Benjelle Analyses in Buffalo

Thanks go out to Mishelly on idolforums and Jonesy for posting it on here. Much love!


Jonesy said...
Don't know if you had this on here yet so here you go

Buffalo Review from LJ forum

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SPOILERS: Buffalo
October 1st, 2006 (09:01 am)
current location: my room
current mood: weird
current song: "Samson" by Regina Spektor
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I'm sure everyone has seen this already, but I figured I should bring it to the community.

Early spoilers from Buffalo:


Posted by mishelly888 on the FOX boards

The Buffalo Show

Okay ladies,
I am still in absolute and complete shock that I just saw Benji and Donyelle live and met them in person, so forgive me if I seem to make no sense at all!

So I decided pretty late yesterday that I would try to get a ticket for Buffalo and managed to get one at the last moment. Long story short - I ended up missing the beginning of the show :( I missed TMB and the tango intro which made me ridiculously sad.

The show itself was amazing, but I am mainly going to give you my observations on Benjelle - of course
.
Benji's solo left me drooling. That man is hotter than words can describe. And when he ripped his shirt off at the end. WOW. He exuded confidence and sex appeal. It was cute though cause he looked so proud of himself and was just drinking in the audience reaction. Loved it.

Donny's solo was very sexy. She commanded that stage and it was impossible to take your eyes off of her. I screamed "Go Donny" at the end of her solo, she laughed and just stood there with a big grin on her face. Her intro to Benji and Heidi was also fantastic. The crowd loved it and she was so entertaining. Love her!

Okay so the VFW left me close to tears. It was honestly (and I might be slightly biased here) the most beautiful performance of the night. They just seemed to be really enjoying the dance and each other. Even though I've watched that dance sooo many times, seeing it live left me absolutely speechless. I can't remember the intro too well but my friend recorded it so I should have the exact words that were used later. It's funny because everyone was screaming when he said the "What's going on with you and Donyelle?" part of the speech, but at the "I don't know" there was almost no reaction. It was like everybody was thinking "Yeah right - you know what's up, Benji stop lying!". Well that's what I was thinking lol.

The shippiest moment of the VFW for me was during the ending pose - it was sooo romantic. It was very similar to the pose we saw in Jacquelyn's video. However, I did notice that as he cradled her face he lovingly stroked her face over and over again while they stared at each other. They stayed in that position for what seemed quite a long time. The vibe between them was very intense. Once they finished their bows, they looked at each other and she gave a cute little shrug with her shoulders and they both smiled. Then they held hands for again a very long time until the lights went down, they walked off holding hands.

Unfortunately I only got to see Benjelle dance together during Chicago. Jaymz danced for Benji in the disco - by the way he almost dropped Donyelle at one point so I had to restrain myself from running on stage to slap him. Jessica danced for Donny in Ramalama - I love that dance but just not as impressive without Donyelle IMO. Sexy Back was incredible! At one point they turn around to face each other during the dance and I swear they were so close together I was hoping their lips would somehow collide but unfortunately that did not happen.

Benjelle's Broadway was so much fun!! I know I said it before but they honestly look like they were having the most fun on stage together, definitely more than any other pair. Benji slapped Donyelle's booty not once but twice during that dance. I could not stop smiling!! She just looked at him and gave him a flirty smile and laugh. Only Benjelle could make that routine look sexy lol. When the routine ended they turned to each other, smiled, and then hugged each other for a while - it was very cute.

At the end they all came back out for their final Broadway dance and it was great. However I did not appreciate Natalie grabbing Benji by the tie and leading him off stage while Benji kind of dry-humped her all the way off the stage. That was just not necessary in my shippy world. But they all just looked really playful with each other and like they were having fun with each other, Travis slapped Benji on the butt a couple times. So I didn't take any of that too seriously.

