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Thursday, July 30, 2009
sytycd thus far
Uh, so... I totally loved tonight's episode of SYTYCD. MARKSIE'S BACK BABY!!!!!!!!! Seriously, Mark and Chelsie were absolutely one of the best things about all five seasons of SYTYCD. I have never seen chemistry like those two had (although Katee and Joshua had AMAZING chemistry as well) but I just love love LOVE Marksie. Bleeding Love will always be one of my favorite pieces and why was today's episode so great...? BECAUSE THEY DANCED BLEEDING LOVE AGAIN! :3 they make me happy.
For me, Season 4 was the best season. Season 2 is a close second but there were just so many memorable dances and people on S4...
Top 10 Dances from S4 (in no particular order)
1. Marksie - Beautiful
2. Marksie - Bleeding Love
3. Koutni & Matt - Wrestlers
4. Katua - Hometown Glory
5. Jessica & Will - Silence
6. Chelsie & Gev - These Arms are Mine (sooooo underrated. The choreo by Sonya Tayeh is amazing, I'd love to see her choreo in that style)
7. Katee & Will - Pas de Deux
8. Chelsie & Joshua - Everlasting Love Disco
9. Mark & Courtney - The Garden
10. Katua - Slow Dancing in Burning Room
I don't know... this season seems a bit lackluster for me. Maybe it's because last season was effin awesome (IV REAL!) but eh, nobody stands out to me and makes me scream at the TV EXCEPT for EVAN!!!!!!! I am a die hard Evan Kasprazak fan! I don't care that he's not the "best" technically. He is an AMAZING dancer. Your average Joe cannot do standing back flips or have the control in his body like he does. He tries, he really does but most of all he has charisma, personality. Evan makes people want to vote for him. He's likable and just so charming! It makes me happy to see him dance! He's doing his own thing and he's got America and this Canadian hooked!
This season is also so different... Evan is definitely the stand-out "I stole America's hearts" contestant but nobody else seems to be able to grab and reach people's heats. Nigel got it right when he said that people were basically voting for the best routines and choreo... not really digging the hip-hop this season. The only hip-hop this season that got me really excited was Jason and Kayla's Zombie hip-hop.
I'm happy about the top 4. Satisfied. But this season isn't really cutting it out for me. Hope next season is better. So excited to see Teddy Tedholm and Ryan Kasprazak next season!
Well, here's my so-far Top 10 dances of S5, it may change depending on the finale.
No particular order once again.
1. Kayla & Max - Pop Jazz ( Why doesn't anyone like this???????)
2. Karla & Jonathan - Falling Slowly (Stacey Tookey is the best!!!!!!!!!!)
3. Randi & Evan - Koop Island Blues Contemporary
4. Kayla & Kupono - Twilight / Vampire Dance
5. Randi & Evan - Rich Man's Frug
6. Karla & Vitolio - Quickstep (The choreo was genius!! I usually never like quick-step!)
7. Kayla & Kupono - Addiction (My absolute favorite from this season. So so so sooo beautiful.)
8. Janette & Brandon - Pop Jazz (Wade likes Roisin Murphy doesn't he? lol)
9. Can't think of any more duos I like.... lol. Well, I loved Sonya's piece for the Top 6 guys! LOVEEEE!
10. NappyTab's Seven Nation Army group piece was awesome too.
In conclusion... can we get some moar Mia Michaels please?????
For me, Season 4 was the best season. Season 2 is a close second but there were just so many memorable dances and people on S4...
Top 10 Dances from S4 (in no particular order)
1. Marksie - Beautiful
2. Marksie - Bleeding Love
3. Koutni & Matt - Wrestlers
4. Katua - Hometown Glory
5. Jessica & Will - Silence
6. Chelsie & Gev - These Arms are Mine (sooooo underrated. The choreo by Sonya Tayeh is amazing, I'd love to see her choreo in that style)
7. Katee & Will - Pas de Deux
8. Chelsie & Joshua - Everlasting Love Disco
9. Mark & Courtney - The Garden
10. Katua - Slow Dancing in Burning Room
I don't know... this season seems a bit lackluster for me. Maybe it's because last season was effin awesome (IV REAL!) but eh, nobody stands out to me and makes me scream at the TV EXCEPT for EVAN!!!!!!! I am a die hard Evan Kasprazak fan! I don't care that he's not the "best" technically. He is an AMAZING dancer. Your average Joe cannot do standing back flips or have the control in his body like he does. He tries, he really does but most of all he has charisma, personality. Evan makes people want to vote for him. He's likable and just so charming! It makes me happy to see him dance! He's doing his own thing and he's got America and this Canadian hooked!
