The Bachelorette - (DeAnna Pappas)
 

When I saw the 25 guys, I was rather disappointed, but as the show wore on, some of them started to grow on me. DeAnna looked gorgeous in the pilot episode.

As an aside, I think ABC should hook up Greg, the creepy personal trainer from NYC (Howling Wolf imitation, anyone?) with Stacey, the underpants girl from "The Bachelor-London Calling". They would be PERFECT for each other. :p

I thought the guy with the weird looking jacket needed a shower. He has an interesting personality, but if I were DeAnna, I would NEVER have given him a first impression rose. EWWW

I'd given up on these shows a LONG time ago, but there was an article in our paper yesterday morning about a local guy on the show. So, of course, I had to watch and see how he did. It's Richard, and he's the teacher from Binghamton. He actually is from Whitney Point...about 20 minutes north of here. And, not that I'm a stalker, but if he gets kicked off and there are any single gals interested, his work email is still up on the WPCSD web site :p

Definitely some weirdos on there, but she did a good job picking them out. I'm surprised the oyster farmer went home. He seemed so sweet.

I'm still at the beginning of the episode (watching it on DVR), but I saw one of the guys and had to come in here and post. It's the guy who goes on and on about his hair gel and how important it is to style his hair... and then there are some images of him shaving his chest. I saw those shots and I had to come in here and post because it reminded me of the fratties. LOL.

So yeah, I'm still at the Bachelor introduction clips, not very far in. I didn't really like Deanna on the Bachelor, but I'm addicted to this trainwreck of a show (not to mention all my other shows are ending).

The preview clip at the beginning where she hollers at all the guys is classic. Just goes to confirm my opinion that she's a self-centered, angry person.

I still want to know if Matt and Shayne are still together...

IIRC, DeAnna's from AGDLynn's neck of the woods. Lynn, do you know anything about her? Was she in a sorority in college?

At the beginning, I felt like I was watching some kind of "Road to Chippendales" reality show. Never in all my days have I seen so many rippled abs and shaved/waxed chests.

No, no, no, the fratties hate - HATE - hair gel...see any GC thread discussing southern vs. california greeks. The fratties would rather have long, shaggy hair than use hair gel to keep it tidy. Real men from the south don't give a damn about their hair, right boys?

Oh, and I must say I thought the single dad from just-down-the-road-from-me was adorable.

Uh, duh. I meant he was the kind of guy fratties mock.

The frattiest guy was definitely Chandler. Only wtf was up with him crying at the end?

I think Richard is my favorite.

But what was funny about it was that the guy was from South Carolina.

I haven't watched the Bachelor or Bachelorette since the first few seasons... but fiance and I watched this last night because there was nothing else on. DeAnna actually seems to have the right attitude and the right intentions. I like how she picked most of the decent guys, not the asshole frat boys (I mean that in the negative "frat" connotation). The guys she picked were the guys i'd probably pick. That was sort of nice. I'm sure a few idiots slipped in. Like snowboarder guy (ick, shower already). And I think karate guy made it in too, somebody PLEASE cut that mullet. Ick. And I'm glad goofy actor guy didn't make it in, he skeeved me out.

Ooh yes, he was a definitely cutie....my favorite actually! And he's just "down the road" from me too....I just have to cross a border first! :D:p;)

Yes, he was a WASTE of a perfectly good rose. WTF was she thinking? She should have kept scruffy Brian the Financial Analyst, if she likes scruffy...at least he is gainfully employed.

I would rather have kept a few roses and been like, "We're all done here...yeah, I have some roses leftover but the rest of you can leave now". LOL

Her bio says she went to Georgia Military College which is a junior college. No Greeks. Although, apparently she herself is Greek (ancestry-wise). :)

I was also shocked she picked the mullet-karate-master. One thing I love about the Bachelor/Bachelorette is the frickin' preview they give you the FIRST EP that shows basically everything that's going to happen. Based on that, it looks like karate guy sticks around for a while. At least long enough to go on a one-on-one that involves riding horses through the surf. Based on the preview, I think snowboard guy goes home next week. There weren't many shots of him. I sort of understand why she kept him though - a genuinely different guy that didn't make a total jerk of himself. I was surprised she kept Paul (is that the name of the guy with the DeAnna speedo?).

The whole "three people move into DeAnna's house per week" thing is going to make for an interesting dynamic. I can see that it's going to cause drama. *Gets excited* The show definitely needed spicing up.

The thing that surprises me is DeAnna's apparently insane emotions. We already have her telling one guy she can't lead him on - it's not apparent to me if that's at two-on-one date where she can only choose one to stay, or she's just telling some guy this before the rose ceremony. Also the scene where she apparently walks out of the rose ceremony crying. And most dramatically, the scene where she bitches out all the guys. I'm sorry, but unless something REALLY major goes down that justifies her behavior, if I was one of the guys, that would give me MAJOR pause about her.

I also noticed they're not plugging a proposal very hard. In fact the only person we got shots of in the finale was DeAnna herself. HMMMM. The weird aspect about the Bachelorette is that the Bachelorette chooses but then in the end it's the responsibility of the guy to choose the ring and propose or whatever. It just seems like an extremely awkward dynamic. And also stuck like 40 years ago or something.

*shrug*

It's not that surprising. Ever heard of Myrtle Beach?

Agreed with everyone that single dad is cute. From the edit I couldn't tell, but it seems like he might the front-runner that the other guys are whining about moving in with DeAnna first? One thing I was waiting for is if Jenni asked single dad the kids question. LOL. That would be awkward if he hadn't mentioned it to DeAnna and then Jenni asked him point blank.

I reaaaaaaally like Richard the science teacher.

I sort of liked scruffy Brian, but to give her the benefit of the doubt he didn't seem to have very much of a personality.

A couple of the guys were playing the Greek angle. I loved when Eric (that's his name right?) clearly spoke better Greek than DeAnna did. LOL! But wondering if that will lead to a strong connection between them.

I thought the guy that got the very first rose was really not that hot. In fact I thought the hottest guy was the African American math teacher. But the black contestant alway seems to get cut right away. Exception: Marshana from last season.

My roommate was flabbergasted she kept the bar owner from NYC via Raleigh because she thought DeAnna would be scared off from bar owners after Brad. LOL. He was one of the hotter contestants though, and from the previews it looks like he sticks around a while.

My final comment: I don't see why she gave the Christian football player the benefit of the doubt and not Chandler. I guess the duck call was weird but I thought it was kind of fun and cheesy and totally not as creepy as the stuff a lot of contestants do on the first episode. She forgave the football player for the glasses guy (UGH - he was nasty) sabotaging him, but didn't forgive Chandler when the abs guy sabotaged him. Speaking of which, I don't remember if abs guy stayed or not...

I wasn't looking forward to this much but it does look like they're upping the drama both by design and by DeAnna's tempestuous personality. I'm in.