Then there was the meet and greet. I only had to wait about 20 to 25 minutes before Jessica came out. Then it was Travis who is really cute in person but definitely seemed to be all business. Then Benji came out and started signing autographs on the opposite side of the line. Benji and Travis met up in the middle and were goofing and joking around with each other for a little bit, it was cute.

Then Donny came out and I almost lost my voice because I kept screaming for her. Benji had his head down so he didn't know she was walking by him until the fans started screaming for her. As soon as we started screaming her name his face lit up and he got this huge smile on his face. He kept his head down and continued to sign autographs but it was so cute to me how much his face changed when he heard her name.

Donyelle is hands down the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on. And as every one has already stated she is absolutely tiny. She started signing autographs right in front of me and I got to hear the Donny laugh a few times. I am in love with the Donny laugh. She is so sweet and seemed to really really care about the fans. She kept having to warn people not to push and promised that everyone would get an autograph and picture. I got to speak to her and when she looked at me I think I almost passed out. I asked her if she wanted to perform on Broadway and she thought about it for a little bit and then said "Not right now". I got super excited because I noticed Benji and Donyelle were heading towards each other while signing autographs and knew at some point they would have to cross paths, so I was on high alert. But Donyelle walked by Benji with no interaction taking place. He had his back to her and was talking to a couple of fans so she might not have wanted to disturb him. She looked like she was doing her best to avoid him and not touch him. It was very odd.

So then Benji came over to me and again I almost started drooling. He is kind of a mixture of hot and cute which is very hard to find. And he is a major sweetheart. Again I was kind of in shock because the fabulous Benji Schwimmer was standing within feet of me, so I just kept staring at him with my mouth slightly opened - super embarassing. I managed to calm down enough to get his autograph but when we made eye contact I honestly felt like we were the only ones around. When he looks at you - he really looks at you. He managed to make me melt with one look, so I've said it before and I'll say it again, Donyelle did not and does not stand a chance against the Benji charm.

I stuck around a little bit more to see if I could get any more Benjelle interaction. At one point they were standing right next to each other again - still no acknowledgement of one another. So I yelled out "Go Benjelle", they both continued signing autographs but Benji had a little smile on his face, Donny however had her game face on - no clues from her. Then Benji had to walk by Donyelle again, the gates were pretty close to the bus and it was kind of a tight fit. Her back was facing him, and I swear he got way closer to her than he needed to while he was walking by, IMO.

So that was it. The vibe that I got from the two of them was very different. It felt like I was observing two people in an undercover relationship that were doing anything and everything possible to avoid each other. I definitely sensed a tension between them that had NOTHING to do with friendship. I mean Travis and Benji walked by each other once and were goofing around and acting silly with each other. Donyelle and Benji pass by each other twice and were right beside each other while doing autographs for quite a while and there was absolutely no interaction. No eye contact. Just a little booty to Benji contact when he squeezed by her.

And those are my thoughts, any questions?

11:32 PM, October 02, 2006


Oh, and I updated my fic... *hint hint*

~ Moosey ~

Videoooooooooooooooo

We've all seen this montage, since it was actually on the show, but I liked it then, and still do : D



~ Moosey ~

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Travis at age 9... IN A DR. PEPPER COMMERCIAL!!! Oh my God, Dr. Pepper is my life source! I love this!



~ Moosey ~

*Ooookaaaaaaay*

Hehe, thanks go out to Scissors! A random compiling of amusing SYTYCD moments.Sorry, there's not much Benjelle...



~ Moose ~

Connecticut Review

Thanks to JKPolk on idolforums! I've put in bold anything concerning Benjelle, whether good or... Bad : ( There are other things about them individually, though, so you should read it all. Thanks to... Whoever : D


The show is kind of a blur to me, I can't give detailed reviews like other folks. I'll give tiddybits.

In an early group number, I'm not sure which, Benji was on one side and Donny was on the other, in two separate groups. Benji started cracking up about something and looked over at Donny and they shared a cute laughing look.

Nothing interesting that I saw behind the screen. Just changing (seemed to be a third party helping) and an arm squeeze that I noticed.

