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Aaaaaannnnddd WE ARE BACK! Big love goes out to all the Lincee stalkers and a special thanks to my webMAN!
Can I get a round of applause for the webMAN! Boy. The last three days have been CHALLENGING to say the least. I knew going in to Tuesday that I had a mid-morning meeting that was going to last until mid-afternoon. You can imagine my surprise when I sat back down at my desk to check the comments from the earlier post to find an error page.
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Excuse me?
Assuming it was my Internet connection, I try to check my email. And I see it. Messages from Lunar Pages—my web hosting server. The first one talks about how I’ve about reached capacity and I need to do something about it. The next one says that they are moving my website to an emergency server and I need to call them immediately.
You can imagine where my mind went:
1. Great. Some rabid fan over at Lunar Pages is ticked off that Jason was given the shaft. They are screwing me over and shutting down my site so I can’t post. To show solidarity, they are not giving me back my site until DDAHnna breaks up with Jesse. I guess I’ll have to wait two weeks. Oh yeah. I went there.
2. Fantastic. One of the scorned bachelors/bachelorettes of episodes past is working over at Lunar Pages and has decided to get me back for making fun of his/her unfortunate choice of clothing, panache for baby talk or lack of making out skills. The site will be held ransom until I agree to take back everything negative I ever said. Like that’s going to happen.
3. It’s all been a bad dream. I’m about to wake up and view a different season finale without the lame 10 minutes of Jeremy “returning to the Grand Bahamas” to ask DDAHnna to reconsider.
4. I’m being punked by Our Host Chris Harrison.
What’s a blogger to do? Call your webMAN of course! Which I did. And he was livid. Called Lunar Pages a few choice adult names and then decided we are NO LONGER giving them our business. Then he cursed them some more, said something about someone being on crack and diligently worked for 48 hours straight to resolve the problem. He is indeed the MAN.
To make a very long and boring story short…my site crashed due to excess traffic.
Nice!
But annoying.
WebMAN’s first order of business was to post something to those of you who COULD actually see my site. Meanwhile, I sent out an email to friends and family, telling them that the website was down. Pretty much all responded with a phone call, text or email resembling some version of the following:
Person: “That sucks.”
Lincee: “No joke! Of all days for the site to go down.”
Silence.
Person: “It’s pretty cool though.”
Lincee: “I didn’t want to be the one to say it, but HECK YES!”
Person: “Congratulations on the crash!”
Lincee: “You are so sweet! Thank you!”
I’ve been spending the rest of my time responding back to those of you who…well…scare me in your quest to find ways to communicate with me. Between Google searches and Facebook stalking, I’ve been a busy gal. Kudos to all of you who successfully tracked me down and thanks for the support. Sure I had to talk some of you down off the ledge because you assumed I had been hijacked, but it was worth it. Here’s hoping the folks who think I didn’t pay my bill on time come back with open arms!
Seriously though…it’s been a major crisis situation for webMAN and I can’t thank him enough for handling this in such a rapid pace. I’ve been told it could be weeks before getting back up. He made miracles happen and I am truly thankful.
[slow clap] webman, webMAN, WEBMAN!!!
And I am blessed that so many people think I am interesting enough to log on to the website, henceforth slapping Lunar Pages and her tiny server square on the RAM. Or is it ROM? Whatever. I tried to tell the tech guy that Bachelor fans are vicious, but he didn’t believe me. TAKE THAT!
I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again. Thanks for the support. I am blessed. You guys rock.
But back to business…
CAN I GET A VIRTUAL DAP FROM TEAM JESSE?!? Rad, awesome, amazing out-of-sight, most dramatic rose ceremony of all time! His win makes me want to hop on his back whilst he snow boards down a mountain screaming, “WHOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!”
However.
Raise your hand if you were as bored as I was the first 20 minutes of the show? ABC chose to stretch an episode that should have been one hour (including the After the Final Rose) into three hours that featured a random smorgasbord of everything and anything that DDAHnna ever thought about doing or saying. I’m surprised Trish and Ryan didn’t make an appearance with baby Max to help her in deciding between the single dad and the mountain man.
It was so mindless. Perhaps the intern had to take over directing duties?
Shot one: DDAHnna standing outside near the balcony.
Shot two: Jesse standing outside near the balcony.
Shot three: Jason standing outside near the balcony.
Shot four: Recap of DDAHnna being jilted at the Home Depot Proposal Pedestal with Evil Brad Womack.
Shot five: Recap of every little detail we’ve experienced with Jesse.
Shot six: Recap of every little detail we’ve experienced with Jason.
Shot seven: Jesse standing shirtless in front of a mirror looking forlorn.
Shot eight: Jason standing shirtless in front of a mirror holding a picture of Ty.
Shot nine: Who knows? I was day dreaming about Mamma Mia coming out in theaters next week and wondering if I’m going to miss the beginning due to Batman crowds. I decide to get to the theater 30 minutes early, taking in to consideration how much time I will need to stop at a convenience store to sneak in Pringles and Dr Pepper. I’m sure you do not care to read about my movie snacking habits but it is WAY MORE INTERESTING than what is playing on the TV right now.
Thank goodness I was watching with my friends Karen and Ryan. Please let the record show the Ryan was the one to invite me over for finale festivities. I’m just saying.
It wasn’t until we get to Newnan, Georgia that things begin to pick up. FINALLY!
DD loves her family. I mean she really, really loves her family. Today, she is excited to introduce her family that she loves to Jason and Jesse. They will be meeting her Dad, her sister Chrissy and her brother Thomas. It is very important that her family accepts her future husband, but she is nervous because the trio might be too hard on the boys.
You see, I don’t know if you know this or not, but DDAHnna was jilted at the Home Depot Proposal Pedestal last season by Evil Brad Womack. Her family, that she loves, welcomed him with open arms. YaYa even began stitching a Christmas stocking with Santa holding a red rose the night she met Evil Brad. They were all convinced he loved her and that they would be married forever.
And then he dumped her. You may have heard once or three hundred times, but the Pappas’ are NOT playing around. The boy will be grilled and grilled hard!
DDAHnna tries to prepare the family that she loves before each guy arrives.
DD: “I just want you guys to know that I was crushed by Evil Brad and will not, I repeat NOT let that happen to me again. I love you guys and know that you love me and will NOT let me pick someone who is not compatible. With that said, I need you all to know that I love you, but it’s going to be hard. These guys are two totally different people.”
Mr. Pappas: “I love you DDAHnna. Now tell me…how are these two boys different?”
DD: “Well—Jason is sweet and mature and has a JV body. I mean…compared to other guys on the show. Take Jeremy for instance. He had abs from heaven. I mean literally. An angel carved them. And Graham. Where do I begin? He makes my teeth sweat. Those eyes. That facial scruff. That brooding smile. INTERN! Run and fetch my computer so I can lust after modeling pictures on his website. He’s just delicious. If I close my eyes and think really hard, I can imagine him…”
Brother Thomas: “So we are meeting JV Jason and First String Jeremy? Or Soul Mate Graham? I’m confused but still love you.”
DD [opening her eyes]: “Oh. Sorry. You are meeting JV Jason. I mean Jason. He’s sweet and kind and really, really wants to get married. And that’s the first qualification on my list. Right under ‘Is willing to move on or near the same street my Daddy lives on.’ And you know how I want three babies by 30? He’s already got a kid, so I’m a third of the way there!”
Sister Chrissy: “He wants to get married? He sounds fabulous! Now…I love you…so don’t get mad. If Jeremy and Graham were not in the final two, who is the last guy we will be meeting?”
DD: “His name is Jesse and he is a professional snow boarder. He’s totally NOT my type and Daddy is going to hate the fact that he has long hair.”
Their group hug is interrupted by the door bell.
JASON MEETS the PAPPAS FAMILY
Jason arrives first with a basket of alcohol and flowers. My kind of gift! Mr. Pappas sits him down on the sofa and begins to give him the third degree.
Mr. Pappas: “Jason, I’m sure you heard what happened to DDAHnna before. Our threat to sue ABC did not fall on deaf ears and because I love my little girl, I was able to get her on as the next Bachelorette. I am protective. I am currently filtering large sewer rats into Evil Brad Womack’s Sixth Street drinking establishment as we speak. Now…what’s it going to take for me to NOT do that to you?”
Jason looks wide-eyed, gulps a few times and begins telling the loving family that he has two brothers and was married for several years until his wife left him. He explains that he has a three-year-old son who is the love of his life and is one of the TWO best things he has going for him.
Everyone cries except the brother who claims he has some saw dust in his eye.
After dinner, Chrissy grabs Jason and drags him to the living room for some good old fashion interrogation.
Chrissy: “Jason, there are two things I want to get out on the table. One…I love my sister and my family. And two…I have to wonder if her heart is gonna get broke again. Because when Evil Brad took her up to that Proposal Altar sponsored by Home Depot and then let her walk out of his life, her heart became broke. My heart became broke because I love my sister. My Daddy’s heart was broke. My brother’s heart was broke. Is her heart going to get broke again? Is it?”
Meanwhile, Mr. Pappas asks DDAHnna what she likes most about Jason.
“He totally wants to be married and is super in to me. He bounces around like a puppy if I am near him. What gives him that WOW factor you ask? That’s easy. He’s a great Dad.”
Back to Chrissy and her interrogation.
Chrissy: “I mean really. I don’t want her heart broke.”
Jason: “I guarantee her heart will not be broken. Broken is a bad thing. No one wants a broken heart. I agree. DD is all I’ve ever wanted in a woman.”
Chrissy: “Have you ever felt this way about someone?”
Jason: “Never.”
Lincee: Uhm…hasn’t he been married before?
Chrissy: “Not even your first wife?”
Lincee: “BOO-YAH! BUSTED!”
Jason: “Never like this.”
Chrissy: “I think I might cry!”
Cut to Jason sitting with Mr. Pappas, asking for his permission to marry his daughter, should the occasion arise. Mr. Pappas is impressed because no one (read: EVIL BRAD) had ever asked him that before. He gives Jason his blessing.
They hug it out and Jason leaves after groping DDAHnna in front of her Dad. Mr. Pappas begins mentally compiling a wedding list and phones his real estate agent, encouraging her to begin looking for homes within a five-mile radius.
DD slides into her Georgia accent and tells the camera that her family loved Jason.
JESSE MEETS the PAPPAS FAMILY
ABC’s tricky editing leads us to believe that Jesse date is a complete disaster. From the beginning, Brother Thomas talks about how nervous Jesse acted.
“The minute Jesse walked through the door, I thought he was going to hurl on the rug. I shook his hand and his palms were sweaty. Then he commented on how he was nervous and pointed out to everyone in the room that he had sweaty hands. Who does that? Certainly not Jason. Who, by the way, has quickly moved from JV to Varsity in my eyes. I hope he asks me to be his best man. Unless, of course, DD wants me to stand on her side. It wouldn’t surprise me. Our family is tight. And I love them dearly. It’s not weird at all. Where was I? Oh yeah. Jesse is gross.”
The group moves to the den where Mr. Pappas half-heartedly asks Jesse some very basic questions. He’s so over this long-haired hippie he can’t even stand it!
