SYTYCD Finale Time

Are any of you guys watching So You Think You Can Dance?? Lord have mercy I looooooove this show. It's so fun to watch—if you're not a fan, then apologies and you can skip around to another post. But if you like this show like I do...then lets DISH! Are we ready for the finale?? I'm still so bummed Jeanette, the firey lil latin dancer, was booted off. On to the dancers:


I love Miss Jeanine. She's been one of my top faves. You can check out Jeanine and Ade here. (I was sorry to see Ade go last week...). Oh and here's Jeanine's solo.


Brandon's last solo? Hello! That was genius. Here is Kayla and Brandon's Contemporary number. And Brandon's bad ass solo to Carmina Burana.


Kayla is arguably the prettiest dancer on the entire show. She's been a little chilly up til now but she really won me over last week. I never care for her solos but she is fabulous in her duets, regardless of the style.
Here are Kayla and Brandon doing that freakin' insane disco number.


Evan has been the dark horse this whole time. His partnered dances have been a little weak but whenever he does his solos he is so fab. Like a lil Gene Kelly. But I don't think he's gonna win. Watch Evan's solo. I love that he's dancing to Sammy Davis Jr. Oh and here is his couples dance with ballerina Melissa. I was sad to see her go too.

Who you likin'??? I'm truly torn. Brandon was brilliant the past few weeks as was Kayla. But then Jeanine is so damn incredible too. Hmmmm. I'm also going to miss Cat Deeley, who is simply one of the nicest and pertiest announcers around (sorry Seacrest). Although she cracks me up when she introduces the dancers after their solos and says "Everyone let's give it up for IT'S JEANINE!" (like their name is "It's Jeanine").

It's a Mad Mad World

I love the 60s and I work in advertising...so explain to me why I have never seen an episode of Mad Men?? It makes no sense. It's like this show was tailor made for me. Despite never having seen the show, I'm wise to the antics of Don Draper and his crew. I must say that January Jones (the actress on the show who plays Betty Draper) really has the best name ever.



So this has been making the rounds and I thought you guys might have some fun with it if you haven't seen it already!  It's the "Mad Men Yourself" generator on AMC.com

It's a fun little engine that lets you turn yourself into a stylized little character of yourself as you might appear on Mad Men. The results are a little bit Shag and whole lotta fun. They never have enough options to truly make you look like yourself, but it was fun to think "What WOULD my spazzy hair be like back in the day?"

So this really looks nothing like me, and I certainly don't have the boobage like this lady does, but it was the closet I could come. This is my "evening" look. haha.

The wardrobe on the show is pretty amazing. The dress on the far right is my pick!



The green is pretty divine too, don't you think?


OK gang, let's see YOUR Mad Men character.

Is the water warm enough? Yes, Lisa.

If you look up Purple Rain in Google Images, this photo turns up. I kinda love it...but it has nothing to do with what I'm about to tell you....unless you pretend this was my house and that was my famiy's super bad ass car. In fact, let's just say that it IS my car!


Sooo, back in 1984 my friend’s Kirsten, Beth, Denise and I were Prince crazy. Purple had never been hotter and I think we even wore scraps of black lace  (dig if you will that picture…I think I’ve tried to suppress the memory that they were black lace gloves, but sadly I think that was the truth). Anyway, we played the album to death— and yes! It was an actual album. Mine was the limited-edition purple vinyl and came with a cool poster of Prince and the Revolution. Aw yeah! We couldn’t get enough of the movie either. I remember I found the film scandalous, with all it’s sexy, lacey, velveteen nastiness (and by nasty I mean AWESOME). I thought Prince was a genius.

A few years ago I caught the movie on TV and I have to admit its pretty darn cheez-tastic viewed through modern-day eyes. I kinda giggled throughout. Like, really? The little puppet on a stick guy?


What seemed so cool and edgy back then seemed totally dated and funny. Kinda like when Fred Armisen does his Prince impersonation on SNL. But what HAS stood the test of time is the album. It’s still as rockin’ as ever. And in honor of the 25^th Anniversary of the album’s release, the awesome SPIN magazine has cooked up a cool little tribute compilation. Yup, it’s pretty fun. Cool bands like Of Montreal, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and a whole mess o’ other artists cover the album. The best part, of course, is that it’s absolutely freeeeee! Yes, i said FREE. Click this link right here to download your free copy. You will need to enter the answer to a question to prove that you bought an issue of the magazine, and unfortunately due to my loyalty to Dr. Funk (of The Revolution, natch) I can't very well tell you that the answer to the question is “keyboardist”, OK?? But if you want to enter that in the box, that's your own business. I'm just sayin'.



Any of you fine folks have silly memories of the Purple Reign??