Argentine Tango intro fell kinda flat. Little audience response and soooo scripty sounding.

This was definitely a Travis crowd. And Heidi, interestingly. Not much love for Donny, relatively, and it made me sad.

Benji called her his "lovely, lovely, lovey dovey partner" in the VFW intro.

There was facial thumb-stroking at the end pose. Benji had her face in his hands and stroked his thumb along her cheekbone a few times.

Jessica was in for Donny in ramalama.

Both Donny and Benji were in for the Disco and she looked fantabulous and it was just so fun.

Shirt removal in the benji solo. yay!

Loved loved loved sexyback.

Donny in garters/stockings? *dedAndrea*

Donny looked SO broken down by the end. She seemed to have no energy near the end of the broadway and left a lot of moves unfinished. By the time they were all leaving the stage once and for all she just looked so wiped/sad. :(

Natalie seemed to slightly stumble a few times, poor girl.

Travis and Benji got pretty giggly when they were doing an intro together. Seemed spontaneous but I dunno because I've never seen vids. :)

Ummm...rest is a blur. Any specific questions, ask, and maybe it'll trigger something. :)

As for after the show...took a bit to figure out where the heck to go because it's a huge casino and I had no idea where one would find buses. So a lot of people waited in the area outside the theater entrance for a while. Luckily I heard people saying they had info and followed them to the buses so yay! A nice small crowd, so that was cool. Still, I couldn't get right on the gate. I had one level of people in front of me.

Jessica came out first and made a point to stick around until at least one other person came (quite a delay) because she didn't want people to feel all lonely while the others were inside at a private meet and greet I guess. I forget what order people came out in. I was very shy about getting signatures and pics...I am so timid. Especially because I wasn't right in the front so people would move on without noticing me or thinking I may want something too. But the girl in front of me kinda took me in and after she was done would tell the dancers I'd like them to sign my shirt and take a pic too. (It was her 19th birthday and her name was Ashley I think and she rocks my world. I owe her.) So I missed out on Ivan and Natalie and Martha because of my chickenness. (And Jaymz and Jessica but I hate to admit I wasn't heartbroken.) But I got signatures/pics from/with Ryan, Allison, Travis, Dmitry, Heidi, Benji (!!) and Donyelle (!!!).

The girl in front of me asked Donyelle if she was dating Benji. All that got was a patented DonnyLaugh(tm). :)

Unfortunately Donny was long gone to the buses before Benji got out, so no moments. The boys were much later than the girls, for the most part. :)

I got a Benji hug. *swoon* First of all, he loooved my shirt. Which made me so happy. And then I gave him a CD of my vids. Because I am just that pathetic. :) And he went from all smiley-guy to one of those "omg really you did this for me??" sincere touched gazes and pulled me into a real hug. *omgded* ((no, I didn't take note of how he smelled.)) Heee...when we took the pic I rubbed my hand up and down his back a few times before letting go. I'm such a h0r. :)

My interactions with everyone else was pretty much limited to "hiya would you mind signing my shirt and taking a pic?" I really am verrry shy. I did tell Donny meekly that I love her. I'll do better if I meet them again in Albany. :) (Rox'll make me.) (Oh! something reminded me that Benji sand a spanish happy birthday song to the Ashley girl in a surprisingly good voice. YUM.)

Benji signed my shirt with a CTB and a smiley with a tongue and alsy a "heart(drawn) ya!" Aww. Also, I made him sign on my shoulder right above where Donny had signed. Just to keep them together. :)

Um, so yeah. That was my night. Clearly, I am not planning on going to bed before working tomorrow. Thank heavens for working at home.

Sigh. Squee. Yay. Yum. Aaaaah. And Albany in one week!


