Last Wednesday, sweetcynic23, aprilbegins and myself headed down to the new Nokia Theatre Downtown for the So You Think You Can Dance tour! I'll admit it, the only reason I bought tickets was to see Mark Kanemura dance live. But, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I really enjoyed the whole show. It helped that the crowd was really energetic and into it, screaming loudly for their favorite dancers and giving standing ovations when a dance they loved from the show was performed. I might have chosen different dances than a lot of the ones highlighted but that's because I am 1) a hater, and 2) totally biased. Like come ON, only one Mark and Chelsie number??

Under the cut are the few basically passable photos that I took.

( Bleeding Love )

Also - I am sad to share the evidence of a vandalism that occurred at my apartment a week or so ago. I bought a bunch of The Office goodies at Target and was excited to use my Pam magnetic dry erase board right away. That excitement was short-lived however, when I saw that SOMEONE who will remain nameless but has represented herself as my fake sister in the past and WAS a person I thought I could trust once upon a time commited some criminal mischief! Not to worry, the authorities will be notified of this grave injustice.

I am in desperate need of a distraction but don't have a ton of time, so I am going to post about last night's SYTYCD. BUT, I am going to be so lazy and just copy/paste what I wrote to Heather while we watched the show. Which means my biases will be out in full force, so fair warning that I am not being fair.

( SYTYCD )

I am SWAMPED at work today and here I thought I'd be able to relax! So if you feel like getting chatty or spammy in the comments, that would be cool. It doesn't have to be about last night's show. Also - I haven't seen PR yet so no spoilers about that!

Wade Robson WHO? Sonya totally ruled SYTYCD last night with this Jazz routine for Mark and Courtney! This is neck and neck with the Bleeding Love number from earlier in the season for my favorite routine of the season. It's the first time I ever legitimately considered Courtney as a real contender in the competition (sorry, Courtney) and her confidence in the routine made me so fearful for Chelsie. They were GREAT!

I'm not getting into the Twitch vs. Mark debate (at least not here, anyway) though I'm sure it is way obvious I would prefer Mark to be in the Final 4 dancers. He has really brightened up this season for me and I just want him to see it through til the end. Like harper47, I don't even care if he wins (not that I think he has a chance), I just want him to be able to compete.

So, I'm thinking Josh and Katee are a lock, who else do you think will round out the Final 4? Will Courtney's late surge put her over Chelsie who has never been in danger? Do you want to debate Mark v. Twitch? Results show tonight cannot GET HERE FAST ENOUGH. Also - who out there is going to the tour?? I am so shamed but I really want to go!

I'm home! Well, technically I'm at work but that's the only place I have access to a computer (note to self: no more sketchy looking torrents!) so blah blah no one cares.

Anyways, I wish I were still sleeping off Comic Con. My GOD, it left me so exhausted. Full panel reports will come ... someday. I went to Day the Earth Stood Still, Max Payne, Summit (that's Twilight), was surprised by Hugh Jackman showing brand new X-Men Origins footage (what's UP, Taylor Kitsch as Gambit?), True Blood, Dexter, Stargate Atlantis, Joss Whedon/Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Ben 10: Alien Force, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Office Writers, Pushing Daisies, Fringe and The Sarah Silverman Program. It was fun but as usual left me questioning if the fun was worth the hassle. Answer: Probably.

Oh, right, I want to talk about SYTYCD real quick:
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I never did find my camera so I didn't take any real photos at Comic-Con and can I admit something? It was really nice to not have to worry about it. I might do the Con camera free from now on. Every panel was well covered by people much more generous than I and so I can go enjoy their photos! Here are a couple of pics I did take.
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My boss totally thought I took today off. And I know I was thinking it, but I never formally requested it! I have a ton of work to do though so even if I did request it, I couldn't take it in good conscience. Damn responsibility!

Leaving for Comic Con this afternoon. I am hoping we get to town early enough for sweetcynic23 to pick up her pass for the weekend, then we're settling in with starspentswell and behindyou for SYTYCD tonight. Let's go, Mark!

Tomorrow is the Twilight panel. I'm honestly terrified. I don't really do fandom for Twilight and Heather's stories about the TwiMoms and the Lexicon weirdos and how hardcore they are make me feel really weary. But, I am interested in that cheesy as hell piece of celluloid and what the actors/director have to say about it, so, I guess I'm gonna have to take a valium and deal.

My main can't miss panel is The Office one on Saturday (MINDY!!!!) and I have yet to actually ever see a Heroes panel so I am going to that, too. I gave up on the show, but I haven't given up on seeing Milo Ventimiglia or Greg Grunberg in person. I think our other musts are Pushing Daisies, the Dr. Horrible panel and evening screening (Oh, NPH, how I love you), Fringe and maybe Dollhouse? I don't know. I'll be Twitter-ing throughout. I'm most excited about hanging out with my Team Logan girls and working on my Slytherin scarf during panels.

From a quick glance at my friends list, I am seeing I am a bit out of sync with the show this year. There is serious ranting underneath the cut.

( So You Think You Can Dance )
Blah blah blah - I am concerning myself too much with this show. I had a crappy work day so that's my excuse. Hurry up, Friday! Oh wait, it's going to be 101 on Friday. DAMN.

My new favorite website: PassiveAgressiveNotes.com. A week or so ago, I came across the site and lost a ton of time going through all the archives. People are so petty!

Now that American Idol is done for the year, it's time for the summer fun of So You Think You Can Dance. I was really excited for the show to come back and set my recording on my DVR for the show nearly two weeks ago. But, as this crappy (non-TiVo) DVR is wont to do, it "forgot." So I missed the first 25 minutes of the show and WAS SO MAD. Anyways...

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Oh, and I did the handwriting meme that's been going around.

1) Your handle/name/username
2) Left or right handed?
3) Favourite letters to write
4) Least favourite characters to write
5) Write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
6) Tag 5 people

Yes, I am lazy and took the photo with my cell phone. Click for larger.

This entry is just going to be me bitching and complaining about the following topics (skip where you see fit):

( Work )

( Project Runway 3 )

( So You Think You Can Dance )

In other TV news? I finally have every season two Veronica Mars ep on my tivo (Tivo was also repulsed by the early season episodes and deleted them for me) and have started my re-watch. I was treated to this line this morning, "Let me guess, you've been listening to Radiohead again. That's it, I'm putting you on a strict Nelly diet." I wanted to throw my hairbrush at the tv.

*That was the title of the last e-mail I received in my inbox. Thanks, Ticketmaster!