The Men of The Cougar

After not getting picked for the first TWO dates I knew I had to step up my game. I had no idea why I didn't get picked for the first date, but hey, what can you do? When Vivica said that there was a talent show I knew I had to pull out all the stops. I was thinking of all of my hidden talents, and I'm not going to lie - a puppet show was NOT the first one to come to mind.

I knew Stacey viewed me as a macho athletic guy, but I didn't know if she knew I had a sense of humor. That's why I decided to go with the puppet show, even if it made me look like a fool.

Some of the guys' talents were just ridiculous: Nick's lap dance was by far the most disgusting thing I have ever seen, and you can tell from Stacey's face that she was not into it.  Jimmy, c'mon, buddy -- after the whole getting down on one knee when you first met her and then hearing J.D.'s Shakespeare, you should have come up with something better than doing Shakespeare again. No wonder why you haven't gone on a date yet!

Getting picked for my talent was something I was definitely pumped about.  I knew that I had to make a great impression on this date and was curious to see what it was... aaaaaaaaaand great, the one thing I was hoping it wasn't was what we were doing: DANCING. For it to be salsa dancing made it even worse. OK, I know Johnny knows how to dance and I can probably hold my own against Austin and Adam -- but that's not saying too much. I know Stacey is going to think I'm this smooth dancer. WRONG! I may be tall, dark and handsome but this brother cannot dance.

Finally I had some alone time with Stacey. I felt that it was really good. I got to know what she's looking for in a man and that she can handle someone who is confident and has the attention on him instead of her. I'm still not sure if there's emotional chemistry between us, but the physical chemistry is definitely there.

Austin, Austin, Austin. "Green light," buddy? C'mon, I know it's a popular song now, but not something you should yell right after you get a kiss.

Poor Johnny; I guess the third time is NOT the charm.

Vivica is not making it easy on us guys to win these competitions. Picking a dress for a sexy older woman is something that I thought was going to be easy. Not so! The selection we had was HORRIBLE. Out of all the pieces in the store there were maybe three that I could picture a normal person wearing. Johnny going with the '80s prom dress was the best he could do because it was either that or a Pepto Bismol colored dress. So my man Joe definitely had this won when he picked his gown. If Stacey was going to a nightclub she would've definitely picked mine -- she even told me that herself!

I got to know Joe pretty well because he was my roommate in the house. Prior to the dress challenge, Joe and I had a talk about how he needed to step it up because he felt that he was getting overshadowed by all the other guys here. The fact that he found the perfect dress out of all of us couldn't have worked out better for him.

When he got picked he had literally five minutes to get dressed and mentally prepared for the date. He impressed me with how quick, calm and collected he was in such short time; he did a much better job than I would have because I know NOTHING about wine, and Stacey was impressed as well. When he got back to the house and the cameras were off he mentioned how he felt that he had the upper hand on all the guys because he knew he impressed her, and that Stacey will want more of him so he'll continue to lay low and have her keep on wanting him. Joe had better watch it -- if he doesn't pursue her, what happened to Adam may happen to him.

I would like to thank all of my fans -- and I promise there will be more coming from me (without my shirt on, of course).