This season is also so different... Evan is definitely the stand-out "I stole America's hearts" contestant but nobody else seems to be able to grab and reach people's heats. Nigel got it right when he said that people were basically voting for the best routines and choreo... not really digging the hip-hop this season. The only hip-hop this season that got me really excited was Jason and Kayla's Zombie hip-hop.
I'm happy about the top 4. Satisfied. But this season isn't really cutting it out for me. Hope next season is better. So excited to see Teddy Tedholm and Ryan Kasprazak next season!
Well, here's my so-far Top 10 dances of S5, it may change depending on the finale.
No particular order once again.
1. Kayla & Max - Pop Jazz ( Why doesn't anyone like this???????)
2. Karla & Jonathan - Falling Slowly (Stacey Tookey is the best!!!!!!!!!!)
3. Randi & Evan - Koop Island Blues Contemporary
4. Kayla & Kupono - Twilight / Vampire Dance
5. Randi & Evan - Rich Man's Frug
6. Karla & Vitolio - Quickstep (The choreo was genius!! I usually never like quick-step!)
7. Kayla & Kupono - Addiction (My absolute favorite from this season. So so so sooo beautiful.)
8. Janette & Brandon - Pop Jazz (Wade likes Roisin Murphy doesn't he? lol)
9. Can't think of any more duos I like.... lol. Well, I loved Sonya's piece for the Top 6 guys! LOVEEEE!
10. NappyTab's Seven Nation Army group piece was awesome too.
In conclusion... can we get some moar Mia Michaels please?????
Monday, July 20, 2009
robots need love too, they want to be loved by you
twas at folk festival from the 17th - 19th, friday to sunday! whooooo, it was my first time at the folk fest and man, was it rad. seriously. it was so rad.
basically, all of jericho beach park was closed off and it was just 8 stages of music madness. it was one of the most glorious things i have ever experiened. i don't know why i didn't go last year... hmmmm, but i knew i had to go this year because dan mangan was playing and that man has SERIOUS TALENT. he is a beast!!
but maybe i'll start chronologically.
on friday, me and renata got there at around 7pm and we found a spot quite a far ways from the main stage. not a problem though, i was there mostly to listen to the music. iron & wine played and after arrested development. my goodness, arrested development is a definite party. everyone was going crazzzy. i loved it. i love seeing old people and little kids dance their booties off. we also checked out the market stands. there were these beautiful portable buddhist shrines that we wanted to get, but decided to get it on saturday.... but by then they were sold out... sad!! oh btw. I SAW MR.GREALY AT FOLK FEST!! wooooooo! it made my day, hahahahaha. i didn't even notice him till he was like "alison???" hehehehehe. oh yoko sunshine ono.
saturday we got there around 3pm because dan mangan, the great lake swimmers, matt berube and some other band were on! SERIOUSLY. it was SO GOOD. i discovered dan mangan whilst listening to cbc radio 2 canada live and dan mangan was playing a show with danny michel. dan totally stole the show with "Robots." best song to sing live. ever. he sang it again at the folk fest. :) my only feeling at the time. happiness. i love hearing him sing and the audience singing along to "Robots." great lake swimmers were amazing too, i love that guys voice. it's so soothing. rest of the day was spent walking around... listening to great music at the different stages, going to the beach, browsing the markets, admiring trinkets, tanning... ahhhhhh.
