More observations on The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris style:

Thinking more about Ed, he is funny as hell,  from his dolphin anecdote to the throwaway lines that the Editor allowed to sneak in. Funny and a hard worker and very handsome. Jillian chose well.

HOWEVER – the more I consider the Final Rose, I really think she was half way in love with Reid. I never thought she liked him as a boyfriend, so this surprises me – but when she let him go – both times- she really did have feelings for him. As Chris Harrison pointed out in his blog, who knows what she would have decided, if he hadn’t stepped in to give advice. I still think she would have chosen Ed, but that was a really close call.

Now, on to Jillian’s future! From Reality Wanted:

Q. Jillian, have you been offered anything in Chicago?
A. Jillian: Back home, I’ve gotten a few offers, which I don’t want to turn down until there are some finite plans. There’s been some talk of other TV things and I’m working on my hot dog book, but my main goal is to set my life back up and to get back to work as soon as possible.

Q. What’s the deal with the Hot Dog Book?
A. Jillian: I’m trying to write something cute and funny about the hot dog theory and my dating life and just a girls guide to dating a guy. Maybe some short stories about guys I’ve dated, just something fun on how to get a read on a guy just by what he puts on his hot dog.

Hmm. Well, Jillian is going to need some good dating cartoons for the hot dog book, right? And I’ve been doing restaurant cartoons for years! And I have an entire book out of chocolate cartoons!! Hey! [Hand waving, somewhat like Queen Elizabeth.] Over here, Jilly!

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That's the last time we let HIM order. All rights reserved ©D. Barstow Cartoon of cat ordering mice on pizza.

My first Wordless Wednesday. Taking the cue from a bird blogger I admire: Bev.

So if I get the self-control I hope for, there won’t be any words next time.

When our Bachelorette, Jillian Harris,  was writing a letter (in reply to letters from Ed and Kiptyn? – we never got to see that scene), her left-handedness was revealed. She’s just that special!

It really was an eventful Final Rose Ceremony. Jillian did glow, and she looked beautiful. The Bachelors looked properly nervous. There were rings. And Reid…did show up, and to Fleiss’s great satisfaction and relief, humiliated himself by asking Jillian to marry him when she already loved another.

Photo from The Monitor, from the LA Times.

Comments from Television Without Pity:

Reid didn’t seem that broken up by being turned down. I’m of the belief he’s been asked to be the next Bachelor, and this was part of the deal. They like their Bachelors to be jilted now and this ups the ‘ah, poor Reid’ quotient. I would hope if he really was there to propose seriously that he would have chosen to tuck his shirt in and wear something other then tennis shoes.

It was interesting to see Chris actually giving Jillian advice about how to handle Reid’s return. Has he ever done that before? But the million-dollar question in my mind is: why did they keep hiding Reid’s face? When he got down on one knee and said, “I love you,” we didn’t see him say it. We only saw Jillian’s face during that whole scene. Why? Hmmmmmm….

I noticed the missing camera shots of Reid, too. Usually she pushes them into prime lens territory, so…was the camera on the blink?

Other stuff: The volcano erupting as Jillian and Ed retired into the bedroom suite was hysterical. See, the Editor at The Bachelorette does have a sense of humor. The other time I laughed out loud is when the red station wagon pulled up and Reid stepped out in his white sneaks and some half-assed clothes that I’m sure they told him to wear. Read more »

I had to point out this disgusting article about birdfighting involving canaries and finches. From the Daily Record:

Police arrested 19 people from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey and seized 150 birds in a house raid on an alleged bird-fighting operation. Most of the birds were saffron finches, which are small birds native to South America, and a few were canaries, officials said.

Police said they made the arrests Sunday just as spectators had placed bets and were getting ready to watch the birds fight at a home in Shelton, just west of New Haven. Authorities say they seized $8,000 in alleged betting money.

The 19 people, all originally from Brazil, were charged with cruelty to animals and gambling.

The birds would fight for some 15 minutes, pecking each other in the legs, head and eyes…

This was in New Haven?? Gross. I don’t know how they decided who the winner was – it would take a lot for a canary beak to inflict much damage on another bird, but I guess the eyes would be vulnerable. I think the red canaries, or saffrons, as they call them, are more aggressive. I had a red canary who would hiss at me if I woke him up at night. Not really aggressive, for a bird weighing about an ounce…

From CNN:

Wayne Kasacek of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, which helped remove the birds, said that at least four of the finches have eye injuries.

But this is how serial killers start, by killing small animals. Or, in this case, Brazillian immigrants. No info on whether they’re legal. I love the comment someone left:

so wonderful when people from other countries come here and share their rich heritage and exotic traditions…