Well that sort of economics explains the weight loss, anyway.
I’m clearly in the minority here, but I thought it was a good episode. I could be wrong, but I think the reason Carson didn’t flirt so much with Josh is that he wasn’t attracted to him. Carson’s taste seems to be more along the lines of the traditional male model stereotype. Anyway, the reason I liked the episode so much is that Josh seemed on the verge of slipping into a dungeon of self-loathing and dispair. The Fab 5 rescued him, and I believe that he now can move on with his life come what may. And that’s what I like about this show so much — the way the 5 improve people’s circumstances and self-esteem.
According to various sources the show doesn’t release specific budgets but the Fab 5 base their selections for the straight guys in part on the basis of how much the straights can reasonably afford to maintain the lifestyle changes the 5 recommend. They aren’t going to put someone making $30,000 a year in $5,000 suits. As far as furniture goes, if the furniture is quality it’s going to last for many years, at least until maybe they can put aside enough for a replacement couch.
Just for once, can they find a straight guy who already practices normal shaving habits? These subjects either do their entire heads every day, or nothing at all except when company’s coming. All those ragged whiskers every week are starting to grate on me.
This is definitely the weak link so far.
Re: Blair- considering how incredibly popular the show is and that he quit his other jobs, $105,000 actually seems very reasonable (and I’d certainly sue if I was made the gay Pete Best after signing a contract). Of course I’m from Alabama, home of “jackpot justice” where $105,000 is a matter for small claims court (“Oh yeah, I’m $105,000 richer, but it doesn’t change the fact that they mispelled my name on the cookie I ordered! HEY, what’s that 5 ton 10 Commanmdents doing in my parkin’ space?”)
Otto: if you don’t mind a personal question, were you a vegetarian when you were overweight or is it how you lost the 100 lbs? And have you accepted Kyan as your personal lord and shaver?
JustPlainBryan I believe you. My Hubby cannot dance - just can’t! Even a two-step is too much. It’s tragic b/c I love dancing, but my poor dear just looks like a drunken orangutan no matter what’s playing, and he cannot keep a beat. Even when I’m dancing to the rhythm right in front of him. It’s been 15 years and nothing’s changed. And it has no bearing on any other element of our marriage.
Unfortunately we missed seeing this episode; but I did make Hubby buy a shirt in a smashing shade of red the other day, rather than his usual grey/black, so I think the show’s taking effect.
Otto I just have to throw out a Cheesehead hi; we lived in Madison for 8 years & every time I see your name I think of that bar & grill on Mineral Point (or is it Gammon?). Only I guess you’d be more likely to head over to Sunporch for some vegetarian fare.
Well, we certainly found out Kyan’s stance on The Right to Bare Arms in this episode . . .
Sampiro
I’ve been vegetarian for 11 or 12 years and was fat for all of that time (and well before). The thing is…cheese isn’t meat, so eating an entire cheese pizza was all good under a vegetarian diet. A couple years ago I decided for ethical reasons to stop eating cheese (most of it is made with rennet which is a slaughterhouse product) and I also decided to start exercising and figuring out the mystery that is portion control. I do 1/2 hour per day on a treadmill and weights 3-5 times a week.
And my sweet sweet Kyan can shave me * any time* (I believe I’ve revealed my shaving “thing” on these boards before).
fessie
I work right near Mineral Point/Gammon so I probably drive past whichever B&G you mean every day on my way to work. Never was that intrigued by Sunporch; I can make just as good at home for cheaper.
The folks in my group think…perhaps I should explain. See, every week I go to “Queer Night”. My girlfriend and I go to the apartment of these two gay friends of ours. Usually we’re joined by another fellow (who brought a boyfriend originally, but they’ve broken up). So, five or six of us get together, cook dinner, someone brings dessert, and we all watch “Boy Meets Boy” and “Queer Eye”.
Anyway, during this week’s episode we got to thinking that maybe before they Fab Five swoop in on some guy’s house, they ask him not to shave for a few days so that they’ll have some unkemptness to work with. So, I reckon you might have to just get used to it.
To continue the Madison hijack…
Otto – I’m guessing the B&G that fessie mentioned was the one that bears your name: Otto’s. Hence the connection.