Mr. Pappas: “I’d like to get to know you better. Other than having extremely greasy hair, all I know is that you…let me think…snow board is it?”
Jesse: “Yes.”
[Awkward silence. Stares. Crickets chirping.]
Mr. Pappas: “Okay. Tell me about that.”
Jesse: “It’s fun. It’s, like, doing what I love.”
Lincee: Oh Jesse. C’mon. Use your words. You can do it. Elaborate.
Mr. Pappas: “When you are as old as I am and you can’t snow board any longer, what will you do with your life young man? Because I have an account executive position with Jason’s name ALL OVER IT. No mountains to flit about in Georgia boy. What will you do? How will you support my baby?”
I’m quite sure Jesse had a very valid answer, but ABC chose to edit it and show him sitting there like an idiot bump on a log.
Later on, Chrissy tells DD that she is scared for her well being.
“D…please do NOT marry this guy that our family does not support. Jesse is certainly not ready to settle down. And will he give you a ring by Spring? Who knows?!? Oh, and PS: Daddy hates his guts. And his hair.”
At dinner, Mr. Pappas asks Jesse if he has been in a serious relationship.
Jesse: “Yeah…I lived with a girl for two years. We grew apart. It didn’t work out.”
Dude. All sorts of things wrong with that sentence…when talking to your potential future wife’s DAD! GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME JESSE!
Poor Mr. Pappas can’t stand this riffraff another minute and gets up to go sit in his Lay-Z-Boy in the front room. He wonders if this kid slipped DD a roofie in her umbrella drink while in the Grand Bahamas, because that is the only explanation for her behavior.
Jesse stumbles in to the front room and sits across from Mr. Pappas. He waits for him to speak. After lots of deep breathes and a lethal stare, he begins:
“Our family is very important. DDAHnna was hurt by Evil Brad Womack. I will not let that happen again. If she is crazy enough to pick you, I would insist you make frequent visits to Atlanta. If you take my daughter away from me and never visit, I have a nephew who is 6’ 5” and 300 pounds who will come and hunt you down and hurt you. Have I made myself perfectly clear?”
Jesse shakes his head yes, gives Mr. Pappas a dap (which was denied) and heads to the car. DD tells the camera that it was a bit harder for her family to warm up to Jesse. Jesse confesses that he blew it. Thomas says that Jesse does not fit their family mold.
And this is when my friend Karen said that he was probably going to win because ABC is editing these dates to look like Jesse is going down due to lack of Pappas support.
Back inside, DDAHnna attempts to explain how she can be “in love” with two totally different people. Chrissy gets a death glare from her father and jumps in:
Chrissy: “I felt there was more heart from Jason than from Jesse.”
Thomas: “Did Jesse ask for permission like Jason did?”
Mr. Pappas: “Nope.”
He waits for the reality to sink in before he continues.
“That is the way he is. That’s how it’s going to be. A lifetime of disrespect. Jason knows what he wants whereas Jesse does not. There is no way those two guys are in the same place that you are DD. Jason wants to be married. He asked me. Sure he has a kid in Seattle and I’d be willing to bet he’s not moving, but that’s neither here nor there. Jesse is the one that has to be around snow. And doesn’t know where he’s going to be in five years. And has long stringy hair. How is this even a contest?”
DD listens to the family and decides she will no more once her grandparents meet the boys.
DOUBLE DATING WITH the PAPPAS FAMILY
Jesse arrives back at the Pappas household and is immediately introduced to DD’s grandparents Yaya and Papoo. Uncle Pluto and Aunt Daisy are there too. And the sister-in-law. For the millionth time, DD references her “Big Fat Greek Family.”
So help me if you say opah…
D is concerned that Jesse was so nervous yesterday and hopes that he will show more of his fun side this go around. YaYa has just started telling him how the Pappas family migrated from Greece to the US when the doorbell rings.
Jesse: “Why do I have a feeling this is one of your surprises?”
And there’s Jason. Bouncing outside the front door. Big goofy smile.
Cut to DD telling the camera that BOTH boys will be joining her Big Fat Greek Family BBQ.
Poor Jess is concerned. He hates being compared to Jason the Stud because he looks Greek and acts all suave. He doesn’t have a shot when being compared side-by-side.
Jason is ticked because he doesn’t like sharing.
Mr. Pappas decides to make this as awkward as possible, and puts D on the couch between both Jason and Jesse. It’s a DD sandwich if you will. And she holds both of their hands. Like any of us would do that? I’m sorry but this is just uncomfortable. If I wanted to watch people squirm and be embarrassed from an extremely self-conscious moment, I would flip on over to episodes of WIPEOUT which are still in my DVR line-up because I can’t muster up the courage to watch one of them, even though I know I will LOVE yet HATE the experience.
I’m just saying.
In an obvious attempt to showcase Jesse’s inability to properly love his daughter, Mr. Pappas asks Jesse to name all the good qualities about DD.
Jesse: “I really care so much about your daughter. This has been tough, but she is worth it. I can’t wait to spend my life with her.”
Lincee: Touché! Take that Mr. Pappas!
Jason: “I’m not nearly as ‘rad’ as Jesse, but I am really in love with DDAHnna.”
Oh great. He’s not only throwing Jess under the bus by making fun of his surfer dude lingo, but he’s playing his “love” yard in front of YaYa and Papoo. That’s low.
Did anyone else notice the abundance of crotch shots as ABC tried to get tight angles of the hand holding? Was it just me?
In a last ditch effort before dinner, Mr. Pappas asks DDAHnna, “Who’s it going to be Pumpkin?”
Jason lamely raises his hand and everyone laughs. Except Jesse.
Aunt Daisy serves dinner outside. Jason escorts DDAHnna to the end of the table and helps her put her Greek food down. He sits on one side and Mr. Pappas knocks over the sister-in-law and Papoo so he can claim DD’s other side. Jesse has officially been boxed out.
Not one to go down without a fight, Jesse decides to sit with YaYa and butter her up. He teaches her to dap. And blow it up afterwards.
In a strategic move, Jason arranges for Jesse to teach Uncle Pluto and Aunt Daisy how to dap while he goes inside to win over YaYa and Papoo.
YaYa: “What are your intentions?”
Jason: “She’s everything. I want to get married and have half Greek babies.”
YaYa: “I feel that you are the one for her.”
Papoo: “Well…it is her decision. She has to feel it in her heart.”
GO PAPOO! HE TOTALLY CALLED IT!
The poignant sister-in-law decides to have some one-on-one time with Jesse. Not being a “true” Pappas, Mr. Pappas sends Chrissy with her so she can report back on the damage that was done.
Jesse: “I am so in to DDAHnna, it hurts. I just want to be with her.”
Lincee: Is that a Sleeping Beauty plate on the table?
Sister-in-law: “That’s GREAT! Just make sure to be who you are. Rock it out! I’ve been in this boring family for five years and really, really need someone cool to hang out with at Thanksgiving. What songs do you have on your iPod? Oh and dude…make sure to go ask Mr. Pappas permission to marry D. Trust me. Just do it.”
Jesse finds Mr. Pappas in his Lay-Z-Boy again and shares with him that he is in love with his daughter. If he is chosen, he would like permission to propose.
Mr. Pappas just sits there.
Jesse says again, “Your blessing and permission would mean the world to me.”
Mr. Pappas: “Are you ready?”
Jesse tells the story of how his Dad told him he would be ready. He is emotional and very moved as he remembers that special time.
Mr. Pappas has a seizure, because I KNOW he wasn’t rolling his eyes at Jesse and gives him a reluctant stamp of approval. He then reminds Jesse that DD is special to him and he won’t have any long hair in the family.
They head back outside where Aunt Daisy is passing out Oúzo shots to anything that stands still. Everyone shoots, Jesse and Jason both gag and then share a bottled water to get the nasty taste out of their mouth. (Boy do I know what that is like.) They both kiss YaYa on the cheek, Jesse gives daps all around and Jason gets the approval nod and wink from Mr. Pappas.
Then, like a true crazy person, DD holds both of the boy’s hands and escorts them to their cars. Jesse forces Jason to say goodbye first. He pushes his long hair into his ears and starts humming something off of the Guns-N-Roses Appetite for Destruction album as loud as he can. The ABC intern taps him when Jason is done and then he makes out with DDAHnna.
Meanwhile, the Big Fat Greek Pappas Family is trying to make DD realize that Jason is the obvious choice and this is a no-brainer.
Chrissy: “Jason has been through so much more relationship-wise. Jess doesn’t know if he is ready for that. You are ready to settle down and have kids…not just to have fun.”
DDAHnna: “Jesse is romantic, but Jason is classic.”
Mr. Pappas: “Classic is always better. Remember the Coke debacle in the 80s? New is never good.”
Sister-in-Law: “Do you see one being father of future children more than the other?”
Chrissy: “Absolutely. Jason for sure.”
Mr. Pappas: “I agree.”
SIL: “I wasn’t asking you. I was asking DDAHnna.”
Chrissy: “She’s clearly not as comfortable with Jesse. He is 26 and hasn’t experienced a true relationship. He doesn’t know about the rest of his life.”
SIL: “I’m just going to say this. You are not where Jason is. You need a free spirit. Some who, I don’t know, snow boards is a better fit. Jess is not trying to be anyone else but himself. If you picked Jason, you’d fast forward your life five years.”
We may never see the sister-in-law again.
GRAND BAHAMAS
Clearly ABC looked ahead from last week and knew they would be hurting for fillers during this three hour extravaganza. What better to kill time than to force a meeting between Jeremy and DDAHnna in the Grand Bahamas?
Now why they tried to spin it that Jeremy “came back” is beyond me. It doesn’t make sense and I, for one, am appalled that ABC would think I was dumb enough to buy that this was the second Grand Bahama trip. He had on the same clothes for crying out loud!
Whatever. Jeremy says that he has to tell DD what is on his mind. And because she was left at the Home Depot Proposal Pedestal by the EVIL BRAD last year, she knows what it feels like to experience such heart ache and pain.
Jeremy: “I really feel like you are making a big mistake. You put yourself out there and I didn’t do the same. I’m terrified of getting hurt and that’s why I’m so guarded.”
There is a lot of snot and Kleenex on DDAHnna’s end. She responds:
“I know what it’s like. I made a list of things that I wanted in a guy and you had all those things. It’s just not in my heart. I feel for two other people more than you.”
Jeremy: “Well that hurts. After everything you’ve said, I’m not worth keeping around?”
Lincee: Dude. Back away. She rejected you. You had your moment at the tree. It’s over. Please stop embarrassing yourself.
DD: “I feel like at this moment, as much as we have shared, and this big bond that we have, if we were meant to be, my feelings would be stronger. No matter how much it breaks my heart. Or as my sister would say, how much my heart is broke right now.”
She escorts Jeremy out of her room and he begins his long lonely walk down the cobblestone path. But before he reaches his rejection car, he decides to crouch down because the devastation has overwhelmed him.
The intern and the director dap each other, and blow it up, because they have reached melt down status. WITHOUT THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST! Jeremy gets up. It takes a little alcohol and a promise to CONSIDER HIM as a candidate for the next Bachelor before he agrees to sit on a stone wall and look up somberly at the moon. SCORE!
