Project Runway Season 5 Episode 2 Live Brogging

Keep an eye out here for it.

If you want to be a part of it, I encourage it. Just keep editing and publishing posts as the episode plays. I wonder if that will work. You may have to be an admin (read: true bro) to do that. I'm not sure. If you can't edit posts, just keep up in the comments. I'm pushing for a true interactive experience here.


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12:40 p.m.

Colin: Oh man, only 8 hours and 20 minutes until the episode starts. It's taking all of my will power not to look on bravotv.com to see what the challenge will be. Anyone want to make predictions on who will go home? My initial guess is rocker chick. She has no clue.

1:52 p.m.

C: Hey Greg, Project Runway > the Brog. I'll give this post all the space it goddamn needs. What do you mean by jumps?

2:50 p.m.

C: I'm about to leave work. It is with much excitement that I think about sitting in front of my television on a large, comfortable couch watching some old Project Runway season marathon they are airing to lead up to tonight's new episode. Maybe I'll watch last week's episode for a third time so I can be really familiar with everyone. My only friends. My inevitably shrinking group of friends.

3:00 p.m.

C: Before I go home, I want to remind everyone about something that's happening after Project Runway tonight: GRIZZLY BEAR are playing a new song on Letterman. Tonight. That's exciting.

3:49 p.m

G: This is definitely nearing the point where it would be useful to have a jump before additional text. 'S all I'm saying.

C: I concede, and thank you for serving as the voice of reason.

8:51 p.m.

C: Do you know how to make a jump G? Be my guest. But seriously guys: disaster. I just returned home from dinner to find that a storm knocked out our wireless. I'm trying my best to fix it, but it looks like there will only be internet on the desktop upstairs this evening which means that the live brogging event of a lifetime must be postponed. Fuck, dudes.

If for some reason it starts working in the next... 7 minutes now, I'll brog. If not... I don't even want to think about it. I guess I'll just have to enjoy the show.\

8:55 p.m.

C: Also, Alex, I wanted to respond to your post. Firstly, you're right. But secondly, I don't care. What you just said can be applied to every single reality show ever. Everyone is a character. There are probably only 20 different types of people in this world and they make regular appearances on TV. That doesn't mean however that there can't be novel conflicts or occasional sparks of talent over the course of a season.

9:00 p.m.

C: FIXED IT! IT'S ON!

9:02 p.m.

C: Heidi's outfit looks like it's made out of trash bags. Rocker chick is all like "wtf I was on to something".

9:03 p.m.

C: Ooooh, model picking drama. Some guy just described himself as "saucy" about the situation. I question his word choice.

But fer real, it looks like the models were a little important. The challenge is that the models are the designers' clients for whom they must make a cocktail dress. That's not too original, is it? A little dress for the young and hip?

Oh, there's the clincher, they have to use green fabrics.

OH SHIT, AND THE MODELS ARE DOING THE SHOPPING. "A project runway first," says Tim Gunn.

9:07 p.m.

C: I get it. The models don't know how to shop for fabrics. I sip my beer. A Starr Hill Amber Ale. Gooooooo local brew!

My mom just said "Ooooo that's pretty" about one shade of blue a model chose.

9:10 p.m.

C: Some of the models are dumb. This one girl chose a champagne fabric, a peach fabric, and peacock feathers. Another one chose a dark chocolate brown and a light lime green. Barf.

Oh, and in case you wondered, Suede still refers to Suede in third person.

9:11 p.m.

C: Commercial break. Rocker girl is confused and worried... again. Get her the fuck out of here. I'm going to check Facebook.

9:16 p.m.

C: Blaine just made a weird analogy about Heidi being Darth Vader. He is weiiiiird.

9:18 p.m.

C: Stella (rocker) is choosing to make a sleek urban outfit (her style) instead of something flowy (like the model asked for). I think she's retarded.

Oooh someone just called Suede out on the third person thing.

9:22 p.m.

C: Suede's dress looks like ass. Like a bird's nest messily woven out of brightly colored shit. But Tim is excited about it? Ew, Tim.

9:23 p.m.

C: No immunity this challenge. The winning thingy will be on bluefly.com. Eh. Commercial.

9:28 p.m.

C: Stella only does leather. That's all she works with. She makes rock clothes. She sucks. She's bitching about using fabric.

9:31 p.m.

C: It's runway day and no one is anywhere near done. Blaine is still saying "-licious". Goddammit, Stella's model likes her dress.

3 models chose the same ugly dark brown fabric. Everyone is nervous... for gooooood reason.

In the last shots before the show... none of the dresses look cute. At all. Aaaaand commercial.

9:39 p.m.

C: Ooooooh! NATALIE PORTMAN IS THE SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE! Aw, and she just created a vegan shoe line. Do me now.

9:42 p.m.

C: Suede... kinda... pulled it together. There are just sooo many dresses... I can't even comment. Vacuum cleaner girl fell pretty far. Good thing she has immunity.

9:45 p.m.

C: I don't care what the judges say, those big weird looking collar things look like those things you put around dogs so they can't chew on their wounds.

9:47 p.m.

C: Dammit, Stella was one of the top 3.

9:48 p.m.

C: Natalie said she'd wear Suede's thing. There's no way he's not winning.

9:52 p.m.

C: My pre-commercial predictions: Suede wins. The guy with the unfortunate fitting shittily fabric'd brown dress loses... which kind of sucks. I like him and feel like somehow this loss isn't totally his fault. We'll see.

9:57 p.m.

C: Totally called the winner. It really wasn't that hard to predict... when the top 3 were all next to each other.

The bottom 2 are both the shitty dark brown fabric. DID I GUESS THE LOSER RIGHT!? ...you've got to watch to find out.

Fuck. Typing this all out was boring. Lesson learned. First and last PR LB.