TGFJ

Ju’not “Hey There Delilah” – I loved this. It made me swoony and he’s awesome. If Adam didn't already have me, I'd be all yours, baby.

Lil “Be Without You” – I reeeeally like her. I was hoping to not like one of the ones that were super-pimped. Nope. Three for three.

Felicia “No One” – there were some bum notes there but overall I thought it was better than most. She’s super!pretty.

Jorge “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” – I liked it and he seems really genuine. They eyebrows though? Come on.

Von “You’re All I Need To Get By” – This was so much less annoying than I thought it would be. I was so bummed out that I didn’t hate it that it’s possible that I didn’t like it as much as I thought I did. I appreciate him holding back and it would benefit him to continue to do so. It was a very smart decision on his part.

Kristen “Give Me One Reason” – I like her tone. Her hairdresser accidently dyed purple streaks in her hair? Perfect stripes right in front? Oookay.

Scott “Mandolin Rain” – I just haven’t been that impressed with him. Aw he’s blind. Yes, I get that. But the voice? Not so much.

Kendall “This One’s For the Girls” – meh. She’s cute.

Nate “I Would Do Anything For Love” – I wanted him to be better than he was. Not bad though. Elton John, Randy?

Taylor “If I Ain’t Got You” – I honestly don’t remember her performance. I do remember thinking she looked good but in no way 17 (more like 27).

Alex “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” – oh Alex. I was so afraid when Ryan broke the microphone! I really want to see Adam all glammed up using that spectacularly appropriately ummm glammy mic. Hubby told me to relax because he was sure they had a spare. And they did. whew!

Arianna “The Winner Takes It All” – I was so excited that somebody was doing ABBA and then she stunk it up. Parts of it were nice but the not nice outweighed the nice by a large margin.

Thank God for Ju'not.

there's something about Adam

Thank God for Adam

This week was flooded with poor song choices.

Jasmine “Love Song” – I had high hopes for her. I really liked her through the “audition” process and she was one of the ones I was excited to see. Not good.

Matt the pianist “Viva la Vida” – I think this is a difficult song to sing. I was slightly impressed that he could sing it at all. I just think it would have been better for him if he sang it well. I do like him though. I wouldn’t hate it if he makes it through. Another one I was super excited to see that let me down.

Leggy Bartender “This Love” – I fast forwarded. And then apologized to my husband because those legs really are magnificent. I told him I should have just muted. He wasn’t that bothered by it though.

Nick/Norman – wasn’t even funny this time around. I wish I would have found it entertaining since this show is such a joke anyway. Oh well. Let down #3. I’d say #4 but since I had no idea who Legs was before this, it was hard to feel let down by her.

NPH was there again? Is he dating Ryan?

Allison “Alone” – I said last week that certain songs should be retired. This is one of them. Carrie blew me away with this song. I do like Allison though. I’m pretty sure she’s the coolest sixteen year-old in the world.

Cute boy “Man in the Mirror” – I don’t know if I like this song. I do know that I don’t like this boy’s choice of song. Husband thought it was good. *shrug*

Megan Corkery “Put Your Records On” – Good God she is gorgeous. I really liked her from the auditions. I’m not sure I was crazy about this song choice but she’s a favorite of mine.

Matt the welder “If You Could Only See” – He has a nice, smooth voice. This song was slowed down too much. I haven’t heard Tonic’s version of this song in years though because I favor PNH’s (a local band that went national and then broke up… idiots) so maybe the original is that slow. I’m not sure I felt let down by him but I was underwhelmed.

Jesse “Bette Davis Eyes” – I loved her. I loved her song choice. I loved her vibe. I loved her being all WTF? to Randy. LOVE her. I’ve loved her brother since “Lie to Me” (What was that 1997?) so she gets bonus affection by association.

Kai “?”– wrong song… that I don’t remember. Shame. I was excited to see him. And hello? He’s gorgeous. He could use some work on his hair (including facial). Ah well.

