Friday, March 30, 2007
While watching Romero's Land of the Dead, I tried to think of things that I could talk about in my research paper. Frankly, I feel kind of lost right now and I'm not really sure where I want to go. I started reading the essay that was handed out today and the author was comparing Romero's Dawn of the Dead with some of Aristotle's works. He made outstanding comparisons and really used the Greek language to describe why he was talking about how the zombies were able to still be around and "alive" in a sense and the cosumerism and immortality ideas. I really like the essay so far, but I'm struggling with where I want my paper to go.
I love scary movies and this one wasn't scary so much (although it made me jump plenty of times), but it makes you think about that situation and how would you act, where would you be, ect. Would you be living the good life up in the tower where the "better" folk are, would you be in the slums trying to make the best of a hellish life, would you be a soldier, or maybe a prostitute, or perhaps the mercenary trying to make some cash, although I hardly knew why they were so greedy about money. In a land where the dead are taking over, money hardly seems to matter, but apprently it did.
Back to the topic, I was thinking about maybe comparing Romero's works as a bunch or maybe comparing all of them to other scary movies? I'm not really sure. I did think it was interesting that the zombies always seem to win in the end. At the end of most scary movies, the good guys usually triumph. I thought it was also interesting that we don't know what's creating the zombies. How did they get like that in the first place? Why, when even someone died without being bitten, did they transform and come back as one of the undead? Maybe that's what I could try to answer, but I'm not really sure where I'd go with that.
I love scary movies and this one wasn't scary so much (although it made me jump plenty of times), but it makes you think about that situation and how would you act, where would you be, ect. Would you be living the good life up in the tower where the "better" folk are, would you be in the slums trying to make the best of a hellish life, would you be a soldier, or maybe a prostitute, or perhaps the mercenary trying to make some cash, although I hardly knew why they were so greedy about money. In a land where the dead are taking over, money hardly seems to matter, but apprently it did.
Back to the topic, I was thinking about maybe comparing Romero's works as a bunch or maybe comparing all of them to other scary movies? I'm not really sure. I did think it was interesting that the zombies always seem to win in the end. At the end of most scary movies, the good guys usually triumph. I thought it was also interesting that we don't know what's creating the zombies. How did they get like that in the first place? Why, when even someone died without being bitten, did they transform and come back as one of the undead? Maybe that's what I could try to answer, but I'm not really sure where I'd go with that.
This week on America's Next Top model the girls learned about style and clothing from the director of Elite Model Management, Cathy Gould. It was pretty funny when the girls were given individual outfits and a couple of them started going on about how cute they thought it was and how it could work in different situations and Cathy said it was actually how they were NOT to dress. For some reason, throughout the whole show, Natasha stood out the most to me. She always says the goofiest sounding things and she's totally serious. For instance, when the taboo outfit on her was being critiqued, she basically said that no, as a model, she needs to make that outfit work. I agreed with her even though at that particular time she should have kept her mouth shut. In a lot of these fashion shoots, the girls are given very difficult and even unnatural circumstances and they "have to make it work" or they're cut from the pack, so I think she had a good point, but should have kept it to herself. And when the girls created ad displays of clothing for the Zarian twins, she again spoke up when she spelled Aphrodite the wrong way. She said that when you make something your own, you can spell it any way you want. Once more, I had to agree with her. I see things spelled incorrectly all the time! However, as she's trying to get a job, I highly doubt she should come off as snobbish and seem like she knows best, especially in that industry. It just sucks for her, because I know she isn't meaning to come off that way and she's not understanding why the other girls want her to keep quiet. I would get really frustrated too.
Oh, and it was so unbelieveably rude of Diana and Whittney to talk about Natasha's marriage like they were. They said it was creepy and she was a mail order bride and blah, blah, blah. First off, back up and see if she's ever been unhappy. She seems very content with her husband and child to me. Secondly, some women prefer older men. Thirdly, it's none of your business! That really made me mad. They had no right to judge her on something like that, and to not even confront her about it and ask if she was forced into it or anything, but instead talk about it behind her back is just spineless and uncalled for.
