I want to start by saying that Kherington and Twitch's routine choreographed by Jean Marc Genereaux to "A New Day" by Celine Dion last night was PHENOMENAL. Jean Marc dedicated the routine to his daughter who is sick. During tonight's results, they showed a clip of Jean Marc thanking Kherington and Twitch, telling him that his daughter would love it.
It was a beautiful performance. Mia Michaels commented that she thought Kherington's smile throughout the routine was inappropriate. Mary (or maybe it was Nigel) pointed out that Jean Marc choreographed the piece to make his daughter smile, ergo, it was completely appropriate for Kherington to smile the way that she did. I agree. They were my favorite performance last night. Here's a vdeo clip from youtube. I can't stop watching this! The look on Mary's face at the end says it all. It reminds me of the look on Paula's face after David Archuleta sang Imagine for the first time during 1970s week.
Kherington & Twitch - Viennese Waltz:
Go Twitchington!
In Rickey's pool at www.funofficepools.com, (that's Rickey of Rickey.org fame) I picked Comfort and Chris as the two dancers going home tonight.
Now, on to the results!
Safe
Kherington & Twitch
Kourtni & Matt
Katee & Joshua
Courtney & Gev
Chelsie H & Mark
Jessica & Will
The bottom 3:
Chelsea T & Thayne
Susie & Marquis
Comfort & Chris
Going Home:
Susie and Marquis
It's really too bad, because I was really starting to like them. Rickey put it best when he commented on Nigel breaking Marquis' heart. We love you Marquis! He kind of reminds me of Marco from Degrassi. Just a thought.
Another thing that I noticed is that the guys seem to be taking it harder than the girls when they get voted off. That's just an observation.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Baby-Sitters Club- Super Special #12- Here Come the Bridesmaids!- Chapters 3-
Chapter 3
BSC meeting time! Yay! The chapter starts with one of Jessi's contributions to the Wedding Journal. She apologizes that she wasn't writing about the wedding, but she couldn't after what happened that day. Ooh... Intrigue!
Mallory is singing. She's butchering the words to "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". Shannon tries to teach her the words. When this proves to be unsuccessful, she awesomely replies, "I take it back. You can't sing." I love Shannon. Apparently, she wanted everyone to sing, but Mallory was embarassed about her singing. Shannon told her that everyone can sing, and was subsequently proven wrong. Way to go, Mal. You fail.
Eleven minutes into the meeting (the actually tell us the exact time!), Mrs. McGill calls the BSC. Apparently, Belair's needs a Santa. Stacey explains that they "lost" their current one. Claudia rules, because she responds with, "Disappeared between men's shoes and home appliances, huh? I know that area. It's like the Bermuda Triangle." hee!
Actually, Santa was cast in a movie, so he has to leave town. Mrs. McGill needs a new Santa ASAP. They check the record book. Jessi is the only one free! She says that she can't because of three things:
She's 11
She's a girl
She's black. (holy shit! really?)
Jessi recalls living in Oakley, and always being happy to see a black Santa. She agrees to be Belair's Santa.
Apparently the previous year's Santa said, "Yo! What's up?" instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! They didn't mind though, because he was charming. The Belair's lady (her name is Mrs. Javorsky, in case you're playing the trivia game at home. Don't worry, though! We'll never see her again.) says that even if little kids see through the disguise, they just make up their own descriptions about why the department store Santa doesn't look like the picture in their minds.
Chapter 4
A Mallory chapter. Oh, Goody. She writes in the journal. She had an idea, but now her life is a mess. That doesn't happen when Kristy has ideas, now does it? Once again, Mal. You Fail!
She's hanging out with Ben. I hate the stupid phonetic spelling of the Hobarts' accents. Mel-ry? Really?
Mallory says that she got Claire a hole punch for Christmas once, and it was her favorite gift. I'd snark that, but I actually like hole punches, so I'll let it go.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids come over. Ben makes hot chocolate for everyone. James Hobart comes in and says, "Me and Jake found a birds' nest!" Me and Jake? ME and Jake? Incorrect Grammar alert! Fail! I don't care if it was intentional, and they were trying to imply that young kids don't know grammar. When I was that age, I knew how to use "...and me" & "...and I" correctly. FAIL!
