The Real World: Brooklyn

DAMN!!!!!!!!! After the last season of The Real World: Los Angeles, I said I was done with the Real World for ever. I think I've said a million times how I've watched every season of Real World since the very first airing of The Real World with the very first original cast and I'm just addicted. Anyway, Los Angeles proved to be just a mess (and not in a good way), especially with them allowing the viewers to pic that stupid ass guy to be a housemate, I can't even remember his name anymore, but the guy who kept calling everybody peasants. Well yeah, him and anyway, that season had to be one of the worst. So I was like you know what, I over it. I'm done with The Real World and I no longer have to watch. But then I saw the trailer, and of course, now I can't wait. Sigh...it premieres Jan 7th people. DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I know how Amy Wino feels....can't.not.watch. Real World: Brooklyn - MTV Shows

Real World 20: Am I The Only Old Head Still Watching?

Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray are clearly geniuses of some sort. They started the Real World in 1992 and junkies like me have been addicted since episode number 1. I realized I was addicted last night when I was trying to decide whether to watch Real World or Top Chef. Both will repeat a gazillion times AND I also reminded myself that if I felt like it, I could just watch The Real World online whenever I wanted to. Not to mention, after the chair kicking by the lesbian on Top Chef after her girlfriend was kicked off AND after Dale was yelling and used the word "shit" like 12 times and it never fully made sense on last week's episode, you would think I would want to see what would be poppin this week. Somehow, 16 years, Gauntlets, Challenges, Award Bashes, and a wack ass Las Vegas Reunion show later, Real World is still my most serious addiction. And while I realized that some of these kids on the new cast were 4 years old during the very first season of The Real World and I should have turned my TV off after I watched the Clinton/Obama debate, I was not disappointed. Altho, I think that is a bad thing. This is not a re-cap per se. Just a few things I felt like saying. There are three black people in the house (ala Vegas except with two black boys this time....). So very interesting. One black guy, Will, is cute but I HATE his hair. Some people just shouldn't lock their hair. They are just too much for him. And then he lets them just hang all in his face like dookie earth worms. At first he was really loving Brianna, said she had everything that he liked and they seemed to have a lot in common....until he found out she was a stripper. He said he couldn't get down with a stripper and couldn't even look her in the eye anymore. He later explained (somewhat) why he felt that way and said he shouldn't judge her and wanted to be her friend. Now he likes Sarah....one of the white girls who has a boyfriend but she let Will take the gum out of her mouth with his mouth. I threw up in my mouth a little bit after that. Then there is Brianna. Another cutie who has hair I hate. WHY MUST YOUR BRAIDS BE SO FUZZY?! Like who does not get their hair done when they know they are going to be on TV? And you are a stripper so it isn't like you didn't have the money. Oh but wait...seems she may not have had the time to get her braids re-done because homegirl got arrested right before she got to Hollywood. She and her boyfriend Bobby got into an altercation and she punched him in the face and dude pressed charges. She now has a warrant out for her arrest. She tried to call Bobby to see if he would drop the charges and things got ugly because the first question Bobby asked was if she got laid last night....Brianna's yelling scared the other two white girls. They put up a sign in the phone room that says Don't Call Bobby. Joey, the buff white guy from Chicago who grew up getting his ass beat since he was two years old was really sweet with Brianna and it is clear they have thing for each other. She was also the first girl to say let's get naked. But what will happen with Brianna and her warrant? Will her dreams be deferred? Lastly, there is Greg. Greg who thinks he is too pretty to wipe his own ass. So technically, if casting had a choice, I doubt there would be a third black person in the house. Greg is in the house because he was chosen by the fans. Yes, they let the fans choose who they wanted to see in the house. Clearly, 'PretyBoy' as he calls himself, was what the people wanted to see. And I have no idea why. First of all, yes he is very nice looking but he isn't really as hot as he thinks he is. But I guess most people aren't. Secondly, his ego is ridiculous. He is hated by the housemates most immediately. They tried to all go out and have a good time and he left because he doesn't wait on lines (or something like that). At another spot he said he was bored. Then things come to a head when he gets in the hot tub and tells Joey he is a weirdo for wearing a tank top in the hot tub. Joey gets upset. Brianna tries to tell him why everyone is mad and he doesn't care. He calls his mother and says that he has no time for these peasants. Yes, he called them peasants. That's all. Will Brianna Greg Image Source

It Was a Gleek!

