Hello, you asstastic people! Are you ready for another asstastic hour of group live-blogging madness? Oh, am I saying "asstastic" again? Sorry. It's become my favorite new word, ever since commenter downlow used it (aptly) to describe Leanne's winning design last week. Now it's my catchphrase - my "fierce," if you will. Everything lately is asstastic! Everything but me, that is. I'm actually kind of a sad chicken this week, because Stella is out. (Fortunately for Tim Gunn, she didn't brain him with her hammer when he called her "ebullient" - what kind of adjective is that for the "heroin Cher"?) I'll miss Leatha, and I'm sure you will too. But don't despair: I wouldn't be surprised if she and her boyfriend appeared in their own reality show soon. They could call it simply: "Stella and Ratbones." With a name like that, how could it miss? I'd watch a show called "Stella and Ratbones." Wouldn't you? Anyway, here are three asstastic "things to watch for" as we live-blog tonight: Girl power! Expect the women to keep kicking ass tonight, on the way to what I predict will be an all-female final three (or four). To paraphrase Helen Reddy: They are woman, hear them roar! In numbers too big to ignore (five out of eight victories to date)! In tonight's preview, I glimpsed this message scrawled on a chalkboard in the women's apartment: "Bad Ass Mutha Fuckas In The House!" That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? Double auf heaven! As I mentioned last week, the final faceoff of this season's three (or four) finalists will occur in New York's Bryant Park this Friday, but eight contestants remain. This means they must multiply some eliminations, and stage several "decoy" shows on Friday, to avoid spoiling surprises. So news that two designers will be auf'd in tonight's team challenge should come as no surprise. Let's hope the losing team is Blayne and Suede - Blayne, because he called Mary-Kate Olsen a "fashion legend" last week; and Suede, because we've had to look at that fauxhawk long enough. The fauxhawk must go. Life imitates snark! Remember when I joked that, given all the recent guest stints by charismatic past entrants (in unflattering contrast to this year's crew), they may as well stage a joint appearance by Christian Siriano, Jay McCarroll and Santino Rice to the strains of "We May Never Love Like This Again"? Well, it turns out that something very close this is actually slated to occur tonight - off by one person and, probably, minus the song. When the moment comes, we'll all just have to sing it ourselves, OK? Well, that's enough from me. Let's get ready to liveblog, all you bad-ass mutha fuckas! Tonight is gonna be asstastic! (P.S.: We miss you Jerilyn! Come back under a new name soon!)

Hello again, campers! I trust the Republican Convention won't distract from our 9 pm commenter gabfest as much as the Dem one did last week, given how little the worlds of fashion design and the GOP overlap (apart from some rich male Republicans marrying fashion models, that is). But those planning to watch Sarah Palin's speech tonight (whether due to some accident-gawking impulse, or the hope of glimpsing her hunky future son-in-law) should know that it probably won't start till after 10 pm Eastern. So why not sit tight with us until then? In case you missed last week's liveblog, here are few random highlights:

Hear ye and welcome to the Project Runway Commenter Live blog - the weekly convention where Gawker delegates use their keyboards to vote for awesomeness! To those of you jonesing for a political fix from the Dem Convention: Biden's speech probably won't start until after 10 pm, so why not kill time before then by helping us liveblog tonight's Project Runway episode? Before I bang the gavel on tonight's festivities, here are some "random highlights" and "things to watch."

Hello, packers of balls or vajayjay! Welcome to the place where Gawker commenters live-blog the latest episode of Project Runway, drink too much and (in some cases) fantasize aloud about Olympic athletes. I'm your host, Hippity Klum, and before we get the party started tonight I'd like to share some kudos, an observation and a few "things to watch." The kudos go to commenter Lizawithazee, who made this prescient comment five minutes into last week's episode: "Here's a hint: don't let yourself lead a team. It's curtains, baby." The observation concerns Stella. You know how Tim Gunn tells the loser each week to "clean out your space"? Well, after crazy Stella gets the boot, one of the things she's gonna clean out of her space is a great big hammer. So when her time comes, my recommendation for Tim is to say: "Never mind about your space - we'll pack your stuff and send it to you later." And here are my suggested "things to watch for" this week:

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the greatest liveblog on earth - created by you, the Gawker commenters. It's like an Olympics here every Wednesday night, but a special one: the Olympics of live blogging. Before things get underway, I have a couple things to suggest we watch for tonight, followed by a special request. First, the "things to watch": Will another "clothing mashup" be unveiled? Last week, Joe wowed the judges by concocting a skort - the skirt/short combo that is to the clothing world what the spork is to plastic cutlery. What other clothing innovations might we see tonight? A "pantdanna"? A shirt/hat combo called a "shat"? Pantihose for men, called "mantihose"? Leggings worn on the arms, called "armings"? The possibilities seem endless … Will Brooke Shields be introduced as a stylish dresser? The last two guest judges with no real connection to the fashion industry were introduced as having a "great fashion sense." Will this happen again tonight? Or will they just attempt to establish Shields' judging credentials by telling us she "wears a lot of clothes" instead? Ok, now for my special request: It came to mind after reading Richard's excellent recap last week, and its depressing but accurate observation that this season so far kind of sucks. This put me in mind of the scene in Peter Pan when Tinkerbell is dying, but the power of a crowd of children's belief in fairies restores her to life. Why? Because I believe in Project Runway. And I think all of you do too. (I think we also believe in fairies, but that probably goes without saying.) So before tonight's live blog begins, I thought maybe we could harness the collective power of commenter love and try to bring this faltering season back to life. What do you say? Are you with me? Ok then, everybody: If you believe in Project Runway, clap your hands! That's it… clap! Again! Keep on clapping, I think it's starting to work! Of course, you can't clap and comment at the same time. So at 9 pm, don't forget to stop clapping and start typing.

Brought to you, as always, by commenter MisterHippity. Take it away, Hip: Greetings, fellow livebloggers! At the moment, I'm contemplating a photo I took last month of July 4 fireworks, which I am using as inspiration as I write this piece. The camera moved just as I snapped it, so it came out all blurry, but I've decided that makes it artistic, and therefore better. So if my post this week seems a little unfocused and scattershot, that's intentional - my picture inspired me to write it this way. So here are some scattered, fuzzy thoughts from me before we all get underway with our "commenter liveblog" of tonight's episode. First, a recap of a few things we learned last week: · You don't have to be straight to wear a wife-beater. · Sewing your own clothes while watching Project Runway "lends a sense of urgency and panic to your own project" (as commenter Gecko informed us). · Apparently, none of us knows what "white charmeuse" is - but judge Michael Kors knows "white Charmin" when he sees it. And here are a few things I suggest we watch for as we liveblog tonight: · False drama! Last week, Keith's model dropped out! OMG, what would he do? Answer: Put his dress on a different model. Who could have guessed? Watch for more gripping false drama this week! · A previously ignored designer suddenly getting lots airtime. Usually, this means that this designer will either win this week or (more likely) go home. So if we suddenly see a lot of the black dude with the hat (for example), don't be surprised if the episode ends with Tim Gunn sending him upstairs to clean out his space. · Designers ignoring Tim's advice. Last week, all of the bottom-three designers made this mistake. It seems they never learn: You do what Tim tells you. If Tim tells you to "holla atcha boy," you do it. And if you don't have a boy, you find one and start hollering at it. OK gang, that's enough hollering from me - let's get this party started. Maybe if we top 1,000 comments tonight, Lifetime will really sit up and take notice!

Well commenters, we did it! We made it work! We didn't bore Nina! We [insert your favorite Project Runway cliché here]!

Commenters, for this week's challenge, you will have 60 minutes - starting at exactly 9 pm Eastern - to construct a Project Runway "liveblog" using nothing by sandpaper, twine and fruit rollups. If you don't have access to those materials, then please just use the wit, perceptiveness and itchy posting fingers that are the hallmark of Gawker commenters the world over. Your moderator, commenter MisterHippity, introduces himself and lays some ground rules after the jump.

That's right, as we mentioned earlier, Julia Allison has generously agreed to answer your questions. Live Blogging With Julia Allison