JESSE ONE-ON-ONE
Jesse is a bit bummed because this could potentially be his last date with DD. She takes him to their own private island to hang out. He decides it’s now or never to step up to the plate and reveal his true feelings.
The best way to do that is through Creative Memories scrapbooking. Everyone knows this. He tells DD that he has a surprise and presents her with a photo album of all their dates. So sweet of the ABC intern to create this on Jesse’s behalf. I’m pretty sure some free snow boarding lessons and keg of beer was part of the bartering process. Not sure why he read every page to her like she was in first grade, but he did.
Jesse: “I want to settle down and spend my life with you. I love you. I don’t want to be with anyone but you.”
AWWWWWW!!!!
JASON ONE-ON-ONE
Just when you think Jesse might have a shot, DD tells the camera that she is falling in love with Jason. What the crap? I don’t’ know if it was before or after their shark adventure, but I’m confused.
DD tells Jason that they are going scuba diving. When he gets all geared up and kisses her like a big fat dork with the scuba mask on, she tells him that they are swimming with sharks instead. She holds him in a death grip under water. And by the way…there was no “swimming” with the sharks. There was a bunch of standing like a statue and praying that a shark doesn’t eat you. But no swimming. I’m just saying.
Oh joy! Jason has a surprise too! What is it? A mix tape? Another “through the years…(days)” photo album? A balloon bouquet? A coupon for some Jason lovin?
Heck no. He is above such things. Dude gives her a homemade board game that recollects their adventure together. Wow! Lots of reminiscing and opportunities for Jason to really let DDAHnna know that he digs her chili.
Jason: “You are perfect for me. I love you. No doubt in my mind that I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
ROSE CEREMONY
Uh oh. DD is connected to both boys. As she flips through her photo album and board game playing cards, she is confused. Brad broke her heart. Now she has to break someone’s heart too. Weird how that works out.
She journals in her bikini and takes a refreshing walk on the beach to clear her head before straight ironing her hair. By the time she paints her toe nails, she has made the decision.
Across town, the boys are picking out engagement rings. Jason saunters in to the store, sizes up the rings, picks the fanciest one and then throws a coin in a fountain for good luck as he skips back to his waiting black SUV. Jesse, on the other hand, has the ABC intern hold his hair back while he pukes in bushes by that very same fountain.
I’m going to go ahead and predict that Jesse is not ready to be married.
But maybe I’m wrong. After pausing the TV in order to read Jesse’s note he was writing DDAHnna later in his room, I was able to make out the words cheesecake and soul mate. Does it really matter that he does not know the difference between your and you’re? I think not. Rhyming cheesecake and soul mate is LOVE people. True kowabunga love.
Then we have a video montage of both boys crying about the possibility that they may not be chosen. Jason is cryng in the limo. Jesse is crying in the prep room.
MAKEUP! CAN WE GET MAKEUP OVER HERE!
The limo pulls up to the Grand Bahaman resort seaside proposal platform and we are all waiting on bated breath to see who gets out first.
And it’s Jason. With his orange tie that supposed to symbolize a Georgia peach. Oh Mr. Pappas would be so proud!
He starts walking up to DD and she greets him with a big smile. Before she can even say, “we need to talk,” my boy gets down on one knee and starts his proposal speech.
DD: “I CAN’T!”
Poor, poor Jason. He stands back up and listens to a rambling crazy woman talk about how great he is and how perfect he is…but that she’s in love with someone else. She then confuses him more by saying that she really did fall in love with him. Huh.
Then D cries. A lot.
MAKEUP! CAN WE GET SOME MAKEUP OVER HERE?
Jason, who is experiencing anaphylactic shock, is escorted back to the denial limo by the intern.
After a quick refresher of her mascara and some puffs of powder, DD is excited to meet her true love and the man of her dreams. She reminds the viewing audience that she NEVER thought it would end up this way because she and Jesse are totally wrong for each other and she typically is not attracted to people like him.
Jesse leaves Our Host Chris Harrison in a panic as he runs to greet DD in his arms. Dude knows that he is the winner. He gets down on one knee and asks DD Marie Pappas to spend forever with him. And she says YES!
A quick video montage plays during the last ten minutes as we walk down memory lane…again…to relive this love story.
We are left with a classic one-liner that will go down in Bachelor history:
“I can not believe I’m going to marry the guy with the pink shoelaces!”
AFTER THE FINAL ROSE BETACAP:
Video recapping, Jason’s heart breaking, apologizing, questioning, answering, DD ugly crying, self proclaiming, Brad thanking, Graham bashing, Matty and Shayne pimping, rumor denying, bad driving, traveling, Jesse couch jumping, kissing, hair cutting, more kissing, Mr. Pappas disapproving, more kissing, hand sweating, sister-in-law dapping, wedding date announcing, Greece honeymooning and more kissing.
And there you have it folks! I’m sort of sad that it’s over. Thanks so much for hanging in there with me as we battle through these website issues. I hope you check back often for updates and ramblings of happenings in my life. I’ll attempt to keep updated on all things Bachelor.
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On an exciting note, I am slowly but surely finding all of the recaps from the days I used to old school email. My friend Ashley (guy) had FIVE of them that he forwarded to me. That’s definitely going to be a new section of the site in the near future!
Can. Not. Wait.
Until next season…
I’m all about the shame, not the fame,
Lincee
WTG webMAN!!!! You are the man that brings us our Lincee fix! Is it wrong that I printed 1st then responded just in case it went back down…..
You really need an Emergency Response System. I’m just saying. Now I must read.
And you’re back! Woo! LOVE the recap – I didn’t really like Jesse or Jason for DD. She seemed way too shallow for either, but I guess it had to be Jesse. I still think he’s almost too good for her! But anyway – how freaked out did he look when they “announced” the wedding date? And was anyone else expecting her to announce a pregnancy?
Well, I really must say that while I was super upset about not being able to get my Lincee fix, while this site was down, my blog got more traffic than it’s EVER seen all because of the other crazed Lincee fans googling for her blog. I’ve got a link on my page, and I’ve mentioned it’s one of my favorite things on the web, and presto…google tricked bunches of people into hitting my page! Hopefully, some will come back and read sometime now that this site is back up!
Great recap as always!!! Worth the wait! 
Lauren – Mine got that too! I have an ode to ihategreenbeans.com on mine and got crazy traffic. But I would’ve given it all back for Lincee to not have to deal with that crap! Bitches, man.
Well now I can sleep. I’ve been pacing for the last 3 days wondering what happened and like you said, of all days for it to crash – congrats on that! I feel like ABC is getting too predictable. It was so obvious Jesse was going to get the final rose. They made his date and him out to be awful and Jason was just so …. skippy! I’m happy for Desse – hope it lasts. I’m heading up to Breckenridge this fall and hope I get to see the happy couple around town (he’s not leaving Colorado). And as far as Matt and Shayne …. my guess is they’re done by Labor Day. Lincee, looking forward to your random blogs (personally my favorites). Let us know when the book tour is – don’t want to miss the chance to meet you up close and personal. You really need to write a sitcom … and star in it! Thanks for another great season!
so happy ur finally “home”. I have been jonesin’ for u girl!
Oh goodness, I sit here relieved to finally have gotten to read this blog at 1:10am on Friday ATF rose. Thanks for the recap Lincee! You are so funny! I especially cracked up with the thought of people hunting you down. I have to admit I was nearly there. I thought you may not know but thank goodness you and Webman were on top of things!
My thought on the show, disappointed. I don’t really know who I am disappointed with the editors or D. Why did they lead us all to believe that she would pick Jason? It doesn’t make me want to tune in for more but rather makes me frustrated. I thought Jesse was/is a nice guy but honestly didn’t think he stood a snowballs chance (pun intended). I have watched the show forever and never has it been this misleading. I think perhaps with the way it was so obvious it was Shayne on the Bachelor they felt the need to mislead. It was just wrong on so many levels. Another thing I noticed that I haven’t seen anyone comment on is this. They, TBTB (as far as I can remember) have never had both guys come to the meet the Bachelorette family at the same time. Does anyone besides me think that D requested this so that Jesse could make up for the bad impression he left the first time? Perhaps, they didn’t show Jesse give a good answer because he didn’t really have one?! I do think that Jason and Ty are better off and as my husband says they will have women lined up waiting to be their one and only. However, I don’t understand why she didn’t let him go sooner. For example, wouldn’t it have been easier to keep somwone like Twilley who to most was obviously not marriage material. I just didn’t see any connection between her and Jesse and even though others keep saying they did I still don’t. I just wish the producers could have put at least a little of it in. Maybe they put what they could find because there just wasn’t any. One last thing, in any other time I would say that they wouldn’t last. However, I believe that D is stubborn enough to make it just out of pure spite that people are saying that it won’t!
Thanks again Lincee, for the hilarious blog and the opportunity to vent! I look forward to reading what everyone else thinks!
Thank you webMan for helping Lincee get back on the internet. I am so grateful that I might make you a “Book of Thoughts” just like Jesse made for Dee.
Great recap. Good call on the hurling not boding well for marital readiness.
Did you notice in Jesse’s note that he used your instead of you’re?? UGH!
Lincee, that was worth the wait. A great recap to finish off one of my favorite seasons yet. Webman, thanks for your hard work!
Webman rocks!
Another great recap Lincee- you might do us all a favor and give us a warning not to eat or drink whilst (yeah, I said whilst) reading recaps – “digs her chili” had me spitting water all over my screen!
…you know you MUST do Big Brother now, right?
Boy! I was so sad as I keep checking my link to your blog and got error messages. My first thought was that your site was overloaded, because there has been an increasing interest each season. I remember just a few season ago when you had about 75-100 comments posted, now it is up to 300! I am so pleased you are back online and thanks to your webmaster. You are “amazing” (to quote our many bachelors and bachelorettes).
Back to the final two. . .I know most people were rooting for Jason (according to the comments and voting), but I voted for Jesse and I am pleased he won. I knew it would be him once he started referring to her as “D”. He had a cute little nickname for her just like Matty did for Shayne. There is something very endearing about a guy doing that. And “D” seemed super excited and almost joyful during ATFR. She had the glow of love. I wish them all the best.
Can’t wait to see who the next bachelor is. If they don’t pick Jason, he is definitely gonna get some in his home town for sure. Better get Ty a good baby sitter, because he will be out a lot.
OMG!!! So glad you are back up, Lincee!! Watched the final show, flew across the country the following day only to arrive home and see there was NOTHING on the website except “error”!!!! Hooray for the WebGUY!!! Can I just say that this season has been Pandora’s box for recap material……you rock, Lincee!! Possible start date for the next season?
so glad you’re back.
So did you notice that the flowers changed in the background during the rose ceremony? White, then pink, then white again. Watch it again and let us know what you think.
I’ve heard someone say there’s a rumor she picked Jason, then changed her mind and they had to reshoot. I doubt that.
But still, the flowers are bugging me. Get some inside scoop.
And you will love Wipeout. Give it a chance. And how about “I Survived A Japanese Gameshow”??