ANYWAYS, the photoshoot was pretty cool. The girls got to dress up as guys, and the male models they were posing with were actually cross dressers. It was really fun and Natasha and Jael did the best selling what they were wearing, I think, even though Jael had a weaker picture. Diana and Whittney were on the bottom two this week and Diana was sent home for a lack of passion. Jay asked her why she wanted to be America's Next Top Model and she said "just cuz." So in Tyra's mind, if you don't want it, you can go right home. Not that I cared that she went home, but next time she has a job interview I certainly hope she says more than just cuz...
Oh, and it was so unbelieveably rude of Diana and Whittney to talk about Natasha's marriage like they were. They said it was creepy and she was a mail order bride and blah, blah, blah. First off, back up and see if she's ever been unhappy. She seems very content with her husband and child to me. Secondly, some women prefer older men. Thirdly, it's none of your business! That really made me mad. They had no right to judge her on something like that, and to not even confront her about it and ask if she was forced into it or anything, but instead talk about it behind her back is just spineless and uncalled for.
ANYWAYS, the photoshoot was pretty cool. The girls got to dress up as guys, and the male models they were posing with were actually cross dressers. It was really fun and Natasha and Jael did the best selling what they were wearing, I think, even though Jael had a weaker picture. Diana and Whittney were on the bottom two this week and Diana was sent home for a lack of passion. Jay asked her why she wanted to be America's Next Top Model and she said "just cuz." So in Tyra's mind, if you don't want it, you can go right home. Not that I cared that she went home, but next time she has a job interview I certainly hope she says more than just cuz...
Friday, March 23, 2007
Reading and Writing about Movies
I love movies, I love the special effects and I love the emotions that they evoke, and I always think I watch alot of them. But then when my friends and even the class gets to talking about certain ones, I find myself clueless, not even recognizing the name. I guess that goes to show that I need to get out there, expand my horizon, and watch some good old movies. And I'm not talking about new releases. One of the essays was telling us to get an old classic or much better would be a movie not made in American. The author was saying how he watched an Iraqi movie (I believe) with a bunch of children and they loved the movie. He said if children could enjoy a movie like that, why can't adults?
The essays were also telling us to not just simply watch the movie, but have a reaction to it. Ask yourself questions about the scenes, how the lighting and music play roles in how we view the movie. Ask how the special effects affected your initial response. They also told us to watch the movies over again, and if need be, pause and rewind a few times to try and better understand what you are watching. I never really thought about watching a movie like that. I mean, I like to ask questions and think deeper about things, that's why I like movies like The Butterfly Effect and the Skeleton Key.
The essays were also telling us to not just simply watch the movie, but have a reaction to it. Ask yourself questions about the scenes, how the lighting and music play roles in how we view the movie. Ask how the special effects affected your initial response. They also told us to watch the movies over again, and if need be, pause and rewind a few times to try and better understand what you are watching. I never really thought about watching a movie like that. I mean, I like to ask questions and think deeper about things, that's why I like movies like The Butterfly Effect and the Skeleton Key.
America's Next Top Model
This week on America's Next Top Model, the girls learned about posing, which is very important for a model to know. She has to know what angles she looks best in, and she has to know how to put all of her body into a flattering position. Their coach this week was Benny Ninja, a "vogueing superstar." He's a short smaller man but boy does he know how to position his body. The girls were asked to do a fast-pace on the spot posing competition against one another. There were a few who knew exactly what they were doing, like Felicia and Whittney.
The next day they were asked to meet Benny in some high-tech room where the girls were told to change into skin tight, one-piece suits for the "mission" they were about to encounter. The girls were asked to go through a series of lasers. The catch is that they could not touch the lasers or they were sent back to the beginning AND had to strike poses between each set of lines. They only had a very short amount of time to get through it, but if they managed to make it, they could get a key to a box that contained a $40,000 bracelet. Only the one girl who Benny thought had the best posing and the most grace would get the bracelet. It was a charm bracelet and I thought it was kind of funny, because if I had won it, I wouldn't have worn it, it's not my style, I just would have sold it. Renee had the same idea, because she said it would really help her family if she won it, because they're having money issues right now. Well, it turns out, she was the ONLY one who didn't get a key and Whittney wound up winning. There's some alliteration for you...Anyways, it kind of sucked when Renee didn't even get a key, because she went right back to being a pistol. In the beginning of the show, she had decided to not "get into it" with so many of the girls and she realized how mean she had been. But after that, it was right back to the same old Renee, big surprise there.
