put down your knives and pick up your scissors ...

... 'cuz this sh** is over! our wednesday obsession is back:

project runway (season 5)

and this means another forecasting effort. with episodes and guest judges revealed ahead of time, the commish and scorekeeper are in consult about how to keep the forecasters happy and engaged. ticklers for you on

• season 5 cast and judges
  [BRAVO has chosen to list the designers in alphabetical order.n as opposed to the size of their hairstyles, amount of facial hair, un-natural hair color, ...]
  
  
• tim gunn's thoughts
  
  
• new approach to episode info
  [BRAVO has chosen to disclose EACH EPISODES "challenge" **AND** the Guest Judge. Despite that this takes away half the suspense, the Commish is intrigued by possibilities for Episodes #3, 4, 6, and 11. (NOTE: Ru Paul is Guest Judge for Episode #6!)]
  

we aren't starting until next week ... so for those of the 5 of you that may want to "play" the "forecasting" game virtually, i'm the commish with l.a.g. as the scorekeeper. here is what you'll need to do:

• say you want in - formally request (e-mail me with something quippy) for virtual participation. you must sign up no later than SUNDAY, JULY 21 june 19 (my bad), by noon (pacific time) ... HOWEVER, exceptions can be made (if you are really quippy)
  
  
• represent - choose an avatar, typically one of the designers or another PR/bravo icon (but creativity is allowed). your icon will be represented on something like this (by the way, i WAS the whisk which morphed into a handmixer because of my electric performance - ha! sucky humor before coffee and travel)

details next week regarding:

• rules
• scoresheet
• post-show debriefs (mini-homages, aka toned-down versions of this and this)
  

other web-based resources for your PR fix? ... here are a few for now -

• project rungay
• blogging project runway
• project runway recaps by david dust (for which sacto floyd and i are west coast dust bunnies in training)
  

o.k. - now take a sneak peek over here!