What's a Girl Next Door to Do?

As many of you are aware, I do not have cable.  I didn't grow up with cable, so I guess that is why I don't feel that it is a big priority.  (Just so you know--no, that does not mean that my family is Amish.)  When TV goes to digital in Feb., I will have to get cable.  I will do rabbit ears, but I draw that line at the converter box.

Anyway, Feb. is just a few short months away, but I am finding myself tempted to get cable now because in approximately two weeks the new season of The Girls Next Door starts on E!  That show just fascinates me.  Three Playmates, one millionaire octogenarian, one bed, one mansion full of other Playmates.  Logistically, how do they make this work?!

The fact that this has worked for them for as long as it has is amazing.  With the break-up of Holly Madison, Hef's #1 girlfriend, and Hef, this is going to be really interesting.  I have so many questions.  First of all, how does one get to be the #1 girlfriend?  With the break-up, that role is now open.  Do Kendra and Bridget fight it out?  (If that is the case, I am totally rooting for Bridget.  If it comes to a physical fight, Kendra will win, though.  She is way more athletic.)  Is it like the Supreme Court in that when the Chief Justice spot is open a total outsider can be appointed?  (Remember John Roberts anyone?)

Secondly, what is the logistical situation in the house?  Holly said that she has moved out to a place of her own but still lives in the house as well.  Really?  The only people who I know who break up and still live together do so because they are in some iron-clad lease and can't afford to go anywhere else.  Of course, aforementioned people don't have a mansion, so maybe that it how it works out.

What about Holly's role as Chief Playmate finder--or whatever she actually is--for Hef?  That seemed to be her plan for when she no longer has the looks or bounce to be a Playmate.  (Proof of my adage that pretty fades, stupid is forever.  Stay in school kids!)

What about new romances?  I can't imagine that Holly will be mad when Hef gets another girlfriend.  She was one of three, after all.  What about Hef's feelings when Holly dates again--which she seems to be doing now.  She went on a date with Criss Angel, that creepy illusionist guy.  Oh!  He has his own reality show, right?  (Well, as much "reality" as you get from an illusionist, I guess.)  What if Holly cedes from TGND and goes to his show?  I am not saying they are that serious--they are keeping it on the DL for now--or as DL as you can keep it when you go on a date in Vegas and kiss in front of the paparazzi.

It is all too much.  Do they post the episodes on the web?  Maybe that is my solution.  I will have to check it out.

In other, parting news, I feel like I am being stalked by the Olsen Twins.  "Stalked" is probably a strong word considering I have never seen them in person and they do not know I exist. However, the OTs are everywhere--GMA, Access Hollywood, Letterman.  There was an ad for their book on the front cover of the NYT Style section last week.  Even when I was in Target--the haven for all that is good--I turned around in the book section to see one of the OTs staring back at me from the cover of Influence, their new book.  (There is one OT on the front cover and one on the back.  I am guessing that it is MK on the front cover, though I have not confirmed.  So pushy, that one.)  Ashley was on the People Magazine website today.  Calgon, take me away!