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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
To me, the bottom line is, if she has asked him not to contact her, then he should honor that. Clearly he's looking to shake her up AND to get some airtime for himself, since if he didn't sign a release, MTV couldn't have aired the audio of his side of the conversation.

Sabbatia
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08-15-2005

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sabbatia a private message Print Post    
Sea, I'm not sure if it was to get some airtime. From what I gathered, they go through this regulary. In his defense, I can't imagine being accused of something... on TV no less... when I didn't feel I did anything wrong, and I can't imagine what it would be like to have someone I love not talk to me for 8 yrs except to tell me not to talk to them.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Sabbatia, I saw a "Behind the scenes" special on the Real World a month or so ago.

The interesting thing is that when an incoming phone call comes in, it is first prescreened w/ a voice message telling the caller that the phone conversation is being taped and might be aired on the show if the caller doesn't hang up.

So, to me, the father is well aware of what is going on (taping wise), and who knows what his motives are, but he will get to watch the outcome on tv.

It just seems strange to me that he would pick this time to call her, knowing all this, if he didn't want airtime or had some other ulterior motive.

Malaka
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07-05-2007

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Malaka a private message Print Post    
This season we do not have excessive hook ups, sex, drunkenness, fighting, back stabbing, etc.

This season has been rather boring.

Malaka
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07-05-2007

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Malaka a private message Print Post    
If her father knew about the abuse, then he was not being very smart bringing only a single sleeping bag.

Maybe he expected that she would have her own sleeping bag.

Maybe the one sleeping bag he had was one of those double or even king sized bags.

Maybe the bag was one of those mummy bags that would have been very difficult for two highly intimately involved people to sleep in.

Quien sabe?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 4:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Maybe, but unlikely..

I'm happy that we aren't seeing as much drinking, raging because of drinking and hookups this season.

There is actually some variety for once. Other than the one girl being so obsessed with and possessive of the one guy; that is getting old for him and for me, too.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Count me in as another who's glad there's not as much drinking or raging or hookups.

And LOL Sea... I was about to post about Devon. She really acts like a high school crush with him... She's way too possessive. And I about spit out my water when she said he'd realize he's always had a crush on her. Um, yeah, sorry hon. I don't think so. I get the feeling she went on that show to hook up with someone, though. (Also didn't think she was that great a singer but what do I know? :-))

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
no comment the last two weeks?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Last night was basically lots of immaturity.. the guys buying a fairly large rat and sneaking it into Devon's bed and later into Sara's.. grow up!

And Devon playing two guys, gets a visit from one and the roomie guys get all righteous about it, later she breaks it off with that guy (who really sounded like he was funding her life..)

And the guy who was in the army had his girlfriend visit.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, February 20, 2009 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yeah, didn't you love how Devon called what's his name a player a few weeks ago yet she thinks she's not one when she's dating two at a time and has the hots for the third? She seems really immature and I'm wondering how she got on this show. I don't blame the roomies for getting all righteous about it, based on her comments about other roomies being players.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Is anyone still watching this? I think I just watched my last episode.

I've never been a huge follower of the Real World shows. I'd catch an episode on occasion (although I did manage to catch most of the Hollywood edition via reruns).

So for those of you who've been followers, are the roommates usually this young? They seem particularly immature and childish.

Last night's episode, where JD claims Sara was gossiping all about the boys? Then he goes with the boys to pick up Ryan and DOES THE EXACT SAME THING HE COMPLAINED ABOUT. And that's just one example. Katelynn wasn't impressive last night either with her refusal to clean up, but then Scott's hiding the keys to the car (which only made Sara late)?

I'm sorry but that was my last ep of this season. I'd rather watch RHOC!! :-)

Sportygirl
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06-14-2005

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportygirl a private message Print Post    
Costa, I agree that at times they seem very immature this season. Plus we get almost an entire episode devoted to a prank. The kids don't have a job this year so there hasn't been much to film about. I want to see Baya and Devon go on more auditions, Sarah helping out more at the shelter and Katelynn getting more involved in the GBLT community. I want to see Chet do more of his funny interviews.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i agree they are more immature than usual - and i think some of it is a mob mentality - i dont think the boys alone would be acting that immature but its like they are in a frat

and i think devon and katelynn is bringing the other girls down - i do think katelynn just has issues to work out in separating "doing the right thing" from feeling like no one can tell her what to do anymore - and i also think the lack of screen time for baya probably is because she is the most stable one and those usually never get shown enough :-)

Jodie75
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08-26-2004

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodie75 a private message Print Post    
I'm still watching, but last night's eppy left a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm really sick of Devyn's attitude <100> not Devon) - we always see her on the phone or ranting about how she's not going to be forced to do this or that.

I am SO disappointed in JD - the way he's actually turned out to be. I loved him in the beginning, he honestly had a good attitude and seemed to be very caring and was looking out for his housemates. But now he's acting kind of like a controlling brat, even though I see his point about needing a meeting and getting his housemates to agree to do certain chores. The house is gross. But that whole act with smashing the table...if I were one of the other people, I would have lost any last ounce of respect I had left for him. He was behaving like a total drama queen. It was completely unnecessary and uncalled for. And oh, yeah, throwing the phone in the ocean? Real bright. And he is an absolutely obnoxious drunk.

