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It was a night of "Joe's" for me.

I decided in favour of the Joe Millionaire finale over the OC tonight, but that's really okay because I can always catch the OC on FOX. They seem to rerun the same episode every other night... But Joe Joe Joe. Of course, as we all knew he would, he picked Linda. And of course, as we all knew she would, she got all confused again and started questioning herself and crying and doubting this and that and zzzzzzzzz. Honestly Linda - get a grip! The ending was unpredictable though. Not unpredictable like "I can't believe that happened!!!" but unpredictable like "I can't believe this stuff makes it on television." But it's FOX (who brought us the gripping, Mr. Personality) so all is forgiven. In the end, Linda, who bases her decisions on voices in her head rather than common sense or logic ("I could hear David calling me to him" she says to the camera), ventured all the way out to Texas to reunite with her new love. Like last year, FOX gave out a hefty cheque to her. Unlike last year, FOX bought David a ranch and a 90 acre piece of property. She can't believe it. He is estatic. They decide that they should really probably touch or something to prove to the home audience that they truly are in love. He decides to pat her on her back as if she were his horse. ("That a girl!"). She leans in to hug him but can't decide whether or not to go through with it because the voices in her head have stopped caring. Just like I have stopped caring. This edition of Joe sucked. "I want you to meet my family," says David. Running out from the house comes his dog. "I really believe in happy endings," says Linda. "I can't wait for her to settle down on this farm with me!" declares David. "This is love," they both agree. "Damn! I missed the OC for this?" I say to myself.

And then there was the other Joe. The Average Joe. Oh boy. Those "Average Joe" guys totally kick themselves in the groin. Take for example, Alex, who was inexplicably cast by NBC as one of the "hunks" who entered the show. I honestly thought he was another "twist" - like the below average Joe maybe? But apparently the producers saw something good looking about him because he was cast as a "hot guy." This has led to Alex believing that he is a lot more handsome than he deserves credit for. "I wish people would see that there's more to me than just a pretty face," he laments as he is eliminated by Melina. Uh Alex... it's hard for people to see "more" when they can't even see the pretty face you're talking about... And then there's John. Poor poor John. He saved a rock from the beach date he had with Melina and as he was eliminated tonight he had the terrible graces to utter "I had this rock in my pocket every time I thought of you." Melina manages a smile but can't believe John had the audacity to talk about his errection like that. If it were hot guy Michael on the other hand... Melina's smile gets wider...

PS> Don't even get me started on Oprah's "Favourite Things" episode today. For all the talk Oprah makes about helping the needy and reaching out to others, she gives away an awful lot of expensive stuff to her upper middle-class audience. And how many favourite things can one person have anyway? Whatever happened to a favourite season or a favourite colour? Apparently they've been replaced as favourites by diamond chokers and cashmere sweaters...
posted by Tim at 11:27 PM