So, I messed up, as a few have pointed out. Readers Amy Z., and Will A., both emailed me screen shots of instances of crying from the last ANTM episode that I missed -- silly of me to ever think an episode of ANTM could have aired without a single tear spilled. My DVD drive is actually down right now (a new one's coming tomorrow), so I can't take these myself right now. I'll just post the ones they sent me to update the Crying Count (sans commentary).
49. Whitney
50. Fatima
51. Dominique
I guess it's safe to say that Edna's Edibles is burning.
And seriously, did my sight just go out for a minute? I understand missing the first two, but Dom is CLEARLY crying. Here I thought that the show was changing, when really it's just that my eyes going senile.
There's a special bonus after the jump: for the first time in the history. Of. My. Recapping. Of. America's. Next. Top. Model., a contestant has contacted me!
This was posted in the general comments of my YouTube profile, which, given the source, is weird enough to make total sense:
(I redacted a portion of it because it refers to some other...uh, work I do that I don't feel like broadcasting to my family should they make one of their frequent outings to my blog. Of course, since this comment is public, you could always just check out my YouTube profile if you don't know what it's referring to. But hey: I put in some effort to ensure the innocent stay that way. I did all I could!)
(And no, I'm not talking about porn. Whenever I make my foray into that world, I'll definitely give the heads-up in this space.)
ANYWAY: it's Amis! And she says nice things! I don't point this out to brag or whatever, but just to show how strong her character is to not only go out of her way to say something nice to someone who's so routinely...adversary, but also to adopt a bitchy nickname I doled out. Guess who's my favorite ANTM contestant of all time, now! Ann Markley, you've been replaced!
But really, I could only be happy with such a note considering the good-natured source. I wouldn't assume that most of the girls on the show could laugh at themselves so easily and I would encourage any of them (including my beloved Amishole) to avoid anything I have to say. My bullshit is based only on the whittled-down sketch of a character that we see on TV, my sense of punishment for those who are so unwise as to enter the exponentially absurd world of modeling competitions and whatever complete and utter nonsense I can squeeze out of my rapidly deteriorating brain (see above...and abover). Really, STOP READING NOW. It freaks me out a lot.
Loves it! Who'da thunk Amis would be so self-aware?
Posted by: Laketa | May 06, 2008 at 12:25 AM
P.S. I had a real life, human being encounter with Sara, Plain and Plain the other day. She's literally, like, 6'4". And gorgeous. She handled my unreasonable stalking well. She's no longer modeling and is at a firm or back in law school or something. Get it girl!
Posted by: Laketa | May 06, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Edna's Edibles is burning!!!!
Jules
House of Jules
Posted by: houseofjules | May 06, 2008 at 12:30 AM
did you say porn? ok just send a link
Posted by: Noel | May 06, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I only have three words to say.
FUCKIN AWESOME MAN!!!
I also have a few more words
I couldn't find that post anywhere on your profile or videos LOL (I'm now dying to see what you blacked out).
After getting to "know" Amis a little better from the recap episode, she really did come off as just a fun girl - and to be able to read YOUR recaps and pay you a compliment - that's not only a testiment to your witticisms, but to her strength in character.
Amis, if you're reading this - you just earned my complete and total respect and I wish you nothing but the best of life and happiness!!!
Steve :)
Posted by: Steve Abramson | May 06, 2008 at 01:01 AM
Wow! This is such greatness!! She's pretty cool after all (though, girl, please invest in new bras. I'm just saying - we all saw it, so hey). Good on both of you!
Posted by: Easter Buffy | May 06, 2008 at 01:45 AM
OMG I totally would buy a porn movie with Rick and his bf in it. As long as the Winston cameo comes AFTER the pop shots, it is all good.
Posted by: Benjamin | May 06, 2008 at 02:14 AM
Chantal had a magazine cover in San Francisco! She looked pretty good, though you might want to redraw a non-droopy eye somewhere...
the pics are here:
Posted by: jennifer | May 06, 2008 at 02:23 AM
um... here's the link:
http://www.7x7sf-digital.com/7X7sf/200805/?u1=texterity
Posted by: jennifer | May 06, 2008 at 02:24 AM
Tall-ass Sarah is indeed going back to law school. She was definitely accepted to Boalt, at Cal(one of my friends was at the accepted students orientation thingy a few weeks ago with her. Alas, she chose another, non-ANTM school.)
Posted by: Charlotte | May 06, 2008 at 02:36 AM
Amis is definitely the only girl from Cycle 10 I'd want to hang out with. Not that that's such a distinctive honor.
Posted by: Sofia | May 06, 2008 at 03:42 AM
Ooh, well done you. I'd be insanely excited if someone I namechecked got in touch with me...of course you wield considerably more clout than I :)
Posted by: Laura @ Hungry and Frozen | May 06, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Yay, Amis!
Posted by: Donna | May 06, 2008 at 08:22 AM
I see a great future for Amishole on this blog...a ANTM guest blogging issue, where Amis blogs about ANTM. YES!
Posted by: inothernews | May 06, 2008 at 08:25 AM
For the people that cant find the comment, its not on any of the video comments, its actually on rich's youtube page comments. So just go to the richfofo page and scroll down to the bottom.
Shocking!! If I understand correctly what that means! How did she even find that, so very weird!!
Posted by: amy | May 06, 2008 at 09:35 AM
Ann is still like THE best past contestant of ANTM, ok maybe not as messed up as jade or as 'unique' as Heather but come on! =)
You'd be the awesomest guest on the Tyra Banks show...someone with some 'clout' get on that!
Posted by: CdnLuv4Winston | May 06, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Laketa, I saw Sara, Plain and Plain a few weeks ago! (near Farragut Square) - she was so tall, I had to scamper a bit to keep up with her - luckily she didn't freak out by my stalking, but was merely polite about it.
Jaslene though, was the best, I met her in NY - she was horrifically thin and corpse-like, but very sweet and talkative. Hmm.
Posted by: Chelsea | May 06, 2008 at 11:01 AM
I know you probably get ANTM sightings all the time, but I always see Sarah the Non-Lesbian at my gym. We often elliptical next to each other. Whenever there's a marathon on I watch it at the gym and give her dirty looks because I can just see the shame in her eyes. We've never spoken, but we've smelled each others sweat in a totally non-creepy stalker kind of way so I feel like she and I are close.
Posted by: Kevin | May 06, 2008 at 12:06 PM
This is awesome! Now if only Natasha or Hoolihay would find FourFour...
Amishole had one of the most gracious exit interviews when she got kicked off, which definitely demonstrated that she's a cool chick who didn't take the ANTM Monster Machine too seriously.
Posted by: Sven | May 06, 2008 at 12:29 PM
So I went to check out what the blacked out portion of that comment was referring to, and thanks to that I just spent the last hour laughing my ass off. Thanks!
Posted by: James | May 06, 2008 at 01:16 PM
she's so fucking annoying.
Posted by: jason | May 06, 2008 at 01:50 PM
BTW, your "other" work is pretty awesome.
Posted by: chasgoose | May 06, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Awesome.
You could just tell Amis was really cool. Love her.
Posted by: Kaitlin | May 06, 2008 at 05:00 PM
people are still watching and talking about this show... because I am so over it... I havent watched it in forever
Posted by: Eb | May 06, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Oooh, I saw Sara, Plain and Plain and Tall and Tall in Whole Foods Tenley. She's all over town, apparently!
Seriously, where's Natasha? (Brain = hot dogs joke goes here.) I miss her! Best ANTM contestant ever!
Posted by: Laketa | May 06, 2008 at 05:13 PM