My Bachelor Blog: Week 2

First let me say, I don’t watch live TV — I DVR everything. So when my mom called at 9:30 to comment on The Bachelor, I hadn’t started it yet. Here’s how the conversation went:

Mom: “Are you watching TV?”

Me: “No.”

Mom: “I’m watching The Bachelor and they have the silliest people on I’ve ever seen.”

Me: “Oh yeah, why?”

Mom: “They always have to be drinking and taking off their shirts. Are girls really that silly these days? And the Bachelorettes aren’t as pretty as they used to be. Maybe they’re running out of pretty girls. I’m watching this, but I think it’s dumb. Maybe the novelty has worn off.”

Maybe my mom should write this blog. After watching it, I agree with her. The show was pretty dumb. And silly. Here’s the recap:

This week, each of the girls went on one of two group dates. The first date box arrived for Ashlee, Kristine, Marshana, Noelle, Michelle, Amanda, Erin H. and Holly. It was a leopard print caboodle with a note inside that read, “Come Runway With Me.” (Cue squeals)

On the date, Matt informed the women that they weren’t there to see a Runway show. They were the show. As the girls got glammed up, Matt told the camera, “It’s not about who looks the hottest – but who really goes for it, you know?”

And they went for it — especially Amanda who stripped off her blouse during her strut on the runway to reveal a gold bikini top.

Holly did the moonwalk down the runway (which I can totally appreciate.) She then declared that if the other girls weren’t careful, she just might moonwalk away with Matt’s heart.

After the show, they went to a Hollywood Penthouse Suite where Administrative Assistant, Michelle P. wanted Matt to know that Ashlee wasn’t the only songwriter in the house. In fact, she wrote him a little ditty, too. It went like this:

“I want to find you; I want you to find me. I want to touch you; I want you to touch me. I want to feel you; I want you to feel me. I want to find you in front of me.”

Speaking of singer-songwriters … 22-year-old Ashlee had more than singing on her mind. She was determined to get the first kiss and she was successful.

This is how she did it:

Ashlee to Matt: “I think you’re great. I think you’re awesome. I have been staring at your lips all day.”

So subtle and demure! But it worked. After the lip lock, Ashlee got the rose for the night. She then pranced in with the rose in front of the other women and announced, “It’s mine!”

(By the way, does anyone else think she looks like Leelee Sobieski?)

Meanwhile in the Bachelorette house, the other seven women learned about their group date. A briefcase full of cash arrived at the mansion with a note that read, “Take a gamble on love and show me the city of sin.”

For the second date, Matt took Robin, Amy, Chelsea, Erin S, Kelly, Shayne, and Carri to Las Vegas.

Cue the cheesy lines like this one from Carri: “I like blackjack but I think really what I’m going to be gambling with is my heart.”

After some gambling, Kelly ended the night with the most chips and therefore won some alone time with Matt.

“It was really nice to have alone time with Matt,” Kelly slurred. “Like, he learned I’m nice and I’m cool and he knows that I can handle my alcohol.”

But it was Shayne, the actress, (and daughter of Lorenzo Lamas) who provided the drama on this date. She got emotional and confronted Matt about the fact he’s dating 14 other women.

(Hello?? Have you seen this show, Shayne? That’s pretty much the premise.)

She later broke down in tears. “I’m used to getting a million roses … this is not that fun for me!”

Instead it was Chelsea who got the rose on this date. She won him over during their one-on-one time by revealing her vulnerable side.

Chelsea: “I do great things but it’s hard to share them with nobody but yourself.”

(I feel you, Chelsea … it’s kinda like this Bachelor Blog.)

After the dates, the women had one final chance to make their impressions on the Bachelor … the pre-rose cocktail party.

Robin finally got her makeout session with Matt. Marshana showed Matt she can slow dance with no music AND give a lap dance with a formal on. Carri revealed that not only does she possess the talent of ripping open tin cans with her teeth, she also sings opera!

While the choice must have been hard for Matt, he was able to whittle the numbers down from 15 to 12. Drama queen, Shayne, got her rose; and fittingly it was the dramatic final rose of the evening.

In the end, Erin, Carri, and Michelle were sent packing.

Apparently snobby Brits can’t appreciate a woman who can mix opera and tin can shreddin’. It’s probably for the best that Carri go back home to Oklahoma to find the man of her dreams.

And as for Michelle? She’s going to go home to be with her cat. “She’s the love of my life at the moment,” she said.

Erin H.

Carri

Michelle P.

Next week on the Bachelor: More tears, makeouts, and bloodshed. (Seriously, Marshana gets a bloody lip!) I’ll be back with the recap so you don’t have to waste the hour. Yes, I’m that selfless.

My Early Pick: Holly. What do you think?

EDIT: Read Julie’s first Batchelor blog.

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