Old School!!

There is totally a MASH game online.

Oh yeah. You know it. Choose your options for husband, car, career... all that good stuff. You know you want to play, so go do it.

BTW, the one I just played ended up like this: married to Robert Pattinson, living in a house in Vegas, I get to be an event planner, have three kids, and drive a white Corvette.

Oh yeah, that's the life.

American Idol... the Winner Is...

So I'm behind on this. I was out and am now playing catch up on the DVR. I'll probably catch up by the end. For now, you get me in the form of rambling musings...

• What is up with Randy's bow tie? No. Just... no.
• Ew, why is Janice Dickenson there? Ick.
• Top 13 number was good. I find it funny that that particular song was also used in Dancing With the Stars on Monday night.
• Still love David Cook. Not in a lusty, swoony way, but I still enjoy his singing. Very much so.
• These stupid Idol "awards" are just that - stupid. And mean. And a total time waster. I'd much rather have more performances.
• Ugh. And then they bring that freak Nick Mitchell back? Time to hit fast forward.
• Queen Latifah + Lil Rounds = meh
• Very happy with Jason Mraz (gonna see him open for DMB) with Anoop and Alexis.
• EEEE! Kris Allen with Keith Urban?! I heart Keith Urban!! I saw him in concert!
• Oh yes, I heart him so much. In his tight jeans. Hubby would NEVER EVER wear those. Not even for money.
• Laughing at the girls singing Glamorous. Especially my little Allison in her big ol' combat boots.
• Damn Fergie. First of all, her face should be removed from her amazing body. They do not match. Second of all, she married my boyfriend Josh Duhamel. Third of all, I really want to hate her music, but I can't. So damn her.
• Used to LOVE the Black Eyed Peas. And I am actually enjoying this song. If I hear it a second time I will probably find it annoying.
• What is up with Fergie's "claws?" If that's fashion, I'm appalled.
• Oh Lord. I could have done without seeing that skank Bikini Girl again.
• Did she get implants? Her boobs look bigger.
• Oh yup, Ryan just implied it.
• I love that she is totally getting a good amount of boos from the audience.
• I also love that SHE IS TOTALLY SUCKING WHILE SHE ATTEMPTS TO SING.
• PWNED!!!! I love that Kara is totally showing her up. And I hate Kara. But she's still better than Bikini Skank.
• OMG SHE RIPPED HER DRESS OPEN! BEST FINALE MOMENT EVER!!!!
• Yay!! Allison and Cyndi Lauper! I'm flashing back to loving her in the eighties.
• I just realized I am so not going to catch up and finish live. But that's okay, because I accidentally found out who won already.
• Haha, I don't know why, buy Danny singing Lionel Richie amuses me. But he actually sounds really good.
• Did Danny pick up a couple dance moves? He doesn't look as goofy dancing with his song.
• Ohhh that outfit. Ummm... it's very Adam. That's all I can say.
• Ahahahaaaaa! KISS!
• Adam is so perfect for this. I am absolutely loving it.
• Just noticed Adam's GINORMOUS PLATFORMS. So him.
• I'm sitting home alone and that was so good that I STILL uttered an expletive aloud to myself.
• Santana... yup, I'm old enough to enjoy him.
• Like Matt with him.
• LOVE that they transitioned to Smooth. It's a total perfect song for summer.
• Kris has a little salsa/cha cha step going. It's cute.
• Steve Martin on the banjo. I actually knew it was coming.
• Megan Joy actually sounded decent.
• So lame that they had the boys sing If You Want My Body.
• Ugh. Tatiana.
• I liked Kris doing Queen. Then Adam chimed in. And I changed my mind.
• Just had a thought, my mom is probably so excited to see the members of Queen. She LOVED them.
• It's cute how these guys are totally buddies.
• Wow, Simon thinks they're both "brilliant." That's quite the compliment.
• Almost 100 million votes. That's just ridiculous.
• Kris almost looked fake shocked.
• Oh, he just can't believe it.
• Wow, they get a trophy now.
• Haha, his wife looks like she wants to throw up.
• I really wish they had written something better for the winner.
• Awwww, Allison loves Adam. They need to do a whole album together.
• Kris sang it better tonight than he did last night.

