Mo Money, Mo Problems - 
by J-Unit
Over the last few weeks, the Real World/ Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat has really taken a turn. Whenever theses challenges get down to the final few teams, the strategey gets a little more complicated. People start to realize that eventually there will be no more eliminations, and the prize money is going to come down to a head-to-head performance. If you're playing for the largest sum in Challenge history, wouldn't you want to compete for that final challenge against a weaker team? With only a few teams left to eliminate, that means that of people are going to find out who their friends are, and the team testing those friendships more than any other is Derrick and Diem, who are defining the cancer patient/alcoholic romance for an entire generation.
The longer Derrick and Diem have been in Australia, the closer these two have become. You know, it's not unusual for two people on one of these challenges to become infatuated with the other; I think it's called Stockholm Syndrome. I guess I can understand why the chicks would dig Derrick. He's usually drunk enough that he uses the foam of his Pabst Blue Ribbon to shave, but even in that condition, he is smooth enough to compliment Diem's awesome smile and her great body. Don't you remember the first time somebody looked into your eyes, burped some bourbon, blinked a couple of times to focus, and then smiled and said "Like, you're beautiful"? And they say romance is dead!
I'm not sure if Diem has fallen for Derrick, but they are getting close enough that she is starting to worry about what their future together will mean. As we all know, Diem has ovarian cancer, which is scary enough, but like anything that affects your body and has dramatic side effects, she is worried how people will treat her during her treatment. She's cute now, and Derrick seems to care about her, but will he feel the same when she is bald and puking all through the night? The thought of that type of rejection is literally enough to make her cry.
You know Derrick seems to care bout Diem. He says he enjoys her company, and he even thinks that she is getting something from hanging around Derrick. I'm not sure what that "something" would be, but if I was hanging around Derrick, I would probably be worried about getting something called "stupid". He drinks so much, I would be afraid of retroactively contracting fetal alcohol syndrome.
"Your pants must be mirrors, because I see me in them"
But in all seriousness, I don't think Diem has to worry about Derrick being so shallow as to dump her for getting treatment for cancer. Let's be honest, guys will dump girls for reasons even more petty than that! Most men are jerks, and Diem should know that there are lots of things that can go wrong. What if he's "Taste Great" and she's "Less Filling"? Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me, and they better call it off. The only way to combat this is to be an insane psychobitch and attempt to control every aspect of his life. That ALWAYS works.
Whatever you say about Derrick and Diem, it's not as odd of a pairing as Tina and Kenny. Kenny seems like a cool person. He doesn't take things too seriously, he seems to have a lot of fun, and he does all of this while paired with one of the most notoriously annoying people in the history of reality television. If I knew I was going to be in a foreign country with Tina for any extended period of time, I'd make sure to have a couple of bottles of Xanax and a do not resuscitate order in my carry-on. Should things start to become too much for me to bear (for example, she starts to talk), I can quickly end the suffering without too much pain. I almost ended it all here in the states when Tina said that Kenny takes care of her outside the challenges as well. What does that mean? I don't want to know.
|
| | Next Page... 1 | 2 | 3 ( Comments ) | Discuss In Our Forums |