In honor or her, I shall now sing the James K. Polk song I know from 7th grade:

In 1844, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
Were Martin van Buren
A former president and an abolitionist
James Buchanan a moderate
Louis Cass a general and expantionist
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
He was James K. Polk, Napolean of the stump
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's justtheman we need
To bring about victory
Secure our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the vote was cast the winner was
Mr. James K. Polk, Napolean of the stump
*saw solo*
In four short years he met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tariffs fell
And made the English sell
The Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought (sp?) no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mr. James K. Polk, our 11th president
Young Hickory, Napolean of the stump!

Hehe, yes, that was from memory... And it was three years ago! That just goes to show how many times our social studies teacher made us listen to that : D

~ Moose ~

New Videos

Hey guys, I don't think we've seen these before : D Thanks go out to alley_grl88 on foxforums!!!

Travis's Solo



Travis and Natalie's Contemporary - AMAZING



Ivan's Solo



Dancers Intros, Technologic, More Intros, and TMB Intro (though it's from a different angle, so you can't see the shirt tucking *winks at Schnitzel and Taylor*)



Sexy Back FROM THE BEGINNING



READ THE CTB POST...It make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside : D

~ Moose ~

Poor Ivan!

Apparantly a few people overheard Ivan say (At the Buffalo show while signing autographs) that he is unable to go to Toronto because of passport issues. Nobody's really sure about it, though. Apparently, you'll need a passport to go to Canada starting in 2007, but you don't need one now. However, there's been speculation as to whether or not it has to do with the fact that he's Russian. He moved here when he was really young now, so I dunno why that would be a problem. *shrugs and hugs - hehe that rhymed! - Ivan*

'Why' and 'Sexy Love' REALLY won't be the same without him! I mean, I'm not nearly as obsessed as I clearly am with Benjelle, but I'm an Ivason shipper, too! I love them!

How sad.

But you know what's happy...?? READ THE POST BEFORE THIS ONE TO FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SQUEEEEE

~ Bipolar Moose ~

CTB CTB CTB!!!

Thanks to meredithhh <3/fading__awayx on idolforums for these pictures! You can go to this link for all of the pictures (these are from Buffalo, by the way), but there were a few that caught my eye.....

Anonymous: Is this what you meant when you were asking if the programs were presigned? Based on what they say, I assume this page is (And later in the program for Jessica and Jaymz - There are pictures of that at the link), but this person has their signatures on other pages, too, and those aren't.

Does anybody else find it amusing that Nigel's signature has a heart, and Benji's taken to signing his name "BS"...??



Yup, you read that right!



On the cover:



Let's zoom in, shall we? *Zoom Zoom Zoom*



: D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D : D

It seems he signs that often! It's even on the program for EVERYONE to see!!!!!!!!!!!

SQUEEDIDDLEYUMPTIOUS, FOLKS!

Much Love! : D

~ Moose ~

Psst., and if you wanna read and comment on my story, I'll love ya even MORE than I already do : D

It's 'Behind The Wall' on the fanfic site.

YAY PICS!

Thanks soooo much to Veronica!! Luv you Veevee! These are some pics that were posted on Donyelle's myspace by "Andrea/jkpolk" YAY!



OMG! I thought that Ivan was holding a cigarette! I was about to have a nervous breakdown!! But it was just a pen! *phew* *breathes regularly again* hehe


What up with the scary ambulance car in the background?? :( :(



Back up or Donyelle will attack you with her Sharpie while Ivan sings you to death and Martha laughs hysterically in your face. :) :) HA!



-Taylor :P

Benji's New Song

It's sweet and all, but isn't this depressing?

