Prepare for Departure

Fasten your seat belts - as I'm sure you know, the season premiere of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love" is upon is. Can you contain your excitement? To be honest I'm struggling to keep my eyelids open at the moment so my excitement level isn't quite what it usually is for these types of premieres. I'm hoping that as the hour draws near the adrenaline will kick in. :)

So as promised but very late from the original date promised, here are some random thoughts and predictions on the "ladies" this season:

First, an interesting observation. There are two Elizabeth's this season however instead of using the first letter of their last name to distinguish between them they used their respective cities on the website. I'm thinking either they have the same first letter of their last names or one of them is leaving tonight thus there will no longer be two Elizabeth's in the house. My prediction is that Elizabeth from Nebraska stays and that she actually stays around a while. She has the brunette All-American look:

Second, I'm very interested to hear the history behind this lady's name...meet Channy:
I am assuming that her name is pronounced like "fanny" but with a Ch instead of the F. Although I guess the ch could also have the K-sound so it could be pronounced K-anny. Either way I like Channy's necklace and I like to type her name because it makes me smile. If Channy makes it through tonight prepare for me to type her name several times on this blog.

Next up we have Valishia who is a homemaker by day. That's right, her occupation is listed as homemaker. Valishia is now my hero because I've been trying to find out how to quit my job and be a homemaker on no income for years. I truly hope Valishia shares her secret with us tonight.

Wait a second, forget Valishia's homemaker job! I'd rather hear secrets on how Corrie became a "Wardrobe Consultant" as well as who exactly is paying her to consult them. Especially after considering that she chose this Victoria's Secret pajama-like tank top number for her profile pic.

Finally, based on profile pictures alone I am going to predict that the following contestants are either extremely crazy and/or are "here for the wrong reasons":

Gia: definitely looks like she has crazy/glaring jealous eyes.

Kirsten: I'm betting she thought she was auditioning for Miss America, not The Bachelor.

Ashleigh: Definitely signed up just to lay out by the pool all day working on her golden bronze tan that will look awesome when paired with shiny orange shirts from Wet Seal.

As for predicting the winner based solely on a photo I'm going with Kimberly:
Why? Because she is from Norman, OK! Who doesn't love people from Norman? I can't think of anyone...

Hop on over to abc.com yourself to check out the rest of the crazies - I mean ladies. The description of tonight's episode also says that Ed & Jillian help Jake narrow it down to 15 tonight. Here's hoping that Ed sports the shorty shorts one more time...

More links to get you in the spirit: Our Host Chris Harrison is interviewed by EW here, and Lincee at I Hate Green Beans has a great video clip here. Prepare for departure into crazy-land!