About to Come Home

Ok, so I'm about to come home, I'm done with camps so my posts won't be frequent.  As you guys know I don't have a computer at home, so I'll post whenever I can, but it will be limited... although I am happy I'm coming home, finally, I'm kind of dissapointed about this thing.. Oh, and I'm on facebook ya lozas so add me!

Queen of the Video

So, I was talking with a friend on the net right. And this particular friend is a music mogul, among other things, and she keeps me up to date on most things music, and kind of fuels the fire that is my dance. So, she tells me of this new video by Rihanna that's supposed to coming out soon called Disturbia and I immediately think of the movie, which I've never seen because it's scary, and I just don't do scary.
Anywayz, so after about 10 minutes of searching I've heard the song once, and seen a couple of different routines for it, and that's when the music guru finds it, the video is out, in it's entirety. So, I rush over, overjoyed because of the awesome routine by X-Faction(I'm going to have to reveiw them one day) intent on seeing dancing choreography in one of Rihanna's videos, an area in which she has been lacking.
I was confronted with a blond wig and white eyes, and immediately fell in love! As the video progressed I saw multiple shots where choreography could slip in, and they kept me on edge. So, then there was the cameo of those stunner heels, that will most likely be flying off the shelves as soon as the vid airs on tv, but never was there any solid choreo. Only teasers.
The cinematography was great though. I really did like the video as a whole. It actually reminded me of Aaliyah in Queen of the D***ed. When Rihanna turned around in the headdress, it only confirmed the comparison. I'm not sure if Anthony Mandler did this on purpose, or maybe I just look to far into things... but that's why you read right? But, yeah, now comes the msot anticipated... and sometimes dreaded time. I've actually been heavily considering the rating for this video. I thought of a 5 because everything worked together to procure this one mood. I even got a chill down my spine, which can mean 1 of three things, I loved it to death, I was actually afraid, and I hated it. Oh, yeah and it also could mean that when the thermostat here at Washington and Lee says 78 and I can see my breath, it's broken.
But yeah, then I knocked it down to a 3 because of no choreography. Then I thought about it, that's so biased. She should get underscored because of that but not 2 whole points. So, after careful reveiw, and I beleve this has been 21 minutes of deliberation, I've come to the conclusion that Disturbia by Rihanna gets a 4.5. Oh, and by the way she's not scored the same as Lil' Mama because Lil' Mama came out the gate dancing, Rihanna didn't.

Humor Me

I've found our current President humerous every since I saw a comedian do a set on him likening him to Yosemitie Sam. Now, I don't rememebr who the comedian was or what exactly was said, but I do remember laughing, and now everytime I see him I think of him with his fingers in the universal pistol sign going, "Pow! Take that Iran!"
Well as I've matuted in politics, and studied, and taken classes, this view of our President in a humorous light actually became stronger. Not, weaker as it should have, but stronger… and what he’s just recently done with our oil legislation has added to this.
If I’m not mistaken, and you smart “adults” out there correct me when I’m wrong, President Bush introduced legislation or mandates, or policy( I don’t remember which it’s called but I’m thinking policy) to move our country away from our dependence on oil. He wants to “ween” us off of this limited and negative externality laden fossil fuel. What I don’t understand, which is also what I’m thinking some economists don’t understand, is why in the world would you increase the supply of something you’re trying to stop using? Maybe I’m not understanding Mr. Casey right, but if you increase the supply of oil, that will cause the price to go down, which will in turn allow more people to obtain it(i.e. quantity demanded goes up) which will cause more dependence on it…hmmph…didn’t we want to get away from that?
But maybe, that train of thought is over my head… you know, to advanced for my meager 17 year old mind. So.. humor me.
All of you readers out there in blogger land…humor me for a second while I try out an idea, which undoubtedly has been mentioned before somewhere.
Why don’t we allow gas to go up? Woah! Bad idea right? But you’re just listening so I can get it out of my system… I’m only 17 remember, I don’t know how the world works. So, let’s say the price goes up. What if, dare I say it, the government puts a higher tax on gas instead of that tax holiday(which I HATE! BTW). Wait, I heard that gasp. Remember what we said, 17 year old at work here… not some accredited economist who studies this.
But, price goes up to..some say $8 right? What happens? Along with the $5 lattes you stop drinking, you stop driving your car. You demand better! So you know what happens while you’re walking, getting your workout and looking like a super model and not the guy from Super Size me? Some person comes along(like me hopefully!) or T.Boone Pickens, or some smart 87 year old, who says, “Hey, I can help you use your car again! You don’t even need that $8 gas. What about this biodiesel from algae, or these cars that run from electricity, or hydrogen, or something like that”. And what do you do with your Olympic-like body(you’re still humoring me right?) you run over to this dealer, and while all the salespeople are salivating, pick up this new technology and go back to looking like a happy overweight American, but with cleaner air. Oh, and side bar, clean air is better for the kids’ intelligence, but that’s another thought.
Now, I know that’s all hard to fathom but lets think, economically about why you want $8 gas. If gas is pushed to $8, the quantity demanded drops significantly! Who can afford it? If that goes down then demand for close toed shoes will go up since we’ll be walking. Think of how nice your clothes will fit. So people are going to demand alternatively fueled modes of transportation. When entrepreneurs see there is a demand for a product, they will supply it. Hmmm… how are we going to get them to take the dive into the sea of capitalism? One thought is we could fund their research with money garnered from taxing gas …but I’m going off on a tangent.
So we have the new vehicle and you say, walk all day, or drive! Even though you do love your killer bod, you’re a couch potato at heart so you get that vehicle. Where did the gas guzzling polluters go? To those rich un-cool people, who don’t need smart children!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/obama.naacp/?iref=mpstoryview