I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Death Cab For Cutie

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark

If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles brusied by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back

If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes
are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms

If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark

~ Moose ~

*Deep Breath*

Okay guys, I've been working all day, and haven't read Taylor's posts yet, so I don't know if she's addressed this, but I feel I must mention Tahir one last time. Whatever your opinion of him may be, I vote we stop talking about him, since he's kinda forming a rift between we Benjellers as we get more passive agressive with our comments to each other from him. Some people have chosen to see him as a good guy. While I have tried to, I can't help but recall this rapidly growing list of all the assholey remarks he has made, and I can't help but see him as a schmuck. I've always known that that 5 girlfriends thing was a joke (a very small part of my antagonism toward him), but I don't find it funny. I find everything else he's done even less so. I've never truly bashed him (except after he stole Ray's fanfic), and I don't think any of us should. Let's just not communicate with him at all. We can continue trying to convince each other of our own takes on the issues, but it's just making our little family less close than it was, and I don't want to see that happen. Yes, he's in my fanfic, and he will remain a part of that, but I, for one, intend to ignore him, otherwise. Anyone agree?

~ Moosey ~

I do too

YAAAY! Bluemolover I love your! So we all heard about the CTB, "I do too" post signing. But now we have pics! I was really slow on getting these up so lol. TURTLE!
*winks at CC* :)








I love Benjelle. :)


Benjelle has gawgeous signatures!

-Taylor :P

GOOD NEWS! PLEASE READ!

Okay, sadly its not Benjelle news. Its Tonyelle news! Or really, Tahir news. Janice, Tahir's friend, posted this comment on his blog that responded to the whole Benjelle & Tahir mix....

Until last night I had not even heard of a “Benjeller”, so I’m sure u can understand why I was awestruck by what I saw. You’ve agreed that you all are a bit weird and cultish so it should come as no surprise that those were my initial and continuing thoughts on the situation.

This will be my ONE post because I seriously don’t have time for this sort of thing, but I have to stand up for Tahir in the midst of all this craziness.

I appreciate you trying to protect me from “Benjellers”, but in all honesty, I doubt I’ll lose much sleep over anything that is said about me in a Benjeller message board. I have to face real criticism on a daily basis that has real life effects, so I can deal with absurd comments people who don’t know me make about me.

Now, I’m going to start off with asking u guys to put yourselves in Tahir’s shoes. How would it make u feel if there were entire internet groups and blogs formed around a common desire for your significant other to break up with you and hook up with another person??? That’s just plain weird. Maybe since you all don’t know Tahir, Donyelle, or Benji and its somewhat abstract to u all, it doesn’t seem that weird, but these are real life people. With REAL relationships, REAL feelings, and REAL lives.

Now the stories really aren’t that serious. A bit weird and disturbing, yes. But serious, no. The Tahir-bashing, on the other hand, is uncalled for.

You guys seem to get upset when people say something negative about two people you all don’t really know. Tahir just so happens to not only be one of my really good friends, but also one of my favorite people in the whole entire world. So I’m sure you can understand why reading the negative comments about Tahir would upset me.

You guys really are making negative assumptions about someone you don’t know, who happens to be one of the best guys out there. I’ve known Tahir for I don’t know how many years. He’s stuck by my side through thick and thin and held my hand through many bad situations. He’s my go-to person for the times when I don’t know how to do something because I learned a long time ago that Tahir knows something about just about everything. So whenever I’m at a lost for how to do something, he’s the first person I call. Besides being a wonderful friend, he is also extremely intelligent, VERY community-oriented, and of great character. So while you all are busy trying to paint him out to be a bad person, Tahir is out there busting his a** to make a difference in the world and empower his community. He is one of the most helpful people I know and has never said no to any favor I’ve asked of him.

Any comment he made about having 5 girlfriends was a JOKE. The irony is that Tahir is one of the only guys I know who does NOT cheat on girlfriends. He truly treats women with utmost respect. If you all really like Donyelle so much, you should be happy that she’s found such a great guy.

Because of all these things, I’m taking time out to write this comment on his behalf. Realize that you are making negative comments about a REAL person that you do not know. You’ve exerted energy on wishing negativity upon his happy relationship. He does not know you guys and has not bothered you all. Just put yourself in his shoes. You have to understand that to a normal person, all this “Benjeller” stuff sounds pretty absurd. I cant even imagine being stuck directly in the mix of it without having been given a choice.