The posing challenge was cool, but the photoshoot was amazing. They had the same photographer that had been in last season's cycle for the freak circus shoot. This time around, the girls were all "killed" by another model for jealousy or spite or some reason or another and they all had to be dead, yet alive. It was so interesting to see how lifelike the makeup looked. Some of the girls looked downright scary, like they were just found in a crime scene. It was also pretty awesome that all of the girls did very well in their shoots. The weakest one, unfortunately was Felicia, who I personally liked. She was sent home, because like Tyra pointed out, if every girl does well in the photoshoot, then you can't depend on your pretty face, other aspects need to shine, like personality or style. Tyra thought, Felicia has gotten weaker throughout the weeks and was told to pack her bags. I was sad and thought the other girl should have gone home, I didn't even know her name and still don't...she's never jumped out of the crowd for me and I like Felicia's personality, but oh well, she's gone.
The next day they were asked to meet Benny in some high-tech room where the girls were told to change into skin tight, one-piece suits for the "mission" they were about to encounter. The girls were asked to go through a series of lasers. The catch is that they could not touch the lasers or they were sent back to the beginning AND had to strike poses between each set of lines. They only had a very short amount of time to get through it, but if they managed to make it, they could get a key to a box that contained a $40,000 bracelet. Only the one girl who Benny thought had the best posing and the most grace would get the bracelet. It was a charm bracelet and I thought it was kind of funny, because if I had won it, I wouldn't have worn it, it's not my style, I just would have sold it. Renee had the same idea, because she said it would really help her family if she won it, because they're having money issues right now. Well, it turns out, she was the ONLY one who didn't get a key and Whittney wound up winning. There's some alliteration for you...Anyways, it kind of sucked when Renee didn't even get a key, because she went right back to being a pistol. In the beginning of the show, she had decided to not "get into it" with so many of the girls and she realized how mean she had been. But after that, it was right back to the same old Renee, big surprise there.
The posing challenge was cool, but the photoshoot was amazing. They had the same photographer that had been in last season's cycle for the freak circus shoot. This time around, the girls were all "killed" by another model for jealousy or spite or some reason or another and they all had to be dead, yet alive. It was so interesting to see how lifelike the makeup looked. Some of the girls looked downright scary, like they were just found in a crime scene. It was also pretty awesome that all of the girls did very well in their shoots. The weakest one, unfortunately was Felicia, who I personally liked. She was sent home, because like Tyra pointed out, if every girl does well in the photoshoot, then you can't depend on your pretty face, other aspects need to shine, like personality or style. Tyra thought, Felicia has gotten weaker throughout the weeks and was told to pack her bags. I was sad and thought the other girl should have gone home, I didn't even know her name and still don't...she's never jumped out of the crowd for me and I like Felicia's personality, but oh well, she's gone.
Friday, March 16, 2007
My week
This week has been really stress free. I still have homework to do that I need to get done this weekend, but for the week, I thought it was spring break and since I wasn't going anywhere, I figured I might as well relax and not even think about school. Anyways, I took off a couple days at work and went up to see my boyfriend at Grand Valley. It's in Allendale near Grand Rapids and about 2 and 1/2 hours away, so you can imagine how often we get to see each other...It was really good to see him so soon after him coming down to see me this past weekend. He only had a couple classes those days so he got to spend most of his time with me.
I've also seen my cousins a lot this week. We didn't even know each other existed until last year when our other cousin found me on facebook. It's been really awesome getting to know all of them (all boys haha) because we have a lot in common. So we played basketball yesterday and the eldest, Kyle, and I have been working out. We also finished his game, God of War, which was amazing. I love video games.
