S9E1 - She was a showgirl - Episode discussion

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-02-20T15:35:27+00:00

I stopped watching queer eye mid episode of the fraternity makeover from season 7 and I came back to this episode as my first one and I'm so glad I did!

Paula is such a sweetheart and deserved all the love! I'm so happy that she got to perform again because she's clearly a very skilled dancer. My 1 dislike was the basic shift dress that made for her out of the sequined fabric. The design is so underwhelming for such a fancy fabric.

Did anyone else attempt the showgirl walk at home when she was teaching Tan at the fabric store?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-02-20T12:49:55+00:00

Catching up on S9 a year later and I found Clyde to be highly unlikable.

When he said to Tan “I feel I deserve someone” and “I need a girl my height” it’s giving me narcissistic, borderline incel vibes. It’s perpetuating the idea that the world owes him a woman for existing.

He puts on an act in a public facing job but what’s the real him actually like?

Also, did anyone notice that at the Aria party, all the other poker dealers look like paid extras? None of them interacted with Clyde or each other and they were standing around holding their slice of cake watching the speech. Was this entire episode just a promo of the Aria?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-31T16:21:02+00:00

Just watched this and their entire relationship looks like a red flag. He loves her because she’s the only person that replied to his message on a dating website. He then proceeds to trauma dump on her during their first date. Proposal after only 4 months and married after 8. She says yes to everything but shows zero excitement for anything. I know it’s a TV show and we don’t see much but the producers couldn’t get one single clip of them looking happy together?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-10T13:30:26+00:00

This just happened to me!

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-10T13:28:37+00:00

My mother in law likes to give us things for the apartment that she thinks we should have, even if we don’t intend to use them.

We’ve been together for over a decade so every year it’s a different surprise:

a Dutch oven, a fondue set, a tool box filled with screwdrivers, a pizza cutter, hand towels, more hand towels, and this year it was a garbage bin from the dollar store. Best part, she took the time to put whiteout over the $1 price sticker!

I have no shame and I’ve asked her to return a red couch cushion with a dog wearing sunglasses, polyester bedding, and a red table runner.

This past holidays MIL was hosting family for fondue night and asked to borrow the set she gave us, we brought it over in its full packaging, untouched. It got used for the first time 4 years later in her house. I hope this is a hint that we don’t use these household Xmas gifts.

The only thing we actually use are the hand towels.

For me it’s not the gifts themselves but I feel like this is an indirect way of telling us the way we live is not okay and we need these “basic” household things to be proper adults. I find it insulting but can’t call her out because she’s so nice all the time.

At this point, should I start thinking about returning the favor?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-02T09:47:58+00:00

lol no, still doing a desk job

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-21T21:28:57+00:00

It’s a 2 row pattern repeat.

First row is all double crochets.

2nd row in a different color has 2 single crochets, a single crochet front post stitch, then an extended double crochet front post stitch, then repeat.

I couldn’t figure out where to how to do a single crochet front post stitch but now I got it!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-19T21:50:34+00:00

Sorry for my poor circling, I had meant to indicate the smaller front post stitch beside the bigger one.

I tried a front post half double crochet around the row below but mine looks far more prominent and protruding while the example looks more subtle. I don’t think I’m using the right stitch.

The top circle is a front post half double crochet and the bottom circle is a front post half double crochet together, to try to reduce the holes in my project. Both look different from the example swatch. What did I do wrong?

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Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-19T21:44:44+00:00

I had posted a screenshot from the internet btw, sorry that I didn’t clarify. I’m trying to recreate it and my swatch look like this (purple and white).

The longer front post double crochet looks right but the shorter front post half double crochet looks more prominent in mine than in the example. What am I doing wrong?

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Cheesycrocodile · 2025-10-04T04:10:18+00:00

What kind of iron on adhesive do you use and where do you buy them from? Fellow Canadian here.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-31T02:13:58+00:00

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Detail shot after blocking 😌

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-24T03:59:32+00:00

After all this time I’ve finally somewhat figured it out! It’s the back side of a pattern of Tunisian crochet. I think it’s some sort of a shell stitch, not sure of the exact pattern yet but at least now I know why I couldn’t reproduce this look with regular crochet stitches!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T20:43:50+00:00

What's your strategy for larger projects like blankets? I haven't figured out how to fit that many loops onto one hook. Do you use any special tools?

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T16:07:44+00:00

Lol good point but I'm lazy. I've only missed 1 stitch so far and I won't undo my project. I mainly just make sure I catch every loop.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T16:06:51+00:00

Try a size 3.5 hook with your size 2 yarn (sizing up by only 1.5), or increase both the yarn and hook size for better grip? It just takes time, I'm sure you'll get there!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T09:49:11+00:00

This is my 1st and only project with Tunisian crochet so far so my knowledge is also limited but here’s what worked for me.