Ben and the kids start singing carols. Everyone is singing, and they decide that it would be fun to go caroling. Yay Caroling! I haven't done that in years.
Mallory goes home, and gets a call from Claudia. They've been invited to be mothers' helpers at the Barret-DeWitt wedding. Mallory accepts, but... oh noes! It's the same day that she's supposed to go caroling with Ben and the kids! She calls Ben to explain, and he wants her to cancel the sitting job. She says she can't, and Ben gets mad. Okay, fine. I don't like when friends cancel plans, but seriously, how hard is it to change the date of plans if someone has to do something else that can't be changed? They fight, and I think this rivals the card catalog fight as the dumbest BSC fight ever.
I just looked at the next page, and we have ourselves a Suzi chapter. On that note, I think this is a good place to stop.
BSC meeting time! Yay! The chapter starts with one of Jessi's contributions to the Wedding Journal. She apologizes that she wasn't writing about the wedding, but she couldn't after what happened that day. Ooh... Intrigue!
Mallory is singing. She's butchering the words to "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". Shannon tries to teach her the words. When this proves to be unsuccessful, she awesomely replies, "I take it back. You can't sing." I love Shannon. Apparently, she wanted everyone to sing, but Mallory was embarassed about her singing. Shannon told her that everyone can sing, and was subsequently proven wrong. Way to go, Mal. You fail.
Eleven minutes into the meeting (the actually tell us the exact time!), Mrs. McGill calls the BSC. Apparently, Belair's needs a Santa. Stacey explains that they "lost" their current one. Claudia rules, because she responds with, "Disappeared between men's shoes and home appliances, huh? I know that area. It's like the Bermuda Triangle." hee!
Actually, Santa was cast in a movie, so he has to leave town. Mrs. McGill needs a new Santa ASAP. They check the record book. Jessi is the only one free! She says that she can't because of three things:
Jessi recalls living in Oakley, and always being happy to see a black Santa. She agrees to be Belair's Santa.
Apparently the previous year's Santa said, "Yo! What's up?" instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! They didn't mind though, because he was charming. The Belair's lady (her name is Mrs. Javorsky, in case you're playing the trivia game at home. Don't worry, though! We'll never see her again.) says that even if little kids see through the disguise, they just make up their own descriptions about why the department store Santa doesn't look like the picture in their minds.
Chapter 4
A Mallory chapter. Oh, Goody. She writes in the journal. She had an idea, but now her life is a mess. That doesn't happen when Kristy has ideas, now does it? Once again, Mal. You Fail!
She's hanging out with Ben. I hate the stupid phonetic spelling of the Hobarts' accents. Mel-ry? Really?
Mallory says that she got Claire a hole punch for Christmas once, and it was her favorite gift. I'd snark that, but I actually like hole punches, so I'll let it go.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids come over. Ben makes hot chocolate for everyone. James Hobart comes in and says, "Me and Jake found a birds' nest!" Me and Jake? ME and Jake? Incorrect Grammar alert! Fail! I don't care if it was intentional, and they were trying to imply that young kids don't know grammar. When I was that age, I knew how to use "...and me" & "...and I" correctly. FAIL!
Ben and the kids start singing carols. Everyone is singing, and they decide that it would be fun to go caroling. Yay Caroling! I haven't done that in years.
Mallory goes home, and gets a call from Claudia. They've been invited to be mothers' helpers at the Barret-DeWitt wedding. Mallory accepts, but... oh noes! It's the same day that she's supposed to go caroling with Ben and the kids! She calls Ben to explain, and he wants her to cancel the sitting job. She says she can't, and Ben gets mad. Okay, fine. I don't like when friends cancel plans, but seriously, how hard is it to change the date of plans if someone has to do something else that can't be changed? They fight, and I think this rivals the card catalog fight as the dumbest BSC fight ever.
I just looked at the next page, and we have ourselves a Suzi chapter. On that note, I think this is a good place to stop.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Baby Sitters-Club -- Super Special #12 -- Here Come the Bridesmaids! Prologue-Ch. 2
I promised you some snark, and snark you will get! This is my first BSC Snark, so bear with me.
