SYTYCD: Top 4 Perform

Overall thoughts: Still bummed that I missed last weeks show and since I was out of town this weekend, I still haven’t had a chance to watch it. :( However, this was a fun performance and I’m glad that final four all got a chance to dance in their own style. I’m not going to comment on the solo performances separately. They were all beautiful and showcased what amazing dancers they all are.

SYTYCD: Top 8 Perform; 2 Eliminated

Overall thoughts: Remember a few weeks ago when I said my posts would get shorter once dancers started to be eliminated? Yeah, I forgot how they still fill the same amount of time by just making everyone dance more. So tonight everyone is performing twice: one solo and once with an all-star. I’m kind of awful at critiquing solos so I’ll probably just say that I loved it. Or I’ll start talking about that dancer’s “story.” Also can we just take a moment and say how awesome Jesse Tyler Ferguson is? He is the best guest judge. He actually knows what he’s talking about and just loves on the dancers. And to quote him, “how insane were the performances tonight??” Seriously, this is one of the best shows of the season. Let’s get to it!

SYTYCD: Top 10 Perform; 2 Eliminated

Wowzers this is a delayed post!! Apparently my summer has also been all about being busy on Wednesday nights. My latest excuse is actually a legit one (IMO). I had a job interview in a city 250 miles from my house and the place I was staying didn’t have T.V. (which was actually really nice to be honest. I really should shut down my electronics more often). Anyway, and then after I got back I was busy with life and well Monday is the first day I was able to sit down to watch and review the show.

Overall thoughts: ALL-STARS are back!!! I forgot to mention last week that it was finally announced that All-Stars were to be a part of this seasons show. I love the all-stars for two reasons. 1) It allows you to focus on the competing dancer instead of comparing/paying attention to two at the same time. 2) There are some dancers that are brilliant and I just want to watch them again and again (like Alex Wong for example.) Plus the all-star dancers aren’t competing and I think they dance better because of it. On to the show!

SYTYCD: Top 14 Perform/ 4 Eliminated

Overall thoughts: Double elimination tonight! Wasn’t expecting that :/ They also dedicated the show to Mia Michaels which I think is pretty sweet. It was interesting to have old routines re-imagined. I have not seen any of the originals so I did not struggle with separating the performances the way the judges did. However, I missed not knowing the story behind them so for many of the performances it was just a dance to me.

SYTYCD: Top 16 Perform, Second Elimination

So normally I sit down to watch the show on Wednesday nights as soon I as I get home, but since that was 1:00am this week, I decided to delay my viewing until Thursday afternoon. Luckily I managed to watch it before SYTCD updated their cover photo on facebook. Spoilers are not my favorite. Again, I will reveal the bottom 3/eliminated dancers at the end of the post.

Overall thoughts: There were some phenomenal moments on the show tonight, however it felt like a lot of couples had some low performances tonight :(

Still not sure if I like the new format for dance selection, but we’ll have to go with it. 

Healthy food I like? Get out!

Something happened to me today.

I got excited about my snack. My HEALTHY snack.

And not just “yummy” excited. Blissfully-don’t-bother-me-right-now-excited. I closed my bedroom door and put on my favorite music and just enjoyed my snack.

I think I may have been replaced in the night. I hate healthy food. Or I guess I should say hated. I usually avoid it. Whenever I read a low-cal recipe with soy-anything in it, I immediately move on. A friend posted on pinterest about using cucumbers as crackers and I got a little grossed out.

I have been known to eat dessert AS A MEAL. I’ve also been known to say things like “there’s always room for ice-cream (my ALL time favorite dessert)—it just fits into all the crevices in your tummy.” I always choose full-fat versions of stuff, because—get this—I CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE and it bothers me. And even if I can’t taste it, I say crap like, “well, whatever they put in there to make it taste the same can’t be good for you.”

Summertime!

I love summer.

Actually I love all the seasons for different reasons (oh a crack myself up!) but since the first day of summer was last week, right now, I love summer!

I love it for all the regular reasons: warm weather, sunshine, beach trips, lots of free time, traveling, etc. As a teacher I still get summer vacation like the kids do. So I really love summer. I’m listening to one of Pandora’s “summer stations,” drinking my favorite coffee enjoying the warm CA sunshine streaming through my window. I’ll probably take a book out to the patio this afternoon, because I can!

Another reason I love summer?