And that's it. I'm surprised, but I'm not. Oh, and I just now saw him hugging his wife. Now it looks like it hit him. But back to being not so surprised. Kris was good, but I really do feel like Adam was probably better. I didn't vote so I don't care much and I'm not about to cause a stink. And it's not like I'm going to run out and buy either of their albums when they come out.

Thoughts? Mom? We'll discuss tomorrow while we catch So You Think You Can Dance. Readers, I may blog that one. Not sure yet.

San Diego has Cupcakes!

So this is old news, but we hit some bakeries on our two trips to San Diego in the past month. First on our anniversary trip, then on our return trip to take Tad to the zoo.

Okay, if I didn't hate the way so many of the roads are set up, and it wasn't so close to Mexico, and it wasn't so far away from everyone I love... I would move there for the cupcakes. Because the one bakery we have here... well, I definitely wasn't impressed when I tried it. I'd rather put the effort into making my own.

So on our anniversary trip, we decided to hit up a bakery every day. And as soon as we checked into our hotel, we headed for our first one: Cupcakes Squared. And yes, the cupcakes are square. And the best things I have ever tasted.

We're total piggies and we got FOUR cupcakes. There was lemon (lemon cake with lemon buttercream frosting), not-so-red velvet ("red" velvet with cream cheese frosting), lemon white chocolate (white chocolate cake with a little lemon and a white chocolate ganache), and cheesecake (graham cupcake with lemon marscapone frosting).

OH. MY. LORD. We had a couple then saved the other two for later. And they were all amazing. I think they use a french buttercream (so different than your regular buttercream) which I am so learning to make. If I had one of these places near me, I would be a cow because I would get cupcakes all the time.

Saturday we hit up a place called Babycakes that's just north of downtown. They don't just have cupcakes, they have a little bit of everything. We split a couple cupcakes. We got a blood orange and a hazelnut.

The blood orange was AMAZING. You could eat it for breakfast. There was the blood orange filling and blueberries chilling on the bottom of it.

The hazelnut was awesome because it was a marble cake that wasn't heavy at all. And the frosting was pretty light too. Tasty stuff.

For our anniversary we went back to Cupcakes Squared. We wanted to try and get the same flavors we had in our wedding cake. So we got vanilla squared (vanilla/vanilla), mocha (chocolate and coffee cake with chocolate chips and chocolate ganache), and lemon.

They did not disappoint this time either. I think I died a little with the mocha one. It was super-crazy-delicious.

Then on our last day we ventured into downtown to try Heavenly Cupcakes. We got red velvet (since hubby has apparently deemed it his new favorite flavor) and a vanilla caramel (vanilla cake with vanilla bean buttercream and caramel sauce). Aren't they pretty?

The red velvet was good, but the cream cheese frosting didn't impress me as much as others. The vanilla caramel was outstanding. Add some coffee flavor and you have a frappuccino. Awesome.

Then on our last trip we made a stop, but I didn't get pictures of our cupcakes before we ate them. The place was in Encinitas and is called Elizabethan Desserts. I think my favorite part is that it's located kind of inside a nursery so you've got all these plants and flowers around when you get there.

We got a chocolate toffee, a grasshopper, and a Mr. Bean's cup o' joe. Tad loved his. Tim liked his. I liked mine, but I thought it was a little sweet. Not sure I'd stop there if I was going back, I'd just hold out for Cupcakes Squared.

Jeez, I feel like a food blogger naming off all these places. If you're headed down there and only have time for one, go to Cupcakes Squared. Hands down the best ones we had.

Oh Reality TV...

So Dancing ended tonight. With a COMPLETE surprise. Shawn won. My mom and I were shocked and gasped. Hubby uttered a "srsly?" (Thanks lol speak.)