I still can’t believe your web host people didn’t want you to have good traffic. And that they couldn’t give you a little warning. Idiots.
Yea, you’re back!! Hilarious, awesome recap. I didn’t watch the show until Wednesday night b/c I was in Mexico and apparently you cannot watch shows online outside of the US (I found this out after purchasing the $15 a day wireless internet on Tuesday morning). So after watching the finale on my DVR last night, I got online to read the recap and it was gone!! I nearly had a heart attack. It was worth the wait though.
I thought, despite ABC trying to edit otherwise, that it seemed as if she was leaning towards Jesse, especially during the hometown date. She seemed really disappointed that Jesse was so nervous and like she really wanted her family to aprove of him and like him. And the fact that Jesse looked like he was going to puke when he was going to get the ring, I’m not sure if that was actually a bad thing. I have a picture of my hubby looking as if he is about to faint/puke that was taken right before my wedding. Was he nervous? Heck, yeah! Did I doubt he loved me and wanted to marry me when I saw that picture? Not for a second. Honestly, I would be more concerned if the guy I loved wasn’t nervous about taking a huge step like marriage, especially since they met, dated and got engaged on a reality tv show.
Anyway, I loved both guys from the beginning. Great season. I wouldn’t mind seeing Jason as the next Bachelor, definitely more so than Jeremy. I’d love to look at Graham though…
SO glad the site is back!!! I’ve been checking and checking and wondering who I could call or contact about a missing website! Whew. Laughed out loud – loved the recap so much! As for the show, I was a fan of D and Jesse separately all along – together it seems off though. I guess time will tell.
Thank you for posting as soon as you could! I, like the others, was going crazy checking your site many times a day wondering where you were. Thank you Webman!!!
One thing everyone missed. I rewond many many times. When Jesse sat on the couch next to DD and she scooted down he said “You’ve got a big but” I think it was around 1 hour and 35ish minutes into it. I am serious!!! It is so fast and he mumbles but he said it. Check it out.
I don’t think I would continue to watch the Bach/Bachleorette if it wasn’t for your blog. You rock Lincee!
Yippie. Thank you all for working so hard to get back online. I was depressed until Thursday!
Um, please check this out ladies and gents. PITIFUL!
http://www.deannaandjesse.com/Home_Page.html
So glad you are back! WTG Webman!
Loved the recap… well done.
My thoughts… first off, why the heck were the final moments up at the Home Depot Pedestal sofaking boring? Why did DD not speak when they each walked up? I was so uncomfortable. I think ABC way over produced this one in the hopes of some real drama… and instead it was just a snooze-fest. I read in some post interviews that Jason says he was actually down there a lot longer than they edited it to be… and thats why he was so mad that she let him do that. Again, I blame ABC because I don’t think she was comfortable with that. Or maybe she was… but I just can’t imagine someone being that evil.
I feel like the DD we saw at the ATFR show was so different than the DD we saw during the show. Maybe thats the edit she got… but she was silly and giddy on Monday night. Not the serious, one track mind kind of girl we saw all season. And maybe that explains why she picked Jesse. I like the guy, I bet he’s a ton of fun. He also seemed sincere in the end. But… ABC must have done some serious editing because all season long he kind of went against much of what she said she wanted. I know she acknowledged that in the end… lets hope her heart is right with this one. Lets hope she is as fun loving and easy going as Jesse, or they will always have conflict. However, I admit I kind of thought the same thing with Trista & Ryan and I guess I was wrong on that one. For what its worth, based on the edit she got, I still think Jeremy was the best choice for her, followed by Jason. But I’m guessing there was just a lot we didn’t see. Isn’t that always the case?
As for Jason… run to the Hills if they pick you for the next Bachelor. Although, he would give them great ratings, I’m sure.
I loved this season… I mourn the end. Haha… what will I do on Monday nights? And my Tuesdays looking for Lincee’s blog??
oh my! I have been waiting all week to read your post. Glad the website is up! time to read!!
Hooray for WebMan (and Lincee).
I am glad this Bach installment is finally over, and we can put the devastation that was Brad breaking DeAnna’s and our hearts behind us. I did at one point during the 3 hours of DD say to my wife that I would scream out loud if she mentioned Brad one more time. Shortly after that I screamed, but in my head. Out loud was a very loud grunt.
I was pretty put off by the giant chip her family had on their shoulders, too.
Then what was that crap with both guys being there with her “big” family? I don’t think we have The Intern to thank for that one. I also thought her sister’s line of questioning was trite and showed how little real experience she’s had in the love department. I kind of think that of DD, too, though. Oh snap!
Her dad clearly wanted DD to pick Jason, and you could tell that she clearly favored Jesse. Anyone notice the body language when Jesse chilled out enough to talk to her dad at the Big Group Hug date? He had his legs and arms crossed, and was sitting back in his chair looking very disinterested.
I also think DD needs to retire the “Greek family” thing. I was in a fraternity, and for that reason alone I think I am at least as Greek as she is. Even though my pedigree is fairly boring – Western Europe – blah. I’m sure her grandparents are either native Greek or first-generation Americans. I am also pretty sure Opah is the only Greek DD knows.
Fumble on the Jason let-down at the end, but she copped to that in the ATR show. Realistically, though, is there an easy way to tell someone who loves you and is ready to get engaged that they’re Number 2? You have to tread carefully on that one, otherwise there will be an entire show dedicated to you…..
Jeremy: meh
Jason: solid guy – we hated to see him lose, but who’s to say that he didn’t actually win (if you know what I mean)?
Jesse: I think this one may actually stick. DD was a marriage-seeking missile, so she won’t let him go without a fight.
Brad: I would hate to be the cornerstone of someone else’s relationship. He may be a total DB, but he came out smelling like roses after the treatment he received by the Pappas crew.
OHCH: needs more screen time. They also really really really need to mix this thing up a little. We had some good ideas on a previous post. This thing is getting a little stale, and it’s time for an interesting change in the format.
Did anyone else think that Shayne got a nose job? I paused it several times during the montage from the British Bachelor and the current shots and I am convinced. Anyone see Shayne’s “Zaxby’s” commercials, or is that only in Georgia?
Love the blog! I was sad when it combusted this week LOL
Glad you’re back, hated the show. LOL!!
Congratulations on the Big Crash of ’08! You deserve it!
Best recap yet. Worth the wait. Catch ya next season!
Glad you’re back, Lincee… Have a well-deserved “bachelor(ette)” break… see you next time around!
Ahhh…I finally have closure on the season. Thank goodness you’re back. When the website was crashed, my heart was broke…A broke heart is not good is it Sister Chrissy? See ya next season…
YEAHHH!!!! You’re back! Now my life can return to normal and I can go about my daily business without having panic attacks every 5 minute I’d try to check the site and it did. not. work. Whew!
Great job webMAN & Lincee!
Lincee, I was getting concerned…but since we really are creepy stalkers (one of the girls in our bachelor watching group swears that she lives near you) …. I figured we would know by now if something was wrong…
I still predict that Jeremy will be our next bachelor…
Thanks Webman! You’re wonderful for getting Lincee back up and running!
Kudos to the WebMan!! Another great season of recaps, Lincee!
New to posting here but I have been following the blog for a while now. LOVE your recaps!
About the flowers changing colors…I rewound that sucker about 10 times and concluded they did not change color. The pink flowering trees were off to the sides of the podium (way off to the sides) and the white ones were at the back of the podium. So the camera angle they used for the up close shots seemed to show the pink ones an the ones from a distance show the white. Check it out if you still have it taped. Why the pink ones seem so close to the podium in those shots I have no clue, camera lens trick or something. I dont know…but they are off to the sides.
I just found your website within the last 2 episodes. Love it!!! – Can hardly wait to read your recaps after the shows. Had a slight hissy fit when couldn’t get to your site for 2 days. Much thanks to your Webman.
i wish i was cool enough to have fans that crash my site, haha. did anyone else feel like their work week was SO boring and slow without lincee’s page to keep us entertained?
domestic chicky-i know we’ll be lifelong friends…BB starts sunday!
Lincee, I’m so with you in that the entire 3 hours could’ve been cut down to one. I’m hoping they’ll start fresh with a new bachelor and not use any repeats from this season. does anyone know if they’re still going to run the “where are they now” next week?
There is also the feed for those who are into RSS:
feed://www.ihategreenbeans.com/feed/
Gahhahahaha!! Oh, Lincee, you have outdid yourself. (I’m just getting into the spirit of bad grammar in the past tense, a la DD and her broke heart.) I laughed more times reading this recap than I can count. Thanks for a great last post of the season! Can’t wait to watch the next season…unless it’s starring Jeremy as the Bachelor, in which case I’ll skip it and just read your recaps!
Oh, and I’ll miss all you commenters and your funny additions to Lincee’s brilliance…
#22 GACarrie – I haven’t seen Shayne’s Zaxby’s commercial but her dad had one out while she was in the running to win Matt’s heart that was shown here in TN.
Favorite parts of the recap:
“Mr. Pappas has a seizure, because I KNOW he wasn’t rolling his eyes at Jesse and gives him a reluctant stamp of approval” – It was soooo obvious that he didn’t want to see anything redeeming about Jesse. He should have known that it only boosts up a girl’s interest when her daddy thinks that someone isn’t right for her. Gotta explore that!
“Lincee: Dude. Back Away. She rejected you. You had your moment at the tree. It’s over. Please stop embarassing yourself” – I couldn’t have said that any better – you are a genius, Lincee!
“Not sure why he (Jesse) read every page to her like she was in first grade, but he did”. – my theory is that he didn’t actually make the book and so he was reading it to her so he’d know what it actually said – just saying.
I was really happy with the outcome. I saw a spark in DD’s eyes when she looked at Jesse and I think it just may work – here’s to hoping for a bit of happiness for them!
Oh and I vote that you blog for BB this summer!!!!!
Thank you Lincee!!! My eyes were seriously twitching and my typing hands were shaking from withdrawals….great recap.
I always liked Jesse and the more I read about him, the more I liked him….but not for DD. Call me a dork and naive, but I have always LOVED Jeremy…..love, love, love….stalker love, leave my husband love….well, not that far, but really LOVE Jeremy….I hope he is the next Bachelor.
I love how Jason called her out on the way she looked at Graham, because everyone in America saw it.
And lastly, I have to reiterate what a fantastic writing genius you are and how I completely enjoy reading your witty comments on everything every day. I check back at least once a day to read what you have written and everyone’s responses….I think your fans are the most well behaved, mature fans on any blog I’ve read…it is fun to read.
Looking forward to the next season, but will be reading you every day until then!
Peace Out!
The night of the finale I looked on Jason’s MySpace page and he had like 250 friends. As of today, he has over 4,000….mostly women. I think he will be okay. MeAnna and Jessie have only have a little over 2,000. I really think America cares more about the other bachelors than what will happen with MeAnna and Jessie.
I knew all along she was too selfish to pick Jason. She needed to be #1 and Ty rightfully had that spot in Jason’s life. I think he handled the whole thing with grace. He is a great guy who deserves much better than what ABC can offer him. Run, Jason, if the Bachelor calls!