Yeah, so now I'm back at work at an elementary school. I love my job. My kids are great, I work with about 60 every day and it has its down moments, but it has alot of rewarding ones as well. Grr, I get so caught up at work that I forget the time...I always have it done on time and then I forget to publish it...*sigh* Guess I should start doing them before Friday.
I've also seen my cousins a lot this week. We didn't even know each other existed until last year when our other cousin found me on facebook. It's been really awesome getting to know all of them (all boys haha) because we have a lot in common. So we played basketball yesterday and the eldest, Kyle, and I have been working out. We also finished his game, God of War, which was amazing. I love video games.
Yeah, so now I'm back at work at an elementary school. I love my job. My kids are great, I work with about 60 every day and it has its down moments, but it has alot of rewarding ones as well. Grr, I get so caught up at work that I forget the time...I always have it done on time and then I forget to publish it...*sigh* Guess I should start doing them before Friday.
ANTM
This week was amazing. Many things happened. This was makeover week and the girls look absoultely fabulous. Can anyone say Russian spy for Natasha, though? The dark hair really brings out her eyes, but my friends and I all thought she looked like a spy. Jael just had a tough week, unfortunately. First it was her hair that was going to be long and after eight hours of excruciating pain they had to undo it all, because Jay said it brought her look down. She was tough about it though, and said she'd work out this new hair (or lack thereof). Then the poor girl got a phonecall revealing that her freind had died of an overdose. She was devastated. She seems like one of those innocent people who really don't understand why bad things happen. She's adorable and so strong, definitely my favorite this season. AND she managed to do a fantastic job on her shoot.
I was so happy when, during panel, Renee was livid when Tyra compared her picture with Sarah's and said that Sarah's was basically top notch and Renee's was just pretty good. I was laughing so hard. I hate that woman. I'm so sick and tired of her complaining and her petty squabbles with the other girls. She's so jealous I'm surprised her skin doesn't have a tint of green to it. She continues to obsess over watching the other girls and criticizing their every move that it's beginning to push her back into the lower ranks. She hasn't had an amazing photo yet. This week she was especially focusing on Brittany and Sarah, because they are outshining her. What made me sick is when she tried to make friends with Jael after she found out about her friend and told one of the other girls that Jael doesn't need to be haning around with such "fake bitches." Okay, just last week you were talking as if Jael was the bane of your existence and now you want to be friends? Make up your mind Renee. Ugh, she really disgusts me.
I was so happy when, during panel, Renee was livid when Tyra compared her picture with Sarah's and said that Sarah's was basically top notch and Renee's was just pretty good. I was laughing so hard. I hate that woman. I'm so sick and tired of her complaining and her petty squabbles with the other girls. She's so jealous I'm surprised her skin doesn't have a tint of green to it. She continues to obsess over watching the other girls and criticizing their every move that it's beginning to push her back into the lower ranks. She hasn't had an amazing photo yet. This week she was especially focusing on Brittany and Sarah, because they are outshining her. What made me sick is when she tried to make friends with Jael after she found out about her friend and told one of the other girls that Jael doesn't need to be haning around with such "fake bitches." Okay, just last week you were talking as if Jael was the bane of your existence and now you want to be friends? Make up your mind Renee. Ugh, she really disgusts me.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Reality paper
I know this is like 10 minutes late, but I'm at work right now and didn't have time before now, so hopefully it's accepted. Writing the essay this time around was significantly more challenging for me, because it was harder for me to make the transition from point to point smooth. I would sit there for while contemplating and trying to figure out how to get my point across and make it understandable. I also put a bit more sarcasm in this paper as well, because reality television really aggravates me. The sarcasm goes along with the humorous aspect of my essay, because I like to entertain and try to seem at least a tiny bit crafty. Whether or not I accomplished this is another story.
Watching The Real World and I Love New York was certainly a challenge for me. I seriously felt like my IQ dropped a few notches when I they were over. I just cannot conceive how they can live with themselves acting as they do and I wouldn't be able to take any of them seriously. Never once did I hear them having a real intelligent conversation and I would be really upset if I was forced to spend time with any of those people. I can't stand reality television and I'm glad to be done with it.