And mom and I watched Idol together. We missed the first twenty minutes (the first two performances) which didn't matter since they were just songs they had done before. Great choice by both of them on those songs! Adam picked Mad World again, Kris picked Ain't No Sunshine. LOVED both of those the first time around and would likely call them my favorite performances.

Round two, I liked Adam better than Kris. Kris did seem a little too... meh for a finale.

Then there was round three. Or the round that I would call "What did these people write and did they even let Adam and Kris rehearse before performing???" I'm not usually a big fan of the songs written for the finale. Most are too, "Listen to me! I'm uplifting and beautiful!" This one was totally NOT something I enjoyed. The fact that this wasn't a great song was proved by the fact that ADAM WAS ACTUALLY PITCHY. For the first time this season, Adam wasn't good. And then... Kris wasn't either. Mom and I were sitting there with semi-confused looks on our faces. I actually said, "If I was only watching these performances, there's no way I would believe we were watching a finale."

So I have no clue who's going to win. If people vote based on the entire season and take this semi-disappointing face-off out of the running, I would say Adam. But there are tons of reasons that I think Kris may win. So I have NO PREDICTION. I will say that I hope tomorrow night's results are a hundred times better than tonight's performances.

Fingers crossed.

Trailery Goodness

I can't believe we have to wait for Christmas for Sherlock Holmes. Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and directed by Guy Ritchie? Sign me up. Heather, you're with me on this one, aren't you??




And by the end of the month we should have a New Moon trailer. Apparently it's going to debut at the MTV Movie Awards. *sigh*

I heart trailers.

Fun Tool

Just something fun to share with you today. Big Huge Labs has all kinds of fun stuff to do with your picture, but I am really enjoying this one. It's a Palette Generator. Upload any of your pictures and you get a palette that coordinates with it! I love it.

And since I took a couple pictures of some hydrangeas in Encinitas, I thought they would be perfect for a palette.


So it's pretty blurry since I had to do a screen shot and I suck at those. But how awesome is that??? It would be fun to pick your wedding colors in this way... that would have been sweet for me because I was the most INDECISIVE PERSON ON EARTH when it came to them.

Dancing - The Finals

Honestly, it's about time. I don't know what it is, but I don't know if I was feelin' it this season like I used to. And I'm kind of ready to have my Monday nights back. Although FOX will probably air So You Think You Can Dance on those nights...

They're starting off with each couple dancing the paso doble. And since the judges want to prove to America that they know something, each judge will visit and coach a couple through it.

And of course the dancing doesn't start until AFTER the first commercial. Hello time-wasting.

Shawn and Mark look good. I always feel like I'm watching a little kid when I'm watching Shawn. She just looks like such a baby. Judges' score: 28

Melissa and Tony were good, like always. I don't know if I was wowed. Judges' score: 29

Gilles and Cheryl were hot. But I've made it known that Gilles has become my favorite. I'm just really impressed with the way he can pass for a pro at times. It's the clean lines he makes with his arms. Judges' score: 30

So now we get to the freestyles! Those can be fun, no clue what to expect from these couples.

Shawn and Mark are up first. Okay, the garbage bag outfits were freakin' me out (as Tad would say). She actually looks like she's having a lot of fun, which is cute. They're super cute, and fun. And making me tired just watching them. But honestly... I've seen more impressive ones. Judges' score: 30

Melissa and Tony are up now. Tony's shirt is totally gay, I just have to say it. And this song is so amazingly old it takes me back... it was fun. There were a ton of tricks and lifts and throws, but I don't know if I loved it. I felt like there were more tricks than actual recognizable steps. Judges' score: 27

And now are Gilles and Cheryl. Okay, Cheryl just creates fun routines. OMG, he had such a Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing moment!!!! I loved it, I smiled from beginning to end. He needs to win. So cute. Judges' score: 28

Okay, it's obvious, but I want Gilles to win. He's totally consistent and amazing. I'm going to miss the finale tomorrow (I can only watch/record two things at once, and this is at the bottom of the totem pole). But I'll catch highlights for sure.