however, we did learn from saturday that you must go early to the folk fest! if you don't you miss out on so many great workshops! renata and i got to the folk fest super early. like 9:45am early..... it was SO worth it. our first workshop was "The Republic of Strings" with Matt Andersen, Bellowhead (strings), The Ebony Hillbillies, and Jamyang Yeshi. BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT. i love hearing the combination of different musical styles..... Yeshi was a Tibetan musician, Andersen a blues player, Bellowhead an English folk band, and the Hillbillies... well, hillbilly music really. it was beauty though. But Andersen totally stole the show. his talent is just so large. (no pun intended, for he is quite a large man) his guitar playing is god-like and his voice beauty. OH AND BTW. MY LOVE KEVIN FOX WAS AT FOLK FEST. he didn't sing or anything... but he did support steven page with the cello on his set!!! i didn't even know he was going to be there till i walked by and heard page introduce him! sigh, he should've been given a stage to sing on.
The Republic of Strings workshop.
basically, all of jericho beach park was closed off and it was just 8 stages of music madness. it was one of the most glorious things i have ever experiened. i don't know why i didn't go last year... hmmmm, but i knew i had to go this year because dan mangan was playing and that man has SERIOUS TALENT. he is a beast!!
but maybe i'll start chronologically.
on friday, me and renata got there at around 7pm and we found a spot quite a far ways from the main stage. not a problem though, i was there mostly to listen to the music. iron & wine played and after arrested development. my goodness, arrested development is a definite party. everyone was going crazzzy. i loved it. i love seeing old people and little kids dance their booties off. we also checked out the market stands. there were these beautiful portable buddhist shrines that we wanted to get, but decided to get it on saturday.... but by then they were sold out... sad!! oh btw. I SAW MR.GREALY AT FOLK FEST!! wooooooo! it made my day, hahahahaha. i didn't even notice him till he was like "alison???" hehehehehe. oh yoko sunshine ono.
saturday we got there around 3pm because dan mangan, the great lake swimmers, matt berube and some other band were on! SERIOUSLY. it was SO GOOD. i discovered dan mangan whilst listening to cbc radio 2 canada live and dan mangan was playing a show with danny michel. dan totally stole the show with "Robots." best song to sing live. ever. he sang it again at the folk fest. :) my only feeling at the time. happiness. i love hearing him sing and the audience singing along to "Robots." great lake swimmers were amazing too, i love that guys voice. it's so soothing. rest of the day was spent walking around... listening to great music at the different stages, going to the beach, browsing the markets, admiring trinkets, tanning... ahhhhhh.
however, we did learn from saturday that you must go early to the folk fest! if you don't you miss out on so many great workshops! renata and i got to the folk fest super early. like 9:45am early..... it was SO worth it. our first workshop was "The Republic of Strings" with Matt Andersen, Bellowhead (strings), The Ebony Hillbillies, and Jamyang Yeshi. BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT. BRILLIANT. i love hearing the combination of different musical styles..... Yeshi was a Tibetan musician, Andersen a blues player, Bellowhead an English folk band, and the Hillbillies... well, hillbilly music really. it was beauty though. But Andersen totally stole the show. his talent is just so large. (no pun intended, for he is quite a large man) his guitar playing is god-like and his voice beauty. OH AND BTW. MY LOVE KEVIN FOX WAS AT FOLK FEST. he didn't sing or anything... but he did support steven page with the cello on his set!!! i didn't even know he was going to be there till i walked by and heard page introduce him! sigh, he should've been given a stage to sing on.
The Republic of Strings workshop.
The other highlight of the day was Dan Mangan. During the time at folk festival I saw him live 4 times!!!!! but every single time was amazing a refreshing. actually i only saw him once playing a show on his own with his band. and wow. as i said before. his talent is so huge. his voice so distinct. his charisma and cute smile... greatness. we were sitting so close to the stage this time too!! and then he came off the stage and into the audience!!!!! swoooooon. i am totally fangirling. not cool. not cool.
example of dan mangan's greatness.