Mishavonna “Drops of Jupiter” – meh. I didn’t hate it.

Adam “Satisfaction” – y’all are going to tie me up and torture me but I love him. I wouldn’t buy a CD (I don’t think… well, maybe I would after a few more months of brainwashing) but I would LOVE to see him on stage. He owns it. His range is incredible. He is in a completely different league than anybody on this show. Anybody that’s ever been on this show. I’m not saying I like his voice better than I’ve liked anybody else’s voice. (I tend to like my singers to show emotion when they sing.) I’m saying he belongs on stage and I’d pay money to watch him. My only complaint with him was… not with him at all. My only complaint is that the stage was way too small for him. He’s out of place on American Idol. Maybe I’ll get sick of him, because Lord knows I’ve never favored a theater-type performer on any of these shows (Rockstar INXS comes to mind. What was that one guy’s name? and MiG. Which brings Marty to mind. Which brings Ryan to mind. Which reminds me why I shouldn’t ever bother getting invested in anybody on American Idol. Because hello? Nobody can touch Ryan.) but right now, I can’t wait to see him perform again. I am highly anticipating the “top” twelve show because Adam is fabulous. Ooh! We’ll get to see him sing again tonight, right? Yay!

TGFS

Jackie Tohn “A Little Less Conversation” – didn’t like the song choice. Didn’t like the outfit.

Ricky Braddy “A Song For You” – I wasn’t that impressed. He makes weird faces and pahs and tahs into the microphone (kind of like Kara was doing)… back away from the mic. Also? Elliott killed this song. (as an aside, Yamin wasn’t one of my favorites during his season but I’ve grown to really love his voice)

Alexis Grace “Never Loved A Man” – I was impressed.

Neil Patrick Harris!!!! Hi! I love you! What is he doing there and why is he with Ted Danson?

Brent Keith “Hicktown” – should have chosen a different song. I understand why he picked it though and I can appreciate it. But. He needed to commit to it some more.

Hey Simon, Bucky released an album that sold pretty well. He’s doing pretty okay for himself.

Stevie Wright “You Belong To Me” – This chick is named after one of the greatest female singers in all the land and she’s adorable. It’s really too bad she sucked so much.

Anoop “Angel of Mine” – interesting song choice. I really like him and I’d like to see him in the “top” twelve. He has a natural talent thing that I really like.

Casey Carlson “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” – no. I don’t even want to discuss it.

Michael Sarver “I Don’t Wanna Be” – he brings the pretty. This song though? Not a good choice because Bo killed it. As a matter of fact, iirc, Elliot also killed this song. Certain songs should just be eliminated from this show. You know?

Ann Marie “Natural Woman” - forgettable

Stephen Fowler “Rock With You” – he has one of those amazingly seductive voices. Bad song choice. Pity.

Tatiana “Saving All My Love” – one of the best of the night by far

Danny Gokey “Hero” – The tone of his voice sends shivers up my spine. Parts of this song hit me so hard that I’ll even forgive the finger-point at the end there… never do that again, pony. I’m just going to have to turn off my defense like I learned to do with Michael Johns last year. You think he’s a douchebag? I think he has a great voice. The fact that he is being pimped so embarrassingly hard is not his fault.

Hi Jamar! Wish you were still singing for us.

Thank God For Simon. Without him the "judging" would have been far less believable. The band sucked. The best of the night wasn't the best vocal performance ever performed by a performer.

The three going through are likely to be: Danny, Alexis and one of Anoop or Michael.

Friday!!!!!!!!

The lights are back on.



Oh how I love this show. Must buy Kleenex.

I've become obsessed with Lindsey McDonald

I started watching Leverage and remembered how very much I appreciate Christian Kane. I've also been really into Angel lately. I haven't seen all of the series yet. I watched the first two seaons when it aired and have caught many later episodes over the years in syndication. I try to keep up with it on TNT but when it seems like they're airing it in order, something gets out of whack or I forget to check for a while or something. Anyway, I found some Lindsey videos.