I used to pass by it all the time when I still lived in Madison; sort of a west-side landmark amidst all the sprawl.
(Hijack over. We now return you to your regularly scheduled QEFTSG thread).
Which reminds me: What the hell was up with that shirt that Carson picked out for the straight guy? That was supposes to be sophisiticated fashion? It looked worse than waht he was wearing before the Fab 5 came to his rescue. I did like the three stooges schtick in the gym though. And Carson relating how horrified the stores were when he inquired about designer shoes in a size 14.
In my experience, which I’m embarrassed to say is extensive, (let’s just say I really enjoyed my 20s and 30s), I have found that a guy who is not comfortable with his body on the dance floor is not usually comfortable with his body in the sack. I’m not saying it’s a universal law, just that I have found it to be true more often than not. YMMV.
Dancing is 90% skill (the other 10% is instinctual ability to walk, jump, and ‘keep a beat’).
Unless one practices, one does not perform the skill well. (Granted, there are naturally gifted people for whom dancing is easy, and they need less practice, and natural goofs who need more practice.)
Unfortunately, while Jai was able to get Josh sort of bouncing to the beat (which is all you need do, at the bare minimum to be dancing) in the gym; in the club, OTOH, it was clearly performance anxiety (and lack of practice) which made Josh freeze up. You can tell that he couldn’t hear and move to the beat (or, ‘baseline’ as Jai kept calling it).
It’s like someone you can train to start singing, but, in front of others they freeze up and sound horrible.
There’s more to dancing than moving feet or hands to the beat, there’s also the ‘bounce’ that makes it look natural. Otherwise, one looks like they’re running with stiff legs where the knees or ankles don’t naturally ‘spring.’ With dance, one needs to ‘spring.’
The best way to learn to dance is to take an aerobics class (high impact if your knees can take it). Running in place is dancing if you do it to the beat of the music. Aerobics will teach you how to count the beat, add steps to the ‘running in place,’ and how to move your arms while doing everything else. It will also get you into the aerobic shape needed to dance all night, even if it’s between gobear’s sheets.
Peace.
Ah. Never been to Otto’s and never will if the menu’s any indication. I don’t drive past it on my way to work but do otherwise and I actually always think of my best friend’s cat, also named Otto (but not the source of my SN).
Oh and gobear? I dance like a lox but any time you’d like to falsify your “bad on the dance floor, bad in the sack” hypothesis you let me know.
People, it’s bass line not baseline. Bass as in low frequency sounds.
That is all. Oh, and Jai is pretty damn useless.
Absolutely, easy e. Can I be forgiven for such an error. I do work in the graphic arts industry so “baseline” is a term I use daily and the substitution, while horrendous, is at least understandable.
Josh’s Apartment is in a Michelama development (rent-subsidized housing) and he pays for it without anyone’s assistance. The value of the goods he recieved is approx. $8,000. He is usually neatly shaven, and cuts his hair, but the show requested that he grow shadow and let his hair grow for effect. His girlfriend put him up to appearing on the show, and he agreed mostly for the free shit. He was also unaware of how big the show was (filming took place before the premier of the show), so cut him some fucking slack.
-Josh’s Cousin
Well, probably so… IF the problem is “being uncomfortable with his body”.
If OTOH the problem is about lacking musical instinct, being self-conscious about performace in front of crowds, or not having acquired a skill that you were not born with, it’s hardly a predictor.
And welcome to the SDMB, Mr. AlanGreenspan. You raise one good point – how the home redecoration/new clothes part of the equation will serve as an incentive for people to “go along” even if they later revert. If they did ask him to grunge-up for effect, but his normal persona was clean-shaved, then the recommendation to keep a stubbly-but-trim beard was probably based on that Kyan judget it fit Josh’s face better – but he does not mention that this is a deliberate change: he makes it look like he’s modifying Josh’s regular look. (And I had guessed that it probably was subsidized housing) BTW, careful with the profanity outside of the “BBQ Pit” forum, a Moderator may take issue with it.
The episode wasn’t as great as the others, but I still liked it. I really liked Josh’s personality, and the guys seemed to enjoy him, too.
I’m a straight man, but I kind of wished I was Josh when Kyan was playing with his hair in the dentist’s chair. What does that mean?