Real World Las Vegas Reunited: Episode 3 No you are a Gleek Frank. This whole reunion is fluffin Gleek. This is what happens when you get too excited about something...it most always turns out to be for naught. What is there really to say about this episode. This whole season seems to have been mapped out, planned out and pre-written. I mean come on, Trishelle just so happens to get the suite with the stripper pole in the shower for Brynn's second Bachelorette party? So she can just so happen to say "When I took my pole dancing classes for the movie..." and then all the girls say "do it!" and then we of course get to see Trishelle looking "hot" go up and down the pole. Actually she didn't look hot at all, she looked like she was trying way too hard and there was nothing sexy about it. It was boring as all hell. And side note, Irulan, don't ever point your toes like that directly into the camera. Your bunion looks like Oprah's sixth toe. Anyway, the boys boring ass bachelor party was just as dumb and pointless. Of course the bartenders are some random (not cute at all) possibly professional basketball players that play the guys "for the suite". Who does that? Who would make that bet? Wouldn't a better bet be losers have to cater to the winners and do whatever they say...be it strip naked, feed them food from their mouths....I mean something, anything else would have been better than the stupidness dammit! Then there is the silly gleek incident in which Frank spits water onto Irulan and as she chases him, she trips over the chair and busts her knee up. Alton tries to help by giving her ice and looks genuinely concerned. Irulan wants no part of it. Then they try to talk about the silly incident and Irulan says she understands where Alton is coming from. She says "I understand. You're a big, big, star and I'm not." Then she proceeds to cry and says she wants to go home and walks out. Um, WTF? Side note Alton, were you eating powder boo? You may want to invest in some Carmex or Vaseline cuz your lips were white as hell. Just keep a lil lip balm in the pocket boo, k? Frank's dumb ass is still on his mission to be asshole of every episode and gets drunk as per usual and finds some drunk ho and then they break stuff in the house. It is just so boring and I'm so tired of Frank and all the camera time he's getting just because he seems to be (which is so utterly ridiculous) the most entertaining person in the house. And what is there to say about Arissa and her bugging out about Frank destroying the house. I mean, I wouldn't want to live with Frank either but Arissa should know that people don't really change....and clearly she is one of them because she is still getting all hyped up over dumb shit that she can't do anything about and will only be something she has to deal with temporarily. Just pretend you are on the beach with your cat making lasagna. I think I'm officially done with the Reunion. I'm beyond upset at the silliness and the bullshit going on amongst these people. Trishelle pre-wrote all her lines before she got there, Irulan is determined to be a fool ass drama queen, Brynn is just there, Alton is not doing what he is supposed to do to get Irulan back, Arissa is still crazy, Frank is a jackass and Steven is using his time to promote Frank's foolery. I knew I should have watched Top Chef.

Bone Out Negro!

