I know that I haven't blogged as of late and the Sven and Ole's Trivia Night results and Trivia Night Point Cup Point Standings for 2010 are way way way over due, but I have a good excuse. Really I do.

You see, about two months ago my wife got me watching The Bachelor. Yes the T.V. show The Bachelor. It pains me to admit this, but I got sucked in hard, hook line and sinker so to speak.

The first episode of The Bachelor, as some of you might know, was the bachelor meeting all the women. At that point, I was not buying into The Bachelor, so, to make it more interesting I thought I'd treat it like I was at the horse track and pick which horse (woman) I thought could go wire to wire and win the prize (the bachelor).

From the very moment I saw her, I picked Tenley. She had graceful lines and from what I could see and hear I figured she had the stamina and good bloodlines to go the distance, while not over looking the potential to do well on both turf and mud.

As the weeks went by she was doing all one could ask. She was staying nicely in the middle front of the pack with a nice even tempered stride and staying out of the kicking and drama that usually make for a short career.

Well, as the show came down to the back stretch (the last two weeks) I could see nothing that could possibly stop my filly as she built momentum toward the wire. One by one the contenders fell to the wayside. First being Ali, as she pulled up lame and couldn't decide whether to work or race and painfully (for her anyway) opted for work. Dumb. Secondly, falling out of favor with the jockey (bachelor) with a week to go was Gia. She had great lines and seemed to be gaining strength with each stride, but ultimately was passed over (as she seemed to me) to be too expensive to stable and had questionable bloodlines.

Quick side note: My absolute favorite part of the show is when the host Chris Harrison steps from behind the curtain, takes a deep breath, walks forward, nods towards the woman, gestures to the little side table with the lone rose and utters the most overly dramatic while blindingly obvious line on TV today, "Jake, ladies, this is the final rose." and then quietly steps back behind the curtain. That moment, while brief, is worth all the gold in the world.  

Anyway, to make a long story just a bit longer we came down to the last week of the show (race) and from my living room (stands) we got to see lengthy interaction, though heavily edited I'm sure, between both bachelor (jockey) and the final two contenders (horses) Tenley and Vienna.

Here is where, for me, the nightmare started to unfold.

As the helicopter approached I was sitting at the ready with my bowl of popcorn and a Coors Light to hoist to the ceiling in celebration of my horse picking abilities. Suddenly, with a heavy thud, I could literally hear my heart hit the floor as I could see Tenley's dress from under the opening door of the helicopter. Oh my God, this can't be, I thought, as the realization that I had been completely and thoroughly duped into two, count em', two months of The Bachelor and the final outcome of the race with Vienna breaking the ribbon as the winner so completely wrong in so so many ways. Must not think about it, must not think about it, must not think about it.....

What really rubs salt in my already festering wound is ABC Television didn't have the decency or uncommon good sense to put Tenley (not just a quality horse, but a fabo dancer as well) on Dancing with the Stars and went with the jockey, Jake Loserville Pavelka.www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/02/ex-husband-of-vienna-girardi-to-jake-pavelka-run-for-it-while-yo/  Can you say, "Please pass the benzoil peroxide?" 

Good luck to all of you Bachelors and Bachelorettes as I'm well into my new addiction, Project Runway. At least there's some talent and skill underlying the smothering drama. Giddyup Maya! 

And Tenley, I'm looking for you on The View.