Land o'Lessa

So, that whole better living through apathy thing has me doing odd little things every once in a while. Like trying new foods that I normally avoid because I am a meat and potatoes girl and dammit pass the A1 sauce! But now every once in a while I find myself grabbing something like an avocado just to see if my tastes have changed. Eh, they’re alright, but whatever. So now I have a slice or two on occasion, and sometimes even eat some ‘green shit’ when having Mexican dinner with the parents.

It seemed like everyone I ran into was raving about something else, recently. Sweet potato fries. People have been RAVING. brush them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and bake them like fries and eat. Ok. So I decided to try it because the internets, they assured me they were fantastic.

Raving freakin lunitics, the whole lot of them. That’s not to say they were ok – sweet with a bit of salt and pepper to cut the sweet a little, and good for you too. I’ve simply discovered, or rather rediscovered, something though. I don’t really have a sweet tooth. I know, shocking right? I’ve always been the salty fats crunchy chips kinda girl. The bloody things were TOO sweet and I couldn’t eat much of them at all. I want savory. I want mildly spiced beef steak and mashed potatoes smothered in butter to go along with it and if they’re on sale, some corn on the cop drenched in butter and salt because nothing – NOTHING tastes better then that… I want chicken (boneless/skinless tenderloins, of course) with rice and gravy, I want MEAT and STARCHES and I WANT ‘EM NOW!

Ahem. Anyway. If you have a sweet tooth – sweet potato fries are good and good for you. Enjoy. And pass the A1, will ya?

On Thursday night, we watched as yet again one guy and one girl was eliminated from the So You Think You Can Dance competition. Awww! The upside is that we also got to see Quest, a hiphop crew that includes three SYTYCD alumni: Hok, Dominic, and Ryan! Hurray!

But before all that, we were treated to a group Contemporary Performance with the top 16 – it was full of funky costums and Mia Michael’s weirdness and was just fun to watch!

Though I still wonder what was up with Cat Deely’s dress and that weird neck ruffle… But! On to those who had to dance for their lives.

On the girls side, Comfort hiphoped her way to safety, as did Kourtni Lind, who was also a repeat bottom three-er. Chelsea had what I thought was the strongest solo on the girls side, but she was summarily tossed without any candy coating whatsoever. Nigel just said “It’s the end of the line” and she was gone.

For the guys, Thayne broke out the ‘Jovi which made Cat’s heart flutter, as well as the judges, apparently. Matt seemed to have taken all the feedback to heart, and his solo was very strong and showed he does have passion in there somewhere that’s starting to come out. And no one was surprised when Chris was told this was the end of the line as the judges have been ragging on him since the first week.

As a result, Comfort will now dance with Thayne – an interesting pairing for sure. Let’s hope he’s a strong enough guy for Comfort – I’m sure she’s sick of being in the bottom three because of her partner’s weaknesses.