And sometimes, we are ridiculous:

What happens when you have over two of your favorites for a night of America's Next Top Model? After 10 straight episodes (in two nights...), the camera shenanigans inevitably begin. Here are a few of the results:

TYRA MAIL!!!! (screaming with the models)

You're FIERCE! You're an Animal! You're a TIGER!

V's underwater/puddle shot

Marisol's "beefy" shot

Combining ALL that we learned for our "best shots for PANEL"

"You know our prizes. The first is a contract with one of the TOP modeling agencies in the WORLD, Elite Model Management. A $100,000 contract with Cover Girl Cosmetics and a six-page spread in Seventeen Magazine."

Marisol

(Marisol is DEFINITELY our Cover Girl!!! Sooooo bella!)

Virginia

(she was actually channeling Dominique, the contestant with the crazy man-brows)

(Even with the crazy brows--she pulls off some FABULOUS shots)

Lucy

(My attempt at Tyra-sass: "Wanna be on top?")

I promised I'd show "MY LIFE IN CHINA" on this blog--and this is it--good, bad and silly! Some days we are having conversations about the nature of pain and sadness, and on some days we are watching silly US reality shows and imitating them with friends. Ahhh...and life is good!

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. 

Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

-- Mark Twain