MONDO EXTRAS

And speaking of, we move to the poolside walking lesson with Miss J. Alexander. Bre was great, Kyle needed to become more comfortable, and Sarah sucked. Miss J. does a nail check on the girls, and scolds Sarah, who apparently bites her nails. He says that no photographer wants a model with beat-up, busted up man fingers. True enough. ["There go my dreams of being the next Linda Evangelista." -- Wing Chun] Meanwhile, back at home, Kyle is talking on the phone about the bird visitor of yore. She says that it keeps knocking on their door, and that it may be blind. She adds that they have named it Mr. Bojangles. At a different point in time Kyle, who has her ubiquitous hair rollers in, notices Mr. Bojangles -- "Bo" for short -- hopping about, and calls for Kim. Nicole yells that they need to get the bird out of the house, and Kyle says that they didn't let him in "this time." Hmmm. Kyle is like a crazy cat lady, but for birds. Bo eats a delicious seed. Lisa speculates that maybe he was a former indoor bird, and now wants to live in the luxury to which he was accustomed. I think Bo just wants him some bitches. Bo hops around some more, and the girls all follow him around and scream. Kim carries around a paper towel, as if she is going to squash him like a bug. If my cat, Miss Itty, wasn't twelve years old and half blind as well as mostly deaf, I think she would love this scene. Jayla, who is in the confessional, listens to the screaming and gives a "this is why I'm the way I am" look into the camera. For a moment, I feel for her. But it is a very short moment. Bo hops, the girls scream, Jayla looks pissed, repeat. Someone speculates that Bo wants to be a top model, which launches me into a fantasy sequence.

Tyra: There are two lovely top model contenders in front of me, but I only hold one photo in my hands. One of the girls standing before me has all the potential in the world. She's beautiful, she's tall, she has the best body here. She impresses the judges week after week in person, but she can't translate that into fierce photos. The other one standing before me really cares about her physique. She hops around and eats only seed. She gives 100\% and she can turn it out in a photo, but the judges aren't sure if the world is ready for a blind model who stands a mere three inches tall. But Mr. Bojangles, you get another chance to prove us wrong. Thanks, Kyle.