I think MeAnna is a spoiled, hypocritical brat. One, she said she didn’t want to make anyone feel the rejection she felt, yet she let Jason propose knowing she was going to reject him. (He has given interviews saying he actually proposed and was on one knee for quite a while before she stopped him–and that was edited out. She was selfish. She wanted TWO proposals to rub in Evil Brad Womack’s face. She did that at the expense of Jason.) Two, she talks on and on about family and how important they are to her, yet she goes against all of them and picks Jesse. Not smart. Have ya not noticed your Dad is a tad bit overbearing and possessive (in almost a creepy way)?
I truly pity Jesse. I think he is who he is–a laid back, snowboarding, free spirit. But Daddy of MeAnna will squash all life out of him. He will never life up to his standards and will have to change too much to please the family. No way it lasts “forever” if it gets to a wedding day. If Jesse goes through it, I think he will end up bitter and bored in Georgia before the wedding bills are paid off.
I think all along MeAnna wanted ABC to fit the bill for her wedding. Hopefully the “honeymoon gift” is their way of getting out of that! Flee from that ABC. In closing, I love Chris Harrison. That man needs a raise and more air time.
I feel like it’s the end of the school year and I’m writing in your yearbook!
“Have a neat summer.”
Wonder Years, anyone?
Lincee, I truly enjoy reading your blog every day, whether it’s Bachelor/ette related or not. If you start blogging Big Brother, I may actually have to watch it!
So glad I survived my withdrawal the past couple days.
And if anyone can find the zaxby’s commercial on line (I’m in NYC, we don’t have them here!), please post the link. I would LOVE to see it!
Lincee – BEST RECAP EVER! Best line: “Mr. Pappas has a seizure, because I KNOW he wasn’t rolling his eyes at Jesse and gives him a reluctant stamp of approval.”
My week was incomplete without the recap…and now I can finally rest easy! What a great treat for my Friday morning! FAB recap as always!
#40 – AggieFan – I really LOVE Jeremy as well (maybe its an Aggie thing)…and I hated the way they made him look like a crazy stalker by airing his re-visit with DD this week. Oh well.
I also hope they choose a random for the next bachelor…I love repeaters but I feel like most of those guys deserve better than tv show romance. I’ve heard that Paula Abdul’s ex-boyfriend is trying to get on the show or something…I hate it when they put “celebrities” (i.e. Jesse Palmer, Charlie O’Connell) on the show.
I think I may go through withdrawals until the next season starts…
#41 –MeAnna — what a perfect nickname. Poor Jesse.
webMAN Jason you are the man! Have you had much sleep this past week? You poor guy! I almost had a panic attack the other day when I kept getting error messages…I briefly saw the “urgent” posting so I knew something was up. I went on facebook and found (stalked) our lincee and she graciously emailed me back to tell me what was up – whew! How awesome that your site crashed ~ congrats on that but shame on Lunar. So glad to have you guys back. All is right in the world. Now I can start my weekend.
Ladies who have other sites ~ please post your links so in case of emergency (=lincee’s site crashing) i can get my fix elsewhere.
Oh and loved Jason all season long but he started seeming a bit needy and Jesse stepped it up. Hope they can make it last…
#9 – I noticed that too and was SUPER irritated.
#18 – ALREADY a webpage? They have got to be kidding!
#29 – I absolutely agree that Jeremy is slated to be the next Bachelor, or at least A bachelor.
#41 – Jason has a MySpace page? Weird. But I hope he gets some non-crazy dates out of this whole deal!
Hmm – also just looked at DeAnna and Jesse’s page – her last name is going to be Csincsak? Wow, that’s a doozy! Rock on with the crazy weird last names!
#46 Cat- everyone who posts a comment here and has a white name has a website( i.e. 42-Sue in white, 46-Cat in black) If you click on their name, it takes you to their site. hope it helps
Thanks MC! I always wondered why some names were white and some were black! Now I know….
Glad WebMAN got the site up – it was going to be an incomplete season with reading the final post.
TwoThreeFour thoughts:1. I found it a little off putting that the Pappas family was grilling the bachelors as to how they felt about D (editing?) rather than asking at the same time questions that would help them determine whether D was a good match for the bachelor. While I understand that they were concerned about D (justifiably??? Maybe not. Who hasn’t had their heart breaking (sic) at least once or twice in their lives – it is part of the process), what they should have been equally concerned about was whether D was a good match for the dude as well. Relationships, according to recent studies, involved the feelings of the guy for the girl, as well as the girl for the guy. Don’ t know if this is coming out right, there just didn’t seem to be any emphasis by the Pappas family whatsoever about whether D was right for the given bachelor.
2. I hope none of the old bachelors are the next bachelor. Mostly because I don’t care for Germy or Jason (what was with the body hip-shake on the doorstep on the second visit… [**[shudder]**]? That should only be done by the young ladies or septuagenarians who don’t know any better). Let’s get a new crop of people and a new angle were we don’t have preconceived ideas about any one individual going into it. I had a hard time this whole installment with D, mostly because I was over her with Brad.
3. On that note, Brad: Nice call dude. Over the evolution of this season, I totally get it and had I been in your shoes, I would have done the same thing (although Jenny seemed genuinely sweet). And why would you grace the Bachelor installment by showing up on one of the ancillary shows (e.g., MTA, etc.) after the producers more or less disparaged you the entire show, punctuated by the Pappas family evisceration on Monday.
4. I lost a lot of respect for the Pappas family on Monday’s episode. They came off as generally condescending and unforgiving. What would they have liked better – a ring, an engagement, and then having D’s heart broken by Brad 4 weeks after the last episode of the show aired? Why prolong what you know isn’t going to work out long term? They didn’t have to go on and on about Brad like they did. It would have been far more classy to just stay mum on the subject. Admittedly, I only saw what the TV let me see from my comfortable Monday Evening Quarterback couch.
On that note, they should be thanking Brad for the two months for free PR for their daughter, which wouldn’t have been made possible without Brad.
All that said, I was thoroughly entertained this season. Bring on the next train wreck.
snoozefest finale. jeremy and jason are vying for the bachelor show. jason is more sincere. jeremy just irritates me to no end! take your abs and go home already.
lincee – some freaking hilarious lines! love them!!
favorite of the night:
I’m going to go ahead and predict that Jesse is not ready to be married.
i love it!
I heard a rumor on a local radio station that Paula Abdul’s ex is going to be the next Bachelor. I don’t know who that is, and forgot his name. Oops!
-Did anyone see the death glare DDaHnna gave Our Host Christ Harrison when she walked up to the stage to talk to Jason? It looked like a “Please don’t make me do this” look. Ha.
-DD’s dad bugged me about Jesse’s hair issue. His hair is not that long! I’ve dated guys with longer hair before. Get over it people!
-I wonder if Jesse was prepared for DD to be as annoying as she is as his girlfriend. “OH honey!..” was heard about a thousand times when they were on After the Final Rose!
Jesse was on MTV’s Made? http://purlracing.com/gallery/Jesse-Csincsak/JesseMADE
Thanks WebMAN, I too was in withdrawal! Good to have you back Lincee. I THOUGHT about googling you but decided that was too over-the-top, so I’m pleased to hear you have stalkers and I’m not the only one who wanted. to. find. you!! I’m with you, #53 Cilantro – bring on the next train wreck! With a new bachelor, please. If it’s Jeremy or Jason, we’ll have way too much recapping, and I’m hoping Jason will have an entire city of single women to date and won’t need The Bachelor’s 25 characters! Loved this season because of Lincee, as always, and also because of you posters who were really into it. Very entertaining reading each day (ha! at least 5 times each day) Happy summer!
As many have said before me…YEAH! Glad you’re back…it just didn’t feel right…and now all is well…go WebMan…who’s probably either sleeping this off or catching up on work…so dedicated and we love you for it! Linc, you said it all, and it was freakin’ hilarious as expected!
LINCEE! Congrats on the crash! Even if it meant that I was forced to have the most productive workweek I possibly have had in…four and a half years?
So….yikes.
“I can’t believe I am going to marry the guy with pink shoelaces! But that’s okay! Cause shoelaces can be changed. And clothes too. And hair can be cut to an acceptable length (to be mutually decided upon by myself and my daddy). And I can teach him the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ although I’m still a little rusty on that one myself. Maybe there’s an episode of Schoolhouse Rock that deals with that. And I can convince him that he DEFINITELY likes me way more than snowboarding (because who wouldn’t? I’m magnificent) and he will sell his millions of snowboards (cause there’s no way our home is going to be decorated with snowboards!) on eBay and Daddy will find him some sort of job in Georgia. He’s never had a job before besides at that smoothie place and teaching snowboarding, so it might have to be smoething entry level, so it might be a while before I can stop ‘selling houses’ to raise our soon-to-be-conceived children (Jesse says he doesn’t want any yet but he doesn’t really know what he wants…except for me. He’s spot on there! But who wouldn’t? I’m magnificent) but thankfully we’re going to get ABC to pay for our wedding as well as our honeymoon. Jesse feels uncomfortable with accepting charity like that and wants to pay himself, and wants to put off the wedding until he can afford to pay for everything I want, but we’ve talked about this and I’ve told him what he wants and he knows I’m right. See? He fits into my life PERFECTLY!!!!”
what’s the deal with cheesecake??
http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/07/11/deanna-jesse-go-public-talk-wedding-plans/?xid=rss-topheadlines
Thanks Webman! And thanks Lincee for another great season of recaps. Keep blogging because you are hysterical!!
I haven’t read all the comments yet, but wanted to make sure you all knew this…ABC is conducting an on-line poll to see who we think should be the next bachelor…Jason, Germy or somebody new. Please go vote so we don’t have to watch Germy as the next Bachelor!
So glad you’re back – in Bachelor/ette-appropriate style, that was the MOST DRAMATIC SITE CRASH EVER!
Thanks to all for the nice remarks. I am probably guaranteed a seat in hell for all the cussing I did the past few days, but we are 95% there. Still a few hiccups to work through, and some functionality to put back in place (and add RSS for the comments section once I am partially sane again). With the new host, we should be able stand any kind of spike in traffic.
As mentioned, I actually have to do my “real” job now. Nah, it’s Friday. Who works on Friday?
Thanks again to all, even the few of you hunting my down with a noose.
Jesse is a media whore. He is not a great snowboarder. Why he has sponsors is beyond me. He hasn’t even come close to placing in any major event. I think he is rated 604 in the rankings as near as I can tell. Consequently, his new gig is being Deahnna’s lap dog. They are doing the circuit getting paid for appearances in the hope of breaking into show business. The brass ring would be that ABC pays them for televising the wedding.
God bless Lincee and her Webman. This was WELL worth the wait. THANK YOU!!!
What a grand finale! The ending of a great Bachelorette season chalk full of commentable moments, Lincee’s blog crashing due to so much traffic (which is truly awesome, congrats Lincee), WebMAN completely saving the day and being our hero AND last, but not least, a fabulous recap.
Already looking forward to the next season… and in the meantime, I am quite confident that Lincee’s posts of miscellaneous topics will be great!
