Sisterly Words of Wisdom

"Sometimes I picture myself in a fight with a friend and wonder who would win. Sometimes I realize 'Oh I would totally get my ass kicked by her,' but other times, 'Oh yeah I could totally kick her ass.' And I only imagine scenarios with girls." 

Haters Gonna Hate

I feel like I've been living by that saying more recently.

Haters gonna hate.

I know it first started as, or well, at least I first discovered it through the internet in a series of meme images emblazoned with those three words. It's rather tickling, and one of the better memes out there, in my opinion.

And I just took it at face value with whatever person/animal/object was strolling in some nonconformist fashion, basically not giving a flying fuck what everyone/thing around thinks.

But then in the past days and weeks, I've actually realized I've been saying it along with thinking it. Guy doesn't like my cardigan? Well I love it, haters gonna hate. Get caught doing a silly dance during a lapse in practice and totally getting judged by my partner? Whatever, I'm having fun, haters gonna hate. Doing pretty much anything questionable/out of the ordinary and getting the strangest looks from people? Haters gonna hate.

Screw what other people think, and only regard the opinions of those who matter most to you. Life's too short to get beat by shallow thoughts and pointless criticisms. Stay classy. Stay fabulous. Stay fierce.

Stay extraordinary.

You know what,

Spring's great and all with the birds and bees and whathaveyou. Cool. Awesome. Right.

But fall makes me feel all sorts of romantic. Romantic? (capital R?)

Maybe it's the cold weather that makes you want to hold onto someone. Maybe it's all the warm drinks that come with it. Hot chocolate. Apple cider. Maybe it's the holidays. Maybe it's all the awesome clothes you can finally pull out and start layering. Maybe the cold air just keeps me on my toes, expectant, and ready for the unknown. Maybe it's because cold weather outside is pretty nice for escaping into when you're all hot and bothered and sweaty from dancing inside a room thick with body heat.

No wait, that last part wasn't the least bit r/Romantic at all. Whoops. But gotta admit, having that cool outside air to cool off is pretty nice.




Anyways, you get my point.

Don't be afraid to dance. Don't be afraid to take a chance.

Steve Aoki, featuring Rivers Cuomo (frontman of Weezer) in new single "Earthquakey People." 

Hm. I like it. Haven't really listened to any of Aoki's work prior to this; I just knew about this single because I follow Weezer. Heh. I at least knew that Aoki's a electronica-house artist. I get credit for that, right? 

So a little while ago (maybe early September?) Rivers announced he was working with Steve Aoki on a new single. Sweet! And there it is. 

I think Rivers' vocals adds a certain element. People think Weezer and Rivers, they think nerd-rock. Or at least when they first started out. But I think he still has that quality in his singing. He's not the best voice, but he sounds like he has so much fun when he sings, regardless. And that comes across in this track. People jumping around, dancing, having a good time. That's totally Rivers. 

Meanwhile, Steve Aoki also did a remix of his song, titled "Earthquakey People (The Sequel)." 

I kinda like this version better, to be honest. It's got more of a house feel. Kinda wish the drop after Rivers' vocal loops had more of a...well, drop. More oomf. More kick. Bass. Thump, whatever it is. Maybe there's a way to tweak it somehow...

On an unrelated note, I was in TJMaxx looking for black pants when I discovered this chain here in Athens carried Penguin ties. I WANTED TO BUY ALL OF THEM. But of course that would be ridiculous. 

So I bought two. Lolsies! 

Dance marathon unsuccessful.

My attempt at dancing every day for 11 days straight was thwarted when I remembered I bought a ticket to see a university play on Tuesday night.

Curses. Got in 8 days of straight dancing and then two more afterwards. Oh well. I tried.

Also I realize just about every other post I make seems to be about dancing in some shape or form.

JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

So this is a first that I've seen: a dual-partner west coast swing routine (holy shit, that rhymed). I think it's pretty awesome, not gonna lie.



UGH, so good. And really clever too, with bits of humor sprinkled in for good measure. The parts when the two follows and two leads started dancing with each other was really great.



I'm trying to choreograph a west coast swing routine to Moves Like Jagger. This would be a lot easier if I had a partner to get a feel of how certain moves I want to use would work and what they look like. Peh.

Sweet jesus.

So for a while now I've had a penchant for frozen bananas.

But now I've just discovered frozen bananas with condensed milk.

Condensed. Freaking. Milk.

May god have mercy on my waistline.

Dance on ALL THE DAYS.

I was talking with other BPGers and we realized one could dance on every single day of the week starting with this previous Monday and going all the way to next Monday...and then some.

Monday: Practice
Tuesday: Swing Night
Wednesday: Practice, Salsa night
Thursday: Argentine Tango, Blues
Friday: Friday Night Dance Party
Saturday: Fall Dance
Sunday: Community Dance Day
Monday: Practice
Tuesday: Swing night
Wednesday: Practice, Salsa night
Thursday: Argentine Tango, Blues
DONE.

So it's more like one week plus four extra days. 11 DAYS OF DANCING OMG. Feet are gonna hurt so good. I'm not quite exactly sure what the Community Dance Day event is, but it's hosted by the Dance department here and BPG has one or two guest performances. AND I'M IN ONE OF THEM. Oh yes, I got cast, yo. It's a swing number to "Ain't Nothin' but a Kiss" from the musical Memphis. I've never actually heard of or seen this musical before we started learning choreography to this song, but supposedly it's coming to Atlanta in January/February/sometime around those months. Exciting. I'm gonna be in my first BPG performance, aw yeah!



Anyways, I love wimp. It's how I keep up to date with relatively viral videos and other cute shenanigans. Besides the plethora of cute animal videos I keep linking my sister, I have a thing for cheesy cute wedding proposals. Like the guy who flash-mob'd his girlfriend at Disneyland. Or the guy who got his friend to hack some building lights into a proposal message. Totes adorbz.


...I can feel your judgmental eyes staring me down. Whatever. Haters gonna hate.