Oh Joy, Oh Jade

Originally posted on my Friendster blog on 29 October 2006.

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i've started watching america's next top model season, ooops, i mean cycle, 6 again. i stopped watching it at some point because i just couldn't take how bad some of the contestants looked. yes, real bad. as in, fugly kind of bad. i know it's mean to say that and all, but i can't help it. i mean, i'm just telling the truth. and besides what's the point of watching tv, reality tv specifically, if you can't be snarky, right? anyway, now that the number of contestants has been trimmed down, i realized there are actually some girls who are pretty and photograph well, which i think i didn't see before, because there was so much, well, unpleasant distraction. but i didn't really start watching again because of these girls. it was because of one of the fuglies remaining on the show, jade, who turns out to be, surprise, surprise, a master of words. every time she showcases her linguistic prowess, she just gives me such joy.

last week, she coined the word 'cut-throatiness' to refer to the cut-throat business that is modeling. then, she composed a poem and said she wanted to share it with the viewers. it went this way: 'heaven and hell, earth power wind force, make me listen, and my strength will be my source.' profound, huh? and it rhymes. (does it also remind you of a certain singing group?) this week, when they, the contestants, were tasked to sell themselves to the judges, she described her body as 'proportionable.' in closing, she also said, 'i'm blah, blah, blah, what you see is what you get. don't judge the book by its cover.' yes, she said that. exactly like that. i have to say jade makes the english language very exciting indeed. oh, and she refers to herself as the undiscovered supermodel. hahaha. thank god for jade. she makes me so happy in these dire times.