In addition to gratefully acknowledging Peter Lerangis (go Peter!) for his help with this manuscript, Ann also thanks Stuart Schultz of A Perfect Pear. What?
Prologue
The book opens with a journal entry by one Miss Dawn "OMG Bicoastal" Schafer. She informs us that she lives in the 'brook, but got permission to spend time in good old Palo City for a few months following her dad's wedding. She explains that it's hard to have a wedding in December because she has to pass her finals if she wants to move back to Connecticut. Wait! There's more! There's another wedding. This one is on the other side of the country. She can't go to both weddings because being bicoastal is hard, doncha know? She wishes that everyone could be at both weddings. This gives her an idea! Let's make journals! One for each wedding!
Chapter 1
Apparently Dawn's bridesmaid dress will make her a "Radiant, Luminous, and Up-to-the-minute" bridesmaid. Did Charlotte the Spider write that description? Sunny agrees with me, as she laughs at Dawn and says "That sounds like Wilbur the pig from Charlotte's Web!" Dawn and her friends spend the afternoon wandering around the mall after looking for her bridesmaid dress. I don't know about you guys, but every time that I've been in a wedding, I didn't shop with a crowd of friends at the mall. I went to bridal shops with the bride and bridal party. Just Me? Okay then. Moving on.
Dawn talks some more about the BSC the W (heart) KC and her two lives. Blah Blah Blah Bi-coastal cakes. We're only on chapter 1, and I'm already annoyed. The illustration on page 14 makes it loook like Sunny has really really long hair. (You know, the kind that Dawn is supposd to have, but never does in the illustration?) Anyway, it's not all her hair. She's standing near a dress and it all blends in.
Oh noes! I smell some trouble! Dawn decides to buy one of the dresses for Mary Ann too! She ends the chapter by saying how much Mary Anne will love it. Famous Last Words?
Chapter 2
Stacey is happy that it's snowing. Um, Stace, don't you remember the time when you got stranded in a snow storm?
Oh, Okay. This time, it's only a few flakes. Stacey tells us about HER 2 different lives. She and her mom eat breakfast, then at the honk of a car horn, Stacey takes off for some fun and adventures with the Barrett/DeWitt clan. The kids fight. They don't like the new house. Apparently, "Mee-oke" is Ryan DeWitt speak for "Milk"
Mrs. Barrett talks about being on top of things. She mentions that the bridesmaid dresses are all set except for Stacey's. Stacey is surprised because Mrs. Barrett hadn't actually asked her yet. Another nitpick: don't most people ask their bridesmaids more than a few weeks in advance? Just saying. Also, Mrs. Barrett verifies that Stacey is a size 6. Who is she, Jessica Wakefield? Oops, sorry. Wrong series.
Stacey is all "You want ME to be a bridesmaid?" Mrs Barrett is all "You mean I didn't ask you?" Mr. DeWitt wins the first "Harrumph!" alert when he says "Harrumph! On top of things?" Hahaha. I love Peter Lerangis and his glorious use of onomatopoeia.
Up next: Mallory sings! It's going to be a long 23 chapters.
In addition to gratefully acknowledging Peter Lerangis (go Peter!) for his help with this manuscript, Ann also thanks Stuart Schultz of A Perfect Pear. What?
Prologue
The book opens with a journal entry by one Miss Dawn "OMG Bicoastal" Schafer. She informs us that she lives in the 'brook, but got permission to spend time in good old Palo City for a few months following her dad's wedding. She explains that it's hard to have a wedding in December because she has to pass her finals if she wants to move back to Connecticut. Wait! There's more! There's another wedding. This one is on the other side of the country. She can't go to both weddings because being bicoastal is hard, doncha know? She wishes that everyone could be at both weddings. This gives her an idea! Let's make journals! One for each wedding!