And maybe we’ll get that promised About Me section…?!
webMAN… what is your “real” job?
re: your vs you’re
If “your the one” and “many years of whip creamy cheescake” made the cut, I’d love to see what he crossed out. I think I also spied a “wante spend forever with you” in there.
As my friend Liz said when she discovered that your site was back up: “all is right with the world again.”
Link to vote for next Bachelor, on bottom right of page. PLEASE NO REPEATS! Someone new! Especially not Jeremy!!
http://abc.go.com/primetime/bachelorette/index?pn=index
I am so glad I finally got to read the recap! The whole season would have been a waste without it.
#18 Erica-Thanks so much for the Website D&J look so happy, but he looks like he has aged 10 years already!
#65 Darryl-Your jealousy is showing!
Maybe cheesecake is a play on his last name (Csincsak)? Or maybe it’s a Polish thing — is Csincsak a Polish name? Or maybe it’s so wrong he knows it’s broke (sic) MeAnna’s heart?
Also, re the poll, Jason is currently winning by a large percent. It doesn’t show the base, though, so I don’t know how big of a lead it really is.
Thanks Lincee and webMAN! If I hadn’t been out of town for a conference during the “down” days, I might have had a nervous breakdown without my recap fix…
Instead of sharing my feelings about how poor Jason got the shaft, the most confusing thing about the marathon of shows for me was Daddy Pappas’ comment about Brad not asking him for DD’s hand in marriage. Um, wasn’t there a big to-do about how HTC-Brad (and/or the ABC intern…) asked for DD’s dad to fly to L.A. so that Brad could ask him???
For Susan: I would love to snowboard every day and have people give me money. I just don’t understand how a less than mediocre shreder can have sponsorship. Here is his results:
FIS Competition Standings for Jesse:
2007-2008
654th for Half Pipe
2006-2007
458th for Half Pipe
1016th in Snowboard Cross
2005-2006
194th for Half Pipe
842nd in Snowboard Cross
2004-2005
173rd for Half Pipe
949th in Snowboard Cross
2003-2004
383rd for Half Pipe
615th in Snowboard Cross
2002-2003
651st in Snowboard Cross
How does he call himself a professional snowboarder. If he didn’t give lessons and coach, I think he would starve.
#68 LA:
My real job is system administrator for an ad agency. I do freelance web work on the side for fun.
You would think that the crash would have made me more productive at work, but in fact, it was worse because I wanted to check every five seconds to see if it was up! I’m SO thankful that everything is back on track, and kudos to you and webman for getting things back up as soon as you did! I’m utterly amazed at anyone who can do anything with technology.
Some guy made a good point with respect to DD’s “big” family. Mine could take hers any day, and it’s not even that big compared to some people I know. And we’re not Greek. Just Alabamians.
#55–Paula Abdul’s ex–as in Emilio Estevez?
thanks for a wonderful season!!!
A teenager showing a more appropriate reaction to our Jesse. I wonder what makes his eyes look that way. Not. Just wait till DaddyPap sees these pictures at Zero.
http://www.zerogloves.com/images/Photo%20Gallery/Jesse%20Pix/MADE%20Party/15.jpg
For 72: I think this is from a party from his Made MTV Reality Show he did. The teen was his student as he trained her to be a snowboarder. Why he likes to do the bug eyed thing is a mystery for me. He likes to draw attention to himself with the costumes and hair. I think he has a poor self-esteem. Deahnna is actually out of his league. Of course, Graham is out of Deahnna’s league. I think Jason is a little out of Deahnna’s league. I think Jeremy is on par with Deahnna, but he could move up IMHO.
What do you guys think? Among the bachelors who do you think were out of Deahnna’s league?
http://www.deannaandjesse.com/Home_Page.html
What’s up w/ Jesse in the same outfit for all the pics and D changing (well, the white jeans remained much like in the show). Hmmm??
what happened to the airing of the ‘bachelorette engagement party’? i swear someone talked about it and i saw it on my local programming but now i can’t find it.
any ideas?
Thank goodness you are back in business, Lincee!! Congrats on the crash due to your overwhelming popularity. Thank you, WebMan for your hard work so that all of us Bachelorette nuts could get our weekly fix.
I have to say that I was disappointed that it was Jesse in the end (I fell for the editing, I”ll admit it)…until I realized that that means that Jason is still available. Apparently Jason, like Lincee, has plenty of stalkers so I’m sure he’ll have no trouble finding someone else to date.
It is J.T. Torregiani that is Paula’s ex rumored to be the next Bachelor.
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/report-ex-paula-abdul-beau-jt-torregiani-may-be-next-bachelor-star-7369.php
Here’s a photo: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/gallery/jt-torregiani-and-paula-abdul/
YUCK!
#81 apparently ABC cancelled the Engagement Party episode
#83 I agree, yuck! Looks like a slimeball!
I too am a Lincee stalker. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I go way back to the email days. I was Googling her name all week long trying to find her!! I was worried a new website would come up and I’d miss it somehow! I couldn’t live without the recap of the final episode.
I am SO tired of every Bachelor/ette saying ‘I didn’t decide until that LAST morning who I was going to pick’. Give me a break. So you’re (or your) telling me that you just accepted a proposal from a man you hadn’t even decided on until 8 hours ago?? I know they have to do it ‘for the show’ but at least don’t LIE afterwards by telling the poor rejected souls that they had a chance until you had your morning cup of coffee and saw the light. I want someone to admit ‘MAN, I decided in the very first episode this was the one for me and I just strung you all along for the show’.
Lincee – SUPER recap, and well worth the wait. “A coupon for some Jason lovin?” For some reason I can’t stop laughing at that one. As for the rumor that Paula Abdul’s reject will be the next Bachelor, please, please do whatever’s necessary to prevent that. Seriously, a Paula Abdul reject? I didn’t even know there was such a thing.
My 2 fave lines of the night (sorry Lincee) came from the after the rose bs, I mean show.
1- When OHCH asked/told Matt that they needed to address the biggest rumor out there and Matt said which one? the one where I have 4 heads or such and OHCH came back with the oh so clever : “nope, it’s not that flattering.” Priceless!!!
B – MeAnna’s (sorry whoever first typed that, it is so appropo, gotta steal it) heartfelt declaration that she and Jesse would be friends with Jason forever! Awwwwwwwwww, how cute, how junior high. (which again is so appropo) Does Jesse know this? Does Jason know this?? Me thinks Jason is going to say: “Tempting . . . but NO!”
I heart WebMAN.
I agree with the other BB fans! Lincee – Please, please, please, with a spoon full of sugar and a cherry on top, do the recap on Big Brother!
Thanks goodness you are back. I was freaking out and considering calling your home number to make sure you had not been abducted. My husband talked me out of that since it would be stalker like to do so, however you really should have an unlisted number and take your address off google–there are crazy people out there!! Anyway, this just goes to show you that abc was crazy not to have your blog win their contest! So excited to read the blog and I can now stop trying to find an alternative email–I was searching on LinkedIn, but didn’t make it all the way to Facebook to track you down. Can’t wait to read your comments. Kudos to webman for his quick work!
All I want to say is major props to Lincee, who personally emailed me with site updates, and then the actual recap when the site was down.
I’m sure she did this with other people too. Just goes to show our Lincee is as truly amazing and awesome as we all think she is.
So thanks for making me feel special Lincee, You’re the bomb!
I say you do a blog on the show WIPEOUT. The hosts do a pretty good job of calling people out, but it could be so much better…
I agree with MOMOF4BYZ – totally misleading. I’d rather watch peeps fall in love then get a freaking surprise. Although, I KNEW it was going to be Jesse when DD seemed stressed out that he didn’t ask for her dad’s blessing right away, and she was so WORRIED that her family wouldn’t get to know him/like him. And when she said that Jason’s best quality was that he was a great Daddy – kiss of death. What a bummer. This had been my fave season yet, until we were sucker punched. And she’s changing Jesse already! The hair, the clothes….
#19 Joy – I, too, was confused why D didn’t talk during the final rose ceremony. Instead, she let the men talk first. Usually the person doing the picking (i.e. the Bachelorette or the Bachelor) tells the last two candidates why/why not they get the final rose. She completely let them tell her everything while she stared at them. It was very awkward. It was like she wanted that old fashioned proposal where the man professes his love. Or maybe she was so freaked out by her Brad/Brat experience, that she wanted to hear how Jason and Jesse felt to make sure she wasn’t getting dumped again. Personally, I would love to see the bachelorettes doing the proposing. That would be a cool twist.
#85 Big Red – I agree. It really bothers me when they say “I didn’t know who I was going to pick until the last minute”. They are about to get engaged to someone!!! That can’t be possible. If they are truly that torn, then NO WAY should they be making such a huge decision. Of course, we all know that those comments are just for the show. She knew who it was. Even D’s dad said he could tell in ATFR.
#75 Darryl – really anyone who teaches snowboarding is considered a “pro” and receives sponsorships based on being a teacher. My boyfriend is a golf “pro” that doesn’t play on any national tour, but teaches lessons and runs the pro shop at a country club. He receives all kinds of sponsorships just because it’s free advertising for the companies. You don’t necessarily have to be an olympic athlete to be considered “a pro.”
About Jeremy – here is an interview he did with another lawyer.
http://www.law.com/jsp/law/careercenter/lawArticleCareerCenter.jsp?id=1202422805522
What do you guys think of him now? Better or worse?
For Jen: I am sure you are right. My impression is that the golf guys are called Club Pros to distinguish them from the card carrying professional golfers. I know that Jesse doesn’t make any money on the snowboarding circuit. I just wonder how much money he can make on the sponsors. It can’t be much.
Leslie (#96) – This article provides some good insight, but I’m one of the few who has liked Jeremy from the beginning and never really saw the appeal of Graham. I’ve been wondering if it stems from the fact that I always went for the boring “good guy” over the exciting “bad boy.”
- For those of you who like Graham, did/do you always fall for the bad boy type?
- For those of you who are more in the Jeremy and/or Jason camp, did/do you tend to fall for the nice boy?
‘Just curious if my little theory holds any water….
#98 Swirlyturtle – I’ve adored Jeremy from the beginning and yes, I’ve always been more attracted to the more stable fellows. I love the stability about Jeremy… and to have the looks (and body) to go with… oh, my! I think Jeremy is polarizing for the very reason you brought up. Some people (the girls that love the “bad boys”) think he’s the most boring thing ever and others think he’s wonderful!!!
Two things:
1) Someone asked way up there about the “Where are they now?” episode. Yes, it’s happening Monday night, but it’s really just the same show they started this season out with.
2) Jeremy definitely lost points with me on the last couple of episodes. The whole tree scene, then coming back to Deanna, just seemed over the top. It didn’t seem genuine at all! Maybe that’s being hard on the guy, but I think he took it too far.
So far Jason is waaaay ahead in the polling for “who should be the next Bachelor” — please vote for someone NEW !!!!
to vote, see link #71 above
OH MY GOSH! Am I ever relieved to see you’re back. I thought maybe I was losing my mind the past few days, wondering where the site went. You can imagine my pleasure to not only see ths ite up and running, but a great recap too!
