mmm, whiskers

a few words about the loves of my life. there have been many, i'm not going to lie. but this entry will be dedicated to the men of reality tv who have stolen my heart.

now i've spent more time following reality tv than i like to admit. hell, i taught a college course on the subject. i shit you not. (i heart you, tufts) among the countless cast members i've encountered throughout the years, a few have won me over and managed to induce the phenomenon known to me as "the tingles." (i wont' get into details here, the name really does say it all). anyway, here are my top 3:

1. jason, from the real world: boston. oh, jason. the brooding poet with the perpetual five o'clock shadow. so sexy. he looks like he walked out of a dress rehearsal for "rent." he was too cool for the cameras, and behaved as if he'd signed up for the real world without knowing he was going to be taped the whole time. he was kind of aloof, but still sensitive. and he had a girlfriend named...timber? what? well, for that, i'll forgive him. jason had me at "hello." and he's kept my respect by refusing to exploit himself on "battle of the sexes" or "the gauntlet" (though lord knows i'd be psyched to see him again).

2. jamie, from the real world new orleans. yum. jamie was the ivy-league do-gooder who was all prissy when he arrived in new orleans but left a changed man. he and julie the morman struck up a very special friendship of mutual respect and admiration and then i think they made out for like a second. but then jamie showed up on the last battle of the sexes with a very very sexy bushman facial-hair thing, and i forgave him for kissing the morman. jamie's on the current season of "the gauntlet" sans facial hair, and it's not a pretty picture. hopefully while on the island(s) of trinidad and tobego, he lets loose and gets those whiskers back.


3. johnny knoxville, of jackass. the sadist in me really loves johnny knoxville. unlike jason and jamie, johnny wears his tortured soul on the outside, in the form of paintball shots to the groin. johnny has also been known to rock the facial hair. and he wears converse


so what have we learned? i enjoy men with J names and facial hair and i watch bad tv.

(not included in this post is dan from road rules northern trail. you all remember dan, he was the all-american boy from the midwest, the perfect gentleman, the varsity athlete. and he ended up getting it on with tara, the blond but sweet party girl from cali, and even though they were humping, he was too much of a gentleman to admit it on the show. ahh, chivalry. anyway, dan will get his own post at a date TBA because he really takes the cake and he doesn't fit in with the others, seeing as he does not have a J name, facial fuzz, or chuck taylors. also, i can't find a photo online that does him justice.)