The One About Work

I'm exhausted.

Work is killing me. Long story short - our client moved the deadline for our proposal up from April to December 9th. HUH? I literally feel like a work-a-holic. Am I a work-a-holic?

But other than that...

So You Think You Can Dance is the bomb this year, and I love Cat Deeley.

My little sister is turning 21 on Saturday, and then my best friend turns 23 on Tuesday - and I'm old.

I'm still trying to find the time to take down our Halloween decorations (say goodbye to the glitter skulls) and go shopping for winter. I'm into sequins lately, so I'm pretty sure we're going to go with a silver and white theme. Sparkles, sparkles and more sparkles.

We've started planning our first ever grown-up Christmas party.

My Christmas list is growning, and when you're living on your own for the first time and trying not to be broke at all times the list is a little depressing. So far the things I've come up with are a set of sheets so that I don't have to wash/dry and remake my bed all in the same day, and to have my parents pay to have my hair colored. DEPRESSING.

Anyway, that's about it for life right now.

It's finally starting to get cold around here - it was in the 70s this weekend, so I might actually have to break out my winter coat soon. That's good!

The One About Voting

I hope everyone's weekend was wonderful. Mine was...

Image from here. By Matt Coffelt

image from here. By Jim Hipple.

But enough about football...

I just spent more time than I care to admit voting for the People's Choice Awards. I don't know why...I guess it's interesting. I'm less concerned about the actual awards and more hopeful that the shows/actors that I like will win. Does it feel like more shows end up cancelled than actually stick around? Maybe it's just a lot of shows that I personally watched, but I feel like I have pretty good taste in television. It's not like I was pinning all of my hopes and dreams on The Ex List.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Privileged
Dirty Sexy Money
The Black Donnellys
Pushing Daisies
October Road
Samantha Who?
K-ville
The Starter Wife

And if we really want to get into then we should probably talk about Everwood and way back in the day, Gilmore Girls.

Anyway, back to the point...y'all should all go vote for The People's Choice Awards. I figure if my shows win, then the big bad money-making machines can't cancel them.

My personal favorites? So You Think You Can Dance (obviously), Big Bang Theory (all-time funniest show ever, both the show and Sheldon are up for awards), Mariska Hargitay for Favorite Actress in a Drama, and The Good Wife, Accidentally On Purpose, Glee and Modern Family (you'll have to vote a lot because those last three are in the same category).

So - go vote. I'm sure if you're reading this blog you're running out of things to do on the internet anyway.

The One With The Best Show Ever

via fox.com/dance (obviously...because they wrote it MASSIVELY on the image)

Jeanine (my favorite) won last night on So You Think You Can Dance so now the best show to ever grace this planet has ended. Tears. Good thing they've gotten smart about this thing and already started casting for the next season - which starts in September, just one month away. This fall SYTYCD and Glee (which may turn out to be horrible, but so far looks histerical) will be on the same night...so I won't be making any plans on Thursday nights. Just me, a glass of wine and the DVR.

The One With The Cable Guy

TODAY IS THE DAY! A man, who may or may not look like this guy, is going to come to my apartment and install cable (with HDDVR - hallelujah because my mom can't TIVO to save her life) and internet! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it, I can DVR (the best show ever) So You Think You Can Dance tonight! I'll also be able to get on the internet when I'm not at work - and hopefully everything will feel a little bit more like home in the apartment. Unfortunately, the 'rents are out of town tonight with my sister so I have to stay at their house with my brother (so he doesn't throw any monstrous parties where someone could get hurt) and the dog (so she gets to go out and gets to eat food - because the brosef won't do that.) I guess I'll get to enjoy my civilized life after they get home. I'm at work today so luckily my sweet brother is going to go over there and make sure the guy doesn't install everything wrong - and that we get what we're paying for. Long story short - I'm back from being a caveman and moving into the current generation.YAY!

** UPDATE: Liars at Charter Communications said they would install and get everything up and running, BUT for some unknown reason they can only run 6 feet of cord because I live in an apartment? WHAT!? That my friends is discrimination against people who cannot afford houses! Why can't you give me the same amount of wiring as everyone else? Therefore my own personal handyman team (the brother and daddio) is going to have to run cable to make it actually work (do Charter's job). UGH UGH UGH. I didn't ask the bro - I'm assuming this does not affect my internet. Charter - is this the beginning of a miserable relationship? No TV for me.

