Project Runway, Life and TV: the basics really

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WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK WAS THAT? I am in shock. I seriously don't even know what to say. Besides, FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!! Ugh this fucking show man, I don't even know.

First, backstory. Mondo is my favorite, favorite of Project Runway of ALL time. Not even Austin Scarlett can beat him and that is a pretty close one. I fell for him in the second episode when he brought the, I'm an outsider who can't relate to most people and I'm a bit weird and lonely. I'm a sucker for that as yep, been there. Also his skirt for that challenge was PERFECT and I want it soooo badly. It took him a few challenges for him to hit his groove but once he did I was SO SOLD. The wedding dress was SO me, the Jackie thing was SO ME OMG I WAAAAAAAAAAANT it. Loved the ready to wear avant challenge look and LOVED the positive pants look especially both top pieces and just, he is ME. Like I have been looking and looking to find a designer who makes the kind of clothes I love and finally I found one and it is MONDO. I LOVE the black and white mixed with bright colors and prints, he manages to do almost everything I love. And not to mention he is the nicest guy ever and so freaking creative and talented. I looooved that he was the first one to be nice to Michael C and realize he was being a jerk and then how cute their BFF friendship became. And the episode where he admitted his HIV status was probably my favorite PR episode of all time, it certainly was the most emotional one. I am SO proud of him for expressing himself and opening up when I know how hard that can be.

So this whole season I've been DEEPLY invested in him and rooting for him to win and to just stay in the competition. And then after being in the bottom for the resort challenge (which I loved actually, I am SO sick of the ageism and it's weird seeing it be the other way around), I was terrified he might not make it and so relieved when he won three in a row. After that and seeing the looks from the other contestants, I was SURE he would win. How could he not? Gretchen's looks were blah and Andy's weren't that great and his were MONDO and colorful and him and the judges (mostly) loved them).

And then I got twitter spoiled. I have learned my lesson never to check Twitter if there's a spoiler you want to avoid. I learned that Mondo didn't win before work today which was not so good as I really didn't want to go to work angry. So I controlled my rage, decided to say fuck it and not even care and thought Andy must have pulled some crazy innovative looks out of his sleeve. I spent the day trying to avoid thinking about it and consoling myself that everyone loves Mondo and his career will be fine and he was do AMAZING things, no doubt. It worked...until I watched the show. The bad thing about being spoiled is I couldn't invest in the show at all. I figured maybe I had gotten over at work and wouldn't cry much. And then the judges started talking...

WHAT THE HELL!!! The sheer ridiculousness of it all baffles me. This is a FUCKING DESIGN COMPETITION!!! It is NOT about being on trend, it NEVER has been. Seriously almost none of the contestants have been on trend and this concept has almost NEVER been mentioned in a design competition. And if you DO want to talk on trend well, Mondo's stuff is just as much on trend so it's all bullshit. And then the age crap, like what the hell??? These are totally 20-30something pieces here (AND older and younger because Mondo appeals to a broad market) not to mention this whole ageist crap when it's about DESIGN. Whether it sells or not is not the point though, it's all about the design and Mondo's clearly were superior.

Worst of all was the judges appeared to not like the collection because Mondo refused to conform to their demands while Gretchen completely acquiesced at the cost of her personal design style. The pettiness DISGUSTS me and makes me want to beat both of them up together with Heidi. Despicable. Gretchen's to me was almost pure ugly. Yes it had a style and I'll admit it's not my thing but there just was not sense of anything original to it. And the colors were all so drab (same with Andy, come on use some color people). I can't even believe it won, I just can't. And when Heidi (and Jessica fucking Simpson wth) come off as the smartest and best critical eye...you know something's off. Heidi is my hero for fighting for him.