Oh and any inquiries dealing with suing Tahir for cut and pasting can be sent directly to me. And maybe I can give u a lesson or two on libel while I’m at it.

Peace and Love,

J




:) :) :) Is anyone but me crazily happy to find out that Tahir is a good guy??? I am ecstaic!! Okay you guys! Now you have to stop the bashing! Tahir didnt cheat, he sounds like hes an amazing person! Now Im free to listen to his songs without feeling like Im betraying my Benjelle faith (bwhaha)!! So YAY! Stop bashing peeps, we have to be peaceful.
Dont you love Janice?? Shes the ONLY one who explained why we were completely out of line instead of just attacking us for being out of line!!! I like Janice. And if for some completely strange and physcotic reason she decides to become Benjellen, there is always a uniform for her to be a crew member of our ship! Hshaha you guys remember our uniforms?? A purple shirt that says "Im a Keeper", a pretty mini skirt, and pumps! LOL! Our uniforms are Benjellen! Well anyway. If Benjelle can never be,
:*(
I am happy to say that I dont really mind the Tonyelle. :)...but Ill always love Benjelle more so lol.


-Taylor :P



btw, Dont worry, Im not a Tonyelle shipper. Im a Benjelle shipper and I always will be :) *hangs onto the ship* Ill never stop Benjellen! NEEEVERRR! You can never change me! BENJELLE FOR LIFE! AHH No! Dont touch me! Fine, but if I die. Im taking this ship down with me! Im Benjellen to the end! *dies with a picture of Benjelle...and bunny in her hands*

Okay, I got a lil dramatic there, lol. I wont start making Tonyelle fanfics, or change my myspace to all Tonyelle. Although, I was planning a trick on you guys like 2 weeks ago! I was gonna be Tonyellen! Like, I would get Moosey to pretend to take over the blog since I refused to be Benjelllen anymore. And I would add Tahir's song to my myspace and make a Tonyelle blog of my own! But I figured it was too harsh! hahaha!

TOO MUCH BOOTY IN DA PANTS!!

Omg!!! Benjelle dancing on the Tyra Show just wont get out of my mind!! Its stuuuuck! Now, having Benjelle stuck in my mind isnt really such a bad thing, so I wont complain!!


Thanks soooo much to Ryan! (We will all miss you!) And to katmcpheefanx from idolforums.com :)


TMB flashback like whoa!!!!



:) :)


Bwahah at Benji's face :)


Oh gosh, I loved this interview!!


The Benjelle




-Taylor :P

sqqqqqquuuuuuEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Okay, so you know how Benji wrote "I do too" on Seosy's sister's (Sorry if I'm getting the person wrong) 'I love Donny' poster?? Well, apparently, someone else asked him to sign theirs, and he wrote "i love her, too" AND "CTB" ON IT!!!!!! Gha - SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... Sorry, *ahem* - SQUEE!!!

Seriously, I would LOVE pictures of these posters : D

*dies*

~ Moosey ~

Even More Tyra : D

Thanks to Vixen, we now have YouTube versions, which are far less fuzzy than the first thing I saw : D

Interview:



Dancing:



~ Twinnyliscious Moose ~

BUT THEY LOOK LIKE SNEAKERS!

haha! Okay so I had way too much time on my hands!! I loooved Donyelle dancing hiphop on The Tyra Show. And I looooove Vans!! And sooo, if you take a good beat, add a dancing Donyelle and a pinch of a bored Taylor...you get this!





:) :) Im sooo posting this on Donyelle's myspace in a comment!!!


-Taylor :P

I LOVE YOU, SEOSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so we've all read recaps of the dances, so we know all that, but Seosy's is jampacked with the stuff we REALLY want to know, and want to spend hours analyzing : D

From: seosanimhin 12:11 pm
To: ALL

Cleveland Show!
Hey everyone...I'm finally up and awake and able to post about the show last night! I really enjoyed myself girls! WOW!

