en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/633887 Comments by tubbymarrs http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34388172 Yep! What I can tell is Bad Boy gets lots of buzz. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:26:02 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34388172 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386882 Somebody must have told Antonio to look vulnerable. Glad you noticed the tears. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:08:10 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386882 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386646 edgy is a great description Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:04:40 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386646 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386538 I love the analogy of the color on the walls to something Linda Blair spat out. Very clever and on target. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:03:15 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386538 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385494 Think about running in to Antonio on a dark and scary Transylvanian night. It would scare the beejeebers out of me. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:48:18 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385494 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385354 You nailed it, girlfriend! Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:46:42 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385354 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384735 Antonio must have been reading the blog comments because tonight he put on a “humility” face, disingenuously told Dan in the waiting room that no matter what he was a winner. Magnanimity does not become him! While watching his segment, Antonio managed to squeeze out a tear. My partner mentioned having heard a segment on NPR this morning (which I tried to and could not locate) on reality shows and how contestants talk about not being there to make friends. Somehow they have to stand out and iconoclasts stand out. Stander outer Antonio commands an audience and the “schtick” about the disappeared bathroom was clever. Well, my prediction, the bad boy would win, was borne out. Too bad the nice guy didn’t. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:39:06 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384735 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33559839 Thanks for this insightful response. Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:26:21 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33559839 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33559810 I have another take on it rather than project management skills: Sometimes male crews dis women. Antonio wasn't there to direct them on the flooring. They just did it. We don't know how long headboard had been out in the truck. Also Antonio is polite when it serves him well. He surely won't be what some of us see with the carpentry crew or the clients. Of course he got aggravated with his competition; if he can intimidate them, then he gets to be ahead. I don't see that I said anything about his appearance so I am not sure if that was meant for me. I appreciated your comment. Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:25:46 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33559810 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33510466 Only reason I can think that Candice would pick Antonio over Lonni is that he does not threaten her status and Lonni might have. I know it sounds petty and I hope it is not true. Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:09:44 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33510466 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33510048 All worked hard and displayed talent tonight. Dan comes off as fresh and innocent with an element of surprise--probably reason judges view him as stiff. To me, he is genuine. Lonnie is beautiful and loved by the camera. She listens to her clients. Her design wall became her signature, like Jen last season had wall stencils. The repetitive problem of not having something work out like tonight’s headboard and cups not adhering to the wall earlier gave judges allowed judges to penalize her. She is full of grace and will do fine. Antonio is the iconoclast here and is the one HGTV doesn’t have someone like. They have Bromstad of whom Dan is a prototype, lots of pretty women, but there is no one like Antonio. So, my prediction is Antonio will be it. He will command an audience that viewers love to hate. I also predict pandemonium will follow in his wake. TROUBLEMAKER and don’t say you weren’t warned! Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:01:32 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33510048 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33508678 I checked out her website and would never have had you not mentioned it. It was creative and inviting. I hated to see her go, but she will be fine. Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:31:31 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33508678 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32810264 I think Vern thinks he's hot also Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:43:41 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32810264 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32642201 Interesting interaction with all on same project. Torie volunteered but did not lead because of Antonio's steamrolling her. When the issue of the $5k vs $10k came up, Antonio was aware of it but chose not to push for clarification and then groused afterward. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY by Eric Berne described aberrant interactions like "Let's watch you and him fight " which is Antonio's, our proverbial bad boy--i.e. Steve McQueen, James Dean, and Sean Penn, game. Ethically challenged, Antonio is liked by some viewers and judges seem smitten with him. Fun to watch, he would be nigh on to impossible to work with. Dan tried to stand up to him, but Antonio is the "alpha male." Torie capitulated to him on the river rocks. Torie had responsibility in the leadership role to monitor the expenditures. The buck had to stop with her. Her refusal to see her role was not only disappointing, but also cowardly. Dan took responsibility not for the stupid decision of selecting that expensive pergola, but for not being clear about the money. Hopefully, Dan and Lonnie can coalesce when Antonio next starts riding roughshod over them. Nuff said. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:33:55 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/30/challenge-7-the-longest-yard/#IDComment32642201 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/16/challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment31002226 Antonio is a bully even though he is creative and passionate. He coerces and does not persuade. He will be a success if he is the complete boss of his work, but cooperative, he is not. He steamrolls his mates. He discounted Torie's points. What if it had been a disaster? Dan placates and does his job and Torie pitches in. Her choice of colors and accessories enhanced Antonio's unilateral decision. I would have refused to work with him. The judges decision to cancel Nathan seemed correct. His project slowed everyone down. Lonnie's wall had the most flair of anything in their room. The whole show was touching because of what the task was and how appreciative the families were. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:11:05 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/16/challenge-5-homes-of-the-brave/#IDComment31002226