Yeah, it’s something I’m very proud of. (But I have to say, it’s tough for me to be a beauty sometimes…) Once again, we throw the title into the search and come up with this. You can find all sorts of stuff from there—chat boards with people getting extremely offended; newspaper articles discussing all the “reality shows” that make women look like complete airheads who can barely tie their own shoes, let alone look competent; and the regular links that give a vague description of the show’s general premise.
I think my favorite is Sir Linksalot for two reasons. First, it has a link to this article. (Mind you, it’s not just because Zap2it is such a great publication—it’s the quote they got from WB Entertainment President David Janollari.)
“It’s actually quite endearing,” Janollari says, “because when we started production and brought them into the set and told them the concept for the first time… the girls were like ‘Oh, they’re so adorable, I can’t wait to buy them clothes and teach them to dance’ and the guys had the same reaction, ‘Oh, they’re so lovely, we can teach them math.’” I can’t tell you what a joy it was to read that. Actually, I’m not sure how people might interpret the statement, “What a load of shit!” Just trust me, it was a joy.
The second reason I like it is because Sir Linksalot is the guy who started a Yahoo! group devoted specifically to Beauty and the Geek. I kid you not. (How could I make up something that ridiculous on my own?) What’s better, the group was created two days after the final pre-production article was added to the Linksalot website.
So my curiosity got the best of me and I joined the group. There’s not much on there at the moment—just one message from a girl talking about her cheerleading coach—but things could get more interesting once the series starts. (Things could also get more interesting if they discover “bakkens76” is me. And I thought my Inbox was cluttered before…)
But the point is that it’s way fun to find articles and opinions that people have about the show before its induction onto your TV screens at home (unless you “come down with some nasty super-virus and forget how to set the clock on the VCR and your TIVO isn’t working properly” and thus miss the show’s premiere). I imagine it’ll be even more fun when the WB starts playing the series and I start using Google to look for my name again. Not only will it blow “79 hits and counting” out of the water, but I might find a few things talking about how men are being portrayed on “reality shows.” The question probably won’t be my own competence, but whether I’m so adorable that I’ll tie the airhead’s shoes for her.
