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I’m surfing the crimson tide and am currently in an unstable/unpredictable mood.

And why is it gonna be Monday already? Le sigh.  

Usually Sunday is the Day of Rest (i.e. I do nothing but lie in bed, usually with a book). This Sunday is the Day of Activities.

Headed to Mano’s for some Gu itar He ro. We had a bit of an adventure navigating there, thanks to one-way roads. Nat couldn’t make it (next time, bb!), so it was only 4 Virgos stressing themselves out over GH. Hahahaha! Everyone hates the drums; except me… I can deal with them but I def prefer the guitar. Lotsa of fun, some “lifelines” from Mano and her sis, lotsa cussing from yours truly (it’s rock, I’m allowed to swear, damnit!). It’s so mentally draining yo. Plus I totally lost feeling in my fingers. And my pinkie is still not activated when I play Medium. HAHAHAHAHAAA! /o\

After like 4 hours of hardcore “jamming”, Firah & I headed for our little “clandestine” fTbB thingy. Nothing much happened. We got us some Starbucks and proceeded to amuse ourselves with snark. A lot of snark. We realized he had a Ne-Yo-esqe song and a Can-I-Have-This-Dance-esque (HSM3) song. WAHAHAHAHAAA. That was the root of much amusement. :P

We were towards the end of the line and the actual encounter was really quick. There was a bit of a blonde moment for us and we were like LOL-ing with his manager, hahahaha. Hilariousness. So when he saw me, he was like “Hey”, and I was like “Hey” and we both said “What’s up?” at the same time. Heh. Then I commented on his song having a very strong Ne-Yo influence and since I have magic powers, that particular song started playing over the speakers. WIN! He grinned and said it was “coincidental”. HAHAHAHAAA! And then it was Firah’s turn and I’ll let her tell that story. :D

After saying hello to the girl who hosted (she’s an ex-schoolmate and we have mutual friends), we left.

So, hey, no stupidity, right? *pats self* I think I’m (mostly) over it. He just needs to stop writing fuckin’ romantic songs that make my marshmallow heart melt, but otherwise… my sanity is back.

… And now, I don’t wanna go to work tomorrow. I might pretend to be sick, le sigh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhW2IxQl1c&

Video of the LHH item yesterday, choreographed by (who else but) Ryaaaaan.

I actually really love this a lot. The story behind it is: about 2 weeks before the show, he decided he didn’t like what he had taught us (partly cos we were butchering it, hahaha) and asked if we mind if he choreographed something else. This was the something else and it is way way more awesome than what we were originally gonna do.

Theoretically, with really on-point dancers, I can imagine how absolutely fantastic this choreography would be. Our flaw was our inability to fully bring it to life as a group. It’s not bad (looks better than I expected, actually) but it could def be better.

Personally, I screwed up a few times which is just… ugh. I hate messing up. On the flipside, I thought I did well performing it and trying to bring some emotion to it. The problem was that I didn’t quite know the choreography well enough to lose myself in the music and still not forget anything. LOL.

O Sch.ool Recital 2008 is over.

Finally.

It’s more a sigh of relief than anything else. Personally, I don’t think I did very well; but I chalk it up to my own lack of committment and effort. I just felt blah about my own dancing. A few people lied to me and said I did good, haha. I also got some constructive criticism which helps a lot. Thankssss.

But as usual watching O C Rew dance was FUCKIN’ AMAZING. I AM TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH G I N OMFGGGG!!11!! *flails* She is so fuckin’ awesome! I tell you when they perform, I have my G.i.n-goggles on cos I don’t see anyone else at all. She is so freakin’ fierce and she PWNS everything and everyone. When I grow up, I (still) want to be just like her. *bows in worship*

Yaya and I are completely obvious fangirls who gave Ry an a little thank you card (made by your truly, heh) and the new John Le gend CD. LOL. We embrace our fangirl shame yo.

Oh oh, the other OMG moment was the battle competition which involved audience members. There was this SUPER FIERCE girl and I was like, who the eff she is? Cos she was really really good. Musicality and groove and everything. It was like, WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?!? And then it hit me: it was Mered.ith Ke.rr. o__O FUCCCCCK. SHE IS SO GOOD, Y’ALLS.

And of course the LOL-worthy moment of the night was the thank-you video us LA./Lyri.cal peeps did for our fearless leaders Gi.n & Rya.n. It was a montage of “I think Gi.n/R.yan is…”. SO FREAKIN’ HILARIOUS. It was the cutest, funniest, sweetest thing ever.

Next year, I’m gonna branch out and try a new “genre”. :D

I was rifling through my external drive looking for dance-related pics for my virgin scrapbooking class and got distracted by other stuff. Like old dance videos.

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I found some rehearsal videos from SU.AD 2006. So cringe-worthy OMG! I couldn’t watch most of it. I was so not good. Flaily arms, slightly awkward, lines not always clean/strong. And this was only 2 years ago and I sucked so hard? Geeeez.

And then I came across the Ka.mi.kazi videos, which, as you know, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for. Weirdly enough, even though those performances were 2 years before SU.AD 2006, I can stomach them a lot better. Hmmmph.

Then I was at the RS YT account (youtube.com/rhythmstylus) and saw our SU.AD 2008 videos! So I had to watch them (on repeat, cos I’m obsessive like that). I’ve seen them before but only twice and obviously had no opportunity to scrutinize every detail. Now I can! Wahahaha.

Current feelings: Quite pleased with my performance. I know the mistakes I did but I also know how wretched and unconfident I felt the week before the show. So the fact that I pulled it off without a major brainfart is a win in my book. Haha.

I really like Pop licious. I was nervous about the first bit, which has a bit more of a jazz feel. Worried about my lines and if I looked awkward. But I rocked it! Surprise! Nice strong lines and a lil sass thrown in. Same thing with Damaged. I like my “Are are are are you” freestyle. Heh. (Such self-love.) As a whole, I feel like I had good energy and gave enough hit and my lines were strong. *pats self on back*

B ack to Basics. This one is a mix of power and groove. I like that I hit it hard at certain points (see 0:30 with the fast punches, that looked nice). I like the groove of Grillz (a little boo-boo by me  which I like to ignore, hahah) and the feeling-ness of Addicted (another small boo-boo I also ignore). Love the last song; I like watching myself in that one. Heh.

No video of the alumni item yet.

The videos from vetting actually helped a lot. Because I saw my mistakes, saw what looked awkward and needed to be worked on. So the suckiness didn’t happen during the show, haha.

Generally, I feel satisfied. It’s not perfect, but I def see some improvement in my dancing. The sharpness, the stronger lines come to mind. I complete my moves a lot more and dance more inside the music rather than on top of it. I think my greatest asset as a dancer is my performance. I feel like I give it a little something-something that is all my own; my personal groove has strengthened.
 

So, yeah. Feeling positive. OS chool recital coming up next Monday. Not quite there yet but hopefully everything will come together by showtimw. *crosses fingers*