The One Where Asuka Finally Leaves

Asuka and I are NOT friends. I get a really funky, mildly skanktastic vibe off this chick. I'm pretty sure she's flirting with Nigel during her dances which is just nasty because he is a super dirty old man, and would probably do inappropriate things to her (even if he is the producer). So - that being said...look who HIT THE ROAD this week! Next week is going to be so fabulous, can't wait! GOODBYE Asuka.

Sweet Jonathan, I do love you.

The One Where Tivo Fails

Let me tell you about the time that TIVO decided it would TIVO an old Grey's Anatomy over the results show for So You Think You Can Dance. Luckily mom caught it...just in time for the judges decision. SERIOUSLY? I didn't even get to see the solos, not to mention the dance choreographed my Mia (who's my favorite even if she is mean). Let me just tell you about being annoyed. I drove all the way over to the parent's house to watch it (about 5 minutes - HA), I'm all excited, and it DOES NOT exist. UGH. Oh well, my drive resulted in free dinner, so that's ok - and I think we fixed the TIVO problemo. Here's a little glimpse of the show - the show I didn't see.

The One Where People Are Eliminated

We'll Tony and Paris were eliminated last night (whew, my guys are safe) which was good - I always hate when they eliminate people from different pairs. My one exception to this rule would be if they could keep Vitolio and get rid of Asuka ( it's amazing how obvious it is that she's still there because Nigel wants to get her into bed with him, sleazy old man). I loved the first dance, with all the contestants (Boom Boom Pow) and I loved Cat Deeley's dress - but other than that last night was pretty lam - o. Let's just hope everything get's better next week.

The One Where I'm Obsessed

If you have not been watching So You Think You Can Dance in the last 4 season then I'm not sure I really want to be friends with you anymore. These people are RIDICULOUS. So - without further ado ( is that how you spell that?).....the top 20 from season 5.

So, last night was the first night where the dancers were paired up and actually had to do a dance rather than their solos a million times. First and foremost, I'm not sure I really think these are all even choices. The people who get to do hip hop get it easier than the people who have to do ballroom or bollywood (with the exception of the ballroom dude who got to do ballroom last night with his former ballroom instructor as the choreographer, but that's another issue). BUT all of the people are freaking unbelievable and I'm sure will all be doing something amazing in the next few weeks. Now, because I am an expert I'm going to give you my expert opinion (and my favorites - which you should not take to mean that I think these people will win, just that I like them a lot).

Top 3 Girls

First, Randi Evans. Her hair was curly last night which I like, and she was AMAZING. I think part of the reason I love her so much is that the choreography was so fabulous, but I also think she's awesome. She got really freaked out about dancing up on her partner because she's MARRIED (at 23) but that's ok - she got over it.

Then there is Melissa Sandvig who is the oldest! She joked last night about being a grandma at 29, and she literally blew everyone else out of the water. She's a for real life ballerina which is cool (i.e. for her solo she actually work a FOR REAL tutu, circa Sam's birthday party II) and she can balance on the tips of her toes, which MUST hurt.

And last but not least - Caitlin Kinney who did the Bollywood routine last night. Her sister went home in Vegas, so obviously - both super talented. She's super tall (which I am not) and she and her sister look completely opposite. I just like that she's a rock star and seem genuinely surprised to be there (unlike some people...)

I feel like the girls are better this year. Last night I really didn't notice any of the guys other than the fact that they were lifting the girls a lot. That's not to say they aren't good, that just means that I really know very little about dancing and can't appreciate how hard it would be to push a girl up into the air, over your head, without dropping here and breaking her face. So...even if I'm not as excited about these guys SO FAR, I'm sure they're only going to get better and better. Based on last night's performaces (and mostly however much face time they got over the period of the auditions) here are the guys....

Top 3 Guys

Phillip Chbeeb has an amazing name. Chbeeb. Like Moe's - if you aren't having fun saying guacamole, you aren't saying it right. I loved him last year, I love him this year. If you've seen this guy there isn't any more to be said. He came in with a girl (who didn't make it) and was her partner for contemporary and he could do THAT.

At the end of Vegas the judges brought two brothers in and ONE of them got to the Top 20, Evan Kasprzak. How cruel is THAT? I like his brother too, they do Broadway, and were such good sports! He was great last night but mostly the is fact that the judges were mean to these guys just for the ratings. BOO YOU judges (and producers).

And CERTAINLY not least is, Jonathan Platero who I just generally rocked it last night (for the boys). I think this guy might have been able to take over his spot - the foxtrot was awesome, but he was a LOT of muscle. Jonathan's cute too, even if he is pulling his suspenders. Surely the photographer made him do it!