Reunited Real World: Las Vegas Episode 2 If ep 2 is any indication of what to expect for the remainder of this reunion, then my joy will soon turn into serious pissivity. I was BORED watching my favorite no-longer strangers. WTF? Frank got way too much camera time and why? Cuz the main focus was him trying to get Steven back into the pool. (And WTF is up with them not showing Steven throw that skeezer in the pool?!) For without Steven, he is nothing. He needs Steven to help get the ladies because, as I have previously mentioned, he is not hot nor cool enuff to snag the ladies on his own. Hence Steven's purpose as wing man and if there is no Steven, then Frank is left to fend for himself...which clearly almost brought Frankie to tears. Bone out Frank! As for the "Trinty"....first of all, TEAM ARISSA! Alton is clearly lying and it would be nice if he could just man up once and for all just admit it. Like he says, who cares anymore? He is no longer trying to save his relationship with Irulan BUT he did mention he was trying to save it back then and clearly he lied in order to do that. He is also still lying (at least to Irualn) about his threesome in Australia although there is video and audio proof. Bone out Alton! In any case, it doesn't matter now. What does matter is that Irualn's mental breakdown over dinner with Alton was ridiculous and she is clearly holding onto feelings for him and is using her new relationship and hope for a life like Brynn's to get over and repress. Not healthy Irulan. I am happy that Irulan and Arissa did have dinner together and decide to move past their drama. I guess Alton and Arissa have made up too....although I'm not completely sure that it is over and all is well....I am actually hoping all is not well because if something exciting and juicy doesn't happen soon, I'm not going to be happy. Trishelle and Brynn were boring. That bachelorette party better provide some serious entertainment.

Real World Las Vegas: Reunited and it Feels So Good!

