Project RuPaul's Drag Top Chef Design Star Race ...

The Fashiondesigndragcheftestants go shopping at "Whole Moods" for the "Flowers, Leopard-Print and Pineapple" challenge.

And remember ladies ... make it work and DON'T F#CK IT UP!!

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Last Night On TV

First of all, how CUTE was Kevin Alejandro (below) as Lafayette's new love on True Blood?!?  Kevin was one of the first guys I ever featured on DavidDust - BACK IN 2007.  I can't wait to see more of him and Lafayette together.

Best line of the light - Alcide's girlfriend to Sookie:

"You're f*%@king my Wolf, betch - in MY House! ... I will CUT YOU!!"

And then on Design Star they designed rooms in two different NYC firehouses.  One of the firehouses was Squad 18 - the fire company closest to my job (below).  Squad 18 lost seven men on 9/11 - including one firefighter named Manuel Mojica Jr., who I saw many times hanging out in front of the firehouse.  I was so sad when I found out Manuel was one of the firefighters who had died - even though I didn't even know him.  I wrote a remembrance of him HERE.

What did YOU watch last night??

Mikey V Wants His Cop Job Back

Long-time DavidDust readers should remember Michael Verdugo (A.K.A. "Mikey V"), a gay cop who appeared on the third season of HGTV's Design Star.  During the season it was learned that Mikey made a 15 minute cameo in a ... cough, cough ... "Gay Independent Film".  Because of this youthful transgression, Verdugo was suspended from his police job, and was disinvited to Design Star's Season Three Finale show.

But now Verdugo is suing to get back on the police force - saying that his sexual orientation was the reason behind his firing, that if a straight male cop appeared in a straight film "his police buddies would be high-fiving him in the hallway".  For more details of the lawsuit, go HERE.

On a personal note, I got the chance to interview Mikey during the kerfuffle (see the interview HERE), and he was the nicest guy in the world.  Not many reality show people were paying attention to my little blog back in 2008, but Mikey V was - and he cared about what you all thought about him.  So I know I'm being biased, but I wish him well and hope he has success with the lawsuit.

And if he ever wants to chat again, he knows how to reach me ...

You can check out Mikey V's website HERE.

Tonight on Television...

Tonight I'll be watching the season finale of True Blood at 9:00 pm...

Followed by the season finale of Design Star on HGTV at 10:00 pm. Let's hope there isn't a bathroom challenge...

Sadly, there is no Tool Academy tonight - the MTV Video Music Awards air on VH1 instead. I will certainly miss my Tools...

What will YOU be watching?...

Last Night On Television...

There was a lot happening on television last night. First of all, I checked out Big Brother - where Natalie (below) was revealed as the WORST.LIAR.EVER...

Natalie opened "Pandora's Box" for a chance to see her boyfriend (below) - who awkwardly proposed to her with a twist-tie engagement ring. "Hell Yeah", she responded - so romantical ...

But even more awkward than the "marriage proposal", was Natalie trying to lie about it afterward. FAIL. The funniest part of the whole scenario was the Big Baby, the Copycat, and this Big Roach With Spray (below) who entered the house and terrorized the other houseguests while Natalie was good-timing it with her man.

Also on last night was America's Best Dance Crew. Sadly, the fierce children of Vogue Evolution (below) were sent home. I am so upset...

Then it was time for Tool Academy. Last night was the always-amusing Fidelity episode. And OMG ... those Tools all seemed to want to come clean to their girlfriends about their whorish pasts. I have never seen so many blubbering Tools in all my life...

But then after "therapy", it was back to wrestling, fighting and acting like Tools...

The challenge this week was a cheerleading competition. During a Pep Rally, the couples had to come up with their own cheer. "Charm" and his girlfriend tried to to a spelling cheer using "INFIDELITY", but had some trouble...

WOOPS. And for the second week in a row, there was DRAMA with the losing Tool that was sent home. Last week the loser didn't want to leave. And this week, the Tool ended up dumping his girlfriend (instead of vice-versa)...

Finally there was Design Star - where the three remaining designtestants had to re-design a room in a celebrity home. Straight Antonio got Kathy Griffin, and it was so funny when Kathy figured out she somehow ended up with a straight designer.

I think Antonio ended up making it to the final three because he is so "different" (AKA straight). What did you think about last night's outcome?