Thank heavens I could finally get the recap. I’ve been jonesing all week. Must admit I was a stalker this week but very relieved to hear from Lincee that all was well.
Lincee, you need to put your paypal link back up and let those of us who enjoy you make a healthy donation to insure that you get an upgraded web experience. And for heavens sake, let us pay more than $2.00…..
Hugs, s
Does anyone else hate Jesse’s new haircut? Seriously. Also, Lincee – I have quite a few of your old e-mails if you want them for your archives. I’m not much of a stalker though, so I don’t know your e-mail address.
I haven’t seen anyone mention this- how funny was it when Jason said he wished DD looked at him the way she looked at Jesse and Graham. DD inferred that Jesse did not appreciate her feelings for Graham.
Okay so now I feel like a big dork stalking you on facebook because I just noticed your email address is listed right here on your blog.
Jen re; the flowers changing..
I just watched again. I don’t buy your “far off pink flowers” thing. In the overhead shots, there are no flowers there. And when Jason kneels down, those pink flowers are directly behind him.
Well i didnt exactly stalk but I did google your website and click on “Archived” and read some of the past recaps. I was in serious withdrawls Tuesday .. SOSOSO glad youre back!!! webMAN was so awesome, he’s a keeper. Too good to be the next Bach tho.
Before I even think much more about last Monday night, I am already itching for my next fix. I have not watched BB since its first season like, a decade or so ago, but I will if you recap it, Lincee. Please! If you don’t, may we please it somewhere among this beloved greenery?
webMAN thank you – you rock! (I hope this is now hosted in a place that can handle it, like with whoever hosts “Dooce”, sheesh that has a ton of traffic…)
Lincee – awesome job, worth the wait!
And #74 AH I am re-posting this because I concur and no one seems to have answered:
[i]Instead of sharing my feelings about how poor Jason got the shaft, the most confusing thing about the marathon of shows for me was Daddy Pappas’ comment about Brad not asking him for DD’s hand in marriage. Um, wasn’t there a big to-do about how HTC-Brad (and/or the ABC intern…) asked for DD’s dad to fly to L.A. so that Brad could ask him???[/i]
110 – i think Brad went on Ellen after the disaster, and said that he didnt ask for Papa Pappas to be flown out, in an effort to set the record straight. Who knows if he spoke true – I think its on YouTube
Congratulations, you brought the Internet to its knees. I thought about stalking as well, but I took my dose of Methadone (which I had prescribed on day 3 of what will become known as “The 4 Days that Shook My Faith in the Internet”) and went to sleep instead.
I’m not a “honey” guy. I can deal with “darling”, “dear”, “baby”, “sweetie”, “sugar”, “pumpkin”, anything else. So I was on the edge of sanity by about the fifth “honey” that DD uttered. I was going through a mental debacle.
Did anyone else find hilarious the look DeAnna gave as she flashed her ring on the couch with Host Chris? I paused it and had the giggles for at least 10 minutes. I can only describe it as “demented chipmunk”.
Sad to see the season end. We shared carriage rides, underwear with names on it, greasy chefs, a clearly senile Tommy Lasorda, virgins, lawyers, snowboarders, magic, epic poetry, Confusious with a soul patch, the best hair upgrade since Clooney went Julius Ceasar on ER (Dojo), fake falls, meltdowns, the smallest Big Greek Family in America, the Grahams Hot/Grahams Not Hot/Love Jeremey/Jeremy’s a Stalker/Love Jason/Jasons too clingy/Team Jessie/Jessie…What was she thinking? debates, and apparently someone named Brad broke DeAnna’s heart.
See you all next fall when classes start.
How about when they tried to fake us out with that “big announcement”? I thought that DDahnna was preggers!
Okay, so it was their wedding date. But then Chris Harrison said this zinger to the parents:
“How about that? First you find out that your kids are engaged and then they announce that they’re getting married!”
Umm, isn’t that kind of the same thing?
112- laughed out loud to the Clooney reference. That was a fine haircut choice! We’ve been through a lot this season, and I truly will miss it.
To answer another question posted somewhere above: I for one like Jesse’s haircut. Still has some length, and shows off his face better.
Finally, I loved Jason and really liked Jeremy but I really don’t want to see either one of them be the Bachelor. There are hardly ever good women on the show, and I don’t see Jeremy making a very entertaining Bachelor, or Jason finding anyone who deserves him. Just my two cents.
#113 Tracy in Cali – I laughed so hard when Chris Harrison said that thing about getting engaged and getting married. So glad you noticed that too.
Just so you don’t miss it, there is a follow up on “past bachelors/”contestents” on this week. I want to say Monday, but not sure, check your local listings (my DVR had not picked it up to record, so THANK GOODNESS someone earlier mentioned they had saw it (cuz I wouldn’t want any broke hearts for those that miss it) so I had to follow up. Love Lincee, Love all of you, Love Jesse (just cuz, not for D), love Jason (for me) and I hope no one has any more broke hearts…broke hearts are sad.
#79 Darryl – I think Brad and Graham were both out of her league.
#112 The Original C$ – “Confusious with a soul patch” Bwahahahhaha!!
#113 & 115 – Yeah, Chris is pretty good, but that had to be his worst line ever!
Why isn’t Graham on the poll for the new Bachelor?? BOO!!!!
I was watching one of DDAH’s and Jesse’s interviews, and it struck me…she looks kind of like Mary, the wifebeater of Byron….
Here is their interview with OHCH on that 411 thing:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/26112/celebrity-interviews-the-bachelorette-deanna-pappas
http://ktla.trb.com/video/?clipId=2673568&topVideoCatNo=71432&c=71432&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=
Posting these one at a time, bc it doesn’t seem to work when I post a bunch together.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2008/07/the_bachelorette_picks_a_dude.php
Interview with Jesse in Breckenridge paper http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080711/NEWS/941120946/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Original C$–demented chipmunk is tooo funny! haha
I think Jesse is adorable in those tv interviews, D even seems softer & sweeter. I guess he really does make her a better person.
My faith in the interweb is restored. Well done, WebMan.
LIncee – Awesome season of recaps!!
Has anyone been to the DD’s and Jesse’s website??? Well- Did you notice in the ‘photo’ section that he has the SAME shirt on in every photo, but she has a different shirt on in each? What gives?
in ou local paper today there is an interiview with DeAnna and Jesse. Saying that they will visit Breck in August and then stay in Atlanta until it is time to start snowboarding again, and then be here for the winter.
Also… this weeks “Us Weekly” claims that Jeremy is dating CHELSEA from the London guy season. Ack! I can NOT picture them together at all! LOL!
BreckGirl, remind me about Chelsea? Which one is she?
Wasn’t Chelsea in the final 2 along with Shayne? She slipped her undies off with her back to the camera? She’s a pharmaceutical rep, so we know she’s not dumb (In fact, she went to Cal Poly, which for a state school is actually very difficult to get into), and they have the shared experience of being thisclose to being picked.
Breckgirl: I just read that same thing in US weekly and had to jump on the computer real quick to let all my ihategreenbeaners know…Jeremy and Chelsea….interesting. She seems way too FUN for him. Haha.
Jill #108- I had to rewind and pause it several times but it is there. I will check my tivo and see if I still have it and tell you exactly where you can see them off to the side. I think it was when Jesse was coming to the podium they are off to the left as he is walking towards her but I dont know for certain anymore. I do remember they are more visible off on the left of the screen/podium. And if you notice you can only see the pink ones during the close up camera angle. For all the distance shots when they are appoaching and leaving the podium all you see are white (except a quick glimpse of the pink ones I saw and led me to this conclusion) because of the position of the cameras being use to shoot that angle.
webMAN you are the best, we <3 you! Lincee, this recap was hilarious. Congrats on the crash!!
I’m so glad you are back! We’ve missed you! Congrats on the crash.
Great recep, Lincee! So glad your site made a quick recovery.
One of my fave moments was Jesse’s product placement line during the ring shopping segment, said with such sincerity: “This Tocari diamond ring symbolizes forever for me…” LOL! Way to make us believe, man!
But, I don’t know, I think these two might make it. When all was said and done, they seemed well matched…
i did not realize how addicted i was to your blog till it was suddenly taken away! i hope we never have to hear about brad breaking her heart ever again. here’s hoping they bring us someone new. i can’t go a whole season hearing how dd broke some guy’s heart (after 6 weeks of knowing her) but now he’s ready for love again…
Actually, Jeremy was in Birmingham, AL this weekend and he was NOT with Chelsea. He was with a girl that looked a lot like her though.
Coloradogirl, TXaggie, DenverGirl, KT, IMHO, Swirlyturtle: I too am in Colorado – I live in Aurora. It would be fun to plan a Bachelor get together!
I was going through a rough time without my Lincee fix, first the site was down, then right when you were back on line, I was at a family reunion with no net service. YIKES!
Webman, so happy we have “our” site back.
Lincee — you’re the greatest!
Sher, as always, thanks for all the great links.
Still a Jesse fan and hope they make it!
I agree with Stacey…I didn’t realize how much I loved your blog until I couldn’t read an update after the final rose! I will put aside the anger I have at Deanna for sending Jason home…although, I now realize he can do SO much better than her…to share some news about the “much loved” (ha!) Jeremy. He obviously felt some “release” in his last 10 minutes of fame on the final episode. He left Dallas for Birmingham, Alabama this past weekend, spending both nights out on the town with a new bachelorette. I’ll update when I know more. Has anyone seen Jesse and Deanna out? Are they still together? Update on Jason…he deserves an angel!
so what’s the verdict on the show airing 7/14… old repeat where are they now where we have to see Trista and Ryan AGAIN (it just gets old, sorry!!)… or, the engagement party? What else is everyone watching? I’m loving Design Star on Sundays, HGTV!!
sooo…. congratulations on the crash! =) I was one of the ones refreshing the page every 20 minutes for three days straight! Or however long it took! Great recap, great season. I always enjoy your stuff, Lincee!
So there I was out of town, missed the big finale! I tried to get back to my hotel in time, missed it! So the next day, I log on to catch LIncee…and no!!! Was it the website?? Was it the hotel connection….so sad!
Glad you are back! I think DD picked the guy that was the least into her! Yes, he said the right words, he is not stupid! lol I think our DD is attracted to the guys that give off that kind of vibe.
Wow, I still love Jeremy! Jeremy and Chelsea? Jeremy go for Noelle!
For sure at least part of the show today will be “where are they now?” because I’m facebook friends with Erica from Lorenzo’s season (remember the girl who wore tiaras all the time??) and her facebook status tells everyone to go watch her on the show tonight. So for no other reason than that you should tune in to see her because she’s freakin hilarious
I freaked out on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday and Thursday. i was blaming my office “webman” for restricting my viewing pleasure but went home to find Lincee was MIA. I did email webman but that was the extent of my stalking…so many people in the office read Lincee and we were all estatic on Friday when we could get back to doing what we do best – reading blogs!
Thanks you Webman for fixing it so fast – Iw ill definitely contribute to a beer or two for you!
Lincee – great recap.
Thanks to all you chatters for the links and comments – you are making my day…DAYS, okay I check this site way too often.