Episode 1: I was 12 years old when the very first Real World episode aired on MTV and even in my pre-pubescence, I knew that I was not only watching these seven strangers learn to live, love, learn and grow from each other but I could feel that I was being drawn into a cult of sorts that 15 years later, I still make it my business to follow; via Tivo or one of the numerous showings throughout the week morning, noon , and night, and the marathon that leads up to the final episode and of course the reunion. Through the various seasons and cities of The Real World, I’ve have had my share of being thoroughly disappointed, annoyed, disgusted and completely frustrated with the fact that no cast was ever going to be as great as the original New York cast (and I’ve watched EVERY season…some not as religiously, but I still watched). I mean, Heather B getting arrested, Eric being the hot model guy, Andre wandering aimlessly, Julie the original naïve southern girl and Kevin the original angry black man fighting in the street, Norm chiming in at all times when a punch line was needed, and Becky doing whatever it was that Becky did (strum on her guitar, I think). They were and still are classic, and no other cast, while many came close, managed to compare and even at 12 years old, I knew that. Then came Real World Las Vegas and something shifted. The cast was made up of three, not one, or even two, but THREE beautiful black people, no one was gay, but of course everyone was HOT (well, Frank….eh). Very, very untypical casting used for this season and then this non-standard group of seven strangers were put up in Vegas! Oh it was beyond obvious that there was all type of debauchery just brewing and waiting to explode for all of us to witness. We, I more importantly, were not dissatisfied. Each and every cast member provided us exactly what we were waiting for and then some! (Again, Frank….eh). We watched the development of true love as Irulan and Alton found their way to each other despite Irulan having a boyfriend, Alton being a “Dirty Bird”, Alton having a threesome in Australia, Alton having random sex with some chic in the “communal” hot tub….um, yeah Alton had quite a lot going on but he was in love with Irulan all the same. Sigh….wasn’t it beautiful. Fast forward five years later and the beautiful love story ended after three years of bliss, with both Alton and Irulan moving on to new relationships that we can only hope get jacked up because you have to know, Alton and Irulan will get it on. Oh they will get it on. But then there is Arissa, who may possible ruin any chance of lovemaking between Irualn and Alton because her card carrying membership to the “Trinity” has been revoked due to a he/she said battle of who kissed who in the bathroom, um that would be kissing between Arissa and Alton and who initiated it or didn’t. Yeah, there has only been one episode so details are rather sketchy. The point is, however, that Alton has a reputation of being a “Dirty Bird”, Irulan’s term, not mine, yet in the explosive argument that took way too long to pop off, Irulan was strongly convicted that Arissa was waaay more suspect than Alton EVER was. Really, Irulan? Very interesting indeed! It is also why Arissa now lives alone, well with her cat, on the beach in CA spending her time cooking and painting. The drama and break-up of the Trinity was just way too much for her to bear and she is healing herself via large containers of lasagna. Note: Arissa is really thin and doesn’t look like she eats too much of anything, let alone lasagna. Who do you think she was cooking that lasagna for? Maybe for her boyfriend whom she very awkwardly acknowledges existed and then seemed to make up a time frame in which they have been together? The “grown-up the most” in the last five years award most definitely goes to Brynn. The cute little girl, who couldn’t understand why Steven wanted to continually sleep with Trishelle and not her, and was so jealous and angry that in a random fight about nothing, she threw a fork at him. Thanks to Steve choosing to let himself stay (make that clear, not Brynn, but himself…confused? gotta check out the old eps) Brynn got over all that and then got really focused on making her dream come true. Go-Go dancing, yeeaahhh baby! In my personal opinion, she was not that good and I hoped she would realize that, but then she got a call because one of the girls dropped out. Dreams do come true! Fast forward five years later and Brynn, is now all Britney Spears with it – well she actually takes care of children and is still married to Austin – and has two boys! She looks grown-up and like she really is just there to see her friends and not involve herself with all the sinning that is indeed bound to take place. Or at least let us pray….for in Vegas, we know not what we do and her jugs are bigger than they ever were and I’m sure she still has the number to that Go-Go spot. Trishelle, Trishelle, Trishelle. Trishelle, soon to be seen at a DVD store near you in the most anticipated Ninja Cheerleaders, seems to not be able to believe that she behaved the way she did on the show and would never act like that again. Whenever she speaks I am always taken back to the one time I actually remember that Frank exists and he makes one most profound statement. He and Steven are in the car talking about the scary possibility that Trishelle may be pregnant and Frank says, “You both are dumb as rocks.” How true, Frank. And Trishelle, at least, manages to prove that sentiment over and over again. Yet, this time around, she somehow has become an investor in a club (I’m sure with her Ninja Cheerleaders money) and of course, there is her “acting”. We know it is Trishelle immediately when her red high heel cowboy moon boots step out of the car and she starts strutting her stuff and smacking her gum and gives a hearty “hey boys” to the doormen. Truthfully, her walk to the penthouse was about as exciting as it got for her in this episode. Oh, but I’m not fooled you bleached blonde Ninja Cheerleader! I know you still have all that foolery in you, and I gladly wait for your release. Episode 3, maybe? Steven has decided to become a psychiatrist. Nice!! I so won’t be surprised when his kids end up like Brooke (Real World: Denver). Steven truly seems to have matured. He is still quite the looker and yet has vowed not to have sex while he is back in Vegas. What is up with the lying people (and by people I mean Trishelle and Steven and possibly Alton and/or Arissa)?! It is nice to at least have intentions to not embarrass yourself again in front of the world, but it is what you do best! It is your best achievement to date. Embrace it. Do it again. Make us proud. Show us that in real life, people don’t really change. And yes Steven, as you have learned, condoms are our friends. Clearly we could talk for days about the greatness that is Reunited: Real World Las Vegas. I mean, I cannot describe for you the joy….wait, did I forget to talk about Frank? I did. Well let’s see here. Frank is an idiot. He is so upset with himself for being the one that no one cared about that he has made it his sole mission to embarrass himself as much as possible this time around. He managed to “score” with some random girl in the confessional (again, taking his date to the communal area. Did he not learn after the debacle with Arissa where he slammed the door on her face?!) and then drunkenly (or not) pretend to be cool and say that the girl who may or may not be waiting for him has either left or is really stupid. Oh Frank, really, you are such a stud muffin. You really are going to be the hot guy this time around that everyone remembers because he got so much ass! That I know for sure will not happen, no matter how much ass Frank gets because he is trying way too hard to be that guy that he can’t be. It’s sad actually. I’m waiting for Frank’s “woe is me I just want to be cool breakdown.” Let’s put 5 on it that it will happen in episode 5 after he realizes that even after bringing girl after girl into the confessional, Alton and Steven still are everything (hot, cool, hot) that he wishes he could be. And enough about Frank. So like I was saying to learn that my favorite seven no longer strangers were reuniting was a joyful moment. I was elated and boy, it does indeed feel so good.