Please keep all thoughts of what promises to be the MOST SHOCKING EPISODE EVER here until the west coast can pick their collective jaws off of the floor........

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  • RE: Misty,vicky100, 11:01 AM, 10-13-08

One hour to go...I can't believe I'm nervous wanting to know for sure. *bites lip*

I heard on one of the sports talking head shows earlier that the rumor is true, but no word about the second half of it......

LAST EDITED ON 10-06-08 AT 07:38 PM (EST)

Drink of the night

Jack Daniels and soda (Coke-a-Cola for the uninitiated) Or in my case, caffeine-free diet coke, with lime.

Snack of the night

Pistachios - been years since I've burrowed my way through a bag of white pistachios. Yummy!

Join me, won't you?

I'll have to drown my sorrows for my dear, delicious Maks.

*wonders if they would keep Maks going with the potential sub.....? (Frankenstein team)*

I'm Pistachioed out. Bought a bag of kernels recently.

Got anything sweet?

A friend is visiting from Germany, and brought marzipan! Dark chocolate with cointreau and milk chocolate with almonds.

Gonna need a cigarette after these.

They introduced the stars and Misty's MIA........

We'll get an update on her condition....... much later......

*roll eyes*

Guess they want to keep the ones just looking for the train wreck around for more of the show.

At least it would appear Kim isn't back.

yet.

Kim isn't worth bringing back.

I bet they go with the ole give everyone a free pass this week and combine two weeks of scores and votes so the lowest goes home next week.

Susan is listening to her head too much and not the heart......

Tony took Susan to Radio City Music Hall for a kicking lesson with the Rockettes.......

Dancing the Jive to "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" (not too bad....)

Susan's got her ankle wrapped as well.

It was OK, but she needs to let loose a bit. She is so controlled all the time, and I don't think that is just because she can't move better than that.

Bruno appears to be distracted by Susan's cleavage initially.....

Scors: 7~7~7 for a total of 21

We get 9 votes tonight........ which means Misty's out and there's no replacement, apparently........

Oh my, Susan. Bless you little heart. I didn't notice the injury until Len mentioned it. I thought she was thinking of last season when Jane Seymour showed her limitations with the jive.

I still "heart" La Lucci.

It seems like they have a rebellious streak against Len.......

They even went to a Nursing Home to get a report card from senior citizens.......

Dancing the Vienese Waltz (no gimmicks...) to "Let Me Be Who I Am"?

I thought that was pretty nice and elegant.

My thoughts exactly, Snidget.

I agree—this was indeed quite lovely. There was no way they deserved the criticism or the low scores.

Scores: 8~7~7 for a total of 22.

You'd think that a track star would have good footwork.......

Cheryl has to resort to footwork training, like tire drills and jump rope to help him out.......

Dancing the Jive to "Rock Around the Clock" (Also known as the theme from Happy Days.....)

That was fun, and they looked like they had a great time.

I found myself holding my breath for him. Good job.

Scores: 8~8~8 for a total of 24 and the current lead.

LAST EDITED ON 10-07-08 AT 12:03 PM (EST)

Edited: oops, wrong couple!

They're in depression mode 25........

This week's drills were done with Rocco blindfolded........

Dancing the Vienese Waltz (blindfolded, partially) to "What's New, Pussycat?"

I think that was better than he has been. I actually liked that.

Scores: 7~7~6 for a total of 20

They were on the rehersal stage when Misty got hurt....... so they comforted her until the EMTs arrived.......

I really like Rocco, for some strange reason. Maybe because I am not a Karina fan. Hope they go forward.

Review of the Matrix Paso Doble........

This week Warren has to be gentle...... not really his specialty, I think......

Dancing the Vienese Waltz to "Loving You Is Easy"?

Got into the character, but I dunno I kept getting distracted by the over stuffed sausage look.

I like this team a lot, but the color of his costume kind of accentuated his gut too, lol!

I thought he would be more smooth. But he still makes me smile.

Scores: 9~8~8 for a total of 25 and the new leaders!

