Resisting Everything but Temptation

To deviate from Haven for a moment, I am so very, very excited about this season of The Voice. (Thank you again to anoel for getting me hooked on this show!) After only two nights of blind auditions, they've got at least half a dozen singers I'm really excited to hear and see more of—but most of all, the gloriously gorgeous Tessanne Chin.

When she says, "Thank you, Mr. CeeLo, I am a grown woman," I think I lose half my IQ points. I'm so glad that she came to this show, because reggae is the one genre of music I really don't listen to by choice, so I probably never would have heard of her if she hadn't. (I think Adam Levine about had an orgasm when she chose him. So cute.)

I mean, just look at her.

ETA: p.s., if you're in the mood to cry happy tears, watch Holly Henry sing—not because she's lovely, though she is, but to see her little brother cry. I dare you not to cry. I dare you!

You guys, I had so much fun this afternoon. I took off early from work, went to the garden shop, and bought a bazillion plants for my tiny balcony. I've had empty planters, pots, dirt, and compost sitting there for a month, but couldn't get to it before now—I was worried there wouldn't even be herbs left to buy! But there were, and I planted them, and man, I have such a black thumb, you don't even know. Like, everyone else in my immediate and extended family is a master gardener, and I can't keep a houseplant. Also, it's plain from my little bit of herb gardening that I'll never be a gardener, unless one day I have surgery on my back or something. It is hard on the back, man. But I don't even care about the pain, because, plants! And the parsley, which was so sad and bedraggled by the time I got it home, perked up in the sunshine and fresh water, and now it's all curly and perky!

I hope it lives. Please, little plants, don't die on me! I admire all of you who garden successfully so much. It is truly an awesome feeling, putting little plants in the dirt. Go, little plants, go! Now, I need something (flowers?) to plant in my one planter that's in the shade. Thoughts?

In other news, I am watching very little these days. But anoel got me hooked on The Voice, and I am watching all of the seasons obsessively. Right now I've gone back to S1, and am loving it.

( cut for S4 spoilers from last night )

In other other news, fellow Haven fans please check out this post: Haven Fic Exchange 2013 - Poll & Brainstorming. Excitement is ramping up for Haven S4 as the crew has started filming, and a fic exchange seems like a fabulous idea! Especially because someone else is stepping up to run it. ♥