Greatest American Dog

Is anybody else watching this show? Ack! It is so fun to watch. Of course, I get attached to the dogs and they get booted from the house. So sad. It's great to watch these people learning how to train their dogs. I don't agree with all of the methods used *looks at JD* but watching the connection between dog and human is special to me. I am loving this show... and I love that it's near impossible to pick a favorite because I love all dogs.

awww Marksie

I love that this tribute includes everything. Best partnership ever.

Add Bjork to my wish list

I really, really want to see some choreography on this show to Bjork. Still listening to Left of Center and my absolute favorite Bjork song came on.

Hyper-Ballad
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like, car parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around

It's become a habit
A way to start the day

I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you

It's early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks

When it lands
Will my eyes
Be closed or open?

I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you

Which, of course brings to mind this:

Randoms

Okay. Okay. No, this is not a "random" post. I just got my Google Alert.

Mark's interviews make me love him more. If that's possible.

These are some quotes from here (not that I needed a Google Alert to see this one):
"I'm feeling really, really happy actually. I just feel like everything lined up for me to leave on an awesome, awesome note as far as who I got to work with this week," he told reporters during a Friday conference call.

"I'm really happy that I was able to stay true to myself this whole process. I'm proud of myself and -- in my own aspect -- I feel like I won."

"One of my biggest things entering the competition was that I really wanted to stay true to myself, and I hope that it encourages other people to be who they really, really are and not be afraid if they are a little different."

"I think it's kind of cool," he told reporters. "I think it's neat to end with the person you started with. It was very sentimental."

"Probably my worst dance on the show was the country two-step. I can't explain to you how hard that was," he said. "I think that we did the best we possibly could with what they gave us."


This livejournal popped up on my alerts. The categories won by Mark include:
Cutest couple with Chelsie ~ shared with Ivan & Allison
Best Personality ~ shared with Sara von Gillern
Most Musical
Most Unique
Most Creative
Partnership with the Best Chemistry with Chelsie
Best Couple that Never Happened with Katee

The honorable mentions are too many to name.
Explain to me, please, how he didn't win BEST HAIR.



From aol:

"I loved working with the last choreographer that I got to work with -- Sonya. She was amazing ... She just has this incredible voice and this incredible energy that when you're working with her, you really want to work hard. And I just felt like I understand her. I feel like we're from the same planet."

"The people that left the first, second or third week -- that's a tough thing. But I was really shocked when Will left because he's crazy amazing. Who else? Gosh, I feel like Kourtni had a lot to offer, too, like artistically and everything. I don't think she really got to show what she's capable of."

"Gosh, I'm just excited to see what happens. But I love dark stuff. I kind of want to see where everything takes me on a non-dance level, too. It would be awesome to get into [acting]. I love Tim Burton's work and Johnny Depp. I love how dark they can get ... and how artistic they are. I also love the work of Cirque du Soleil. I mean, I'm open to so many different things right now."

Beautiful

gah-

It seems like I'm always getting behind these people that I'm always feeling like I have to defend. I don't know why I do that and I know it's a pain in the ass. I just want people to know that I see something totally different than they see. I turned on my Sirius on my way home and put it on Left of Center. It made kind of chuckle to myself because I guess that's why I'm always picking up favorites that people don't understand. And I really do believe that's what it is. They don't understand him. He's not a hip hop dancer. He's not a ballroom dancer. He's not a jazz dancer. He's not a contemporary dancer. He's a DANCER. He has consistently picked up every piece of choreography that has been thrown at him. He has done miles better than anybody else this season in that regard. I just don't get how that can even be argued. I'm so tired of hearing how he gets ranked so low because of his solos. He dances. He doesn't do tricks. He doesn't pull gimmicks. He doesn't do what people want him to do. He does what the music tells him to do. God, I love that about him. And people say he's awful because they can't label him. I am so proud of him and everything he has done. I am proud of his fans for sticking it out and not letting people convince them that they are wrong.



I will not be okay if Mark goes home tonight. It will ruin the finale for me. Hell, it will ruin the season.

This season would have been a waste for me if he wasn't there.

How's this?

I think I did it right.

Nashville Star

is a really bad show. Just sayin'. I ff'ed through every single song on this week's episode. actually, I guess I ff'ed through just about the whole show. The ff used to only be used for Coffey... who is just not good at all. He's very likable though. So he's got that going for him.

I just watched an old Jared Leto movie. "The Last of the High Kings" aka "Summer Fling" He is so stupid beautiful. It's a crime. Some of his physical beauty should be passed out to some of us that could use it. sheeeeeesh. Naked butt too. Hubby walked in during the sex part (right before naked butt) and said, "What are you watching?" I said, "Jared Leto porn. hahahaha *notice he's not laughing* No. This is the first and only part like this at all." It was better than I thought it would be and I'm pretty convinced I saw it back in the day. Jared's always worth a re-watch though even if the movie isn't. Not that it was bad but if he wasn't in it, I'd have deleted it from the DVR. Glad I didn't because, well, because Jared Leto butt, but also because the music was cool. (lots of Thin Lizzy)

yay for Mark fans!

hee!