Chapter 1
Apparently Dawn's bridesmaid dress will make her a "Radiant, Luminous, and Up-to-the-minute" bridesmaid. Did Charlotte the Spider write that description? Sunny agrees with me, as she laughs at Dawn and says "That sounds like Wilbur the pig from Charlotte's Web!" Dawn and her friends spend the afternoon wandering around the mall after looking for her bridesmaid dress. I don't know about you guys, but every time that I've been in a wedding, I didn't shop with a crowd of friends at the mall. I went to bridal shops with the bride and bridal party. Just Me? Okay then. Moving on.
Dawn talks some more about the BSC the W (heart) KC and her two lives. Blah Blah Blah Bi-coastal cakes. We're only on chapter 1, and I'm already annoyed. The illustration on page 14 makes it loook like Sunny has really really long hair. (You know, the kind that Dawn is supposd to have, but never does in the illustration?) Anyway, it's not all her hair. She's standing near a dress and it all blends in.
Oh noes! I smell some trouble! Dawn decides to buy one of the dresses for Mary Ann too! She ends the chapter by saying how much Mary Anne will love it. Famous Last Words?
Chapter 2
Stacey is happy that it's snowing. Um, Stace, don't you remember the time when you got stranded in a snow storm?
Oh, Okay. This time, it's only a few flakes. Stacey tells us about HER 2 different lives. She and her mom eat breakfast, then at the honk of a car horn, Stacey takes off for some fun and adventures with the Barrett/DeWitt clan. The kids fight. They don't like the new house. Apparently, "Mee-oke" is Ryan DeWitt speak for "Milk"
Mrs. Barrett talks about being on top of things. She mentions that the bridesmaid dresses are all set except for Stacey's. Stacey is surprised because Mrs. Barrett hadn't actually asked her yet. Another nitpick: don't most people ask their bridesmaids more than a few weeks in advance? Just saying. Also, Mrs. Barrett verifies that Stacey is a size 6. Who is she, Jessica Wakefield? Oops, sorry. Wrong series.
Stacey is all "You want ME to be a bridesmaid?" Mrs Barrett is all "You mean I didn't ask you?" Mr. DeWitt wins the first "Harrumph!" alert when he says "Harrumph! On top of things?" Hahaha. I love Peter Lerangis and his glorious use of onomatopoeia.
Up next: Mallory sings! It's going to be a long 23 chapters.
SYTYCD- Top 20- First Round of Eliminations.
This is the first season that I've watched So You Think You Can Dance. I'm already hooked. This is good, because it gives me another ridiculous show to watch now that American Idol is over til next January.
And now... on with the results!
Safe
-Kherington and Twitch
-Chelsea T and Thayne
-Chelsie H and Mark
-Susie and Marquis
-Comfort and Chris
-Katee and Joshua
-Courtney G and Gev
Bottom 3
-Kourtni and Matt
-Rayven and Jamie
-Jessica and Will
Going Home:
-Rayven
-Jamie
I don't know how it works for the finale. Is it 2 couples or 2 single dancers? I'm still hoping for a Courtney/Kourtni or a Chelsea/Chelsie finale, but if they do it by couples, then that idea is out. I'm a big fan of Kherington too, so maybe this double name finale idea is just my American Idol obsession coming through.
I wonder if the fans of the dancers will get cool nicknames like "Archeys", "Word Nerds", and "Fanesha 300"
And now... on with the results!
Safe
-Kherington and Twitch
-Chelsea T and Thayne
-Chelsie H and Mark
-Susie and Marquis
-Comfort and Chris
-Katee and Joshua
-Courtney G and Gev
Bottom 3
-Kourtni and Matt
-Rayven and Jamie
-Jessica and Will
Going Home:
-Rayven
-Jamie
I don't know how it works for the finale. Is it 2 couples or 2 single dancers? I'm still hoping for a Courtney/Kourtni or a Chelsea/Chelsie finale, but if they do it by couples, then that idea is out. I'm a big fan of Kherington too, so maybe this double name finale idea is just my American Idol obsession coming through.
I wonder if the fans of the dancers will get cool nicknames like "Archeys", "Word Nerds", and "Fanesha 300"
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
C is for Cookie; That's good enough for me
So, as we all know, David Cook is our new American Idol. I'm happy with these results. I would have been happy either way, though. An Archey Angel to the core, I was rooting for little David all season. I have to say, though, I have a bit of Cookie/Word Nerd in me as well. I loved both of these contestants, and it didn't come as a shock when Ryan Seacrest announced on Top 3 Results night that those two would be going head to head for the finale.
