i couldn't get through it. i tried. 'ghost is born' was okay, but i agree with louis : 'sky blue sky' was their first album that felt completely Adult Contemporary, next to the Josh Groban.

i really don't like sublime much, but i've gotta admit : their cover of 'summertime', endlessly on the radio during the summers of the late 90's really does make me think of summer every time now. and it's not half bad.

bring on the routines
i'm so ready for the actual competition to start.

you know, last night reading this is think i finally understood the group parts of vegas week. i don't think they'll send someone home for flat out poor choreography, but they will for poor dancing. a bad rountine will hurt you, but if you commit to it and really dance your ass off at it, i think you're safe. the…

yeah, i've been watching since second season too, but i find her more and more sanctimonious. most of her routines are amazing, but she's just so sort of full of her own special sense of what 'DANCE' is. compare her to newcomer sonya, who is just so happy to be here, but will criticize if necessary but without…

and to be willing to commit to someone else's vision, whether you respect them or not.

we haven't even really started this season and already i've fucking had it with mia michaels. she's just so fucking self-righteous about 'i and i alone will decide whether or not you were trying right there.'

okay, that was just funny.

and the abc.com player lets you pause the ads while the timer keeps counting down, which is obviously preferrable to the viewers that force you to watch the ad to continue. plus, you don't have to reset it to full screen, which one of the other networks does. its not the worst one.

my wife freaked out. she wants those lights.

big fan of lionel richie and olive's singing, but the song felt wrong for the moment. i don't know why.

ms is not like cancer.

paul's christmas ads were for years filmed on his lawn in blackhawk filled with the most ostentacious collection of christmas crap ever assembled. it wasn't just set up for the ads; we used to drive by his house around the holidays and it was always just atrociously awesome.

L V I is part of living . . .

never thought i'd see the day, when a big carl's coming my way.

every time i hear 'urgent' on the radio, i think of that girls boobs all . . . covered in vomit.

if nazi balloons created by balloon hitler who die when popped doesn't make you laugh, i just don't know what to say.

i don't mind the montages so much, but this show could totally survive without the focus on the freak parade. if it was all either amazing talents or moderate talents on the bubble, it would really elevate the entire endeavor. i know they're gonna show up, just don't give them whole segments.

oh, totally. it really got me psyched when twitch talked about the training he did between seasons last year and it obviously paid off.

that said, the judges self-righteousness is one of the biggest turnoffs about this show for me. he so obviously was insecure and kind of overtalked himself into accepting being cut, so to start lecturing him about insulting nigel when he seemed like he was trying to make a charming joke felt a bit high-handed to me. …