Watching The Real World and I Love New York was certainly a challenge for me. I seriously felt like my IQ dropped a few notches when I they were over. I just cannot conceive how they can live with themselves acting as they do and I wouldn't be able to take any of them seriously. Never once did I hear them having a real intelligent conversation and I would be really upset if I was forced to spend time with any of those people. I can't stand reality television and I'm glad to be done with it.
Schoolgirl gone Model
I completely forgot that I had two entries to do this week. I watched America's Next Top Model on Wednesday and altogether forgot to write a blog about it. Insert stereotype: Blond moment!
Anyways, in this episode, the eccentric Miss J, who cracks me up every single time I watch this show, meets the girls at a highschool and teaches them how to walk as he always does, because he is the "runway diva." Yes folks for any of you that don't watch this show, Miss J is a man, but he has a pair of the nicest legs I've ever seen. You seem them often when he teaches the girls how to properly walk as he wears his nice dresses and high heels.
Going back to the show, the lesson on walking had a little twist this time around. The girls were put into groups of three in a line and each girl in a certain spot had to walk to her own position. They all had to walk together but in the middle of the runway they had to separate: the two on the outside had to criss-cross while the middle girl had to stop and wait until the two came back, crisscrossed again, until she could walk forward and make her pose. Then she would walk back to the outer two now waiting for her and all three would walk out together. Sounds a bit complicated, but really, if you remembered where your spot was, you'd be fine. The girls did pretty well with Miss J, but when it came time to the real deal on a runway, featuring prom, for the highschool students, the girls missed their spots and kept running into each other. One of the girls, Sarah, actually had her breasts hanging out of one of her dresses and made absolutely no move to cover herself. She said later that she wasn't going to let that get in her way of doing a good job. Well, that's all fine and dandy except that she was doing this for highschoolers and that is so inappropriate for that kind of setting.
The actual photo shoot also took place at the highschool. The girls were given a highschool cliche, some of which included the nerd, the cheerleader, the weird one, the class clown, etc. This is what I love most about the show, the photo shoots. They are always so beautiful and I absolutely love makeup. Some of the girls like Jael, who I like more and more each week, and Jaslene and Brittany are starting to shine and some of the girls aren't, like Renne, who I'm disliking the more I hear her speak, because all she does is complain and blame anything but herself for a bad walk or a bad photo shoot, and Samantha and Natasha, who were the bottom two this week. They both have beautiful faces but no personality. In the end, Tyra thought Samantha just needed more time and she was sent home.
I think next week is the week for the makeovers, and I can't wait for that episode!
Anyways, in this episode, the eccentric Miss J, who cracks me up every single time I watch this show, meets the girls at a highschool and teaches them how to walk as he always does, because he is the "runway diva." Yes folks for any of you that don't watch this show, Miss J is a man, but he has a pair of the nicest legs I've ever seen. You seem them often when he teaches the girls how to properly walk as he wears his nice dresses and high heels.
Going back to the show, the lesson on walking had a little twist this time around. The girls were put into groups of three in a line and each girl in a certain spot had to walk to her own position. They all had to walk together but in the middle of the runway they had to separate: the two on the outside had to criss-cross while the middle girl had to stop and wait until the two came back, crisscrossed again, until she could walk forward and make her pose. Then she would walk back to the outer two now waiting for her and all three would walk out together. Sounds a bit complicated, but really, if you remembered where your spot was, you'd be fine. The girls did pretty well with Miss J, but when it came time to the real deal on a runway, featuring prom, for the highschool students, the girls missed their spots and kept running into each other. One of the girls, Sarah, actually had her breasts hanging out of one of her dresses and made absolutely no move to cover herself. She said later that she wasn't going to let that get in her way of doing a good job. Well, that's all fine and dandy except that she was doing this for highschoolers and that is so inappropriate for that kind of setting.