A lot of people were calling it a "shocker" that Cook took the crown. Even though I was rooting for Archuleta, I didn't see it as a shock. Both contestants did extremely well over the course of the season, and according to a lot of prediction websites, they both had nights where they were way ahead of the competetion. The night before the finale, I checked dialidol.com. It showed our Davids in a pretty close race. Zabasearch.com showed the same. Both of these sites only show a small sampling of the votes, but are still a decent indicator. I kept voting...and voting... and voting. By the time I went to bed that night...er...morning, although it was still close, Cook was creeping ahead. We all know the end of that story. David Cook won by 12 million votes. Some of the blogs that I read called this a landslide. I don't really think a margin of 12 million, which at 97 Million votes is just over 12%, is a landslide, but still. Good for Cookie.
The Davids have both signed record contracts, and are on their way to bright futures.
On a side note, David Cook sang the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals this evening. I'll post a video later. Go Celtics!
Edit: I tried to post a video, but blogger was being weird. Let's see if this works.
A lot of people were calling it a "shocker" that Cook took the crown. Even though I was rooting for Archuleta, I didn't see it as a shock. Both contestants did extremely well over the course of the season, and according to a lot of prediction websites, they both had nights where they were way ahead of the competetion. The night before the finale, I checked dialidol.com. It showed our Davids in a pretty close race. Zabasearch.com showed the same. Both of these sites only show a small sampling of the votes, but are still a decent indicator. I kept voting...and voting... and voting. By the time I went to bed that night...er...morning, although it was still close, Cook was creeping ahead. We all know the end of that story. David Cook won by 12 million votes. Some of the blogs that I read called this a landslide. I don't really think a margin of 12 million, which at 97 Million votes is just over 12%, is a landslide, but still. Good for Cookie.
The Davids have both signed record contracts, and are on their way to bright futures.
On a side note, David Cook sang the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals this evening. I'll post a video later. Go Celtics!
Edit: I tried to post a video, but blogger was being weird. Let's see if this works.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
First Post!
Welcome to my Pop Culture blog! Here, you will find reviews and recaps of reality/entertainment shows (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, etc), comments on various aspects of current pop culture and blasts from the past (such as, reviewing/discussing favorite childhood tv shows and books!). I'll also be posting anything else that comes to mind. (I take requests too!)
I plan on adding some snark to my posts as well, because who doesn't love a good dose of snark?
To start us off, here is the Top 20 for Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance:
Courtney Galiano
Chelsea Hightower
Susie Garcia
Chelsea Traille
Kourtni Lind
Joshua Allen
Stephen “Twitch” Boss
Kherington Payne
Rayven Armijo
Matt Dorame
Thayne Jasperson
Marquis Cunningham
Mark Kanemura
Comfort Fedoke
Jamie Bayard
Chris Jarosz
Jessica King
William Wingfield
Gev Manoukian
As of right now, my favorites are Kourtni Lind and Kherington Payne. I have to wonder though, how would our friends down at 19 Entertainment (Nigel Lythgoe, I'm looking at you!) feel about a Kourtni/Courtney or a Chelsea/Chelsea finale? This would be especially entertaining if all the DVRs in America cut off like they did during the American Idol finale. "...and the winner is.... DAVID..." *click*
"...the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 is.... CHELSEA..." *click*
Just a thought. Enjoy the blog. :)
I plan on adding some snark to my posts as well, because who doesn't love a good dose of snark?
To start us off, here is the Top 20 for Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance:
As of right now, my favorites are Kourtni Lind and Kherington Payne. I have to wonder though, how would our friends down at 19 Entertainment (Nigel Lythgoe, I'm looking at you!) feel about a Kourtni/Courtney or a Chelsea/Chelsea finale? This would be especially entertaining if all the DVRs in America cut off like they did during the American Idol finale. "...and the winner is.... DAVID..." *click*
"...the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 is.... CHELSEA..." *click*
Just a thought. Enjoy the blog. :)
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