Not everything is gold that glitters.

"Finnish Project Runway? Muodin huipulle? Really? That's something I need to watch! Asap and every single second of it!"
I've watched it now. I watched part of the first episode: "Nah, maybe they r just trying too hard.. Next week it will be better"
I watched part of the second episode: "Hmm.. Wow..This is so boring. They r so boring. The do everything so wrong.. Maybe they will learn their lesson when they get some feedback from this and last week.."
I watched 80% of the newest,3rd episode: "FOR GOD'S SAKE! Do you know anything about fashion? Or style? Or even about making good TV-programmes? Or if nothing else, just how to entertain?"

THAT PROGRAMME SUCKS A FAT ASS BIG TIME!
1) The judges arent really any GREAT fashion experts.. For example.
Minna Cheung: Used be the host of Inno-programme(they decorated apartments..) and she is supposed to be a designer of 2or+ by Yat. Never heard of...... And the "brand" is her husband's.Plus, SERIOUSLY! It's Heidi Klum whose boots she is _trying_ to fill! MINNA IS NO HEIDI AT ALL!


2) The "Tim Gunn" of the programme is.. ehm.. Jaakko Selin. He's been a JOURNALIST in a couple of magazines/newspapers. He's been an assistant in some programmes..and a host in others. His comments about the outfits are just plain boring or JUST WRONG. GOD!

3) The host of Muodin Huipulle- extra is a stand-up comedian! Plus an actor! And a creative director(according to the wikipedia at least but who knows..) This show is supposed to be about FASHION! STYLE! And this idiot is dressed in hoodies, jeans and suits that dont fit. Did I already mention that he is overweight? And a comedian? And he sucks? There's just NOTHING about him that makes him FIT in that kind of programme! JESUS! It's like making fun of the whole consept of the show having him there..



4) Some of the designers know what they are doing. Some of them even have their own lines already! So WHY they r still there? WHY they were taken in that show? Some designers there are just so lost..

5) A lot of people in that show try to be very.. something.. I have no idea r they trying to be fashionable, stylish, chic,unique or haute couture! Whatever it is, it doesnt work! But gotta admit that SOME of them are trying very hard.


The whole programme is about trying. Trying on the outfits. Trying to make a good outfit. But clearly the contestants arent the only ones that are trying too hard! Or maybe it's just lack of the skill..lack of trying.
Theres so much improvement needed! The lights. The make-up of the judges (for example..). Filming. The places.
Do they really trust that much that everyone who likes Project Runway wants to(and WILL) watch this? This is like ruining a national monument. Killing the last extinct animal. Licking the blood from the ground after the Queen is assassinated. Something disgusting and ruined for good. It will take a while that I'll even try to watch any of the new finnish shows..especially the ones that r based in an american show!

They should get some real names in there.. And I know! Getting some real names COULD BE hard.. maybe impossible! But how about even trying to get some semi-great people from Sweden? UK? Some former models? Or maybe just admit the big mistake they did when they started this show here, give up and let the professionals do the good job!?

This show sucks so bad that I'd rather watch The Mentalist. And thats exatcly what I'm doing right now.

Roadtrip part6.

We left Modesto in the morning and started to drive towards San Francisco.
On the way there we spotted something. Something big and blue.
With yellow letters.
IKEA.
Yippee!
There we got some REAL FOOD! No more $1 side-salads or burgers.


And of course I needed some snacks too:


I <3 IKEA.

It was easy to find San Francisco. But it wasnt easy to go around San Francisco! It was nearly impossible! At least with a car! I felt so bad for Marke because she had to drive, but couldnt regret not getting a drivers license. Not at that moment.
After a while we found our hotel. It was an old hotel/building. The room was tiny..but there was something very charming about the hotel. This view from our room must be one(or maybe the only one) of the charming things:


One of the main attractions in San Francisco was on a walking distance: UNION SQUARE:






Before going to the next VISFP(Very Important San Francisco Place) we stopped by at one of the best places ever: JAMBA JUICE! I got my usual: Aloha Pineapple<3

Sipping my Aloha Pineapple we slowly(we werent in a hurry! finally!) walked to Chinatown. It was seriously like a little China! Only turists and a lot of chinese people and chinese shops!






There was also a tiny little Italy! I was to mesmerized to take a lot of pics of it, but I got one:


I can't remember what was the name of the shop, but they had all kinds of sweets there.. and toys. And whats the most important: they had SKUNK-PLUSH TOYS! So I bought two of them for "my kids". And then I got a small bag of popcorn for free! Not just any popcorn but somekind of caramel popcorn. Ah. Delicious!


We stopped to eat them and let the Tig(g)er stroll around the park like the people there did.. No one looked Tiger in any weird way.



Everyone minded their own business there.. People there had some really unique looks.. But I didn't dare to take any close pics of them. But I'll do that next time I go to San Fra. By then I'll probably have a better camera too.. And I'll take million close-ups of all those unique persons! That's gonna be a blast!




It was already getting dark, so now we had to hurry so we would see the seals or whatever those creatures are that bark and howl.
Here's some pics on the way there and there:








We didn't go into Alcatraz, but we SOO saw it from Pier39! HAH. I thought it was faaaaar away from the coast and that it would be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE. But nope, it was close and it was relatively small.
Here's a dude I met at the Pier39. I almost thought about flying away with him. Having my happy ending.


A real jailbird!





San Francisco was truly beautiful. One of my favourites of all time!
And this wasn't the end off San Fra! We would be waking up in San Francisco! And spend more time in there!
But before the day ended, I had to get something to eat.AND DRINK! So we went to Walgreens and I got some puddings, milk and orange juice.
Luckily we had a mini refridgerator in our room so my food stayed edible.


We had a refridgerator, but no AC! Can you believe it! Sure, it was SAN FRA and it was supposed to be very cold or even cool, but it was warm! So the night was very hard..it was so hot. I think I slept maybe 4hrs.. And in the morning we realized that our check-our would be at 10!! And the clock was about 9 by then!! So we had to take a quick shower(in a tiny shower closet) and put on some clothes and take the bags and get out!

Because we didnt have too much time(we had to get our car out of the parking place by 3pm) we decided to take a bus to the Fisherman's Wharf. Luckily a nice senior citizen helped us out! Yes we got into the bus(which cost $2) and rode it about 3 or 4 blocks and then it stopped! They had changed the route a little.. So we had to walk.. well, at least we saw more San Fra.. and a lot of people running, riding their bicycles and skate-boards. No wait! No skate-boards! Skate-boards were prohibited there! WEIRD! In So-Cal everyone's got a skate-board..or at least most have one.







At the Fisherman's Wharf we saw some Hell's Angels too! And a hippie man singing! I gave him 2 bucks.






We rode the Tram too!! Or whatever that vehicle is called. Hah. It cost $5. To do things in the right way, even once during our roadtrip, we decided to stand on the edge and hold on the pole. It was fun.

(I'm so lazy now that I'm just gonna post pics of the Golden Gate Bridge. After all, what there's to tell about it. It looked like it looks like in the pictures! It was there. Just stood. Red. Longish. Could have been longer. Could have been more red. Some people say it orange though! I think it's red!






After seeing the Bridge, we left SF and headed to MONTEREY.
About that in the next post..