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I wasn't a fan of eggnog until I made it from scratch, with bourbon. Delicious! I'm not sure how to replicate it as a cake. Vanilla cake with a lot of the same spices?

I'm underwhelmed. Steven's cake was adorable, but I couldn't believe using graham crackers for the roof was OK. That's a major component of his architecture and he used mass produced graham crackers. Rolf really got thrown by the modern architecture, which to me would have been the easiest. It was very messy, but the cake itself looked the best to me. I thought Rafi would have been a deserving winner with his Tudor cake. Poor Natasha. Her castle was way too simple and Nancy making a face at the crunchy layer was the kiss of death.

I was so worried for Natasha! What a time to have a bad bake. I'm so glad she made it through, and I'm very glad to see Courtney go. Jer looks to be a contender, but her cat noises are not cute and her screaming and jumping up and down are annoying me. And you guys get off my lawn!!! 🙃 Rafi baffles me. Is he really an excellent baker, or does he play one on TV? His persona doesn't seem to match his results. Or maybe I'm just crazy. Rolf seems to have loosened up. I'm starting to root for him, and I used to think he was kind of stiff and insufferable!

I don't know why Meghan didn't just use modeling chocolate to make her book. She didn't need to stick with the leftover pieces of her bow. Modeling chocolate wouldn't have taken more time and would have been a lot more colorful.

How can the semi-finals be next week? Don't they have 6 or 7 bakers left? Is there a double elimination coming up?

Jer and Courtney are working on my last nerve. Jer needs to stop screaming and Courtney needs to stop flipping her hair. Meghan is gone! What a bummer! I liked her, she just had a bad bake. Poor Carla, having to eat all those boozy desserts when she doesn't drink. I don't get why everyone was so afraid of Peppermint Schnapps. A splash in a cup of cocoa is a standard beverage on a winter sleigh ride!

My Thanksgiving mood is rapidly deflating. NBC's coverage of the "parade" doesn't include the actual parade at all! It's all Al, Savannah, and Hoda talking to themselves or showing Broadway performances. The parade itself - the floats, the marching bands - is being ignored. I've retorted to watching it on Telemundo - and I don't' speak Spanish!

We're still stuck with Courtney and Jer - my personal bottom two. I like Natasha and Meghan so I'm glad they did so well. Rolf could definitely win the whole thing. I like Rafi, but he doesn't seem to be as clean with his bakes as Rolf.

Jensen on Michael Weatherly's podcast This interview was recorded about 7 months ago, but I just stumbled upon it. There is much lore about what a d*** Michael was to Jensen when he joined Dark Angel as a series regular. Michael spent a large chunk of this interview saying he was insecure, and overthinking everything, and trying to manage his relationship with his much younger co-star (The Alba, he calls her), etc etc. He never manages to actually apologize though! It's interesting to watch, just be prepared for Michael to do 75% of the talking.

Courtney looks like the producers favorite this season. Her bakes do not seem to merit it. Wasn't her Pavlova raw and cracked beyond recognition? And her Lambeth cake had some issues too (that I can't remember). I wish some of these bakers would wear hairnets. I keep waiting for a judge to pull a hair out of their food! I like Natasha and Meghan. Rolf is good but I can't quite read his personality.

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I like that so far, the bakers are pretty free to use whatever flavors they want. Just, make a cupcake. Or make a pie. The rules are about the decorating, not making someone combine coffee with green apple syrup. I like the baker's skills being judged on skill, not whether they can make something edible out of ingredients no one ever would use in real life.

I really like Joel, but I'm very happy with Manny's win. Joel just can't stop putting on extra stuff! His Frankenstein's Monster looked great, and then he just had to do the stupid pitchfork and dirt and whatever else he slapped on there. He needs to follow Coco Chanel's advice: once you think your jewelry is perfect, take one piece off. I thought Aaron's cakescape was lame. The pyramid didn't even have a peak and the alien spaceship was just a wonky cube. And whoa, he ground up graham crackers and spread them all over! Not a good effort. Hollie's scale was way off. Her werewolf was three times the size of the supposed houses. I thought this season was fine. The laboratory wasn't as much fun as the hotel or camp themes. Ready for Holiday Baking Championship! (although I'm not thrilled to see Nancy)

If Marshall was also a student of Dudendorff, he would have known the Brothers sisters. He finds Sazz's script, hawks it to them as his own, and then he kills Sazz so she can't expose him. They'd help him dispose of the body so the movie isn't shut down. Also, they could have gotten the cameras set up in the various apartments to get material for the movie, which ended up showing Sazz in Charles' apartment. There's still a big question about Marshall's sniper skills. Is he a secret member of an assassins' guild?

I knew Lillian was toast as soon as she swapped for Steampunk Zombie. Not that there's anything wrong with swapping, but it seems to signal the universe to cause chaos! I think that was a weak prize anyway. She should have gotten the 10 minute head start prize. Lillian did deserve to go home. Her cake was an over worked mess. And technically, it wasn't a good bake. Oh well. I'm rooting for Joel but Aaron will probably win.