All the toys in the world…
…and she plays in a cardboard box. Or I force her to live in one. Whatever.
One plus, though, is she LOVES the camera. Ask her to pose, and she does so . Ask her to smile through her hair, and it’s too cute for words. ask her to act like a growly little urchin child living in a box? And she’s STILL too cute for words, even as she nails the shot…
(Ok, so she was really just yelling at her brother and the picture is a happy accident. Perfect anyway!)
Someone asked me a while ago why there were SO MANY pictures of the Pup, and not so much the older too. Was I going all “PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY” on them, was I worried about the HORRORS OF THE INTERNET? WHY wasn’t I exploiting my other kids on the internet like the pup?!
The answer is simple, really. When you try to take pictures of the Girl, this is what you get:
And then there’s the boy. Nana? I censored it to protect your delicate sensibilities! See, I am the good daughter!
And I don’t know WHERE he learned such a vulgar display of hand gestures. Really.
(…stop laughing, Nana. You too, Sis – he probably learned it from you anyway!)
I’m the innocent one.
(There they go again… tsk.)
America's Got Talent!
And how! Tonight was the premiere of AGT, where we are hoping to find another talented act like last years winner, Terry Fator – who just signed a $100 Million deal in Vegas for his own show – yowza! That makes him the most successful Reality TV contestant in oh, I dunno, EVER!
There were the usual hits and misses, the bombs and blowouts, the fab and horrific as we sat through several cities and a whole bunch of auditions in complete, and montage form. Some made us weep with laughter, some with disbelief and one, one with absolute astonishment. Here’s my standout acts of the night!
She made my sister cry with her cuteness, and for that – and the fact she was absolutely adorable and I think even thawed out Piers cold dead ruthless heart – and she’s has worked for THREE WHOLE YEARS to get her chance… Here’s four year old Kaitlyn:
OMG she like TOTALLY threw us under the BUS!
It’s the pink attack, once again. OMG! The girls aren’t thrilled to see Cassie come back with lindsey, and says it’s AWN! They get their call sheet, and they’re to dress comfy and casual and head to the fitness studio. There’s nine bikes, and a guy at the piano, and Haylie tells them they’re doing a workshop for vocal skill and stamina which they’ll both need. The Standout performer will get a reward to get a leg up on the competition. They sing some vocal warm-ups doing jumping jacks and crunches, then Seth has them up on the bikes while they sing and pedal at the same time. Emma only quit smoking two weeks ago, and is having a hard time but powers through. They sing as a group, then Seth calls them out one at a time
Haylie tells the girls the stand-out performing gets a mani/pedi with Orfeh, who plays Paulette onstage. Seth thought Celina and Emma rocked it, but calls Lauren the victor. She takes Cassie S. to the spa with her, because she knows she pulled out all the stops after being in the bottom three last week. Cassie pouted a little – she wanted to win, not be the ‘charity case’. Heh.
For the next audition, they’ll be singing “Omigod, you guys” from the show. The call sheet in the morning gives them only an hour to hit the studio, and they manage to make it on top, and discover that when they’re not auditioning as Elle Woods, they’ll be playing the parts of the other girls, so will learn two versions of the same song. Some of the girls only focus on the staring role, and slack when it comes to the chorus. Not good. They’re sent off to practice on their own, and fireworks fly.
Cassie S. gets frustrated when Bailey bails instead of singing the course – she says she lost her voice. Hah. Right. Tension grows, when Cassie runs around singing at the top of her lungs, determined to prove she was underestimated, eve if she annoys everyone.
Audition time! Just one note could get you sent home! No pressure… Natlie and Autumn knock it out of the park, but there are harsh words for many of the others, including Emma and Bailey. When it’s time for Cassie to confront the judges, she says there are plenty of girls who should be cut before her – many whining wannabes from the wings about being thrown under the bus.
Four girls are chosen to face elimination and Cassie S is not one of them, much to the shock of the girls. Emma, Lauren, Celina and Lindsey head to the casting office to face the judges. They call Emma too harsh, Lauren too squeaky, Celina has presence – but the wrong kind, and Lindsey looks the part but doesn’t portray the part with believability – and because of that, she’s sent home.