Katelynne has disappointed me beyond belief; I really liked her in the beginning and thought she was cool and brave to change her body to the one she thought she should have been born with. But I agree with the boys about her constantly prancing around in her underwear; none of them do it, they've told her they don't like it, yet she does it anyway, and they don't push the subject. And then yet she childishly refuses to do her share in keeping the house.

I still like Baya and Sarah. And Ryan, too, actually. I still don't like Chet. I can't even tell you why I dislike him so much. As for Scott (is that his name?) - I was totally indifferent to him up until the last episode, other than to dismiss him <100>, but now I've formed an opinion. I don't like him. Making Sarah late for her volunteer job with the art therapy for kids was inexcusable. He should have made his point in another way. He just made himself look bad to all the girls.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think the problem (in last night's episode) was that the guys WERE right about needing to clean up after self and have consideration, but they didn't stand much chance of being heard for a couple of reasons..

1. The way they acted high and mighty/perfect and talked down.

2. And the childish way they had treated the female roomies previously, with the rats in beds, refusing to give the girls the ADDRESS when they went to Gettysburg (the cars have GPS systems, so why wouldn't they give them that info.. instead they told them to just follow along.. pfft.

And of course they guys have trash talked and gossiped all along, so .. big deal if the girls do it too.

They were also unmerciful in taunting Katelynn from day one and while Devyn isn't my cup of tea, that didn't give them the right to taunt her or try to out her when that guy came to visit her.

So bottom line to me is.. even when they guys might have a totally reasonable request, they are coming from a hostile and uncaring situation that they've created, and then act like they are perfect and know everything (Chet is especially irritating and smug).

I sort of hated to see that JD was "rewarded" for breaking the table rather violently and ripping out the phone and throwing it "overboard" by then having the women come around and start helping out. That will only encourage him to act out like that in the future. I really would have hoped that MTV would have at least talked to him or made him do some anger management, just something to say "this isn't acceptable", even if he replaces the glass and figures out that you don't go to a cell phone store to get an old fashioned landline (but there are plenty of places where you can find those).

Costa, there have been casts far worse than this one, but this situation is definitely deteriorating.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OMG how could I forget that... I thought JD should've been thrown out of the house. At least for the night, if not forever, after what he did. Breaking the GLASS table? Tearing the phone out of Devyn's hands AND the wall and then tossing it into the ocean? He has some serious anger management issues and I wouldn't feel safe in that house with him.

Sea, your post is pretty much spot on. The environment they are in was mostly created by the guys. The pranks with the rats were almost the last straw for this viewer last week, but this week's episode was the final one.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
But compared to the cast in Australia.. think of one woman crying on the phone which was in a glass booth room that season with two of her enemy female roomies shrieking and spitting on the walls at her.. later one of them threw something or struck her and WAS made to leave. And another of the women was so beat down by her boyfriend at home she actually was told by him to choose between going on a fantastic trip during the season or coming back to Fresno, and she actually didn't go on the trip, and left the Real world house and went home. (and then later they broke up anyway) and at least one of the guys was extremely volatile.

This cast seemed almost normal in comparison.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I remember Australia and I remember the women, but I don't remember every single castmate being this infantile. They kicked the one off for being physically violent, and the other left on her own to go back to her BF.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
yah i have the pleasure of being from the same town as trisha...the girl who had to leave australia because she has an anger problem.

she gave a great example of our town. lol.

Jodie75
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08-26-2004

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodie75 a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, I totally agree with you about JD. You are absolutely right that JD was pretty much rewarded for his childish and violent behaviour. I remember thinking that it was like a child being given into by his parents after he threw a tantrum. Now JD has learned how to behave to get what he wants.

Thorandtara
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09-15-2008

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Thorandtara a private message Print Post    
Costa, in fact, this cast is one of the oldest, chronilogically, since the early days. Note that I am not saying maturity, just in terms of ages.

I am old enough to remember the first few seasons, where there were no group jobs, etc. It was an amazing television experience (even with the editing) to see the original New York, LA, San Francisco (Puck especially!). As they tricked it out, it just became ridiculous, especially when the casts became younger and younger.

This cycle is trying to return to the original premise, and I give them credit for that. I think it's not working out the way it was expected to. Immaturity? Times have changed? Poor casting? Who knows?

It's not the early days, and thankfully, it's not the recent days either. (From Hawaii on...just a train wreck.)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, February 27, 2009 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think poor casting for sure!!

I hope that we see JD sees some repercussions from his lovely little outburst on next week's show. Well, I hope you guys do and update me cuz I won't be watching! :-)

Malaka
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07-05-2007

Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 1:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Malaka a private message Print Post    
The boys attitudes and war against the girls is so prepubescent. Those boys have a lot of growing up to do.

Biginjapan
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07-23-2005

Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 11:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biginjapan a private message Print Post    
Devyn and her boyfriend juggling is crazy. Well really her attitude about it is crazy.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 02, 2009 - 3:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Of course it is, but that is her business, not the self-appointed dictators of etiquette, who just happen to be acting like middle school boys at times.