Jay gets booted, Rhode Island weeps.

Our hometown hero RJR got plenty of screen time last night on the season premiere of The Bachelorette.





But in the end he failed to make an impression on Ally.

(A haircut might have helped...)



And was one of the first to go home.



At least he left with some dignity.

He was articulate and charming and pretty classy all the way through (though he did call her "sweetie" about 5 times which made me cringe a little), but he didn't do anything to embarrass himself or make himself look superdouchey, which definitely cannot be said for many of the other guys.

Ally gave her first impression rose to Roberto.





I would have given him one too.

He's dreamy.

SUPEROMG - RJR on The Bachelorette!!!

I don't know how this slipped by me until now, but I found out yesterday through a chance encounter with MichaelTan that our childhood friend and eggfurious cast member Jay (RJR) is going to be on The Bachelorette...premiering TONIGHT!!!!



Jay resurfaced in my life about a year ago just as I was getting ready to leave LA.

We had a delicious lunch at Sur...



On the day we took these headshots...



(And at the time I didn't really know why he wanted headshots since he is a lawyer and not an actor...)

But we stayed in touch... and he attended my Incredibly Going-Away Party.



And hit on some of my pretty ladyfriends.



Wow wow wow wow wow....I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BACHELORETTE TONIGHT!!!!!

It's on at 9pm on ABC!

I was going to be watching it anyway, but this just makes it SOOOOO much better.

Like...I mean...I've known Jay since we were 6 years old and we went to sleepaway camp with Mike and Charlie and Connor and Matt and played Go Fish! naked in a sleeping bag. So weird.

Amazingly Epic Going Away Party

Tuesday | June 9, 2009

Right before Danny and I left on our Kross Kuntry Adventure, we had a little Bon Voyage celebration at Fubar.

Smileyjohn brought cakes and took amazing pictures with his SLR...




And it was Ralph Lauren / NYC Prep themed, so people dressed accordingly.









Those that didn't got supernotsmileyfaced.



But overall, people looked awesome.

And there were some great surprise appearances by people like my childhood friend Jay-R who I haven't seen in almost a decade...



Fubar Jay gave us happy hour all night long.



And it really WAS happy! Smileyfaces were everywhere!




Smileyfaces...and fiercefaces...





But mostly smileyfaces...









Even TL, who made it out after her drunken-falling-down-stairs-incident, was glowing and happy (but a little camera-shy due to her Frankenstein forehead).



Also there was KARAOKE.




Smileyjohn sang an EPIC rendition of "Alone"...





Alistair sang "Tainted Love"...



Euguela sang "Black or White"...



And Annie and I lip-synched the Glee version of "Don't Stop Believing"...



Complete with backup singers/gesturers...



It was amazing. People thought we were actually singing.










The party was so awesome and I'm so grateful for all my wonderful friends who have made the past 5 years in LA what they have been.




BJ even tattooed "Happy Birthday Kwan" on his arm in pen.




And as if all this fun wasn't enough, Fubar Jay bought shots shots shots for everyone.





Amazing.









I think everyone had fun!









There was wastedface everywhere I turned. On a Tuesday!















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