krickets | and i will find a way to you if it kills me (Reply)

→ This has been the worst week ever. I mean the worst. The only thing that could make this week better would be for it to be over. Which won't technically work if the things that are making this week suck carry over into next week which is honestly looking like a very real possibility at this point.

→ I've been meaning to link you guys to this all week. One of my newest flisters,

cielo_claro created this great fic prompt table over at

truism100. The prompts are really incredible. If I were more ambitious with my writing these days I would have to claim something.

→ So, I'm still kind of watching So You Think You Can Dance.

The Boys
I loved him from the start, but this should have been Evan's week to go. These past few performances I just haven't felt he's done that well. I don't know why he wasn't at least in the bottom two. I feel like the other guys, Kupono included, are a little bit better at fluidly moving through the different dance styles. He is only really convincing in certain kinds of styles. If he has to step too far out of his own comfort zone, it doesn't really work.

I was sort of bummed about Kupono, but glad Ade didn't go. I really loved Kupono's solo this week too. That Paso Doble was so "what the fuck?" I don't agree with Nigel about the dancing not matching the choreography. If the choreography doesn't match the dancers it's just not going to work. And it did not. How many times do they make comments about how it's really the choreographer's duty to see their dancers' strengths and work with them instead of against them? This was a case of the opposite occuring. Especially with Randi. It made the entire dance klunky and painful to watch. I recall some Paso Dobles of the past (and on Dancing w/the Stars) and these two could have done a fine job with the style, but this choreography was really not doing them any favors. And the music didn't help either.

The Girls
Can't believe Melissa was in the bottom two but given the competition I'm sure I'm going to say that for anyone who's in the bottom two from here on out. It was definitely Randi's turn to go and she was so sweet about it too. Good girl.

Couples
I wasn't a fan of Jeanette (sp?) when she was with Brandon. Maybe they were flawless and supposedly fantastic, but until their last dance, they bored me! Thier numbers always felt so endless. (When is this going to be over?) But this week's routine with Jeanette and Ade was so awesome! I loved it. And I loved that we got to see a different side of Ade too. I think if I would have picked up the phone to vote, he would have been a top contender.

Jeanine and Jason's dance is what I have been missing about this show this season. That was memorable. So many of these dances have lacked the raw emotion that I've seen in the past. I can't pick out another single dance from this season that I'm going to remember at all. But this one I will.

This is the only version I can currently find of this routine on youtube:

I still don't have any stand-out favorites. Which makes it increasingly hard to forfeit the time each week to watch this show. But I think after seeing these new couples, I will have to tune in for yet one more week.

→ I'm not going to lie. It feels kind of weird cutting for spoilers for a talent show.