I knew it coming but hearing that Gretchen won and then the worse, hearing them off Mondo was heartbreaking. I'm still crying and I've never sobbed so much after PR ever. I just connected SO deeply to Mondo and I really really wanted him to win, to have his triumphant victory. Thanks Michael and Nina for ruining my Mondo vid. I used to like Nina but now I see both her and Michael are consumed with petty grievances and are just slaves to trends. Sickening. I'll never buy anything by either of them again, that's for damn sure. But what I said earlier in the day to console myself still stand, Mondo IS the winner in my book and most others who watched this season. And the good news is he's moving to LA!!! OMG it's my dream to meet him and hopefully buy clothes from him so I reeeally can't wait for that to happen. To end it, here's my favorite quote from Laura Bennett that completely describes how I feel about all this:

"Not only has Mondo helped himself by coming forward and earning the support of the "Project Runway" viewing audience and, hopefully, eventually his family; he has also done a great thing for countless young people around the country. He has given a youthful face to HIV. He has reminded us that it is still here, and still devastating. He has helped to make the way clearer for targeted prevention work. He has shown that coming forward with a painful secret is cleansing, and perhaps he has inspired other young people in his position to come forward and seek the support they so desperately need.

For this, Mondo wins it all. Our sons and daughters win. We all win."

Mondo won it all and no one can take that away from him.



It's been crazy with work and such. I have a horrible commute, two hours each way so I don't have a lot of time for anything other than clipping for Festivids, running, reading/TV on the commute and some Flist time when I can fit it in. I'm definitely going to move by December but must make some more money this month first. I'm a bit obsessed right now with rewatching my Festivids source so that is fun at least. My vid idea is really coming together the more I watch and creatively brainstorming is SO my favorite vidding process. I'm missing my cats a lot though, wish I could go home just for them (and getting a car, leaving it home was a huge mistake). I really like work though! Most of the work isn't great or anything but I love the people as everyone is really nice and we're finally opening the building this weekend so I should have more to do. It's a learning experience and I'm excited about the future possibilities. Trying to finish losing weight by the end of this year and it is increasingly frustrating as I keep going between trying really hard and saying fuck it and enjoying the freedom to buy whatever I want. If only losing was as easy as maintaining because I thankfully am good at that.

TV has been...up and down is really the best description. Glee the other night was my least favorite episode ever (on the show) and I'm still kind of bitter/ranty about it so that post will have to wait for another day. Still can't get myself to care about the characters on HIMYM because of last season and what's worst is I keep getting angry about things the characters do (mostly Barney and Ted) because my heart's not really with them anymore. Sad what a bad season can do. Enjoying Modern Family, Cougar Town and the Thursday Night comedies. Missing Mad Men already, LOVED this season, definitely my favorite season of the show so far. Hoping Friday Night Lights will fill the void, so excited to watch the premiere! Boardwalk Empire is meh but I am going to give it til the end of the season before I make a decision because at least the history part is cool and I love Chalky/Omar. I am trying Rubicon which I like esp. serial plotwise although it is pretty slow and I don't really care about the characters yet. My favorite new show that I recommend is Lip Service which is a lesbian focused show with a star much like Kara from BSG (and Shane from The L Word) who is so hot and has some great relationships on it. It's fun and fulfills a much needed hole in my TV schedule (Brittany and Santana are great but I need MORE).

I do need some help from people who know Fringe. As you (hopefully) know, I LOVE the serial plots but I am stuck in S2 as I get increasingly frustrated with the pointless boring episodic plots. I was under the impression these were confined to S1 and I am being proved wrong. I don't want to quit the show but ranting furiously about it is a sign to me that I must skip ahead and watch only the serial episodes. So what are the serial episodes after 213? By serial I mean related to the AWESOME spoilertastic plotline started in S1, the kind of thing that gets mentioned in the previouslies. I do not mean, personal backstory and moving the relationship forward type stuff stuff, I don't care how great it is, if it's in a plotline about something weird is going on and we must investigate it and then we figure it out and never see these people again, I don't want to watch it right now. I would REALLY appreciate it if anyone can tell me which episodes in S2 are like that.