He makes me laugh!

Yesterday afternoon, I was watching Gosford Park while the kids were having a snack. Sean was talking, but I wasn't paying much attention, I must admit. Then I heard "Right, Mommy?" Well, I didn't react. I mean, I hear that 50 times a day. I was busy, what can I say? So I hear again "Right, Mommy?" and then again "Right, Mommy?" Then "Hello? Is anybody home?" I had to react to that, I thought it was so funny! He didn't say it in a rude way, he just said it matter-of-factly. :)

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So, did any of you watch SYTYCD Canada last night? I sure did and I was in my own little world for 2 hours. I prefer when we get to the top 20, but any dancing is good. I have a few favourites, I'll see if they make it through. I was a little worried about the show before I saw it. Let me try to explain why.

I love American Idol but I'm not a huge fan of Canadian Idol. Why is it, you ask? I think it's because AI is more mainstream while CI is more artsy. Does that make sense? Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this season of CI and Theo Tams was my favourite from the beginning and I enjoyed him and his music very much. And I thought it was a great season overall, better than previous years. And I actually did enjoy the artsy part of it this time around. But I don't necessarily *get* it. I mean, the likes of Mitch MacDonald, Earl Stevenson and Mookie Morris would've *never* made it on AI. AI is looking for more mainstream performers. And mainstream performers, i *get*, kwim? Other than Theo, I loved Drew Wright, Amberly Thiessen and Sebastian Piggot (pre-Top 10. He completely floundered after that.)

Because of that, I was afraid STYTYC Canada would be different than its american counterpart. Sometimes different is good but in this case, I didn't want that. I wanted the great dancing the way I'm used to watching it. And apparently dancing is a universal language because the dancers were exactly like I wanted them to be: inspiring. And can I just say how refreshing it was that they showed 98% good dancers and only 2% of the "I-can't-dance-but-I-want-to-be-on-TV" dancers, as opposed to the 50/50 we usually see on SYTYCD US. I mean, this dude was more than enough, don't you think? Show me beauty, not crap!

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Here's a layout I made with the new BG line Offbeat. Love it!

And here is the layout that was pubbed in the summer issue of Style & Scrap magazine.