apprentice, week ???

TWO firings again? it's like the donald can't wait for this season to be over!

this week was star wars -- task: invent an interactive display to promote the episode 3 dvd and the new video game... i had read somewhere online that george lucas might appear this season, but not the man himself, just one of his producers.

brian screwed up majorly by making his team miss their meeting with the executives; thus his team totally missed the point of the task... so from the beginning i was expecting him to get fired.... marshawn was being really screwy with the presentation. i was fairly disappointed in her. she's been strong, consistent, and not catty throughout, but when she decided not to do the presentation and pass it off half an hour before it was to be made, that did not bode well for her at all.

so farewell to BOTH brian and marshawn.

this leaves 6 contestants.

i think clay is whiny, i think felisha is fake. i think alla brings a lot to the table but i associate her a lot with felisha so she gets on my nerves. i'm frankly surprised that all three of them are in the final 6.

i like adam, even though he seems a little green around the gills. he seems to be a responsible team player and could make it out alright.

rebecca's made some decisions i didn't like this season, but in the end, every episode she works hard, and she picks up slack even at the last minute without getting petty with others. ... and she's still doing this whole season on crutches. now that marshawn is gone, she's my #2 pick.

but randal is still totally the man. i'm still pulling for him all the way.

we shall see...

what is this about next week's task being to write a song? oi... sometimes i wonder why i still watch tv anymore... without scrubs on, there isn't really anything i should watch, and yet i'm sadly addicted to a handful of stuff.

in other news, it's after 10:30 on a night my students have webwork due and i have no "last minute question" emails yet -- this is kinda nice!

to read, and probably to write a book review in a bit... stay tuned.