#325 Apply Online to be on The Bachelorette
Today’s scary thing comes courtesy of friend Nate. Good old Nate just always seems to be chockfull of ideas for SYED. I guess him and his girlfriend are big Bachelor/Bachelorette fans. I remember seeing the first couple of seasons of The Bachelor and then The Bachelorette. It was fun and new back then. Now it kind of reeks of desperation. So when Nate suggested I apply to be on The Bachelorette, it seemed right up my alley. I wear desperation like a cologne.
I think I’m more interested in seeing how far I could advance in the process. Each step would be something new and scary. Let’s say by some crazy chance I actually get picked, would I actually really go? I don’t know. Honestly, right now I can’t see myself ever doing it. But there are plenty of things I’ve done in this blog that if you asked me I would do a year ago, I would’ve laughed at.
Plus, I’ve had a script in mind for a RomCom centered around a Bachelor/ette type show so this would be good research.
Anyway, I found the online application and applied. But it turns out they want you to follow up with a written mail application with more photos and a video. I have a funny idea for a video so that will probably be coming later this week. For now, the only really creative thing I could do in the application was say I wanted to be on the show. Here’s what I wrote:
Look, I’m 36 years old. I’ve been around the block a few times. I’ve been set up by friends, by my parents. I’ve gone on countless numbers of internet dates. I’ve picked up women in bars, had women picked up on me. I’ve met girls biking, in yoga. I’ve asked waitresses, hair dressers, book store clerks out. And I’m still single. So why WOULDN’T I apply to be on a show to compete against a bunch of guys for a women I barely know? Why WOULDN’T that work out? It would make a great story if it did. So here I am. Applying to The Bachelorette. I expect to win because stranger things have happened.
Would you call me in for a interview based on that?