Design Star Recap

As you know, I'm no longer recapping Design Star - but Dust Bunny Bob certainly isn't afraid to share his opinions about last night's show. Check out his thoughts HERE.

Last Night On Television...

Spoilers Ahead! Last night I ended up watching Big Brother...

I was surprised that former Hottie of the Day Jessie Godderz (above) had been sent home (I didn't see it last week). I was even MORE surprised that Natalie, Chima, and Lydia were CRYING about Jessie being gone - like he was dead or something (below).

BTW, I was watching Big Brother After Dark over the weekend, and something MAJOR went down with one of the houseguests. Supposedly this will be revealed/explained tomorrow.

Then I watched True Blood. OMG - I just love Hoyt and Jessica. And how funny is Hoyt's uptight/judgemental/prejudiced Mama?!?...

And I was certainly sad about Godric...

Finally, I watched Design Star - which has proven to be extremely boring this season. And considering that Top Chef and Project Runway start this week, I won't be recapping Design Star anymore.

In case you were curious, cute Nathan Galui (below) was sent home for spending too much time building a storage unit/entertainment center.

Last Night On Television...

First of all, I want everyone to know that I did NOT do a Design Star recap this week. Frankly, I was exhausted from getting my life together.

But I did watch. And I LOL'd when they sent Tashica's ass home BEFORE THE JUDGES EVEN DELIBERATED! Better yet, they should have just sent Tashica (below, with Dan) home before the entire episode even started. She seems like a sweet girl, but OMG - she was clueless...

Also airing last night was the latest episode of True Blood. That show is unbelievable!! I was yelling and screaming and squirming and loving every second of it last night. And I am REALLY loving Godric (played by Allan Hyde, below)...

Maryann, on the other hand, scares the crap out of me. Anyone who can make people get "out of control" is someone I need to stay far away from. I just hope when Sookie and Bill get back to Bon Temps they can save Tara from her Maryann-induced madness. I also hope the producers can figure out a way to keep "Eggs" (played by Mehcad Brooks - below) on the show, shirtless, at all times - forever and ever ...

Finally, I also watched Big Brother last night. Question: Am I the only person who is bothered by Natalie? She REALLY gets on my nerves...

What did YOU watch last night?...

Designs By Tashica...

If you watch Design Star, you'll understand...

Design Star Ep. 3 - Who's Hungry For Some Decorating?

Last week on Design Star, the Designtestants tackled kitchens – which sent Team Leader Amy home, and left underachiever Tashica “hanging by a thread” (to steal a phrase from The Fashion NO Show) for the second week in a row.

This week was all about individuality – the designers will do their first individual “White Room” challenge. Although host Clive Pearse kept calling it the “White WALL Challenge”, which made me think they were decorating car tires…


The designers head over to a huge building at Paramount Studios and find their White Rooms (which contain a sofa, lamp, bookcase and side tables) and $1000 cash. They are delighted, until they find out the $1000 budget must be spent at the grocery store. I don’t know what their problem is - as a fat biatch, I would have been all kinds of happy – and my budget would have been as follows:

Decorative elements for the room: $200
Snacks: $800

They head over to a supermarket – and everyone lines up with their carts. Remember the old show Supermarket Sweep? That’s what it looked like - without the vaguely homosexual duos of same-sex "friends" (remember that?!?). I used to LOVE watching Supermarket Sweep for the women "roommates" who were both Police Officers and enjoyed softball - or the two men who were "best friends" and enjoyed "musical theater"...

Anywhoo - one hour of shopping begins. As they shop, various designers discuss their ideas. Torrie wants to do a teen-centric room – although she is grabbing black trash bags. This brings back memories of that mess of a dress Stella Zotis created on Project Runway with generic Hefty bags. Nathan wants to squirt milk on his walls – which seems new and innovative and vaguely sexual. Maybe the trash bags are to protect Torrie from Nathan’s squirting?

“Color Expert” Jen is banking on the colorful plastic packaging on Japanese noodles to give her room a “pop”. Lonni’s “pop” is going to come from clear plastic cups mounted to the wall – which is what she’s basing her whole design theme around. If Lonni filled up her cups with Nathan’s milk and THEN mounted them to the walls, she’d be a guaranteed winner ... at least in my book.

