Sunday Chatter

It is Sunday....have you all been good today? You are nincompoop! Who in the right mind will say no? Who knows, maybe there is one or two, or maybe several that will be honest to say yes. You never know. That is sooo true! What are you chattering today? How about the tic tac toe. Okay, what about it? It is such a simple game...placing the x or o to block your opponent! Can you believe that it was right there in front of me and I blew it??? I felt soo stupid!!! Everybody can see what the right move should have been but did I do it?? Of course not! What was I thinking??? Who knows??? That is no excuse...it was plain stupid!!! Oh, well, it is a thing of the past, move on!!! Just do not do the same thing next time, which I am sure you will not! You learned your lesson! Next! Government shutdown. It was averted!! Woo hooo....as if we do not know that it will be averted! These people are really good actors, is it not?? And they have been in the limelight for a few days!! Next! I read something interesting, stupid and crazy. The German Central Bank was sending damaged euros to China to be recycled as scrap metal. The inner core separated from the ring around it. You know what China did? China put back together the coins and sent it back to Germany to be exchanged for undamaged euros!!! Isn't the Chinese people smart??? You bet!!! Next! What is this about Donald Trump running for president in 2012? Which party will he be on? Republican? I really do not know. Do you think he will make a good president? Well, they said that his popularity is going up because he is talking about the right things, e.g., Obama's birth certificate. That is one thing about Obama, why can't he just produce it to put an end to this hoopla?? And why aren't the lawmaker's questioning him?? Isn't it too late since he has been in the office for 2 years now??? Comments??? Next Eva Longoria's skimpy 'tuxedo" outfit when she was a guest at Letterman. Letterman could barely talked when a button popped out revealing nothing underneath! Way to go, Eva!!! How come there has been sooo many wardrobe malfunctions of celebrity clothes??? Aren't the designers or whoever makes the dresses check the dresses first before releasing it to the celebrities??? If I am the celebrity, I would have cursed the people that made the dress, unless it is good publicity stunt??? Who knows with the celebrity world. It seems the more they are in the limelight, the better it is for their success!! Am I right or not??? Well folks, this is it for now. Have a nice week!!! God Bless!!!

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There is a new apprentice in Donald Trump's boardroom! She is none other than Brandy Kuentzel, an attorney. She was head to head with a fellow attorney, Clint Robertson!

What was their final task before The Donald made the decision? The plan was a large scale event at Trump National Golf Course in Westchester, New York. Brandy managed a golf tournament with Kathy Griffin for entertainment and Clint planned a gala headed by Liza Minelli! As usual, there were also extensive interviews of the 2 candidates!

If I were also Donald Trump, I would have picked Brandy! First of all, look at her... she is young, beautiful, well educated and has good charisma and body! Oh! Oh! You are bias! Well, she is a prize possession ...hmmm...I mean she will be nice to deal with by Donald's clients! On the other hand, I do not have anything against Clint..but he is not as sexy and good looking as Brandy! Need I tell more?? Okay we get it! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! You are all in the outward looks! Not good! Does that mean to say that the ugly ones does not have a place in the boardroom? Well, there is always an exception for everything is it not? But, maybe if we go to Donald Trump's boardroom all we will see are gorgeous people! I hope I am wrong! Any comments???

I think I have lost interest in watching the apprentice. Maybe it has lost its glamour and people was not as feisty and competitive as before? Plus it is now on TV later... at 10 pm! By that time one is winding up to either catch up with e-mail or go to sleep! It seems they have lost their ratings! What do you think?

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There are 4 people left in the Apprentice. Who will be eliminated on this episode? Who will be in the finals?

The episode started with Donald Trump giving them their assignment, which was to sell women's accessories by designer Isaac Mizrahi at QVC in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Octane, Clint Robertson and Steuart Martens chose the leather satchel handbags since Clint saw how his wife bought very expensive handbags when they were still well off! Fortitude, Lisa Mucheru- Wisner and Brandy Kuentzel chose the mother of pearl watches!

Steuart was the spokesperson on their team. I thought he did a good job except Clint should have kept quiet! Clint was trying to feed words to Steuart which a distraction! And Wow! They were selling the handbags for $194.97 which Mizrahi thought was too high! I thought that was outrageously high also. They sold 24 handbags for a total sale of $2,174.25. Did they win??

Lisa chose Brandy to be the spokesperson since she is Caucasian. Per Lisa, 85 % of QVC viewers are 85 % Caucasian. I do not know why race has anything to do with the spokesperson is???? They were selling the watches for $69.50, and they sold 77, bringing the total to $2,998.38!!! The women won!!! Way to go, girls!!!!