Let me start with one the biggest highlights of last night for me. Meeting my fellow SHIPMATES! So before the show Missfae, her ever so funny sister, Ranie and her daughter Heather joined my sister and I for dinner a few blocks from the theater. We had such a WONDERFUL time. Let me just tell you, these woman are as funny and witty and outgoing as the seem online and were most definatly one the best parts of the whole experience last night! If any of you have the chance to meet up, I highly recommend you do it!

Now for the show. Im not going to go into detail about the show...because lets face it, its the same things we've been hearing about for a couple of weeks now. Im just going to tell you about the squee moments for me. Let see lets start with the Chicago number. After they were all finished dancing, other dancers were introducing a clip, but something seemed to catch Benji as funny cuz he started giggling and while doing it he would look over his shoulder at Donny (who was behind him) laugh and smile at her, and she would smile and giggle back at him. It was very sweet. I squeed LOL

VW1...Benji's intro was basically the same as it has been, but you can tell his is starting to ablib a bit. I found that during the speech when he would "go off script" he would stop calling her Donyelle and call her Donny, he did this at lest 2-3 time during the night. I think it was his voice inflection that got me when he would say her name...very familiar. Anyway...the VW When he talks about people asking him about himself and Donny, his face got a really big goofy grin, a grin that wasnt scripted, it was a real smile. Very sweet. Then she came out and the started the dance. Im sure you all know this dance inside and out, so you know in the first movements of the dance how he leans into her and brings his hand around the top of her head? Well when he did that last night he basically ran is face down the inside of her neck...he was so close to her! The chemistry was good...hot. The end pose has changed all...at least it did for last night. Instead of them ending up face to face in profile, b turns her around so that her back is to the audience and makes it look like they are kissing. I have Ranie's conformation that they did not, but my sister thinks there was a peck...she says she saw benjis head jerk slightly. When they walked off stage they were very close and cuddly...very cute...very squee worthy!

Lets see Bway...ladies we dont have to worry about benji whacking d in the head anymore...he cleared her by a lest a foot last night! It was very impressive. I think the best part of this dance was that benji has found a way to slap her booty! When he did it my sister grabbed my knee and leaned over and whispered to me...."did he just slap her a&&?" I laughed and say "yep...thats our benji" She was like "well is that in the dance, cuz it doesnt look like it fits?" (she didnt watch the show) I just laughed. Anyway, at the end of the dance they hugged each other before taking there bows. It was cute.

Those were the "special moments" I witnessed. I think over all, its like we have been saying. They have a special connection on stage. Compared to the other dancers and their other partners...they seem to make a lot more eye contact when they are on stage together dancing. They look in each others eyes and smile at each other...and its not a stage smile either, its a genuine, I like you and Im enjoying myself, smile.

Over all the show was fun, loud (the music was soooo loud, i wouldn't be surprised if all these kids need hearing aids after the show lol) but fun. My sister was quite impressed with the production and now is probably downloading the show as you read this! LOL One of the things I found to be quite odd was the amount of stage time Travis and Heidi got. You'd think they were the winners...it was odd.

Okay after the show:) So I met up with Missfae and Ranie and we all head off to meet the buses. I will say this Missfae and her charming sister are just too funny. There were to many funny comments, but one of my favs was from Missfae's sister to Missfae, she said "oh just swallow your pride and get on my back (to see)" It was amusing!

My sister and her big mouth cracked me up. The first person out after the show was Jamyz(its easy to do when you aren't dancing). She said to loudly and near him, "OH COME ON, Bring on the REAL stars!" I almost fell on the floor laughing.

I was impressed with all the dancers. They all came out, signed autographs, said hi, gave hugs and took pictures. They were very personable and very real. I know its been said a million times but I will say it again...Donny is tiny...like itty bitty! And so sweet. I handed her my ticket and said, "Would you mind signing this?" she said smiled at me and said "But of course!" and took a picture. She's sweet...i can see why b feel as hard as he has.