Jason’s design plan can be summed up into two distinct ideas: Matzo and Dog Food. My response to this can be summed up in three letters: W T F ???

Time is up and shopping is over. And in the dumbass move of the episode, Jen only spends $493 of her $1000 – because she “doesn’t know how” to spend $1000 at the grocery store. Where are her snacks?!? I HATE skinny bitches…

It’s time to get back to the White Rooms and begin working.

Nathan is doing an orange-slice chandelier to go with his milk-splattered walls (mmmm ... CREAMSICLE!). Dan’s room is a “deconstructed orchard” with wood and apple motifs. And Jen is gutting the teddy bears she purchased and is moaning “BRAINS!”. Yeah, she’s gonna win…

Lonni and Tashica are having problems. Tashica is trying to copy create an alcove light feature using the coffee table – which keeps falling off the wall. Lonni can’t get her plastic cups to stick to HER wall. And Jason keeps talking about the Matzo, which was 50% off. Someone needs to remind Jason that the challenge isn’t to save money during Passover – he’s supposed to be creating a cute room.

Day One is over, and Day Two begins. They will have five hours to finish. Clive stops by for a visit.

Jen tells Clive that her room is “Japanese-Eco inspired”. Clive asked her about color (after all, she is the color expert) and Jen says she’s been having trouble reconciling “real-life color” and “television color”. I don’t know what the problem is, she’s competing for a TELEVISION show, after all. Some supermarket-purchased snacks might have made her smarter.

Clive begins his visit to Nathan by saying “I hate to interrupt your squirting” … no comment. Clive interrupts Tashica as she wads up a roll of toilet paper in her “Garden of Eden” room. Tashica’s “Garden of Eden” looks more like “Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Men's Room” with all that toilet paper.

We’re getting down to the last few minutes, and Lonni has finally decided that maybe the “sticking plastic cups to the wall even though they’ve been falling down since MINUTE ONE” idea may not work. Ya THINK?!? She basically has 20 minutes to come up with something else – and Antonio and Torrie come over to give her a hand.

Nate spends his last few minutes writing a “train of thought” stream of graffiti on his couch. Here is a little of what he wrote:

OMG I’m so gonna win this challenge with my freshly squirted walls the rest of these people suck except for Dan who I think is totally hot OMG what is that heinous room that Jen is putting together with the murdered teddy bears and the Ramen Noodle wrappers and the chocolate milk WTF Wait I better suck up to the judges now I love Candice I love Genevieve I want to make small but stylish babies with Vern Yip …

Time is up - and the judging begins.

The judges likee:

Nathan. His freshly-squirted-upon walls look fantastic – as does his orange slice chandelier. The suck-up comments to the judges on the couch also help…


Torrie. I have to admit, when I saw her grabbing black trash bags, I was skeptical. But the judges likee her youthful room…


And, finally, Dan’s “orchard”. OMG – this room was fantastic. Vern totally “got wood” when he saw it – and I think Candice and Genevieve did also. One of the best rooms EVER, in the history of the show…


And now for the fugly. The judges no likee Jason’s Alpo and Matzo extravaganza – mostly for the lack of color…


Lonni’s unfinished room was also a problem – although she and her teammates pulled something together…


Normally the person who doesn’t finish goes home. That is, unless they are up against someone who decided to create a Crack Den from the slums of Uglytown, like Jen…


OMG. Seriously, I am convinced that Jen only spent $493 on grocery store items so she could purchase $507 worth of heroin. Because she HAD to be high to think that room looked decent. Remember children – drugs are bad, mkay?!?

Time for results. Dan, Torrie and Nate are the best this week, and are safe. Jany, Antonio and Tashica are also safe. Personally, I think the horrible paint job that Tashica did should have put her in the bottom – instead of Jason. I could have dipped my butt in paint and done those walls more accurately than Tashica.

Anywhore, the bottom three are Jason, Jen, and Lonni - and Jen is sent home. Jen manages to lose despite competing against someone who didn’t finish, and against another person who thought unleavened bread and doggy treats would make a lovely room. I guess that’s what happens when you choose “real-life” over “television” … on a TELEVISION show…

Next week, the Designtestants will turn Garages into new rooms.

