Just found out that Henry, who was in that first ballroom couple to audition in New York, was on SYTYCD: Australia, and had actually made it into the Top 8. I call bullshit on him being able to be on SYTYCD: US after that.

Wow. Glad I decided to watch SYTYCD instead of FlashForward, if only for Teddy's dance. I liked him last year, but that was incredible.

Aw, I missed Teddy's dance b/c my DVR recorded a Community rerun instead until I caught it. Came in right on his judging. Will have to track it down.

I went to bed right after ffwding through Broccoli Boob Dude(tte).

I have one question: does Sex show up?

Haven't we suffered enough, le nub? Don't say his name out loud or you'll conjure him up.

I had read that the Burn the Floor dude was on SYTYCD Australia. You can see clips on YouTube. I don't mind all that much. He didn't win. I kind of look at it as just another professional experience, which lots of these kids have. Being in a Broadway show is already a huge advantage in terms of ability to pick up choreography quickly, for example, or experience in the dance competition circuit can give an edge in performance quality and just comfort with being judged. There have been several contestants on the show who've worked with choreographers as their assisstants and that can be an advantage. I don't know. I'm not all het up about it.

I'm disappointed that we didn't see that gorgeous dancer from Miami City Ballet last night. I was hoping he'd come back once his contract was up.

Yeah, I`ve given up hope that we`ll ever see him. And we haven`t seen his like.

kat,

ha! he isn't like Beetlejuice, is he? You know I don't watch the audition shows until I know the man isn't there. He skeeves me that badly.

Susan's dish -- it's unfortunate she lost on that, because I've had that dish, and it's one of the best things I've eaten in this town. It's crazy good. But maybe the other four dishes just topped it. Could be. Maybe they were bothered that she just produced a dish straight out of her restaurant. Because there's nothing simple about it, compared to the other dishes.

The huge discrepancy between the judges and the guests lead me to believe it was anti-sandwich snobbery that sunk her. On a related note, I seem to never want to stop slapping the two male judges. Not as much as I wanted to slap Toby on TC, but close.

I walked into a conversation our president was having with some other staff. She's looking for a team-building exercise. Her favorite, so far, is a Top Chef kind of thing - staff's broken down into teams, assigned a specific ingredient (or ingredients) and then has to make a dish in a set amount of time.

oy ... I'd say kill me now, but at least it's not the MMPI

Toddson - could be worse. Several years ago we had to do Fear Factor style eating contests involving crackers and such, where contestants fed each other. And that was during the SARS scare.

That day is why I can't watch The Office, in fact.

ew ...just ... ew

I've been through worse, and with this at least there'll be food. But still ... don't know if I trust some of these people with sharp knives.