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corsetmakers

 I had problems recently with a customer who didn't like the price I charged her for making a corset and she wasn't going to pay. Unfortunately I was stupid and had already delivered the corset... There was a post mentioned a while ago on making customers sign a contract. Can someone direct me to it?

Also I would love your input on what to put into the contract. A 50% deposit upfront is a definite, but what else? Extra trims to be charged extra... Help 

kymmz

Okay, time to start recapping SYTYCD!

Karen, the Latin dancer who is weekly turning Adam straight, talks about how she and her dancer husband split up after he was cut in Vegas. What will happen to Ryan and Ashleigh when one of them gets cut, I wonder? She and hip-hop Kevin are doing the Hustle. I freaking love the Hustle. That's my childhood, the Hustle. I'm not crazy about Kevin in this dance. I can't tell if it's the choreography or his dancing I don't like, but his legs feel stiff and kind of gsllumphing. He almost dropped her when it was over, but they played it off beautifully. The judges love what Kevin did, so apparently it was the choreography I didn't like. I'll go with that, I like Kevin a lot, generally.

Ashleigh says that she is a big nerd and tells us what she studied in college, etc. Ashleigh thinks America thinks she's a dummy. She and Jakob are doing a jazz routine with a cane. A cane that has been given no meaning but that it's the third member of their dance. They are dancing to Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood with the line "When you wanna come" taken out. Really? It's kind of like when the Stones had to sing "Let's spend some time together" rather than "Let's spend the night together," they aren't fooling anyone, we all know the lyrics, Fox. Besides that, it's a really great dance. And Jakob is just as awesome as the judges keep telling him he is. He and Ashleigh are really terrific together.

Pauline and Peter, the last tapper standing, are next. They are doing the quickstep, aka the kiss of death. I think it's great, helps that there is a good story, but Peter's frame sucks. Adam agrees that the story helped the kiss of death aspect of it. Nigel says that the technique wasn't great, but that he didn't care a bit because the performance was so good. And only in the dreaded quickstep can Mary's comment that it wasn't a trainwreck be looked at as a rave review!

Kathryn and Legacy are doing a Broadway dance. Dear God I hope it's not by terrible Tyce. Hooray, it's by someone named Andy instead! And it was terrific! I really love both of these dancers, but I have such a crush on Legacy that I could hardly watch her. He is so cute. She is not getting good notices, but he is.

Channing and Victor, new partners, are doing a contemporary routine about a toxic relationship. Victor better prove himself worthy for not having left last week, when I thought he should have. Wow. Okay. I accept that he stayed instead of Philip, that was incredible. And amazing choreography. Nigel is being picky that it was contemporary and they are both contemporary dancers and it was only great, not a trancendence to make the stars seem dim. I'm thinking that Nigel's standards are a teeny bit lofty.

Ellenore and Ryan are next. Ryan again telling us how heterosexual he is. Lil C is choreographing! He never choreographed a single thing last season, I'm looking forward to seeing this. Um? What the fuck are they wearing? Apparently they are bank robbers or something but they are dressed like mountain climbers. Are they robbing a bank halfway up a mountain? Yeah. Not impressed. And I love Ellenore and Ryan, but this is awful. Adam is giving good notices, I'm glad. He says it was a good yeoman's job, not great but good, especially with how far it is from their styles. Nigel doesn't like it at all.

Mollee and Nathan are salsa-ing next. Mollee is deaf in her left ear. And I'm half deaf in my right ear! No wonder I liked her right from the start even when everyone I know was howling "She's gonna ruin the season!" Deafies unite! Good Lord. I don't think Nathan has bones. Is it cheating, not to have bones? She's doing well, but he is ridiculously good. Right up until the end when that lift went a little wonky. Adam doesn't like it. How did he not see that Nathan was awesome? Has he gone blind? I don't understand these judges. They all agree.

Noelle and my boy Russell are doing Afro-jazz. This might be really interesting. There might be a reason it's last of the evening. Okay, I didn't even know Noelle was on the stage, Russell was the only thing I saw. I think she was doing a good job, but I just couldn't see her, he was so incredible. Adam: "You know, its crazy, when I think African princess, the first person is Noelle in my head. It's amazing, it's like a list of one!"

My favourites, Legagy, Ryan and Russell were two out of three great tonight. The dance order, descending, was:

1. Channing/Victor toxic relationship contemporary
2. Ashleigh/Jakob cane jazz dance
3. Noelle/Russell Afro-jazz princess and frog
3. (tied with above) Kathryn/Legacy I Wanna Be Like You Broadway
5. Pauline/Peter hula dancer quickstep
6. Karen/Kevin Hustle
7. Mollee/Nathan samba
8. Ellenore/Ryan hip-hop bank robbers

I don't know who's going, but I hope not Ellenore and Ryan.

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