In the boardroom, the men were scrambling to get their behinds saved! Steuart is only 27 years old, has a business degree - finance and marketing. Clint is 40, is a CPA and has a law degree!!! Steuart mentioned that he grossed a million when he was 23! Clint burst his bubble by stating that he too made a million by that age!!! Wow!!! Very impressive!!! I think I like Steuart better. Why? Just because he is better looking than Clint??? No, it seems that Clint is kind of cocky and has a high and mighty attitude! I do not know, maybe it is just me. Any comments, anyone???

Who did Trump fire?? Steuart Martens!!! Steuart is back in Washington DC to his business ventures!!! Hopefully, he learned something in the Apprentice that will help him with his business!!!!

Who will be Trump's latest apprentice? Clint, Lisa or Brandi??? Stay tuned next week!

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In this episode, Donald Trump changes the team. Fortitude now has David, Poppy, Stephanie and Anand, while Octane consists of Clint, Brandy, Liza and Steuart.

What was the task? To design a 4 page advertisement for the clothing line - shirts, ties and cuff links, of Donald Trump's signature clothing which is available at Macy's. Trump gave the team a warning that this task is very personal to him, so they need to impress him!! Of course, it is personal to him, it is not only his collection, but he is thinking of the revenue that will be generated to add to his bundle of money!!!! Got it??? The team will be judged by Terry Lundgren, President and Chairman of Macy's, according to 3 criteria: creativity, brand integration and overall presentation! The project manager of the winning team will be meeting with Terry Lundgren.

David was the project manager of Fortitude. Their motif was everything in black, which David thought was original and classy except the shirts and ties should be in color. The model showed up and instantly, David had all but praises for the young model, which Anand jokes David about some " man crush." Wow! That was deep, Anand!!! Do you think that is what prompted the fussing to each other of David and Anand??? Who knows?? David delivers the presentation without rehearsing. The judges liked the contrasting colors on the models, but seemed concerned about the ill- fitting clothes on the models!

The project manager for Octane was Brandy, who immediately proposes something sexual. Clint also suggested sex, power and wealth as the presentation's motif. It will be a woman on a bed wearing a men's clothing the morning after! Steuart and Brandy were going to meet with the models, only to find out that the models were nowhere in sight! Steuart and Brandy made an executive decision, to be the models of their team!! Eric Trump visited Octane and applauded Brandy for taking an additional work as a model, but he was concerned that her other duties might be shortchanged! Eric was also concerned about the raciness of the photoshoot for Trump's image!! During presentation, Brandy stumbles on her delivery, calling it Trump collection. It should have been Donald J. Trump Signature collection!

Well, who was the winner??? Although Terry Lundgren likes Fortitude's motif, he did not pick it because of the model not fitting in the shirt! Terry Lundgren decided that he likes Octane's ad so much that he is going to use it in a major Macy's campaign! So, sex surely sells???? Of course, it does!!! But that seems to be a new image for Donald Trump, is it not??? Ha! Ha! Ha! It is about time!!! He is married to a beautiful woman and is always surrounded by beautiful women across the universe!!!!

In the boardroom, Trump asks Brandy if she was having an affair with Steuart which she calmly denied, and said that she prefers older men!!! Whoa!!! Donald Trump!!! Your mind is in the gutter!!! I did not know you are a " DOM ," dirty, old man!!! Whoopsie, you were so intrigued with their performances, you just have to blurt it out!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! That tells us, you are as human as the rest of us...only with more money!!!! So, who got fired? David Johnson, 34, of Portage, Michigan!

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The rating of the Apprentice must have dropped to give them a 10pm slot! Didn't the program used to be in the 8 pm slot? People must not like the celebrities that were vying as Donald Trump's apprentice!!! Now that they have ordinary, economically challenged people like many of the people out there, I wonder if it might get more viewers? And do not forget about the rising of several blabber mouth individuals. These are the people that will give Trump the viewers he needs!!! More drama, more viewers, more moolah! Right??? It is not that Donald Trump need more money, but I think he is more hungry with the publicity!!!

How about Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr? They seem to be good people, not like the other rich kids that is always in the limelight for the wrong reasons! Ivanka is a beautiful, creative and smart woman. I was wondering though, did she have a very large implant? In one of the last episodes, I was not sure if that was too much "boobs" or she was pregnant! Ha! Ha! Ha! You are sooo crazy!!! I almost fell on the chair!!! Didn't you know that the " boobs" and the belly are in 2 different places? How could you think that way??? You are an idiot!!! Well, that was my perception, I could not help it!!! Maybe it was her dress? Who cares? Leave her alone!!!

