"The one thing I learned is that there is nothing real about 'The Real World,'" says Colin Funderburk, who works at the Blind Pig on Sixth Street. Back in February, while the 16th installment of MTV's The Real World was midway through shooting in Austin, Funderburk briefly dated Rachel, the Valencia, Calif., Army nurse on a "break" from her boyfriend, who claims Jenna Jameson as her personal hero. Then the cameras caught him and another girl at a bar and the message for episode 6 was suddenly clinched: Funderburk was a reflection of what Rachel was doing in her own relationship. Or something deeply metaphorical like that. Now he finds himself in the strange world of semicelebrity, being uncomfortably mobbed by 16-year-old girls who recognize him from the show. "I had a good time hanging out with the cast," Funderburk admits, though he and Rachel have severed all ties. Surprised? Funderburk doesn't seem to be. "So much of it is about the cameras and the attention. True life is way more important then being on TV."