It took forever for Benji to come out, but he took his time with all the fans, giving hugs, talking to people on phones, taking pictures. Girls, he's really the person he appears to be. Genuine, warm and real. I think he talked to Ranie's Mom. He took the phone from her daughter and was like "Hi grandma, how are you? Talk to ya later Ma'ma" As he was standing there talking to us, signing autographs, he noticed Ranie's daughters sign which read "I heart Donny" He read it out loud then smiled and said....get ready to squee girls, "OH I DO TOO" And then he wrote that on the poster ALL! It was too funny! He's VERY sweet girls!

Last Squee moment for me was when Donny was going to get on the bus she turned and said good night and waved, and everyone yelled "Good NIGHT DONNY" B was still down near us and I was watching him. He didnt turn around or acknowledge it to her, but when well all said good night, he was signing something, but he got a little smile on his face. It was so sweet.

Okay, so a few of the ladies put me up to sniffing d and b when i saw them....I did:) LOL Donny was very fresh and a light floral smell, nice. B had just showered and smelled mostly like shampoo:)

My sister's impression of B/D was this "they are obviously VERY good friends, and with the whole bf thing...i don't think they would be so touchy feely, there's probably something happening there."

It was a good show and im sure you all will have questions for me...so feel free to email me:)

I have pictures, when I can get them downloaded I'll post them


SQUEEEEEEE!!! Okay, now I'd like to make one comment. We've all got our opinions on the Tahir incident. Some find it really nice of him to post it, others are ready to get the Muppets to run him over with a KKD truck : D. (That actually wasn't pointed at Ora, just referencing it : D) If you've read BOTH of my comments to his blog, you know I'm somewhere in between. However, I don't think we should really discuss it on here anymore. Let's all just take a deep breath... Hold it........................................................................... ........................................... .................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................ .......................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................ ........................................ ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... *turns blue*... And let it out. Ignore him. He's a jackass. While I've got my Tahir voodoo doll at the ready for the next incident, I, as I said in one of my comments on there, strive to see the good in all people. While I have yet to find what this good is, and would love nothing more than for Donny to dump his sorry ass, she must see SOMETHING in him... Maybe... Possibly... lol, Well, I'm off : D. I'd just like to request that, nomatter what your thoughts on the incedent are, you don't give him the link to the fanfic forum, because a few people on there are really freaked out about the whole hullabalu (sp?).

Much love!!!

~ Moosey ~

WEE!

Omg haha to the thing with Tahir! I didnt even know that this was going on. You guys know that I never bash anyone unless they try to step to my Benjelle familia! Then its on and poppin, but other than that Im cool! lol. So I posted a comment, it was very kind. I just dont understand! One minute he says he would cheat again, and then the next minute people are making him abusive in their stories and he does nothing but laugh and he acted so calm! Oh gosh! This is confusing, evil Tahir or decent Tahir! Bwhaha! He's an educated black man! That phrase always cracks me up, I love it! Well anyway! I uploaded the Tyra Show videos onto my onetruemedia account! YAY for all you Westies who missed out on it :) Thanks for the link from Vixen's blog! Sorry for all the people who wanted it on youtube, I only do OTM :D

Edit video online at onetruemedia.com

TMB anyone?? YES PLEASE!!! That was like whoa! I can never delete that from my DVR! I cant stop looking at Benji's face when he does that!! Its so priceless. AHH! SQUEE!


-Taylor :P

Tyra Videos : D

Hey everyone!

Here are the links to the downloadable videos of the Tyra Banks Show (Or whatever it's called,'shrimp'), courtesy of Jonesy, and, originally, Heather (On Vixen's site):

interview: http://www.sendspace.com/file/9ucdvi

dancing: http://www.sendspace.com/file/j8rhly

If anyone could convert those to .avi for me, I'd be eternally greatful (they're in .wmv right now)!

~ Moosey ~