Happy New Year! I am so looking forward to a Happy, safe and creative new year!

Wishing all of my family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year! Warm Hugs and Kisses- LW

Lets see if this works- type once and post in 4 different social settings...if this works- I am truly a social butterfly.....first time for everything!

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With all of these reality shows (really- how "real" do you think they are?), I think that I should come up with an outline, invite a few friends to take on the "formula" characters and film our own........Friends....what do you think?

Spring Cleaning

Spring brings a plethora of newness! However- right now I feel a little overwhelmed with all of the unfinished business that seems to be hanging overhead. As soon as I tie up all these loose ends- I can start anew!

Susan Boyle

The hottest, latest, most talked about performance is the inspirational voice and story of Susan Boyle. I have watched the (one of many) U tube videos. And every single time I get teary eyed.

To think that we have become a society that though we try to talk ourselves into believing that we do not judge a book by its cover, seeing is believing. Ms. Boyle takes the stage to the sound of smirks and chagrins, and if rolling eye balls made sound, the noise would have been deafening. Despite the talk, appearance still seems to be everything.

As a performer myself, I cannot imagine the nerves and anxiety that Susan must have felt. I feel nervous when performing to an audience that is filled with friendly faces let alone an audience that might jeer at me, hoping to see me fail, offering only humiliating taunts. The idea that this was her ONE shot.......nerves of steel, or at least the appearance of self confidence was alone amazing.

Hearing the tiny interviews with her before the performance would make the lyrics of the song more beautiful that night than I had remembered and then reading her story and appreciating her sacrifices and obstacles make her performance inspiring and poignant.

Here is my hope: Ms. Susan Boyle will get her reward for not only being a talented, gifted performer, but for being a selfless, courageous, humble person who appears gracious for all of her life’s lessons. An underdog who stopped at nothing, patient that her time would come and she would then be ready to fulfill her dreams and ambitions, never regretting her decisions or begrudging her callings in life.

May we as a society learn from seeing our appalling behavior and finally practice what we say we believe. I hope that we finally learn that it is far more important to love than to judge.

Thank you Susan Boyle, Go Susan Go!

Lisa

More Dancin'

Last night’s show was entertaining and yes- again I found myself smiling and watching for great steps and those flubs that only an armchair ballroom dance judge would recognize.

The judges awarded no perfect score and neither did I.

Steve O , God love him, had his best “dance” yet. He finally seemed to move on his own and not wait to see what his partner would do first and then follow a beat behind. However, that being said, I think Steve O will be in the bottom 2 tonight.

Ty, Ty, Ty. I had such high hopes for this cowboy. I wasn’t enthralled by the dance itself, I don’t care for the paso doble, but Ty looked like he did the first week. Blocky and stiff and rigid non musical movement. I hope he is not on the bottom rung tonight, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

I think that all of the women are safe for tonight. I think that they will be around for awhile. Now, I suppose that for dramatic effect one could end up being in the bottom 2 but if the results are truly figured the way they let on, the two lowest vote getters will be on the bottom. I don’t think it will be one of the ladies.

Let’s see...that leaves us with LT, David Allen, Chuck and Giles.

LT is a great sport and great athlete. I do enjoy watching him and his drive. I love the backstage and rehearsal scenes with him. He really tries and is driven to succeed and not be beaten, not so much by the other dancers, but beaten by the dance itself. He is a disciplined person always striving to better himself in whatever he does. I appreciate that and cross my fingers for him every time he takes the floor.

David Allen is hilarious! He makes me laugh out loud sometimes! He is smooth and for the most part light on his feet. Is he my favorite dancer? No. But I do enjoy watching him perform and he is another one that really tries and gives it his all. I admire him, and hope he is around a while longer.

Chuck. I won’t lie. Chuck bores me. He’s attractive and cute and all.....but boring. I have a hard time believing he’s giving it his all. I wonder if he admires Julianne, his partner at all? I mean- they are supposed to be dating and I get more chemistry between many other non dating partners than these two. I also get the feeling that he didn’t or maybe still doesn’t respect and admire her for her passion for the dance. Perhaps he does and I am talking out of my....elbow, but I just don’t get him.

Giles. Again- I won’t lie. He is very good. Very talented and a joy to watch. Cheryl is a wonderful choreographer and she and Giles have more chemistry in their little pinkies than most of the other dancers have in their whole bodies. I love watching this couple dance. To anything!

Okay- My predictions: Gilles Marini, Melissa Rycroft and Lil' Kim and Shawn Johnson will be around for awhile. I enjoy watching each one dance and I have a hard time believing I am the only one who wants to see them dance again next week and the week after that.

Cautiously on the line but safe: David Alan Grier and Chuck Wicks.

In trouble: Steve-O, LT and Ty Murray.

My call: I believe that Steve-O will be going home.