Back to the Apprentice. The task for this eoisode is making a viral video for Popcorn, Indiana! First of all, what is a viral video? According to Wikipedia, a viral video is a process of internet sharing through video sharing and e-mail. Viral videos often contain humorous contents and include televised comedy sketches. In plain English please.... Suppose you see a funny video or read a humorous e-mail, you forward it to your friends who in turn forwards it to their friends, resulting in endless forwarding! Why is it called viral? I do not know, but virus spreads rapidly, right? So maybe that is why it was named viral - from virus?? Does anyone know? And when did it start? Wow! I learned something new again today! Viral video!

The project manager for Fortitude, the women's team was Mahsa Saeidi - Azcuy; for the men's team, Octane, Clint Robertson. Mahsa and the women decided to do a viral video of the popcorn company in the gym. The use of the popcorn during the workout was sooo funny and hilarious, that at times, it was obscene!!! On the other hand, the men's team decided to do their viral video on the streets! The men will throw popcorn to an innocent bystander who might be lost in his or her own thoughts when suddenly, bam!!! Popcorn is all over them!!! It went on for several times and they ended with a popcorn fight on the streets! The end was showing the popcorn container with the company's logo! Hmmmm.... I wonder who cleaned that popcorn mess after all this??? I just hoped that no one slip and slid from the popcorn!! You always think of something, don't you? Anyway, who cares? These are smart people, so they should know what to do with all the popcorn they had spilled on the streets! Wow!!! What a waste!!! Do you want some popcorn now?? You are nincompoop!!!

Who won??? The men's team won!!! Tyana Alvarado said goodbye in the boardroom. Per the other women, all Tyana did was complain without contributing to the team!! As they said, people do not want a blabbermouth! Sayonara, Tyana! I hope you got something good from your mentor, Russell Simmons, that you can put to good use!!!

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Apprentice by Donald Trump has a new season! This time, the contestants are not celebrities but common, unemployed people!!! That is good! Wait a minute... you said unemployed?? There is one woman that is not unemployed when she started the apprentice season! Huh??? How did she passed the audition as unemployed??? I guess she can get away with things because she is very pretty!!!! Nevertheless, she is a liar and a selfish person!! She could have given her spot to a real person that is unemployed! Why did she do it? Did she not like her job? Who knows what her motive was! Who are you talking about? Mahsa Saeidi Azcuy, an assistant DA in Brooklyn, New York. According to the news, she took a 2 month leave of absence from her job to be on the show without the knowledge of her boss and colleagues! As a result of being exposed, she resigned this week! Wow!!! Is she a contender for being the apprentice??? I guess we will have to wait for the finale!!! Also, people are comparing her to Amarosa, a previous apprentice contestant. I am not really sure why.

The task that was given to them by Donald was to manage a hotel and spa for pets. They will be judge for execution, creativity and sustainability, and overall performance.

The Octane group was led by James Weir, 31, from New York, New York, an unemployed attorney for 1 1/2 years. During the meeting with the owner of the establishment, James made the owners wait while he talked to his peers! Yikes! James! What were you thinking???? That is a no..no..True enough, the owners did not like that looking at the expression on their faces! That was not the only obstacle that he has to overcome. One of the men continued to aggravate him, so he threw him out!!! Who are we talking about? David Johnson, who was fuming when he was fired by James and he promised that he will nail him in the boardroom!!!

How about the women, Fortitude, that was led by Tyana Alvarado, 41, Miss Cougar California, an unemployed sales representative? Their idea was really good, which they called " Tailwag Tuesdays." They came up with this idea since Tuesday is the slowest day for the hotel and spa. Every pet owner will get a bag of goodies and a report card for the pet. At the back of the report card is a picture of the pet! They won and Tyana's reward was a mentoring by Russell Simmons, a successful entrepreneur!

One of the judges was Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer. Who do you think the judges chose? They did not like Octane since they have so many leaders. They liked the video camera concept but it was not enough to win!!!

In the boardroom, James got an earful from David and others of how he lacked leadership skills and lack of respect by people in his team. He chose to bring back David Johnson, 34, from Portage, Michigan, a once successful account manager, and Wade Hanson, 33, from Woodbury, Minnessota, a thriving real estate mogul before the recession, to the boardroom, much to Wade's surprise! In the end, James was fired! According to reports, James landed a job in the attorney general's office in New York! He is a practicing lawyer again!!! Good for him!!!

The recession really hit hard on many people, including the apprentice contestants. It is good that Trump is doing this, and not the celebrities, except there is only one winner! Well, that will be one less person collecting unemployment!!!! Sad!!!! Really sad!!!

Who do you think will become the apprentice?? Will it be Mahsa??? I guess we will have to wait for a few more weeks!!!

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