The actual photo shoot also took place at the highschool. The girls were given a highschool cliche, some of which included the nerd, the cheerleader, the weird one, the class clown, etc. This is what I love most about the show, the photo shoots. They are always so beautiful and I absolutely love makeup. Some of the girls like Jael, who I like more and more each week, and Jaslene and Brittany are starting to shine and some of the girls aren't, like Renne, who I'm disliking the more I hear her speak, because all she does is complain and blame anything but herself for a bad walk or a bad photo shoot, and Samantha and Natasha, who were the bottom two this week. They both have beautiful faces but no personality. In the end, Tyra thought Samantha just needed more time and she was sent home.
I think next week is the week for the makeovers, and I can't wait for that episode!
Friday, March 2, 2007
Society's Need for a Queer Solution
This essay was about how far we've come in accepting homosexuality. Even though we'd like to think we've come along way in doing so, it seems that we still have a ways to go. We're still trying to figure out where our sexual identities come from. There are a couple of different views that try to answer the "why" people are homosexual, the essentialist interpretation and the constructionist interpretation. It's the whole nature vs nurture argument, were you born with it or were you fashioned that way in your lifetime?
Essentialists believe that identity is natural, that people are born as homosexuals. I have to mention pyschoneuroendocrinology, because not only is is a ridiculously long word that I can pronounce (^_^), but scientists dealing with this area believe that attraction for the opposite sex is due to biological factors, like genes and whatnot. Constructionists believe that identity is changeable and totally culture-dependent. According to Micheal Foucault, a constructionist, homosexuality wasn't even a term until 1870. Now it's not only existing as just a behavior, it's been created into a label, a definition of who you are.
I could go on about characteristics and gender roles but the identity theories strike me as the most interesting. I don't know, I'm just sick of people treating homosexuals as a whole different species, that heterosexuals are superior and normal and should look down upon all others. I'm not really sure if people are born with it or if they sort of develop feelings for the same sex because there is evidence for both sides. I think we should just accept people for who they are, no matter their sexual preference, it's nobody's business anyway. I used to believe that heterosexual was the only way to go, but as I've grown I've learned that homosexuals are not dirty sinful people just because they have a different "identity." It's so narrow-minded to think that and I wish we really could accept homosexuality as another norm in society and on television.
Essentialists believe that identity is natural, that people are born as homosexuals. I have to mention pyschoneuroendocrinology, because not only is is a ridiculously long word that I can pronounce (^_^), but scientists dealing with this area believe that attraction for the opposite sex is due to biological factors, like genes and whatnot. Constructionists believe that identity is changeable and totally culture-dependent. According to Micheal Foucault, a constructionist, homosexuality wasn't even a term until 1870. Now it's not only existing as just a behavior, it's been created into a label, a definition of who you are.
I could go on about characteristics and gender roles but the identity theories strike me as the most interesting. I don't know, I'm just sick of people treating homosexuals as a whole different species, that heterosexuals are superior and normal and should look down upon all others. I'm not really sure if people are born with it or if they sort of develop feelings for the same sex because there is evidence for both sides. I think we should just accept people for who they are, no matter their sexual preference, it's nobody's business anyway. I used to believe that heterosexual was the only way to go, but as I've grown I've learned that homosexuals are not dirty sinful people just because they have a different "identity." It's so narrow-minded to think that and I wish we really could accept homosexuality as another norm in society and on television.
You Wanna be on Top?
Alright, first off, my title is not referring to doing anything sexual...haha, and if any of you have ever watched America's Next Top model, you would know what I'm talking about. Secondly, I'm got over a nasty cold which (thank the Lord) has only lasted a couple days and is starting to deteriorate. Hooray for me. For any others out there that are sick, I salute you and wish you luck. On to the show! I was so excited to hear it was coming back, it's been too long without my ANTM.
