Clean cut vs. Guyliner

There was a moment during last night's "American Idol" finale where Adam Lambert appeared in the gayest outfit I've ever seen on that show. He had on stacked gold boots, tight black leather from head to toe and some kind of sparkly, wire wing-like raised shoulder guard things. Hot Pants burst into hysterical laughter.



"I hope he wins, because that means American would have voted for THAT!" he said between shrieks.

As it turns out, American didn't vote for that. Or, at least, enough of American didn't, despite Lambert's lovefest with the judges throughout the season. America vote for Mr. White Bread. Shock!

Truth be told, I like Kris Allen. He was a big ol' snoozefest at the beginning, but he really showed his stuff as the season wore on. His rendition of "Ain't No Sunshine" was AWESOME. I loved his Kanye West cover. I thought his Michael Jackson cover was decent. For the first time in a while, I agree with America on this one. I didn't like David Cook. I hate Taylor Hicks. Jordin Sparks is boring. Carrie Underwood is not my style. Kelly Clarkson? Nope. But there's a tiny chance I might actually buy a Kris Allen album, provided he doesn't do a whole record of Kara DioGuardi songs.

Martha Stewart, eat your heart out

After searching through nearly every adorable bird cake topper set on Etsy.com, I sighed heavily and then gave up on the idea of ordering one. They're just too damn expensive. Plus, I knew I could do something similar myself with just a little effort. So, a few weeks ago I was shopping with my sister-in-law-to-be (hyphens! yay!), and we ran across the most adorable little bird salt and pepper shaker set. Add a little tulle, some pearls and a bow tie, and viola! Cake toppers!

Hot Pants crafted little the little brown shoes out of polymer clay and I painted them to look like Chuck Taylors, which he and his best man will be wearing at the wedding. I used the tulle from my mom's veil and the pearls from her dress. I'm really happy with how they turned out, though I'm still considering a hat for the dude bird since he's got three little holes in the top of his head. And I can't decide if I should let them stand alone or if I should attach them to some kind of platform or nest-like thingee.

My crafty streak doesn't end there! I had found the coolest note cards on Etsy for wedding guests to fill out during the reception, but they were, again, pricey. So, I re-purposed the card stock we have left over from the save the dates and put to work a set of stamps that look like typewriter keys. Check it out:

Dum dum da-dum

Thanks to theknot.com, I know there are exactly 141 days until Hot Pants and I wed. Hard to believe it's that close. Wedding bloggers (yes, I read them. Shut up.) are obsessed with creating inspiration boards to help get their creative juices flowing. I've not created my own, but here are a few I find rather beautiful. 

This just in: I'm not dead

And to prove it, I shall weigh in on the Scrubs debate that is raging out there today.

Will they or won't they?

Last night's season (and Zach Braff) finale sure did play out like a series finale, complete with dozens of past guest star appearances (Laverne! Snoop Dogg Attending! Tasty Coma Wife!), an almost reveal of the The Janitor's name and a home-movie-style glimpse into what could be the future for the characters (much of which was reflected on J.D.'s face, which was a super cool effect). Throw in a Peter Gabriel cover of "The Book of Love" by the Magnetic Fields and touching moments between Carla, Turk, J.D. and Elliott, and we have ourselves the perfect ending to a series that has a special place in my heart.

I can't imagine it any other way, and don't really want to. How could they possibly do the show without J.D.? He's the centerpiece, narrator, protagonist and everyman of the show. Plus, he's Zach Braff. *Swoon* I'm hoping they don't pull a "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" on us and hope we continue watching even though Kelly, Slater, Zack and Lisa have been replaced with a bunch of no-names and Screech on steriods.

What do you think? Will ABC beat this dead horse as it rides a motorcycle over a tank of sharks or will they let the characters live on in syndication?