Leverage also has Aldis Hodge which helps a heap. There is no possible way I can miss a show that has both these guys on it.





oh God. My husband and I watched Close to Home on CBS Fridays. Imagine my delight to learn that Annabeth's husband was played by Christian Kane. He was hardly ever shown. Then they killed him off at the end of the first season. It was SO freaking sad too.

SYTYCD Canada

I was fortunate enough to get to see this even though it didn't air here.
I was trying to remember the different routines from week to week just from memory and I remembered very few so I am doing this with the aid of Wikipedia.

Week 1
I remember re-watching Lisa and Vincent’s Stacey Tookey “Slow Me Down” routine and falling in love with them immediately. I thought they were brilliant.


I was so happy to see Blake on my television again. He’s so wonderful.

I remember the “Shake It” Disco routine from Lara and Miles. That was fun! I think that’s mostly due to the song though. (I immediately put that and “Slow Me Down” on my ryPod.)

Week 2
Nico and Arassay’s “Somebody to Love” theatre routine was pretty great-eesh. I don’t think I’m as in love with it as everybody else but it was among my favorites from the season.

Francis and Natalli’s Paso was really quite enjoyable for me. So much pretty.


Week 3
Blake McGrath is a genius. Nico and Arassay’s contemporary routine was gorgeous. It was sexy and passionate and everything I love to see in contemporary routines.


Vincent and Lisa’s Cheesman African Jazz routine was absolutely gorgeous. I loved it.



Week 4
Have I mentioned that Blake is a genius? Izaak and Kaitlyn’s jazz-funk was so fun. And sexy. Blake makes everything sexy.

In reading through the routines from week four, I honestly don’t remember any of the others.

Week 5
Sho-Tyme’s House routine for Lisa and Vincent was fun. Those two can do anything and do it well.
And Becker redeemed himself with “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” routine for Nico and Arassay. Gorgeous.


Blake's group routine was amazing.

Week 6
I don’t remember any of these. I wish I could remember Arassay and Vincent’s disco.

Week 7
I’d been waiting to see Lisa and Nico together. Knowing they had to break up my two favorite couples, it was the least they could do. And then they gave me Blake jazz-funk choreography too! Have I mentioned that Blake makes everything sexy? Not that these two need any help in that department. Wow! I hate that song but it didn’t matter. That was great.


Benji’s Lindy Hop was weird but Izaak and Arassay made it fun to watch. Arassay was an animal. Their Tango was good too. I couldn’t take my eyes off of Arassay. She IS a beast!

The Vincent and Natalli Krump was, well it was Lil’ C so it was “buck”. Vincent can do anything!Their Tookey contemporary was gorgeous. It ranks up there with my favorites of the season.


Arassay and Vincent eliminated?!?! Really? Really? This is when I found out I had grown attached to somebody else besides Blake while watching this. It broke my heart to see Vincent eliminated. It never occurred to me that he wouldn’t make final four. He is brilliant. And Arassay? is magic. So I guess I learned that Canada gets it wrong too. *sniff*

Week 8
“The Face” was gorgeous. The sexy was there but this one was more emotional. Beautiful. I’d have liked to have seen Lisa do this one with somebody a little more… more. Somebody like Blake or Danny (Tidwell, that is)… or Vincent.


Nico and Natalli are way too hot together. Jeez. The stage should have melted. Their Disco was really good. Finally those people who didn’t watch Blake do Disco during SYTYCD Season one have a really fun Disco to remember.

Nico’s “Reckoner” solo was so, so pretty. I just… wow. Thank you, Nico. I loved all his solos but this one stands out to me the most because of the song… well and because he was all wet.


So.

My absolute favorite was… hmmm… it’s hard to pick between Vincent and Lisa but it’s one of those two. Arassay, Nico and Natalli rounded out my top five. Miles probably would rank sixth (maybe seventh) and I don’t think Allie makes my top ten. I honestly don’t remember any of her routines except the “Permanent” contemporary with Nico (which was very pretty).

