Today on the ride to Xcel Center for the Senior CD (the only dance event for the day), we started a "Hot or Not" list.

HOT: Xcel Arena temperature
NOT: St. Paul temperature

HOT: Saintly City Cat Show
NOT: Pheasant Fest

HOT: Facial hair on skaters
NOT: Curly hair on ice-dance.com staff

HOT: Plain white Zamboni
NOT: Beer ads on Zamboni

HOT: Rap Music
NOT: Audience rap with Seacrest-lite

HOT: Audience exercise video on Jumbotron
NOT: Napping in your seat

HOT: Really tall podium
NOT: Pre-determined podium

HOT: Snowplow Sam
NOT: Yosemite Sam

HOT: Winter Carnival
NOT: Republican National Convention

HOT: Friendly arena staff
NOT: Body cavity searches

HOT: Skyways
NOT: Getting lost in skyways

HOT: Mini-Donuts
NOT: Deep-fried cheese curds

HOT: Texting people on the other side of the arena
NOT: Shouting "yeah, you’re hot!"

HOT: Leaving fan messages on the Jumbotron
NOT: Lobby-chicking

HOT: Starting straightline footwork with hair flip
NOT: Telegraphing jumps

HOT: Catchfoot twizzles
NOT: Cutting your finger on the blade grab

HOT: Birthday during the competition
NOT: Non being old enough to compete at Worlds

HOT: Skaters as choreographers
NOT: Changing your choreography mid-program

HOT: Pepto pink, turquoise, and green
NOT: All-white or all-black

HOT: Apocalyptica Cult
NOT: Malaguena and Zorro, again

HOT: Obscure Country Folk
NOT: Kalinka

HOT: Coming back from injury
NOT: Food poisoning

HOT: Terry Gannon and Susie Wynne
NOT: No Terry Gannon and no Susie Wynne

HOT: Sign language in the Kiss & Cry
NOT: Refusing to sit in the Kiss & Cry

HOT: New Kiss & Cry backdrop
NOT: Skate America backdrop

HOT: Faster Zambonis
NOT: Entire flight of skaters providing their own Zamboni service

HOT: New jeans
NOT: Black pants Day 5

HOT: Credentials
NOT: Losing or forgetting tickets

HOT: Chez Karen
NOT: Overpriced hotels

HOT: Mazda Proteges
NOT: Non-accessible busses

HOT: Watching all novice and juniors on IceNetwork
NOT: Missing out on some amazing skating