Also, because we got to the folk fest so early, we were able to get a pretty good spot up at the main stage. so after all the workshops started ending we just sat and chilled. Umalali was up first and it was amazing Afro beats that made you want to start dancing. After that was some band... i forgot who they were but they played "Polska." I think its eastern european folk music??? AND THEN VEDA HILLE AND THE CRAIGSLIST MUSICAL. OMG IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN BUT ALSO THE BEST. HILARIOUS! it was basically a 20-min musical based on real craigslist ads..... Cat Hats.... :)
BELLOWHEAD. BELLOWFRIGGINHEAD WAS UP NEXT AND OMG DID THEY STEAL THE ENTIRE SHOW. it was like english pub folk and everyone, EVERYONE was dancing. i love folk fest because people aren't afraid to express themselves. you see adults who are 30,40,50,60,70,80, and 90 who just freely dance and move. it's so beautiful to see people who've freed themselves and are comfortable with expression. so many people are just so uptight nowadays that its just so liberating to see something like a throwback to Woodstock. old hippies, and granma's who put their hands up in the air when the main guy from bellowhead asks if anybody is a prostitute. love it. but back to bellowhead.... oh man. they definetely know how to put on a LIVE show. it is a truly amazing experience. i was so sweaty after all the dancing. haha. me and renata didn't stay for mavis staple... we wanted to put were way too tired. pooped. but man, it was so much fun to end off with bellowhead.
there was this one guy, Geoff Berner, who played in between main stage sets and oh man, he was the funniest little shit ever. he is so SICK (like TWISTED) but his humor is so darkly correct. his little accordion makes you think he's some cute little singer-song writer... and he is. but better. "Official Theme Song for the 2010 Vancouver / Whistler Olympic Games (The Dead Children Were Worth It!)" That exaplains it all.
beautiful vancouver. mountains and ocean side by side with great music pumping.
BELLOWHEAD. BELLOWFRIGGINHEAD WAS UP NEXT AND OMG DID THEY STEAL THE ENTIRE SHOW. it was like english pub folk and everyone, EVERYONE was dancing. i love folk fest because people aren't afraid to express themselves. you see adults who are 30,40,50,60,70,80, and 90 who just freely dance and move. it's so beautiful to see people who've freed themselves and are comfortable with expression. so many people are just so uptight nowadays that its just so liberating to see something like a throwback to Woodstock. old hippies, and granma's who put their hands up in the air when the main guy from bellowhead asks if anybody is a prostitute. love it. but back to bellowhead.... oh man. they definetely know how to put on a LIVE show. it is a truly amazing experience. i was so sweaty after all the dancing. haha. me and renata didn't stay for mavis staple... we wanted to put were way too tired. pooped. but man, it was so much fun to end off with bellowhead.
there was this one guy, Geoff Berner, who played in between main stage sets and oh man, he was the funniest little shit ever. he is so SICK (like TWISTED) but his humor is so darkly correct. his little accordion makes you think he's some cute little singer-song writer... and he is. but better. "Official Theme Song for the 2010 Vancouver / Whistler Olympic Games (The Dead Children Were Worth It!)" That exaplains it all.
beautiful vancouver. mountains and ocean side by side with great music pumping.
pull n'peel licorice necklace
If you live in Vancouver, go to Folk Fest. at least once in your life, go. it is an amazing experience. you do not need to know all of the bands, musicians, artists that are there. it's the being there that's the beauty. yeah, it is uber hot. so hot that i felt like i was going to have a stroke and so hot that i darkened 3 shades but bring a hat then. GO. this festival makes you appreciate and love vancouver so much. it makes you realize how music can bring people together. it makes you realize how much talent there is in the world. GO. it's like the greatest camp in the world, i felt like i wanted to live there. go go go go.
you won't regret it.
you won't regret it.
