Appreciations

Let's pause here for all stations to identify themselves and give a HUGE shout out to Rocketgirl who frankly - ROCKS! She comments nearly almost every post and I love her for that and SO much more! Too bad we live many states apart...maybe next year I'll get to visit her in her brand new freaking awesome house! Smooches princessreva!!
As we all know, Bruno Tonioli is the most annoying of all the judges on Dancing With The Stars. Really. The man just gushes over girls and guys he thinks will sleep with him. That's all I can figure from the contestants he chooses to support. He does speak in sound bites which makes it easy to throw him in the advertisements more than the more restrained and constructive Len Goodman, who I like better on many levels. To illustrate my point I have made a list of the catchy phrase Bruno tagged each and every celebrity with during the first round of dancing.

• Melanie Brown - her cha-cha got her the "feisty kitten" comment. As mentioned, she's not bad - and not as obnoxious as I suspected her to be. Only time will tell.
• Sabrina Bryan - after her cha-cha Bruno only pulled his tongue up off the floor long enough to call her a "bewitching blond bombshell" and then he passed out. My opinion: it was fast, but not so much in the actual step department.
• Helio Castroneves - his foxtrot was good. He has a better attitude about the show than I imagined. I could like him - I'd also vote for him if the stupid website would work properly. Come on ABC - get it together! Bruno's label: "king of speed becomes the king of charm"
• Mark Cuban - not as annoying as he seemed he would be and he freely admits he can't dance but he's doing it for his daughter and that's adorable. We found out that he had his hip replaced a few weeks ago, which may explain the lack of hip action, so Bruno came out with "bouncing bionic billionaire" for his cha-cha.
• Jennie Garth's cha-cha got her labeled the "yummy mummy" Of course since he's said it, so has everyone else but they say "yummy mommy" and that's not nearly as clever since it doesn't rhyme.
• Poor Josie Maran. Really - she was not bad. Or her dance was only as bad as other foxtrots, but it certainly seems as if she'll be the first to go home tonight. Poo. If only the WEBSITE WORKED so I could have voted. I would have voted for her. This was possibly the only not funny or positive tag line "beautiful sailing ship stranded on a sand bag" (did he mean bar?) That's so not cool Bruno.
• Cameron Mathison - not outstanding in the foxtrot - his smooth was not so, and Bruno might have been right, if I was not sick of him already, when he said "not quite a Rolls Royce, but not a Buick either"
• Floyd Mayweather - ehn. The cha-cha had some good parts and some not so. He's younger than I expected and could do reasonably well. Karina annoys me and she's so pouty. She throws temper tantrums like she's four. But this is about Bruno "changing your name from Mayweather to September Storm" Little bit of a reach there Bruno yeah?
• Wayne Newton - what's to say about Mr. Las Vegas? He's been there longer than most of the casinos. He's got class but not a lot of flexibility. He does have Cheryl who's the best teacher of the group, hands down, but he won't go far. His cha-cha was great for the older set "sizzler from sin city" but I don't think the man has hips anymore...
• I was not thrilled about Marie Osmond's foxtrot. Bruno called it "classy yet sassy" but I was ehn. She's fun and funny. Dunno about the skill so much. Whatevs.
• Albert Reed's cha-cha - whoa Bruno. Hold it together man. Just because the he's an Abercrombie & Fitch model "...crotch action at warp drive"? I mean ick-y. The dance was not bad though - needs more hips, and it's so nice to have Anna back.
• And Jane Seymour - her foxtrot was lovely and she is elegant and it's a little over the top but I can see Bruno's description of "breezy and fragrant like an British garden"

This is me, trying to avoid the real issues of timing and scheduling and office crap by posting about TV instead! Stay tuned.