It was pretty fortunate for me during the first half of the top 20 because my top four were coupled. When Nico/Arassay and Vincent/Lisa were separated, it only solidified all of the reasons they were my favorites. They made every routine they did look good and looked great doing it. They took every style and conquered it like professionals. Extremely talented, well-rounded professionals. No doubt one of these four should have won. I wouldn't have been, and wasn't, totally shocked to see Natalli edge them out but nobody else deserved to in my eyes.

Overall, this was a refreshing watch for me. First and foremost, and the reason it captured me in the first place was because of my love for Blake. Second because it reassured me that I am not all about feeding my eyes the candy. Three of my top five favorites were female. (Of course, one was a beautiful, beautiful, charismatic, charming, talented, beautiful man, but that’s to be expected. I am human.) I don’t think I have favored girls on this show since season two so it was like a revelation for me. I can breathe a big sigh of relief, knowing that I’m more than just shallow. Or at least I was while watching this show.

Jason and Sam

Yes, I watch General Hospital. I missed a lot of (most of) Jason and Sam's relationship but they were so wonderful together. This Jason and Liz thing makes no sense. Hello? Writers? He does not love Liz. yeesh. Sam and Lucky sure look pretty. But Jason and Sam make sense. They were perfect.

“When I, when I sleep, you know there’s moments when I wake up and I, I still reach for you. And I remember why you’re not with me, and everything comes flooding back to me. And I gotta move, I gotta get up, I gotta go to work, I gotta do everything I can to make myself stop thinking of you. You like to think I don’t miss you...I miss you.....all the time."

I have to wait until January

Something I posted at RTVW:

As mentioned, it is helpful to take it in from the beginning. If you're not appreciative of the character progression (or regression) or the basis of the storylines, then it probably is a little difficult to "get it". I wasn't completely sold on this show after my first viewing of the first episode of the first season. After the second episode ("Eyes Wide Open"), I was hooked. After "Wind Sprints" (episode three), the show took ownership of my soul. This show captures so many of the little things that other shows miss or ignore. You know these people. You care about these people. You want this football team to win, but more importantly, you want to know what's going on with the people in this town. It's not that it's not a show about football. I've heard that said a lot and I think I've said it but it's not completely accurate. It's a show about a town who happens to love their football team. But no, you don't have to be passionate about football to be passionate about this show. The acting is like nothing I've ever seen before. Kyle Chandler is a magician. He can convey his emotions with the raise of an eyebrow or a brush of his (equally magical) hair. Connie Britton is a godess. Scott Porter (*sob*) embodies his character. You can't imagine anybody else in these roles that these brilliant actors portray with absolute perfection. When you're watching something else with Scott Porter and he stands, you stand up and scream, "It's a miracle! Jason Street can stand!" Because these characters are real to you. It's not easy to explain to somebody that doesn't watch or "get" the show. But for me, the rest of the world stops when I watch Friday Night Lights. When the hour is over, I want more.

Dillon Texas is my happy place.

Plus, there's Taylor Kitsch. Tim Riggins is my favorite television character ever and it's not just because I think he's gorgeous (though, of course, that doesn't hurt).

One more scene just because it's my favorite.
An old blog entry of mine from February 2007:"It's like somebody sat down and typed it all out from beginning to end. It's brilliant. The storyline continuity and the character development. The little things that you don't notice on other shows because they don't exist on other shows. gah. Unplug the phone. If you have pestering kids, wait until they go to bed. If you have an SO, explain to them that they NEED to leave you alone. Record it so you can pause it. Record it so you can rewatch it. Record it so you have proof that a show this amazing exists when somebody doubts you that it is as awesome as it is. I, unfortunately, have had to erase them after a couple weeks. As soon as it comes out on DVD, I am buying it. I'm saving pennies and hiding it from my husband so he can't spend my FNL DVD set money on something else like gas or groceries."

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.