Last night we were supposed to have our new HDTV/DVR receiver installed but alas, that did not happen (thanks, Comcast!). Our installation appointment was between 5 – 8 p.m., which in Installationland means “sometime before September.” Sure enough, it was 8 and no one had arrived…so we’ve rescheduled to Friday afternoon because we didn’t want strangers wandering around our attic after sunset. Boo! I wanted to watch The Amazing Race tonight in Amazing HDTV but that is not to be the case.

So, while I was huffing and puffing around the house about our installation woes I did manage to sneak a peek at North Shore. Woohoo! The threats came to life last night when Tailey was actually fired for lying to her boss about everything in her life! No way! Someone actually got canned from the Grand Waimea? Who’s going to pimp for the boss now? But of course, Vincent believes in second (and third, and fourth, and fiftieth) chances for people and hires her back as long as she’s completely honest from this point forward. Oh Richard, didn’t you learn anything while dating Samantha?

It’s terribly obvious to everyone except Nicole (and perhaps one of the beach chairs) that her fiance’ Preston is trying to weasel his way into the hotel and working as Nicole’s daddy’s henchman to add the Grand Waimea to Daddy’s Grand Hotel Portfolio. Ugh. Nicole, get a life! But no, she’s in looooooove and think’s her future husband’s intentions are pure. Preston actually tells Jason to say away from Nicole. Uh…they work together…but, you’re right Preston, Jason the General Manager should stay away from Nicole the Vice President of Messing Up People’s Vacations. Ugh…Brooke Burns is so boring!

In the funniest plotline of the season so far, MJ and Chris go horseback riding, one assumes, to find someplace remote, quiet and far away from everything so they can get naked and Do the Deed for the first time. Well wouldn’t you know, that is exactly the same kind of location marijuana growers like to cultivate their crops! Of course, our couple gets lost and is taken hostage and locked up in a tiki hut to await their meeting with the Big Pot Kahuna. My husband, who lived in Hawaii for three years, said that MJ and Chris would have been shot on the spot had this really happened. Upon meeting the Big Pot Kahuna, we’re shocked, surprised and pleased to learn that he went to high school with MJ and omigod, they haven’t seen each other in ages! Half of me thought the Big Pot Kahuna was the same guy who refused to fix Gabriel’s jetski. Anyway, because of their close friendship, MJ gets a map to the Secluded Place to Get Naked, the hostages are released and peace is restored to the middle island of Oahu. And yes, MJ and Chris get naked in the waves. I don’t get why people think that’s romantic…I got a nasty ear infection from snorkeling while in Hawaii last month…ick.

Jasmine Trias made her 1.5 second cameo on the show…guess she was there for a spa treatment…and that was all we saw of her except her Botox-smile response of “Itsgoodtobeback,” responding to Vincent’s welcome back to the island. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it!

As I said yesterday, I was not planning on watching For Love or Money XXXXVII because I don’t like Andrea and can’t handle watching an annoying woman named Nicole two hours in a row. Besides, I prefer my female cattiness Bachelor-style, thank you very much!

But…what is this I see while flipping the channels…I Love the 90s on VH1? No way! Finally…something I can 100% remember…except for slap bracelets. That must have been a middle school thing. Last night’s shows covered 1990 and 1991. They’re showing the series all week so catch up if you can and sing along to the old Michael Bolton hits with me…”How am I supposed to live without you…now that I’ve been loving you so loooooooooooooooooooong”…

Joe Schmo 2 started ten minutes late (those WWF guys just don’t know when to stop, I guess) and as usual, was hilarious. Piper’s parents from last week showed up this week as Austin’s parents and we went through the same Meet My Folks brouhaha only without the lie detector and without anyone getting immunity. Eleanor is completely unstable and Tim knows it. Bryce is completely unstable and everyone knows it, especially after his creepy Big Brother banner flyover. Ingrid’s “grandfather dies” which was supposed to be her (and I quote Ingrid) “first big plotline” but it went…nowhere. On top of all of this, Ingrid gets voted out because Austin and the producers “checked into her story and it wasn’t true”. Her grandfather is alive and well and Austin doesn’t like liars who catch on to the fake story and then become actresses trying to dupe someone else. Amanda, in perfect Schmo form, informs Austin that it was her other grandfather that died and gives him her best “you jackass” look. Oops. Oh well, too late now! What happens to Ingrid? I thought she was supposed to be on until the end to win her $100,000? The twists and turns continue!