room? And you could see that Paulina was literally about half tyra's size. It was kinda sad...

OK, I admit I saw Step Up 2: The Streets, but I've only seen two eps of Dance Crew: where were Jabbawookeez in SU2? Were teh the "410" crew? Cause I remember the masks, at the beginning. That was nice.