So You Think You Can
Tonight is the So You Think You Can Dance finale, and although Simon and I have spent the season grumbling about the addition of the "all-stars," it's still the only t.v. show he watches, so it's kind of important, even if we have fast-forwarded through most of the judges' commentary in the last four episodes, especially when it's Nigel perving on eighteen-year-old Lauren, baring his eighty-four top teeth like she's Little Red skipping up to his bedside and he's hungry like a wolf. Blech.
(But you're with me on the all-star thing, right? It's nice and all that the show is putting its babies to work like that, but come on, they're not "all-stars," they're contestants who didn't win their seasons! And what a shame that this season we only got eleven finalists instead of twenty! And what a travesty that they've eliminated the chance for special relationships to develop between contestants who partner each other for the first several weeks in a row (Kathryn and Legacy! Melissa and Ade! Mollee and that douchey little kid with the pretty face!)! Right? We were robbed!)
Nevertheless, at the start of the season, I made a joke about wanting to get me some Alex Wong Ton Soup, and twenty minutes later we were still adding to an imaginary theme menu, which I was dutifully recording on a special slip of paper, which I then promptly misplaced in a pile somewhere. I could blame the lost menu for the fact that our SYTYCD theme party never came to fruition, but it's probably equally a result of (a) having poor follow-through and (b) realizing that if I'm truly interested in a show, the last thing I want to do is invite a bunch of people over to my house to talk over the top of it. Besides, the menu was disgusting; something tells me mutton does not pair well with retro soda pop and candy.
Following is what I can remember from the list, plus a few I just thought of. (If you don't watch the show and/or find puns insufferable, just skip to the asterisks for a little blog-keeping note about how you can make money reading blogs, or at least commenting on them, if you're going to be all stingy like that.)
SYTYCD Finale Food
Alex Wong Ton Soup
Billy Babybell Cheese
Kit Kat Deely
Hot Tamales
France Fries (that's Fraaaahce)
Lo Fro Yo
Tasty Oreos
Adam Lambshankmans
Tab
Mama Mia, That's a Spicy Meatballs
So, it's a bummer that we didn't pull ourselves together in time for an actual party, but then again, all I ever really wanted to do was be able to write about it on the internet anyway, and here I've gone done it, and without having to do any shopping or cooking or cleaning. (Maybe just writing about doing cool things instead of actually doing them has been the secret all along?)
On Twitter last night, Katie suggested Kent Boydsenberry Pie (genius!), and Simon surely has some ideas for a signature cocktail, but I know some of you punsters must have something to add too. Let's make this virtual dinner party a potluck, shall we?
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But back to money: would you like to win some? I'm doing a month-long thing with Crystal Light, and you can enter four times on my site alone, plus four times for every other participating blogger. So far, there are an embarrassingly low number of entries, which means your chances to win are comically high. It would be sad if you didn't at least try, wouldn't it?
Might be a stretch, but a drink featuring Southern COMFORT, perhaps?
And yay for shoutouts, but I have to disappoint you in that my name actually starts with a C...the KT is just for phonetic purposes.
KENTucky Derby Pie (I have the recipe!)
KENTucky Fried Chicken
Twitchlers? That might be a stretch. I could do this all day!!
drinks made with maker's MARK or JOSE cuervo? Napoleons? Travis Walleye? Stacey Cookies?
Ahahahaha! You guys are awesome.
Ooh! Ooh!
Lasanya
Spaghetti and Dmeatri-balls
Lacey cookies
Travis Wallbangers
Mandy S'Moores
Oh, I could go ON!
Looks like we'll have to "Russell" up a lot of grub...
Love the menu!!!
And ughh, I agree so much about the suckyness of this season. There came a point these past few weeks, where the judges kept getting so astounded by the contestants and saying things like "WOOOW you out-danced the all star!!!" NO DUH. Most of the "all stars" didn't make it past the top 6 or so, so logically, the top 4 contestants this season DID out-dance them. Also the combo of no Mary (I know she annoys a lot of people, but I love her) and no Mia choreography was not a fun one. Not to mention of the dances they re-capped in the finale, I only really LOVED like two of them. Usually I'm so excited to see all the great dances again.