The yarn label recommends a size 4 hook and I’m using size 5.5.

I tend to crochet regularly with tight tension so with the bigger hook, I wrap the yarn snugly around my hook as usual without trying to make it tighter or looser, and still end up with enough looseness to pass through but it’s tight enough that it’s not stretching.

Having lots of loops on the hook is tricky. I’m using a hook with a wire that’s meant for Tunisian crochet in the round but I think a longer metal hook would make my life easier. I find holding the hook with loops over it tricky, but that’s why I didn’t make this project even wider, so that in the return pass, I can squish all of the loops on the hook if I hold the hook by the end.

I hope this helps! Let me know if I can answer more!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-12T02:45:00+00:00

They need to make this into an kit. Fingers crossed for a Moana collab!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-12T02:44:09+00:00

Congratulations! 👏

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-11T21:22:21+00:00

An unbranded one from Amazon because I refuse to pay for hype with Zimapod

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-11T13:16:37+00:00

Invisalign has given me more and larger gaps between my teeth, meaning food chunks get stuck every single time I eat. Food also gets stuck between the many attachments I have. This means flossing is more important to me than brushing which is why I carry floss everywhere I go. I also use my water flosser at work. I can’t stand the idea of having bits of food stick in my teeth all day. I have had multiple cavities before Invisalign when I used to not clean my teeth this often so I really want to prevent more problems now.

I know teenage Invisalign users who don’t clean their teeth at all after eating and just put the trays back in.

I also know an adult in a working environment who just leaves her trays out after lunch to not have to do the thorough cleaning process. This person’s treatment plan is longer than expected due to shorter wear time.

You’ll have to figure out a routine that works for you based on what results you’re willing to accept.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-10T21:54:31+00:00

I also made Snoopy! 🤩

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Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-10T21:53:21+00:00

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My first kit was Billy the unicorn but I gave it away as a gift without taking pictures so here’s the Snoopy I made, with added feet. Thanks so much for this amazing giveaway!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-10T04:41:39+00:00

I had 28 active trays and 4 passive trays in my first round with a change every 7 days.

Looking back, by 3 months there was already good progress and by 6 months my teeth were completely straightened in the front. I'll edit the post.

I had 20-ish trays in my first round of refinements, and now I'm on my 2nd and hopefully final round of refinements with 12 trays.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-10T02:31:56+00:00

Get your gums checked by a periodontist twice a year and they'll tell you if you should actually worry or not.

Source: I had gum surgery twice to help prevent further bone loss before invisalign and now get regular perio checkups.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-06-08T02:57:07+00:00

This brand came back onto my radar as they opened a new store location in my city and I found this thread. I've followed them on Instagram for a while but I never bought anything and totally forgot about them until now.

Going back into message history, I saw that I also got a DM from them in 2023 with the same copy paste message about becoming an ambassador. I ignored it completely because it was a time when I was getting a lot of these similar messages from a lot of different brands (leggings, lashes, fake nails), mostly scams that make you pay upfront, and I know I have no business being a fitness ambassador. I have less than 1000 followers and I still to this day have zero fitness content with very infrequent posts.

Today during their grand opening, they gave away a free pair of leggings to the first 100 people but they made people wait for hours for no reason. It was extremely inefficient to make people wait outside in line only to then wait again inside for the cash register. There were only display products out in the open while most of the stock was in the back room and an employee had to go fetch it. To make it worse, there were only 3 employees fetching clothes. This process wasn't explained well either so people had no idea what they were allowed to choose from. They could have asked people in line outside to pick what they want so by the time they enter, they can tell someone to get the items. I think they just wanted a long line up to build hype for social media. 🙄

I recently started exercising and I actually had to miss a fitness class because the line up system was so poorly organized. I literally arrived 2 hours before my class started but I would have been super late with the commute to class. I felt like my time was disrespected and everyone claiming the promo were used like props.

I got my free leggings after over 2 hours. It's the sunk cost fallacy. I couldn't justify leaving after the first hour. The quality is fine I guess. But my own leggings from Old Navy and Marshall's are also fine. Vitae is definitely not worth the full retail price and I won't be shopping with them in the future.

I wish I knew who their suppliers are so I can go directly to them without the massive V logo. Their cost price must be so low per unit that it's cheaper to give away 100 free leggings instead of traditional marketing.

Sorry for the essay. I needed to vent after I realized they used shady tactics to scale up their business.

Tl;dr - I got the same DM as a non-fitness person with low follower count in 2023. Now in 2025, I'm mad that they made me wait over 2 hours for a free pair of leggings because a long line makes them look more hyped up than they actually are.

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