Design Star - Tonight

Design Star airs on HGTV tonight at 10 pm EST - and I should have some kind of recap posted by tomorrow afternoon. If you missed my last recap, you can check it out HERE.

Design Star Episode Two - "I Need A Hug!"

Ok people, this is going to be (relatively) short and sweet. Even though last night’s episode of Design Star was the dreaded Kitchen Challenge®, there was surprisingly little drama. So let's get going...

It’s morning in Hollyweird, and Clive informs the Designtestants that they’ll be splitting into two teams. Amy (random white girl), and Nathan (no longer “ambiguously gay” – now “gay gay gay!”) pick the paint cans with the gold stars and will be the Team Leaders.

The Team Leaders get to pick their teammates “playground style”. FYI: “playground style” does NOT mean they get to throw a big rubber ball at people’s faces. That is called “dodgeball”, the game that has given little gay boys nightmares since the invention of school recess. They didn't call it "Smear The Queer" for nothing...


Amy gets first pick but passes over Antonio (who has madd carpentry skillz) and picks Dan (who is also gay, gay gay). Amy then picks Jany (who?), Lonni (yet another random white girl), and Tashica – who almost got sent home last week. For now, let’s call them Team Four Gals And A Gay.

Nate’s team consists of Antonio, Jen (the fancy “Color Designer”), TresGay Jason, and Torie – who gets picked last. Let’s call them Team Two Gays One Gal And Tattoos.

After teams are selected, Clive informs the designers that they will be doing kitchens this week. Eyes roll and people start getting nervous. They will have $20,000 plus appliances from Sears and flooring from Lumber Liquidators to get the job done.

Each team goes out to meet the family and see their spaces. Team Two Gays, Etc. meets the Boucher family. The Bouchers like Moroccan and Italian themes and they spend a lot of time in their kitchen. Team Four Gals, Etc. meets the Johnson family – who likes to entertain in their kitchen and would like a place for their wine collection.

Time begins, and the teams get busy. On Team Amy, Dan – who seems like a really nice guy – can’t help but get frustrated with Tashica’s well-intentioned dumbassery. The very first thing Tashica does is drop the families’ wine while trying to clear the kitchen. Dan remarks later that “Tashica is … AGHHHHHHHH!”. That’s nice gay guy code for “I would like to cut her, if you don’t mind”.

Various members of various teams go cabinet shopping (team "leader" Amy had a hard time deciding what to pick), and go to Sears to pick out appliances. Back at the homes, the remaining designers demolish the two kitchens to make way for all the new stuff. Uber-Gay Jason, in particular, seems to LOVE swinging that sledge hammer and destroying the old kitchen. Working out some past dodgeball-related issues, perhaps?!?

Amy and Jany return from cabinet shopping, and it soon becomes apparent that Amy is an emotional wreck. It fact, poor Dan has to give her a hug approximately every fifteen minutes just to keep her from throwing herself onto a circular saw. If Dan wasn’t gay before, he is certainly a non-woman-loving Queen now. Day 1 is now over.

The next day begins, and Nate and Antonio butt heads regarding their kitchen design. Antonio calls Nathan a “sweet dude” but he’s “clueless”. Translation: “That little Queen is on my last tattooed nerve and I will squash him like a gay ladybug (redundant?) if he gets in my way”.

Over at Team I Need A Hug, poor Dan is doing all the heavy lifting. Amy and Tashica finally screw in ONE screw, and erupt into a chorus of squeals and high fives. Patient Dan congratulates them on their successful screwing, but then shows them how uneven their countertop is. The squealing and high-fiving quickly ends – as does their screwing.

Jany (for Team Estrogen) and Torie (for Team Gay Estrogen Plus Antonio) go shopping for backsplashes. Torie selects a metallic vinyl floor tile that should look great and will be easy to install. Jany, who obviously never watched Design Star before, decides to do a TILE backsplash. Tile backsplashes on Design Star is the equivalent of menswear on Project Runway and/or dessert on Top Chef – they should be avoided at all cost.

The Gays from Team Nathan (Nate and Gayson) decide that they will do what Gays do - go shopping – instead of installing the microwave like they were supposed to. Let that big, burly Antonio take care of the microwave, these boys have tchotchkes to shop for! After all, gayshopping is …


When the Gays finally return, loaded up with decorative loaves of bread, Moroccan vases, and a Buddha (?) – Antonio is mad. Even Gayson’s cheerful “Hey Girl, Hey!!” doesn’t cut the tension. Antonio is pissed that the Gays couldn’t install the microwave – and left it for him to do. Tough titties, Straighty – when The Mall calls, the Gays must answer.

