the women (and freak) of 'joe millionaire' i got to watch the first episode of "joe millionaire" last night on tivo. i don't watch any reality shows (as he says with a trace of smug self-righteousness), but this one seemed so base, so horrible, so "downfall-of-modern-society" that i just had to check it out.

it did not dissapoint. i don't like how good looking the guy is; it would have been much more entertaining for him to be just an average-looking guy, and to hear the golddiggers rationalize how "interesting" or "striking" he was. oh well, i guess the fact that he's flat-broke will suffice. nothing too exciting happened in the first episode, but you could tell they were already setting up the stronger personalities to scratch and claw like bums fighting over a baloney sandwich. they kicked off 8 of the 20 girls almost right away, and i was sort of upset to see that they didn't tell them as they were leaving about his lack o' cash. it would have been interesting to see the reactions, as a few of them got all weepy when they were dismissed, even though they had only known him for a few hours.

thanks to pat for the picture above, which was inspired by me sending him the accompanying pictures for this article on wired.