I am happy for them – I actually think they are in love and may make it. And, if they are being “mentored” by Trista and Ryan…then I am sure they will make it! …okay, I can hope – that is why I watch the show, I believe in true love…even if it is on a reality tv show!
I read in TV Guide there is a Bachelorette Party show…and I am sure Tv Guide would not print anything inaccurate. Also, did you read in US about Firestone’s wedding – it looked beautiful and he also looks very happy. They had a pick of OHCH and his beautiful wife – looks like he stays in touch with past bachelors. I also read that Paula’s newest ex was up for the next bachelor as he had been considered before – but I don’t think he is even cute so I hope they choose someone BRAND NEW!
Ok – that is all. Until next time and like many of you – I am watching Big Brother…well, I pretty much watch everything so…!
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No… see I like Noelle and Ron together! I thought their posts to each other on the FORT site were so cute. And he’s not so crazy… or so I realized after reading some of the stuff he had to say.
Maybe Jeremy & Chelsea could work… maybe he needs some one a bit more fun. He and D were so serious all the time (or at least what we saw). Maybe he’s not that intense.
I’m so glad that your site is back… I didn’t realize how much I rely on your blog for post bachelor entertainment, I think I was having withdrawels. Thank you for pointing out the terrible grammer “broke”. I thought DD needed to chill out on ATRC. Thought Jason handled himself really well, but seriously why did she let him get down on his knee? She just stood there saying nothing…hmmm.. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to Matty & Shane, I felt like that was the perfect time to take my shower for the evening. I’m very much over them.
Can’t wait till next season.
http://abc.go.com/primetime/bachelorette/index?pn=index
Everyone–GO VOTE! I’m not sure if someone already posted this link or not, but ABC is conducting a poll to see who should be the next bachelor: Jason, Jeremy, or Someone New. I want to see a fresh face! So those of you who are with me on that, click on the link and vote.
I’m so releaved to hear that I’m not the only one who was los without this blog. Here are my thoughts/responses to comments:
- I laughed out loud more at this recap than any other this season. Def the best one yet!
- I think D & J maybe do have a chance, but I agree with whoever said it’s mostly because she is so determined to get married that she’ll never let him break up with her.
- #98: I loved Graham and yes I do tend to fall for the bad boys who are completely wrong for me. But I’m still young enough that I can use that as an excuse:)
- I also vote for a Big Brother recap. Renny needs to go but she will also make for some good TV if she sticks around for awhile…
#133 Cat–Let’s plan it! I’m up for a CO watching party…
#132 Samantha – What was Jeremy doing in Birmingham, AL? That’s where I live!! If I’d known that I might have stalked him out a bit myself!!!
TV guide’s website says Bachelor Where are They Now (Repeat)
I was going to report the Jeremy/Chelsea info but y’all beat me to it! There is also a picture of OHCH and his wife in Firestone’s wedding feature in US Weekly.
I am watching Design Star, Big Brother, and Weeds. Big Brother alone should fill my time sufficiently!
So – not directly related to DD and Jesse, but I live in Austin and just saw HTC Brad and his twin at lunch. And I have to say, he is DEFINITELY Hotter Than Crap!! WHOA MAMA!
No one really noticed him and I didn’t want to say something stupid, so I opted to admire him from afar.
Hey – everyone – my buddy and I just started a tv blog and we are starting with Big Brother! I would love your comments. Wanna join me?
http://www.trashytvtalk.blogspot.com
Lincee – you are my inspiration!!!
#142 – can you post a link to the Noelle/Ron conversation posts? I get really lost in that FORT site.
Colorado girls – we should have a drink and kick off the next season!
I love Design Star and I think The Closer starts up again soon; it’s great. Not trash tv tho… what good trash tv am I missing?
Colorado girls: when the new season starts lets definitely plan someplace to meet although then we have to talk the bartender into changing the channel…we can plan the place later but should we do down south near park meadows, cherry creek, downtown? How fun(ny) will this be!? Lincee wish you could be there! But we’d probably buy you too many martinis/wine/beer and you’d be too drunk to recap!
I’m watching Swingtown on Thursdays (I am SO not into that lifestyle at all) but the show is highly entertaining! Plus it has that guy from Melrose Place – I think his name is Grant Show. Yum! Also love Dexter and season 2 comes out on netflix next month and I can’t wait! I guess I will have to start watching Big Brother although I haven’t watched it since the first season but if Lincee will blog about it then I will watch it.
Random side notes: am watching Entertainment Tonight and Olivia Newton John and her new hubby are so cute together! And that girl claiming she is Michael Lohan’s daughter looks SO much like him!
# 144 – I voted for someone new. No one even remotely connected to anything HTC Brad did! I am so tired of hearing that name.
#s – Everyone who wants Lincee to do Big Brother- I watched it last night. The old guy ( LOVE that theres an old guy) felt up boobs and declared them real! So much possible material there… Please Lincee !
Oh and Gossip girl reruns too. Can’t wait for the new 90210.
I just caught the end of tonight’s “Where are They Now” show, and it showed HTC Brad sitting on a couch eating a sandwich or a giant loaf of bread, watching the Deanna/Jesse proposal in a big screen TV. WTF? Did I miss something???
Okay I promise this is my last post of the night but did anyone else see the very end of the Where are they now show? While the credits aired? When they showed Brad munching on a hoagie watching the “Final rose” and Jessie proposing??? Then he changed the channel to watch sports? Anyone? Seriously that was the best – love that the intern spliced that in there.
Cat – sounds like a plan for the Colorado girls! I love Dexter too! Sick as it is! And Heroes. Missed the “where are they now” — should I watch online? worth it?
IMHO only the last 10 mins was really worth it – but the ending credits made it worth the whole 50 mins. I think ABC knew they had to give us something if we devoted another hour of our lives to this show…not sure if watching it online will show that part? It was seriously so funny.
#132- He was at The Rare Martini, Innisfree and Jensei on Friday night. Supposedly he went to Jensei on Saturday again. Supposedly he is dating a girl here.
I am so pissed! Mt tivo did the weirdest thing tonight. It showed it was recording the bachelor and even says ‘The Bachelor’ on my list, but ended up recording the show I was watching at the time…so no where are they now show. I wonder if it will be online at ABC? Can someone fill me in on what they showed? What DDAH and Jesse said about their plans…any new stuff? Thx!
Did anyone else notice that Jesse’s hair was long again in the footage with Ryan and Trista? The photos of him this week on the MTV dance show his hair is still short like it was when they got engaged. I am guessing they taped it before the finale actually aired. I loved the part with Brad!
definitely caught the little snip of HTC Brad sitting on the couch and then changing the channel during the engagement. I thought it was fantastic! and a nice little dig at DDAhna after all the trash talking he got this entire season.
My tivo stopped just as Brad bit into his sandwich and I knew I was missing something. Glad someone else saw it. Changing channel – PRICELESS!!!! He was thankful he dodged that mighty big bullet.
# 157 – i read what you wrote and it reminded me of something I read last Fall, an interview w/ Mike Fleiss. I found it – he refers to the submarine sandwich scene at the very end of the interview:
“The original ending, before the network made me change it, was after the girls were crying we fade down and come back up to a shot of Brad sitting on the couch, remote control in hand, clicking on the game, munching on a submarine sandwich. That’s what I wanted at the end. But the network said no.”
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20161757,00.html
They must have done more editing to make it look like he was watching last week or something.
s2c – Well I still cracked up even though it did look a little funny that he switched the channel the first time, but it was still on D and J and then he switched right at the I luv uuus… hahahahha I think that was probably the best part of the whole show! I got on the phone so can’t remember everything else. Oh that Aaron dude is an arse!!! Talk about full of himself – dude I’m sure Gwen and others have MOVED ON FROM YOU! Stop reading the book of Deanna and get over it.
Oh Lincee I hope you recap on this b/c that would be all kinds of awesome!
Saggleo, I thought it was funny too – probably the funniest thing of all. I think Mike Fleiss probably thought the sandwich scene was too good to give up. It kind of ties everything together nicely, doesnt it?
Oh – did DeAhhnna call Trista before she and Jesse visited and say, “What are you wearing ?” Both in black tank tops and jeans… Im surprised they didnt ask Trista to go back upstairs and change. Or maybe they did and she said no .. that would be funny
Jen 128 – Yeah, I saw them there, but they’re very clearly not there in so many other shots – particularly the overhead shots. The only time they show up is in the initial greeting for both Jason and Jesse. So yeah you’ll see them when Jesse arrives, but they disappear again.
Anyway, I guess it’s just stupid editing and some re-takes for no apparent reason, and some dumb intern who flunked continuity.
Here’s a link to a music video that Jason’s ex {Hilary Monrean) appeared in…maybe the “other direction” she chose over Jason/Ty was acting or band groupie. She’s pretty bad & she throws a wedding ring away in the video!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VvIm3CKAUMY
if that doesn’t work it’s a band called Underneath & the song is HAPPY.
anyone find video of brad eating the sandwich?? i missed part of it!
#171 – Thanks for that link! Decent song, terrible video. And I find it hysterical that the Bachelor/ette phenomenon is such that it has probably gotten 21,000 of its 21,200 hits since it became known that the woman in the video is Jason’s ex
What to do until the next season? They’d better not pick that Paula Abdul’s ex guy or I might not watch (yeah, right . . . if Lorenzo season didn’t put me off, probably nothing can).
Does anyone else think they really meant that for the ending of the Final Rose on Brad and Deanna’s season? I think Fleiss probably really wanted it – had it on paper but never shot it b/c that is just plain callous and would have been just a bad way to end the season…however…its a great way to end the “where are they now” recap – it was brilliant!
Ok, fellow Colorado-dwellers–we’re on for next season’s opener! Can’t wait!
s2c – I THOUGHT THE SAME THING… I’m like.. so is that the style of those that pick a guy and set a wedding date! Black top, jeans…all the same color! I wouldn’t change if I was Trista – her house! lol! I loved how little Max was going for D’s um…girls and she grabbed his hand… smooth! Man that kid is adorable! We’ll see how it works out! Yea, I see Lincee did a recap!
Oh and Brad is till HOTTER THAN CRAP!
#133 & #147…He was at Bottega on Friday night and Jensei on Saturday night. He is seeing a girl from here who owns a women’s clothing store. She has posted pictures of them on Facebook.
Your best one yet!! Laughing till I cried – worth the wait. Can’t wait till next season.
#133, #147….He is dating Eli Manning’s cousin who lives in bham and owns a high end boutique. Search Emily Dees on facebook. Check out pics
Looks like OH Chris Harrison is pushing for Jason to be the next bachelor, and they’re holding off the season until mid year
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/chris-harrison-jason-mesnick-on-my-short-list-be-next-bachelor-7466.php
Jeanne, thanks for that link.
I think that if Jason were the next Bach, the focus on showing off the womens mothering / nurturing skills instead of the good old fashioned drama like we are used to. Some of them might even be single parents, and they could have playdates at Chuck E Cheeses. It might even become a family-oriented show, like Tv’s Funniest Home Videos…. Eeeek !
I hope its Jeremy !
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