Now Brillo and Orangebrey are hanging out alone in a different part of the studio that looks like a nasty steel kitchen. Orange's face is totally being eaten by an enormous pair of sunglasses, but at least the headband is missing. I'm just not strong enough to handle two fashion faux pas on one face today, so I'm glad that band is gone. They engage in really awkward conversation about nothing, punctuated by awkward laughs. She is also smacking her gum like nobody's business.
Brillo tells us that he'd like to get to know Orangebrey on a one-on-one level to see what she's like on her own. He said she is crazy out at the club and wants to see if there is a softer side. Maybe like the side she showed two seasons ago before she became completely full of herself and damaged by fashion errors?
Back in the awkward, strangely dirty studio kitchen, Brillo asks Orangebrey out to dinner and then they share an awkward laugh. Oh there is really no place more romantic than being next to an enormous pasta pot in the creepiest kitchen ever! He kisses her on the cheek and promptly exits.
Orangebrey tells us that Brillo is growing on her a little. Like a nice wet, juicy cold sore! She says that she wants to learn a little bit of his business, like whether or not he has a woman. (p.s. Why does she sometimes speak with an accent? According to Wikipedia, she is from San Francisco. My best friend lives in San Fran and does NOT talk like THAT. So many stars become famous and adopt this weird Long Islandy, sassy drawl. And the worst part is that it's not consistent. Orangebrey only talks this way about half the time.)
Back at the Flatotel, the boys tease Brillo about his date with Orangebrey. Robert asks Brillo if he likes her, and he says that he doesn't know her well enough yet, but he really liked her on the bus. Well, YEAH you did! She was flashing her cooter all over the place! But apparently the code word for "cooter flashing" is now "being down to earth" because those are the words he chooses to describe her with. But he says that she was talking about how things were before Diddy entered her life, and he could tell that she was normal again. "Like how she used to be." Okay, cool. I'm glad we're not the only ones who noticed the strange transformation of Aubrey into Orangebrey.
Robert says he has had bad experiences with Danity Kane members. Well, Robert, that's because you had a little Junebug hiding at home and totally blew up when you were called out. That's no one's fault but your own, Bitchass! Then Brillo deadpans "Well, they are human beings just like us." Whoa! What! Don't get all philosophical here on us -- leave that bullshit up to Gandhi.
Over at Le Parker Meridian, Orangebrey is dilligently getting spruced up for her date, which means setting her stun gun to "Extra Orange" and blasting herself in the face.
She comes downstairs just as Brillo is walking up and fakely greets him with "Hey, doll." Too bad, Brillo, the down-to-earth Aubrey will not be attending your date. It looks like you're stuck with this season's model. They walk arm-in-arm down the street to the restaurant.
At dinner, we find out that Brillo and Orangebrey have two things in common: (1) their parents split up when they were very young, and (2) their childhoods were a blur. Brillo says that he struggled for so long that he doesn't know how to deal with the fast fame. He wants to stay humble and true to himself, but he also wants to take it all in and enjoy it. Orangebrey says that there's a balance to it. But don't worry. Their conversation quickly turns to a much shallower topic.
Brillo says that he loves his Abercrombie & Fitch and will refuse to take it off. Then he asks why Orangebrey doesn't wear the Abercrombie & Fitch. She explains that she was never really an Abercrombie & Fitch girl. Abercrombie & Fitch clothes clashed with her skin. Okay, Abercrombie & Fitch is was like the bain of my existence when I was younger. One t-shirt is like $50 and the sizes run so small that you can't help but feel fat. One time I actually got stuck in a Polo shirt in their dressing room. My friend had to come in and pull me out. I have boycotted that store every since.
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Comments (10)
FIRST!!! WOW! I LOVE your recaps...they make my day!
1 of 10 | Posted by lilev0519 | Posted on February 24, 2008 9:02 PM
I DON"T see the big deal. Aubrey is not his girlfriend and as she said did not want to go out with him. SO what he took another girl out. I guess I missed the memo that as a female I should be upset if a dude I went out with ONCE, takes another girl out in the same night. Sorry I wouldn't really care. Unless we pronounced undying love for each other in that same night. I think she is extremely extra. I'm so happy he didn't bend over backwards to make Aubrey feel better.
Q is a NUT, and gets on my damn nerves.
Great Recap!
2 of 10 | Posted by buttercup24 | Posted on February 25, 2008 7:16 AM
that was spectacular, esp the part
"Next, Biv walks in the studio. I really hope he's there to talk to Brillo and tell him that Orangebrey "is like poiiiisoooon"
i almost fell outta my chair. i hope everyone else sees the humor of bel biv devoe.
3 of 10 | Posted by chrispeycreme | Posted on February 25, 2008 7:23 AM
Oh please - any girl would be pissed if that happened unless they literally had zero interest in the guy. It's just rude! I totally see where Aubry was coming from and I probably would have reacted in the same way.
Oh, and btw - there is scaffolding up all over NY. They are redoing, tearing down, buildings throughout the city, so that was really sketchy or weird that there was a stretch like that. I'm still trying to figure out what restaurant they went to. The bar they went to is very touristy though.
4 of 10 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on February 25, 2008 9:12 AM
I like your recaps ok, but it seems like you'd need at least have a functioning knowledge of or interest in hip hop history and urban culture to recap it properly. "Peace, love, and hair grease," shouldn't throw you it utter confusion and grossed-outness AT ALL. Ditto with NYC scaffolding and knowing a little bit about Diddy's history of changing names over the course of his career. Still, props to posting your Halloween costume. Funny stuff.
5 of 10 | Posted by putigger | Posted on February 25, 2008 6:21 PM
Yes, I loved the halloween costume! LOL! Out of control!
And I think that pointing out all the hip-hop terms, scaffolding, etc. is just supposed to be silly and cheeky. At least that's how I read it. Good stuff!
6 of 10 | Posted by jellybean | Posted on February 25, 2008 6:38 PM
This is the funniest recap I have ever read for this show. In fact, this site is the only one that recaps Making te Band, so big thumbs up.
I don't see th big deal with Donnie taking out another girl, but to it like 15 minutes after going on a different date is just wrong, but he did it after going on a date with Aubrey, so I can't blam him.
7 of 10 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on February 26, 2008 8:33 AM
I'm sorry, but all the guys just bore me. They don't really have any passion or anything behind their singing, even after Diddy pushes them. They just seem really manufactured. They don't even seem appreciative. But I don't know, maybe after their first album, they'll really find their voices like Danity Kane did. And I am SO sick of "Exclusive" too.
And yes, Donnie and Aubrey weren't committed to each other yet or anything, but I can see how she got the wrong idea. I mean, Donnie and the girl's body language and how close they were sitting, and the fact they were separated from everyone too. That all makes it seem like it was another date, not a group thing. And unless you're in a speed dating round, going on more than one date in one night is kinda shady and messy, guy or girl.
8 of 10 | Posted by hollabackboy | Posted on February 26, 2008 2:45 PM
LOVE the recap ... I thought Donnie's move was seriously shows he got some BITCHASSNESS about him (ha, just had to get that in there somehow)
Can't wait til next week's recap!
9 of 10 | Posted by chelle | Posted on February 27, 2008 3:23 PM
Aubrey's the one who played herself... looking like a fool over a boy who's not even her bf. She couldn't help it tho, her ego was completely bruised.
10 of 10 | Posted by couchpotato | Posted on March 26, 2008 3:39 PM