Thoughts on The Apprentice

In a... I can't think of a good adjective to put here turn of events, I decided to watch the first episode of Donald Trump's reality game show The Apprentice. I think it was in hopes that it might offer some kind of insights of some sort into how he operates. The first episode was... decent, not horrible, with all the trappings of a reality competition show. The only other show of that type that I'm sort of familiar with would be America's Next Top Model hosted by Tyra Banks. I guess they are kind of similar except ANTM is about modeling and The Apprentice is about business. However, both Tyra and Donald are rather prominent in their industries, at least at the peak of their shows I'd say. 

I can't say I have a ton of insights just after one episode, but I think I may watch more in the future. However, knowing a bit about how reality competition shows work allows me see the inner workings of them a bit - for example, on one season (or rather, cycle) of ANTM there was a particular contestant who was quite obnoxious but in being so, made for 'good television' or in other words, caused (intendedly entertaining) drama with the other contestants. So, it was unlikely that this contestant would be kicked off early in the show because their personality made the show more 'entertaining.' And the same went for this first episode of The Apprentice - I could tell that one person was unlikely to be fired because there had been a bit of a focus on the things they said which happened to be... 'entertaining.' I'm not a huge (or rather, yuge?) fan of reality competition shows, so obviously this is not exactly a show I'd usually watch, but I'm watching it anyways. 

In somewhat related matters, I have come up with yet another idea for a story. One of my longer ones involved Donald Trump getting arrested by the (fictional) detectives from some of the Law and Order shows. This newest idea involves the show The Apprentice, except one of the contestants is Michael Bluth of the show Arrested Development. I think that would be interesting and it would actually kind of fit for him to be a theoretical fictional contestant. I'm not sure if I'll write such a story, but the idea is there. 

Teeth

Here is a quick little post about... teeth, as is mentioned in the title. While we await the publication of my upcoming newest short story, there is this.

Teeth. I was pondering about the band Green Day and thinking how their album American Idiot is a concept album (apparently; I haven't listened to it in full to see what exactly the concept is for myself) like how the My Chemical Romance album The Black Parade is also a concept album (about death). That album, although I haven't listened to it in full, I've heard enough songs off of it to get the general idea that the concept of it is death. Which may seem rather macabre but the songs I know from that album are pretty good. I think it's interesting that they're about death, like how it's interesting that a number of Muse songs are about apocalyptic stuff or dystopian-ish stuff. In any case. Green Day and their concept album led me to think about MCR and their concept album which then made me consider the topic of Green Day vs MCR and which one I think is better/like more. I have considered that in the past but I was considering it again just now and I decided that I like MCR better. At least partly because Gerard (the lead singer, or rather, the former lead singer since they disbanded a few years ago) seems to be a nicer person than Billie Joe. And then I remembered, Gerard has cute little tiny teeth. Which is another reason to like MCR better. Maybe Billie Joe also has laudable teeth, but I haven't paid any particular attention to his teeth so I wouldn't know.

Of course, while talking about teeth, I have to mention that one time I complimented Dan on his teeth. I said "You have nice teeth" right out of the blue. It was after a show, which gives it a little more context because he had been singing which means his mouth was open and his teeth were on full view for a good amount of time, especially for those right in front of the stage like I was. So I happened to be looking at his teeth for a good part of that evening. And they were quite impressive. Very nice and straight and even. So naturally I ended up complimenting him on them.

Also, some more teeth trivia about various other people...
Apparently, Brandon Flowers' current teeth are all fake because they rotted away when he was a kid. So he had to get tooth replacements or something I guess. I read that somewhere within the past couple of years.
Vincent D'Onofrio (ah, here he pops up again) used to have ever so slightly crooked teeth (not really noticeable unless you look carefully) but then got them fixed sometime in 2001 or so. In some of the very first episodes of Law and Order, you can notice his ever so slightly crooked teeth but by the later half of season 1 they had been fixed. Interestingly enough, in one episode before his teeth got fixed, his character mentions getting his teeth fixed while talking to someone he's trying to get information out of. I wonder whose idea that line was and if it was at all influenced by Vincent's own ever so slightly crooked teeth.

Now, onto a particularly loathsome person's teeth. Donald Trump. His teeth are weird. Especially when he talks. You mostly see his bottom teeth. And between sentences, his mouth hangs open and his bottom teeth are just jutting out. It looks so weird. I don't know if it's the shape of his teeth or his mouth or a combination of both. If I leave my mouth open in a natural way, my top teeth show.

And finally, let's finish this with my teeth, in detail. I think they are small. I feel like maybe they should be longer/more rectangular instead of square, particularly the top teeth. They're not abnormally small I guess, but I feel like they're a little small. Also they're kind of crooked but not horribly crooked. It's mostly the bottom ones that are crooked. I should get them fixed. And also get tooth extensions or something. If that's even a thing you can get.

Clearly, I think about teeth a little too much perhaps. Don't even get me started on you know who's eyelashes.