Cereal Dubstep? Cereal-step?

So I know dubstep is all the rage and whatnot these days blablabla, but holy shit, this commercial is insane. Little girl's got moves, yo.

Man this takes me back

I remember watching and loving this lil' flash short movie a looooong time ago. I think I was in 8th or 9th grade, heh.



And since it's my birthday and all, thought I'd also share the song. This song is so damn happy, it's impossible not to jump around and bop and dance to it. Weee!

21st birthday on a Monday kinda sucks, but hey, whaddaya gonna do. I think...I'll go to sleep early. I am tired after returning to my first BPG practice after a two week hiatus. Dear lord am I behind, but I'm quick learner when it comes to this so I got most of the new chacha/tango/foxtrot number. Woh.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now

But damn does this feel great.

Zambezi

My cover of Zambezi, by Tinashe.



I think I must've stumbled across the original video/performance. I also saw it on Wimp a while later.

It's a really sweet song, but almost sad, towards the end. And this is why I like the mbira version of the song compared to the original because I feel that the original lacks the emotion found in the mbira version's simplicity. The original is great; it's powerful, upbeat, inspiring, but I just prefer the mbira track in terms of mood.

I also feel like my cover is a bit "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" in terms of strum pattern/sound...haha. Guess I was going for that folk sound.

Anyways I've got to stop recording and mixing these things at such a late hour. But the song was calling my naaaaame...! I had to.

You've got some explainin' to do

So the skirt mentioned in a previous post was for a costume to a party. A Harry Potter themed party, more specifically. And since Cho Chang is the only Asian character in the series (sorry Patel twins, I just don't consider you guys Asian) well....yeah. Haha. Aw yeah, cross-dressing.

I also got to experiment with my makeup kit for my makeup design class. Pretty convenient if you ask me. But I think what really might've made the look more believable was if I'd done my eyebrows. My eyebrows are already rather thick and dark enough - most masculine indeed. I tried to experiment with ways to cover my brows and then draw more feminine ones over them, but the gluestick method wasn't working and I was too scared to try spirit gum, heh. So I just left them as is. But apparently it was enough because those who noticed my makeup remarked that I was rather pretty. Then again those people who said that might've had just the right amount to drink, but hey, whatevs, people thought I was pretty, damnit. And they like my costume, since most of ones who said anything seemed to get it. Hah.

Also, I have a new respect for girls and skirt-wearing. Damn. That's all I'm gonna say.

hehehehehehe

So many pugs! But only one is real...

So cute! 

Awkward? Naw...

So I'm just doin' my thing, looking for a skirt at Goodwill when an employee walks by. She looks at me and assumes a friendly tone. "How are you doing today sir?"

I smile and reply, "Fine, thanks!" 

"Ok. Well if you need anything just let me know." 

"Mhm!" 

Heh. Eheh heh heh. 

Oh, right. Why was I shopping for a skirt? More on that to come...

D'aaaaawwww

This short film.  Preeeetty cute, not gonna lie.


Although I definitely called it for the ending. At least the main bit. The ending-ending was unexpected but just as adorable.


I think it was really clever writing, in terms of the Seth's ability for throwing/tossing, how they introduced it in the office setting and then showed him using it in a date setting. Really nice.

In general though, I'm trying to pay more attention to how a movie or film is written. I think it's good practice for my dramatic writing class I'm taking this semester.

Sexeh Songs are Sexeh.

My music preferences seem to jump around these days. Last week or two I was expanding my tastes in house music (holla Lydia for introducing me to Porter Robinson. Shit's tight.)

But now I'm currently obsessed with finding songs that have this bluesy, smoky, sultry, seductive feel to them. It started with hearing this song one time at swing night a few weeks back:



I could tell it was blues song, or that the dance to do to this song was supposed to be blues. I'm not a great blues dancer. Yet. I really like the idea of blues dancing...I just need more practice, probs.

So yesterday I suddenly remembered hearing this song and I wanted it. Really badly. Got it. Decided I wanted more songs like this and I remembered hearing another song I thought had a similar vibe on an 8tracks playlist I stumbledupon one time.

Behold:



This song was a PAIN in the ass to find. But I did. And it is eeeeexcellent. The only way I can describe this song is...it's sex. In song form. Aw yeah.

But anyways, after listening to that "Cyclone" cover about 6-10 times in a row, I am determined to choreo' a number at 9 to it. It's gonna happen. Oh yes.

BPG hosts a Friday night dance party every other friday throughout the semester, or about twice a month. The number at 9 is a piece that's done by several BPG members, choreographed by a BPG member. And it is performed around 9 o'clock. Hence the name. So I want to attempt to choreo a West Coast Swing number to this song.

The thing is, I've noticed that just about all the number@9's I've seen so far have been choreo'd by girls. Are girls just better than guys when it comes to dance choreography? Maybe, I have to be gay to be a guy and choreograph a kick ass number? Or maybe just none of the other guy members of the group want to put in the effort to choreograph? Well, here's to THIS guy trying to choreograph a number@9!

Also, why West Coast Swing? Because, um, WCS is now my favorite dance. ECS is probs a close second. I just love the versatility of WCS, how it can be danced to a range of tempos. It's also the easiest dance I know so far to improvise and have fun with. It's just been something of a challenge for me to find a decent number of good WCS follows in the group, or girls who actually like WCS.

When I first learned this dance: "OH MY GOD I HATE THIS FUCKING DANCE."
Now: "OH MY GOD I FUCKING LOVE THIS DANCE!"

Yeahhhh.



Also, as excited as I was to try to choreograph this song, I came across a video of two people already dancing WCS to this song! NO. Well ok, I guess it's not that bad...but now my excitement has gone down just a little knowing it's been done before already. Le sigh.

Yeah I'm not even going to embed/link that video here. That's how disappointed I am. Hah. Hah.