I like this show because it is all about high fashion and beautiful makeup, and even though I will never in my dreams be 5'10'' and a size two, I can really respect some of these girls. Some may have the preconceived notion that modeling is "so easy" and that anyone can do it. Well, let me tell you that I was one of those people, but after watching so many seasons of ANTM, I don't think I'd be cut out for it at all. You have to have a right look, height, size, know your angles for your pictures, know how to speak professionally and eloquently, know how to walk, know your fashion industries, magazines, photographers, other models, top notch designers, etc. One of the most important things is that they have to be able to pose beautifully and give 110% even if they are really sick. Girls have been sent home, because they didn't do their photo shoot for that week, because they didn't feel well. But you know, girls have been scolded for "going to far and not knowing your limits." Perfect examples of both, last season Monique was sent home, because she had a fever and didn't take any pictures, but then Tyra reprimanded Caridee when they did a shoot in a freezing cold pool, because Caridee's body basically started going into hypothermia and it was only after she couldn't feel her body anymore that she said anything. However, if she had said something before I can guarentee that the judges would have been like you have to work in certain extreme conditions sometimes blah, blah blah, it comes with the job...so it's really a lose, lose situation.
Anyway, not much happened in this episode, it was just the two-hour season premiere and in the first hour they pick the 13 girls that will compete for the title of America's Next Top Model. There was a twist to this season, though, because two plus-size models auditioned, and what do you know? They both made it. I think it's pretty cool and these girls are beautiful, they're just a bigger size. Kathleen was sent home (the girl with the big hair), because she couldn't get it together and she was very lost. I guess I should mention Jael and Renee. Jael is the type of person who tries to make friends with everyone but is not fake about it, that's just how she is. Renee is the type of person who has to pick on people and pick fights. Maybe she feels guilty about leaving her husband and son behind to do this like Jael said. She has more to lose than those without a family. I liked Renee at first, but now I think I'm going to start to really dislike her in episodes to come. She seems like such a snob and she criticized Jael and Sarah when they each won one of the challenges. She said, "Well, they only won because...," with some other lame excuse. She irritates me. For the most part I do think this show is real. Some may try to act, but in general, I'd say it's pretty real. I don't think it's reality, though, because just look around campus and see how many extremely beautiful, tall, and thin girls you see walking about.
I like this show because it is all about high fashion and beautiful makeup, and even though I will never in my dreams be 5'10'' and a size two, I can really respect some of these girls. Some may have the preconceived notion that modeling is "so easy" and that anyone can do it. Well, let me tell you that I was one of those people, but after watching so many seasons of ANTM, I don't think I'd be cut out for it at all. You have to have a right look, height, size, know your angles for your pictures, know how to speak professionally and eloquently, know how to walk, know your fashion industries, magazines, photographers, other models, top notch designers, etc. One of the most important things is that they have to be able to pose beautifully and give 110% even if they are really sick. Girls have been sent home, because they didn't do their photo shoot for that week, because they didn't feel well. But you know, girls have been scolded for "going to far and not knowing your limits." Perfect examples of both, last season Monique was sent home, because she had a fever and didn't take any pictures, but then Tyra reprimanded Caridee when they did a shoot in a freezing cold pool, because Caridee's body basically started going into hypothermia and it was only after she couldn't feel her body anymore that she said anything. However, if she had said something before I can guarentee that the judges would have been like you have to work in certain extreme conditions sometimes blah, blah blah, it comes with the job...so it's really a lose, lose situation.
Anyway, not much happened in this episode, it was just the two-hour season premiere and in the first hour they pick the 13 girls that will compete for the title of America's Next Top Model. There was a twist to this season, though, because two plus-size models auditioned, and what do you know? They both made it. I think it's pretty cool and these girls are beautiful, they're just a bigger size. Kathleen was sent home (the girl with the big hair), because she couldn't get it together and she was very lost. I guess I should mention Jael and Renee. Jael is the type of person who tries to make friends with everyone but is not fake about it, that's just how she is. Renee is the type of person who has to pick on people and pick fights. Maybe she feels guilty about leaving her husband and son behind to do this like Jael said. She has more to lose than those without a family. I liked Renee at first, but now I think I'm going to start to really dislike her in episodes to come. She seems like such a snob and she criticized Jael and Sarah when they each won one of the challenges. She said, "Well, they only won because...," with some other lame excuse. She irritates me. For the most part I do think this show is real. Some may try to act, but in general, I'd say it's pretty real. I don't think it's reality, though, because just look around campus and see how many extremely beautiful, tall, and thin girls you see walking about.
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