Season 2 Top 6

I remember this Mia Michaels. No props. Just really amazing dance. Brings me to tears every single time.

A post about Mark

Inspired by a response to Tummy on my other blog.

I think that if I was a musician, I would hire him, beg him, to be a part of my band. His job would be to just dance to my music. I think that would be brilliant.

It's things like this

from the Chicago Tribune that make me feel good:

Others fared better. Johns' performance, featuring stadium-ready anthems courtesy of Queen and Aerosmith, proved far-more memorable than his plebeian name; White, alternating between guitar and piano, charmed her way through "1-2-3-4" and "Yellow"; Castro, with his shoulder-length dreadlocks, brought a mellow, stoner vibe to a ukulele-driven "Over the Rainbow."

The top two contestants couldn't live up to these simple charms.

Because, as some of you may recall, those three top my favorites of the season list.

There's something wrong with me

Seriously. I need help. I really lucked out with my husband because nobody else in the world would put up with me. Me and my obsessing over contestants on reality shows. Y'all, I love Mark Kanemura. IV real (that's me mocking because that IV real drives me bonkers). He puts a smile on my face. Lil C said he reminds him of "the most instrumental worker bee for the art hive" and he has a "distinctive atmosphere" and said, "Keep doing what you're doing. Please."







I'm always one of the first ones on that grassy knoll. This time though, I am choosing to climb down from there and believe my gut. This guy is special. Why would they try to get him booted off? Right?

When he was declared safe, Chelsie gave him the hug I wanted to give him. Hell, I needed a hug.


Keep doing what you're doing, Mark. Please.

Vote for Mark!

some sytycd pictures

I am just loving Mark Kanemura from this season's So You Think You Can Dance.

I do hope they intend to use him in the future for some choreography because he's really quite wonderful.

Ryan from Season 1 and Hok from Season 3:

Josiah

I guess I'm not doing my finale play-by-play afterall.

LOVED: Michael, Michael and Carly, Top 6 guys with Bryan Adams, Seal, Carrie Underwood, OneRepublic w/ David Archuleta (I NEED an mp3, please).
Not so much: ZZTop with Cook (complete with weird knee movements. Seriously. Who told him to do that?), Love Guru, Michael not singing the "warm and naked" part.

I'm sure I'll think of more.

Anyway. Josiah Leming signed with Warner Bros. and talks to MTV about it here. Yay Josiah!

And the winner is...

Michael Johns. Lord help me, I love that man. I have more to say after watching the finale but I'm uberbusy at the moment so this will serve as a placeholder for my Idol observations. I'd like to rewatch the finale though before I do.

Also? The SYTYCD season opener was on last night and I think I already have a favorite. yikes. That is always bad news for me. And no, it's not Hok this year. She's an 18 year old soccer player named Kherington Payne and she's wonderful.

The Finally Finale

So tonight we crown our winner. I haven't said an awful lot about this season. I've had things to say, believe me, I just haven't felt all that compelled to document it. The extremely predictable David v. David final two. I'm not sure I'll be doing a play by play this season. I thought I would since I've been more interested than I was last year... which doesn't say much. I'm going to see Iron Man though so I'll probably fast forward until I see Michael, Jason, Carly, Brooke, Robert Downey Jr, and all the other people that might interest me. I don't know who is going to win. I really don't. I know who "they" want to win so maybe that answers that right there. But it makes no difference to me.

*yawn*

I posted on RTVW about the Cook to Daughtry comparisons making my claws come out. They sunk in though when Simon said that if this stays a "talent competition" that Cook should win. I? don't believe that to be true. *looks at past eleventy posts* Obviously. Because of that, my claws have remained dug in and I was not allowed the opportunity to warm up to David Cook. I like the guy. I think he's talented. Do I think he's more talented than Daughtry? *scoff!* Do I think he's more talented than Bo? *pffft!* Do I think he's more talented than Michael? No. Absolutely not.even.close. I apologize to my other favorites (Bo, Chris and Bucky) but Michael has taken a very secure lead over them these past weeks. Now I realize that this is still fresh for me but I don't think he'll go backwards. He's way too wonderful.

So tonight, I will go to dinner and a movie and come home to my mmmMichael and his perfect voice and his gorgeousness awaiting my viewing. I will view with great pleasure and my husband will feel very lucky (I had a dream last night that is burned into my brain... and other parts). Thank you, American Idol, for bringing me somebody again. They're good for that. They're not good at getting anything right (except for S4 ~ Carrie and Bo) but they're good for giving me somebody to follow and be interested in.

The Rising on Sharon Osbourne 2003

Nothing hotter in the world. *wipes sweaty brow* *wipes drooly chin*

Baby Michael singing Radiohead's "High and Dry"

AI7 Final 2 vs. AI4 Top 2

I miss the good old days. When people got it right.


annoying screaming bitches

farther away but you can hear them