"Teaching our daughters to never allow images on television to tell them what they are worth; teaching our sons to treat women with respect, and to realize responsibility does not end at conception; that what makes them a man is not the ability to have a child but to raise one," he said. "That's a message we need to send."

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New Blog

So, if you are a regular reader, and you're looking for some particular posts, that you are just dying to show your friends and can't find it, you might want to check the New Blog.  My New Blog is called pointethemout and it's at www.pointethemout.blogspot.com. If you are a reader of The Writer(Markese91) then you might remember this as a post title because it was.  It's no longer a post title because, That post has now been put on the new blog.  Most things dance, excluding dance reels done in the way of a movie, or music video, will be on Pointe Them Out from now on.  I know, alot of blogs, but this makes it more organized.. Well to me it does.

A'Drey

A'Drey, AKA Grapeov is also a choreographer that posts on YouTube. I found his vids, off of Luam's, and saw he had an actual reel that went along some line. I absolutely love it and that's why it's below. Fun, which actually comes at the end of the reel, is kinda funny, but you can still see the quality of the choreography is really good! I think I've seen all of the videos by A'Drey and none of them are below good. Some of them are not as good as others in my opinion, but they're all good. I'm sorry to everyone who's come out and gotten rated before, but I'm giving A'Drey the first 5 pied rating.

Miguel Antonio

Miguel Antonio Jr. is a choreographer that I found on YouTube. I really do love his work and that's why he's up here. Below ar etwo of his videos... ones that I found suitible for this actual blog. I don't like putting meaningless clips on here which is why these clips have length. Basically, the first is what Miguel calls his choreography reel. I was hoping for more of a story line but it didn't really have one, but it's still good because it combines alot of his choreography clips into the same vid for a culmination of his work.

The next video actually is kind of like a video to Danity Kane's Strip tease. I actually love this one, and wished that he would've kept going. If you want to see outtakes those are on You Tube, in his profile, just search his name or go to www.youtube.com/miguelantoniojr hmm... anything else... oh yeah, your rating. I give Miguel a rating of 4 pieds. You're beating Lil Mama at the moment, but come out with a reel, that's either a complete video of one song, or choreography that is meant to go to gether like a story, and I'll probably bump you up to a five..

Dish!

You dissappointed me Lil Mama, I'm not going to lie. I saw the title, Strike a Pose, and then saw the other title, I'm What it Is, and they struck two different chords in me. One said, crazy dance choreo! I mean, you just come off of America's Best Dance Crew, you've just seen all these dance crews do what you do best, so I mean, you'll undoubtedly have one of them in the video. Strike a Pose... sounds like Fish and Chicks to me... or maybe Kaba Modern. No, I just got Kaba Modern on the brain.

But anyway, then when I saw the second name, I'm What it is I was sure you were going to have Jabawockees come out there and tear it up, seeing as they just won the competition. They're 'what it is'. I was sure that they were going to like jump out of that crowd at any moment, or start dancing on those infamous steps you always tape on.

And then the beat started to actually permeate my thoughts, and get through my expectations. My eyes opened and I saw some throwback gear, a glimpse of a mohawk, spandex, and T-Pain. I think in total I saw 9 seconds of dancing.... oh, yeah, plus the posing. I'm sorry little momma but on the UKUW you get 3 pieds. 1 because of the way it was shot, great colors and themes, very professional, another because I kind of liked the mood and the actual words, and the last only because I had expectations in the first place. because you received a rating of 3 pieds... I'll be waiting for the next big thing from you... don't dissapoint.