*jaw drops*
Holy Cripes -- He's GOOD!
He was actually stepping inside partner -- it is so rare to see, usually the people are so far apart to avoid collisions.
WOW o' WOW. Definitely my fav.

???????????

I thought he sucked. Does this mean this is the opening salvo of the infamous and civilization-destroying qwerty/Dan war?

OTOH, you would know about these things. I simply go by style and grace, which I think Lance and Lacey had in spades over this guy.

Oh, it would take more than that to get rid of me

I do think Lacey and Lance are being marked way lower than deserved.

I am also taking into consideration Warren's size.

Warren's choreography was difficult even if it didn't look impressive.

I'll have to youtube Lance and Lacey's dance and Warren's and Kym's to compare the two.

I am sure we can still be friends despite our differences

They were at Disneyland for Miley Cyrus's Sweet 16 party......

Dancing the Jive to "Call Me The Breeze"?

Leg guitar once, OK, but twice seemed a bit much, like they ran out of steps he can do.

Seemed forced. Good try, though, just needs to take everything down a notch.

Scores: 7~7~7 for a laughing total of 21 because Cloris interupts the interview when Samantha thinks that Cody's female fans demographic might be getting older......

Toni wants to break out of her shell, but with the Waltz, that's a slight problem......

Dancing the Vienese Waltz to "Fleur de Lis, rock version" (I think that's what it's called.... it's a classical Waltz song, with rocking guitar sections.....)

How, um, odd.

Scores: 8~7~7 for a total of 22

We still have time to vote for the dancers in the interactive Macy's Stars of Dance segment later in the season....... Dancing costumes must be in by Friday!

She is so lovely...that should have been spectacular, but not so much.

Still love them though.

Here comes VFTW's favorite couple!

Does Cloris have the stamina for this dance since it's the longest of them all?

Dancing the Jive to "The Girl Can't Help It"

Was the loss of the head piece planned?

Tom has to send Corky off to get her over to the judges.

From what I heard there was a slight wardrobe malfunction....... underneath the wig was a skull cap that said "vote for me!", but it got pulled off as well to reveal her actual hair pinned in........

What!?! Who?!?! Just.....

Yikes.

I will give it up to Corky for making the most of what he has to work with.

I dunno if any of the other guys would be able to come up with something that exploits the wacky while keeping it at least somewhat in character with the dance style.

I think VFTW just had a collective evilgasm.

LAST EDITED ON 10-06-08 AT 09:37 PM (EST)

Of course they did. And by design. Clorky has posted thank you videos to VFTW when they make it through so it isn't like they are unaware of their main voting demographic.

ETA: Popped over there, lots of VFTW Victory Signage.

why shouldn't they? Clorky has been the wost couple every week so far, and they're still alive!

Scores: 6~5~5 for a total of 16...... they're nothing if not consistent.......

Arguments, arguments, arguments.........

Dancing the Vienese Waltz to "Daughters" I think

Very nice, and cute kiss with daughter at the end.

Well, dang it, they get all my pretend votes. Yep, I fell for the drama.

Scores: 9~10~9 for a total of 28 (the first 10 of the season, and it was from Len no less!) and obviously the outright lead.

Time for the official word on Misty......

Ow...... sounds like her bone broke.......in the middle of a Lindy Hop for her Jive......

She's on crutches, so she's definitely out........

Torn/Ruptured Achilles Tendon. Thankfully, her volleyball season is currently over.......

Ironically it was the first dance she was gonna do in sneakers.......

I know someone that did that. I'm guessing she's going to be out for quite awhile and then need a lot of PT once it is healed enough to be out of a cast.

I think people tend to recover pretty well, but I don't know about high level athletes.

I remember she and her teammate during the Olympics saying all they wanted to do was have some babies.

Well, keep that ankle up Misty May, keep that ankle up!

I did that about ten years ago playing volleyball. It's nasty. I couldn't stand to watch it happening to her. Ugh. It's still bringing back some unpleasant memories.

A rupture (or even a partial tear) is always season-ending and surgery is the only option (as far as I know), but she should be able to come back from it just fine. It'll take a while, though.