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Blogging the Spelling Bee! - TVgasm

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spellingbeeSo I turn on the TV this morning, and what do I find? The Scripps National Spelling Bee!! Every year, I miss this thing. I always find out about it after the fact. Luckily, ABC and ESPN have decided to finally exploit the event, which means awareness of it has been upped to previously unheard of levels. What better way to celebrate than by liveblogging the last hour of the Preliminary Championship Round...

10:57 AM
Only 29 contestants left! Round six is beginning! Engage!

11:00 AM
Evan O'Dorney is an alleged "elite speller." But can he get "antilegomena"? He does! Amazing. These kids are like robots. Next up is Tia Thomas. She gets saddled with a relatively easy word, "Theremin." It's probably the only word I'll ever be able to spell in one of these bees. Ah, but she gets it wrong! She spells it "Theramin." Haha, sucker! Next time show up when you feel like SPELLING A WORD. Smell ya later, TIA THOMAS!!

11:07 AM
Here comes Leslie Newcombe, one of many hunched over girls with Edna Mode hairstyles. The judge warns her that this next word has a homonym. Oh, nice twist! The word, by the way, is Dhole. But Edna says Dohl. Suck it, Leslie! Return to your hovel of SHAME!

11:10 AM
Enter Kayla Hudson. Her word is Raita. She looks like she's about to suffer from a panic attack. Seriously, she might die right there on the stage. She lets out a nervous laugh and then proceeds to misspell the word. Damn girl. Have you never been to an Indian Restaurant??

11:11 AM
Next is a young boy named Allion Salvador. I like this kid because he clutches onto the microphone like he's Chris Daughtry. And he's just as dreamy too!

allion

11:15 AM
Here comes Theodore Yuan. He admits that he's actually a bigger fan of math than spelling. Well, if you like math so much, why don't you marry it???

11:16 AM
Oooh! It's Bonny Jain! The reigning Geography Bee champ. He says, "Oh oh oh yeah. Obliviscence!" as if he'd just been talking about it. I guess he had just been talking about it because he gets the word right. The sportscaster says, "Bonny Jain! Competition Veteran!!!" Yes, yes. We're all impressed with Bonny Jain.

11:20 AM
Okay, this girl's name is a spelling bee unto itself: Aishwarya Pastapur. Her word is "Suivez," which is the French command for "Follow!" Oh, but Aishwarya gets it wrong! She says "Suivet." Her parents will now flog her.

11:23 AM
Here comes Rajiv Tarigopula. ESPN says we should definitely keep an eye on him. Consider it done! I'm on the Rajiv bandwagon!

11:24 AM
The word is "Zebu." When Rajiv asks for it to be used in a sentence, the judge offers up this strange image: "Yasmine used to ride on her family's Zebu when she was small. Now she milks it every morning instead." Why does that sound so inappropriate?

11:26 AM
Every now and then, I like to attempt to spell these words in my head. I've since come to the realization that I am an IDIOT.

11:27 AM
Scratch that. I totally got "Fauve" right! I'm a GENIUS!

11:29 AM
Another kid messes up. His little sister looks absolutely crushed. Tonight's Applebees dinner will be super awkward.

11:32 AM
FYI: nine girls left. Fifteen boys left. Haha. Boys rule!

11:32 AM
Saryn Hooks is all about the attitude. The word is "Burin," and she asks, "Is that a knife or something?" Hey, don't act like you're too cool for the Burin.


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