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- Video: Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Cupid’s Arrow’ Is Our Favorite Dating Show
- Textual Healing: To Block Or Not To Block?
- The Daily WTF: This iPhone Case Is Your Boyfriend’s New Girlfriend
- Before You See ‘Bad Teacher,’ Read About Some Good Ones
- Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Love and Real Estate Are All About Location
- 5 Facts About Courtney Alexis Stodden, Teen Bride and Aspiring Country Singer
- Crushable Field Notes: Oh My God, You Guys, I Just Saw a Culkin!
- What My Dates Would Sound Like If a Publicist Wrote About Them
| Video: Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Cupid’s Arrow’ Is Our Favorite Dating Show Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT |
| Textual Healing: To Block Or Not To Block? Posted: 21 Jun 2011 10:05 AM PDT
Last week, I revealed that I have, from time to time, received unwanted and vulgar text messages. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t text at all,” I advised, before pointing out that it’s not possible to block someone from sending you text messages, like you would block someone from Facebook or instant messenger. But, I was proven wrong. Commenter Kait said there is a way to block numbers from being able to call or text your cell, at least for a few weeks or months at a time. While I’m all for blocking someone who is harassing you or stalking you via text, I’m apprehensive to block someone — like an recent ex, for example — who I told not to call or text me, but who I secretly hope will. Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? Sometimes I am great about resisting the urge to respond when I get a text from an ex or some guy I haven’t heard from in a long time. In those cases, I think, “What good would a response do at this point?” It’s not easy to resist a reply, but you feel great after you stick to your guns. But, there are those guys who I do want to hear from, even when I tell them I don’t. “Don’t ever text me again,” I’ve said to a guy more than once, before turning and walking away — possibly forever. At the time, I’ve meant it. Then a few weeks go by, and I keep waking up on Sunday morning with no surprise late night text from my former suitor. Though I’ve been disappointed by the fact that I’m not hearing from him, I’m consoled by the fact that, if need be, he could get in touch with me. If he just had to tell me how much he missed me or was thinking about me, I would get that text or call. So, until those guys start sending me profanity-laced epithets, I won’t block from them forever. I just don’t want to. Now, if they do ever text me, then I’ll be have to decide if I want to respond, and how. But at least I get the option, and in some cases that’s all I want. What would someone have to do or say to you to get the block? Would you make exceptions? Leave your experiences in the comments below and you might see them featured in an upcoming installment of Textual Healing. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Textual Healing: To Block Or Not To Block?  |
| The Daily WTF: This iPhone Case Is Your Boyfriend’s New Girlfriend Posted: 21 Jun 2011 10:51 AM PDT |
| Before You See ‘Bad Teacher,’ Read About Some Good Ones Posted: 21 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT This weekend Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segal will enter the canon of teacher movies with the opening of their movie Bad Teacher. But although they have bad teacher predecessors (Mr. Woodcock, anyone?) the genre is definitely dominated by “the inspirational educator.” How do you make an “inspiring educator” movie? Add one big name actor, add a true story, add some schmaltzy music, throw in a dash of race/class issues, and you’ll come out with a Golden Globe nomination. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Before You See ‘Bad Teacher,’ Read About Some Good Ones  |
| Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Love and Real Estate Are All About Location Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT
Love, like real estate, is all about location. One of the guys voiceovers that they’re following Ashley around the world for love, which is a cute idea until you remember this is a manufactured drama planned and plotted by producers, and that these dudes aren’t “following” so much as “doing what they got paid to do.” Some person named Lucas says that Chang Mai is the perfect place to find love. Crushable’s own secret TV boyfriend JP says that his best moments with Ashley have been one-on-one. (Um, yeah, duh?) “If you can’t find love in this type of environment, you’re hopeless,” says JP, and considering the rules of logic on this show he kind of has a point. Ashley also voiceovers that Chang Mai is the perfect place to find love. Chris Harrison points out that there are eleven dudes left, and that there are three dates coming up: a one on one, a two on one, and a group date. I’m sorry, but it sound a little porny when Chris words it that way. The recipient of the one-on-one date is Ben F, and I really enjoyed him last week so I’m glad to see more of him. He announces there’s a 100 percent chance Ashley will get a kiss on the date, which is cute. You can’t kiss in your head. Ben F. and Ashley leave for their date hand-in-hand, and several of the dudes have jealous faces. Ames voiceovers that Ben F (which he pronounces sort of like “Beneff,” and which I am stealing) that it’s hard to see Beneff and Ashley together since they have chemistry. He says that it’s getting hard as they get further along in the process, which he pronounces “pro-sess.” Wait, is Ames Canadian? The only people I know who pronounce it that way are Canadian. Beneff and Ashley go to an open-air market. Ashley voiceovers that she wants the guys to enjoy their trips, but she wants to ‘balance’ it with ‘real life.’ I guess her definition of real life is ‘shopping,’ because she drags him to a couple of kiosks that are selling dresses, and when she coos over one he offers to buy it for her. It could have come across like a suckup move, but Beneff seems very relaxed and normal. He voiceovers that Thailand is incredible and that he feels like he’s on vacation with his girlfriend. I kind of have a crush on him. Next, they make small versions of the giant paper umbrellas outside. That actually seems like a kind of cool art project, and I’m about as coordinated as a sloth. Then they go to a big Buddhist temple. I don’t know if they spent five minutes doing things for the cameras or if this date lasted like eight hours, but I’m enjoying the Thailand travel porn in the meantime. Beneff tries to plant one on Ashley but she tells him they’re not allowed to kiss at the temple because it’s a holy place. Undaunted, Beneff suggests a “mental kiss,” and he goes down a point. Ashley says she just wants to pounce on Beneff and that there’s a lot of sexual tension, and I’m like “Get a room.” They do, but the cameras are still there. You must talk about “taking down walls” or you are not really opening up emotionally. They change clothes and reappear at a really pretty outdoor dinner table. They have some wine, and Ashley uses this as an opportunity to ask Beneff about his winemaking business. I forgot that that was his job! Yeah, I’d date him. He explains the winemaking schedule to her. Somehow he segues into talking about his emotional and relationship history, because there’s an overlap between people who watch The Bachelorette and people who have seen Sideways. Beneff’s dad died a few years ago, and he says that it helped him mature and grow as a person and find out what kind of person he wanted to be. Beneff talks a lot about tearing down his walls (drink!) and how he wants to be with a woman who’s into casual stuff, hanging out and entertaining at home, and being a good son and brother. “For the first time in a long time I feel really hopeful,” Ashley says, because the Bentley thing happened like twenty minutes ago and she has had time to live four lives by then. She then offers Beneff a rose, and a bunch of Thai women come out to do some kind of ceremonial dance. And then they finally, finally kiss. Back at the house, the group date card arrives. William is good enough at math to realize that anyone not listed on the group date card will have to go on the deathmatch two-on-one date. The people going on the group date are Ames, Constantine, Nick, Blake, Lucas, Ryan, JP, and Mickey. That leaves Ben C (Bencee!) and our friend William for the doubleheader. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Love and Real Estate Are All About Location  |
| 5 Facts About Courtney Alexis Stodden, Teen Bride and Aspiring Country Singer Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:44 AM PDT
She’s been trying to get her career off the ground for awhile now. Courtney has been trying to break into the music industry for some time and has a couple of songs up on her MySpace page if you want to listen. She reportedly met Doug through some music industry contacts. She has a varied resume. Despite her youth, Courtney has plenty of credits to her name. Her professional bio lists some of her previous work experience as a model (she did promotional work for Gold’s Gym and appeared in an ad for the Elvis Presley Fan Club) and hostess of something called The Courtney Stodden Show. She’s a former pageant queen. Although she and Doug got hitched in Nevada, Courtney is originally from the Seattle area. She was crowned Miss Ocean Shores, WA – Ocean Shores is a town about two hours’ drive south of Seattle. Her parents supported her young marriage. In Nevada, minors need a parent’s permission to get married. Courtney’s mom Krista signed the papers for her, saying that Courtney and Doug have a great relationship. “They are very much in love and we are so supportive of this,” Krista said, adding that Courtney was a virgin when she got married and that her boobs are real. Um, thanks for sharing? She like shopping, cars, and the color pink. At least that’s what I learned from watching a couple of her music videos on YouTube, such as this one: Related posts: Post from: Crushable 5 Facts About Courtney Alexis Stodden, Teen Bride and Aspiring Country Singer  |
| Crushable Field Notes: Oh My God, You Guys, I Just Saw a Culkin! Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:17 AM PDT |
| What My Dates Would Sound Like If a Publicist Wrote About Them Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:07 AM PDT
Riveting. Did they use coasters? Did either of them get up to use the bathroom? Did Blake pay with exact change? This post reads like it was written by a publicist, which it very well may have been. What do we learn from this story, exactly? What new information does it give us? It just makes Blake and Leo sound boring, and if Hollywood stars are boring then I am the lamest person on Earth. So I put my most recent date (with my boyfriend, whom I live with in a state of perpetual regular-human dullness and whom we’re going to call James) through the publicist-o-meter, and here’s what came out.
Yeah, that’s way more glamorous than admitting we were wearing jeans and watching Netflix. Thanks, publicist-o-meter! Related posts: Post from: Crushable What My Dates Would Sound Like If a Publicist Wrote About Them  |
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Text messaging is often the fastest way to communicate with friends and acquaintances, but it's not always the best one. Especially when it comes to texting with guys. Here at Crushable we aim to help you sift through all the subtext and emerge relatively unscathed – with a little help from our friend Amanda Ernst. 
We start off the episode with even more recapping of Why Bentley Sucks, the new Bachelorette spinoff. If I have to watch him and Ashley say “dot dot dot” one more time, I might put my arm through the television. Which would be stupid, since I watch this show on the computer. The show would only be fifteen minutes long if they cut out all the segments that recap things that just happened, but I guess they’d make a lot less money from ad sales that way. This week, we’re off to Chang Mai, Thailand.
Yesterday, jaws collectively dropped when character actor Doug Hutchison 
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