I forgot all about create-a-school until this post. Ugh.

I DO take sharpies to signs…

But we have to remember with Amber and Ryan, nine months have passed since we last saw everyone.  A relationship can certainly build in that time.  (plus in the previews for later this season, Sarah is concerned about Amber making similar mistakes, so I do think they'll hit home with her being young and such)

ok I was cracking up at the part where Santiago was trying to get the lady mopping to go around, and Santiago pointed to her "NYPD" on her jacket.  So the lady turns around and points to her "maintenance" on the back of her coveralls. 

Yeah I had to rewind that to make sure…"Is that Sawyer?!"
Of course, that alone makes me want to see the movie (well, I've been dragged to worse movies with my kids…)

Yeah, I naively thought they were going to actually show the Mongolian bowl dance because it was a cool dance…that whole "whore's milk" thing was derogatory and rude.

I thought that was so lame to just keep Jade behind the bar in that first number.  He could have at least done some upper body animation moves (he had a knee injury, right?)

Did anyone else notice that Jenna looks like she's either mouthing words or chewing gum? I only noticed it this week, but both on her solo and her partnered dance I noticed it.  it was driving me crazy.

I'm considering going this year, and the venue I'm looking at is actually fairly small too.  I'm surprised but glad that it's a smaller place (as long as I can get tickets!)

and Facts of Life of course

well I learned how to play poker based on our Intellivision poker game when I was like 11. 

Agreed! Except I also watch Top Chef :)

I don't know…as a marathoner (who could never qualify for Boston, and wasn't there; but had several friends who were), I definitely feel the bombing touched me.   Runners in general have a long time to just ponder about things and can get quite emotional on runs.  Several times on a run I just stop and choke up about…

and Anita Barone currently plays the mom of one of the girls on Shake It Up (on Disney channel; yes I'm the mom of a tween girl)

We give $1, plus a dollar coin (my husband is a coin nerd).  But my son had this weirdly shaped tooth that a couple years ago the dentist said he had never seen something like that before and it's probably worth a lot. We gave him $10 for that one, just because it's been discussed for years.

woo hoo! Good to know! I'm a Spartan too so this is good knowledge to have :)

I was wondering why it's so hard. Serrated knives are meant for cutting bread. Seems easy enough to me

A lot of people's blond highlights look gray to me…

ha, that's exactly how it is with my two kids' baby books…

yeah why wasn't Micah honest with his concept?  He played it up with that lame excuse of vain women, but in reality he stated earlier that it was because he lost 25 lb and was trying to be healthy. The judges would've liked that reasoning much more.