I found this email exchange between me & my friend C very amusing, so I decided to share it with you, the Internet:
C:
Speaking of which, what’d you think of the most recent Food Network Star show? I thought the winner was clear from the beginning, but still disappointing, somehow. I’ll try the show when it actually comes on, I guess.
FN:
I thought it was pretty clear about Next Food Network Star that Guy had it in the bag from the start and it was his to lose. However, I was rooting for Andy, the technique nerd, b/c I would totally have watched that show, plus he’s cute. And I felt bad that the amateur was the first to go — I didn’t think she deserved that. Give that silly cow with the bad highlights the boot!
C:
Yeah, Andy was my fave, too–he was so great with the cupcakes, and in the shared demo where he wacked the shit out of a pile of lemon grass. Most of the time, though, he was too uptight. Bummer. Silly cow w/ bad highlights: francophile girl w/ bikini? God, I could not *stand* her. Yech.
FN:
I don’t know — i was giving Andy the benefit of the doubt, since as a nerdy person myself I knew just exactly how awkward it would be to have to do all that TV stuff at the same time as you try to speak coherent english AND cook something. I remember last season people really got better over time as they got more used to it.
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And then we got distracted by talk of where we are going to eat the next time C hits town, and how he’s adopted my beloved gimlet, and how a place out there in Portland makes them with *silver tequila* — mmmmmmm….