It must be summertime in Alaska…
which means playing outside until utterly exhausted and collapsing onto the couch and falling asleep within three breaths – and getting color, the ‘poor Irish baby’ way… heh. Auntie forgot the sunscreen.
She was quite pleased to tell me that her knees are red too because she was CLIMBING TREES mama!
Aaaaaah summertime…
Nashville Star – First Live Show
Tonight the top 11 perform live as we find out who America voted off at the end of last week’s show. The mentors are stuck with a group to lead through the competition, Jeffrey gets the Groups, Rich gets the women and Jewel gets the men. Kelly Cook helps along with the introductions and stuff this week, while Billy Ray
They’ll be called to perform one at a time, in a random order down to the last too. The last two called to perform will be up for elimination, and after all of the performances we’ll find out who’s going home. Talk about nerve-wracking! Poor kids!
We start with Laura and Sophie who sing Rockin with the Rhythm of the Rain. It was ok, but nothing to write home about, and it was off in places, but the judges, they loved it, of course. Rich says it was really good, but should try for songs more close to their age, Jewel figures they did so well because they’ve sung the song a lot and wants them to do something new, and Jeffrey says it was a little slumber party.
Up next is Ashlee Hewitt, singing Ring of Fire. Again, nothing to write home about. She did better when she dropped the guitar and decided to rock out a little bit, but the judges go gaga and say she might take the folk-country title away from Jewel. Huh.
Justin Gaston is up with Hey There Delilah and he does ok, after being completely nervous and intimidated by working with Jewel. Jewel, of course, is enamoured with him, while the guys aren’t sure he’s strong enough to go much farther – John goes so far as to say he doesn’t deserve to be on the show at all, and Justin is understandably hurt by that. Hopefully if he makes it through he’ll step it up as a direct result of that comment.
Alyson Gilbert is safe despite her pageant-y ways, and Rich tells her she shouldn’t be there, but resolves to help anyway. She sings Every Breath You Take, and the judges go gaga once again, loving the performance.
The trio Pearl Heart sings Who Says You Can’t Go Home, and poor Courtney looks like an uncoordinated cow clumping around on the stage in a way it’s almost painful to watch. Poor kid! The harmonies sound off as well, the twins blending perfectly, but Courtney not finding the blend completely. The judges seem to think they’ll work it all out though.
Moving on, and Navy boy Tommy Stanley is up and sings Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy – a song Rich wrote and performs. ballsey! He’s encouraged to work on his lyrics when they’re fast a bit – they get muddled – but otherwise, everyone loves it. Rich makes the 18th unprovoked comment of the night that is a bit off color and odd, but we just move right on along despite the awkwardness. Heh.
Gabe Garcia performs Have you Ever Seen the Rain, and it’s no frills, straight up sound. The judges want him to open up more, but agree he did well.
Shawn Mayer sings He Stopped Loving Her Today, and gets a little teary-eyed while she sings and expresses afterwards how happy she is to be there. The judges are split on her, but think she will eventually get there.
Coffey is safe – and I’m pissed. Why on earth is Melissa in the bottom two? She was AWESOME last week! I’m now officially annoyed. Coffey sings Waiting on the World to Change, and the judges want him to change, as he’s not there for them yet, his voice isn’t cutting it even if he has a lot of charisma.
Trace prolongs the agony for the bottom two, Melissa and Third Town, by performing with them all, and then Melissa Lawson performs You Make Me Feel like A Natural Woman. Even she knew she could have hit it out of the park much more then she did, giving herself an 8, knowing she could be a 10. They want her not to settle, and all the judges think she should not be in the bottom two.
Third Town, of course, they agree should be at the bottom. They wanted to do Bohemian Rhapsody, but are talked out of it and do Mountain Music instead and they still completely annoy me with their antics and EmoBoy’s flouncing around and helium voice. Thankfully, they are eliminated. Whew. Melissa is safe!
As for me and what I think of these guys? I dunno if it’s the accoustics or the show itself or what – but I’ve decided this is NO Can you Duet – and I long for Caitlin and Will to show these kids how it’s done!