Over at Team Dan Hates Women, they have sent Tashica shopping for accessories. Certainly she can’t screw that up, can she? Tashica leisurely does her thing, and then panics when she finds out that she's behind schedule. Yep, she screwed it up. Day 2 ends.

That evening, back at Casa de Design, Antonio remarks that even though he must work with compulsive shopper Gays, he’s glad he’s not on the other team. “They’re too busy holding hands and loving each other”, he says. Antonio must have missed the fact that sweet Dan would like to "accidentally" run a powerdrill between Tashica’s eyeballs.

It’s now the final day – Day 3 – and they have four hours to pull their kitchens together. Over at Team They’re So Gonna Win, Jason needs to mount the “under-counter piece” (AKA “Nathan”) and Torie is kicking ass on the gorgeous backsplash. They are so far ahead of the game, that Antonio has time to vacuum out the kitchen cabinet drawers.

Over at Team I Need A Hug, there are big problems – and no one has time to vacuum any drawers. The counter measurements weren’t quite right, so the granite countertops have seams. And in the non-surprise of the century, Jany can’t get the tile backsplash finished. I’m not sure what Tashica did, but she certainly didn’t get any of her accessories into the room. Amy, unsurprisingly, begins to cry and needs a hug. Go Team Needy!

It’s time for Elimination. The Judges are introduced: Candice Olsen, Vern Yip, and Genevieve Gorder. Side note: HGTV, who I follow on Twatter Twitter, tweeted last night that Vern has to sit on a “sand bag” at the Judge’s table because Candice is 6’ 1”, Genevieve is 5’11” and Vern is only 5’6”. Here is an actual picture of Candice and Vern together ...


Anywhore, the Judges take a look at Team Nathan (Nate, Antonio, Jen, Jason, and Torie). First of all, the room is FINISHED – which is historically 90% of the battle during the Kitchen Challenge. And they love Torie’s backsplash. However, the Judges pretend that Team Nathan might actually lose because they don’t like the color of the room or the choice of accessories. Cough, cough, BULLSHIT, cough, hack, cough. Sorry, I had something stuck in my throat. Besides, the homeowners LOVED it.

It’s time to judge Team Trainwreck (Amy, Dan, Jany, Lonni, Tashica). Team Leader Amy explains that they were going for “Warm Modernism”. What they ended up with was “Death Warmed Over”. As they watched the video (showing broken glass, unfinished granite seams, and no backsplash), the Judges looked like they all of sudden had a bad case of the farts...


Sorry, wrong judges. Anywhoo - Vern remarks that it looked like an earthquake hit the room. Candice asked them if they had ever watched Design Star before – “tile” is a “four-letter word”, she explains. And so are “dumb” and “crap” and “FAIL” – all words that could be used to describe this team’s performance. They show the homeowners – who seem to like their kitchen but they definitely notice the flaws. Clive remarks that a “Fix-It Team” was sent in the finish what they couldn’t. BTW - I need a "Fix-It Team" to come to my apartment and do all the laundry I failed to do over the weekend.

The Judges ask each member of who the weakest link was – and everyone says “Tashica”. Tashica thinks that Team Leader Amy was the weakest link, because of her constant tears and need of hugs.

Results time. Dan and Antonio were the defacto leaders of their teams and are safe. Torie, Jason, Lonni, and Jany are also safe. I’m not sure why Jany is safe, since she was the brainiac who insisted on a tile backsplash that never got finished. Jen (the “Color Designer” who has screwed up her colors for two weeks) is also safe, as is Nathan.

Finally, it comes down to Team Needer Leader Amy, and Tashica. The Judges decide that Amy should go home for her lack of leadership. When Tashica enters the waiting room, the other Designers’ mouths drop. Even Tashica can’t believe she survived again. I guess being needy is worse than being a clumsy dumbass.


Next week: Design Star channels Project Runway by forcing the Designtestants to shop at the Grocery Store. I predict woven corn stalk quilts and licorice cabinet handles. To read my recap of last week's show, click HERE.