Expelliarmus!!
haaaaaalllooooooo!! HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE OPENED LAST TUESDAY!!!!!
woooooop wooop wooop! so i totally waited with alisha, nathan, doopy, allison, thor, and mama kapil for 6 hours to watch the movie!!! we got there at around 5:30pm... movie started at 12:15am... YEEEEEEE BOI.
we took nerdy pics while we waited. yep.
don't mess... i'm harry potter
my shirt has a pic of NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM and it says: MY HERO.
those are totally capes. made by the great mama kapil
woooooop wooop wooop! so i totally waited with alisha, nathan, doopy, allison, thor, and mama kapil for 6 hours to watch the movie!!! we got there at around 5:30pm... movie started at 12:15am... YEEEEEEE BOI.
we took nerdy pics while we waited. yep.
don't mess... i'm harry potter
my shirt has a pic of NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM and it says: MY HERO. 
those are totally capes. made by the great mama kapil
i only got into harry potter last year... january 2008. i was16 years old. before then i hated harry potter, thought it was too scary. funny story, i actually owned books 1-4 (for the sake of being cool, duh) but didn't like them and gave them away. 5 years later, i buy them all again..... he he he.
and confession... i saw the half-blood prince twice in theaters.... hahaha. at the midnight premiere and on friday with renata. i will gladly see it again with whoever!!!!!!!! at first, i didn't really like the movie. i felt like they left out so many important parts and unecesarily added new parts. (why did the weasley house burn down??? and what was up with the corn field battle???) half-blood prince was never my favorite book as well. but i think after seeing it the second time i'm starting to like it more and more. i love how its a darker harry potter, all grown up. there is definetely more depth than in the previous books. although for the movie, i wished they focused more on voldemort's back story and didn't cut out [SPOILER ALERT] dumbledore's funeral. the light thing was pretty cool though. i heard that they might add the funeral to the beginning of the deathly hallows??? i hope so.
but i still love harry potter.
:3
and confession... i saw the half-blood prince twice in theaters.... hahaha. at the midnight premiere and on friday with renata. i will gladly see it again with whoever!!!!!!!! at first, i didn't really like the movie. i felt like they left out so many important parts and unecesarily added new parts. (why did the weasley house burn down??? and what was up with the corn field battle???) half-blood prince was never my favorite book as well. but i think after seeing it the second time i'm starting to like it more and more. i love how its a darker harry potter, all grown up. there is definetely more depth than in the previous books. although for the movie, i wished they focused more on voldemort's back story and didn't cut out [SPOILER ALERT] dumbledore's funeral. the light thing was pretty cool though. i heard that they might add the funeral to the beginning of the deathly hallows??? i hope so.
but i still love harry potter.
:3
Saturday, July 11, 2009
L'ete
I know, I know. I haven't blogged in a long time... shame shame! I never feel much inspiration to blog, although so much as happened to me since my last blog.
A comprehensive list of amazing and notable events that have happened since my last appearance:
- GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL and... FINISHED THE IB!!!!!!!!!
- June 8 - 13: I went to California. Which was oodles and oddles of fun. I went to a firing range and shot a gun for the first time, went to my favorite place in the world, and ate lots of Pinkberry. I love California.
- The rest of June seems like a blur...
- Renata and Jyoti graduated as well! Whoo hoo! Now we're all done!
- Been doing a lot of UK Visa and legal stuff for England next year... that has taken up the bulk of my time.
- June 30 was my Mom's birthday party and on July 6th, Oribu, my mom and me went to go eat at Market by Jean-Georges. Which is delicious! But go for lunch! It's super cheap! $28 for an appetizer, main course and dessert!
- Oh, I also worked with Alisha at her dad's two days... that devil room is the bane of my exsistence.
- I have found a job and am now employed as an ESL tutor! I am so beyond excited for this job because it's something that I love doing which is teaching! And the pay is pretty awesome... ;)
- ALSO!!! I LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A TWO-WHEELER BIKE!!!!!! Honestly, I am 17 years old and before this I had no clue how to ride a bike. Paul taught me, and I got it pretty quickly. We practiced in an empty parking lot for about 15-20 min and then we went to the Sea Wall!!!! So scary!! So many people and bikes!! I was terrified. I apprently did not look like I was having fun but really, I was! I was just concentrating really hard on not falling or hitting people.... but in the end someone clipped my bike and I fell over.... sigh. I have a huge scrape on my elbow which pustulates. And I have gnarly bruises everywhere. The one on my stomach is especially gross. I also started crying.... a lot!! Embarssing!! It didn't even hurt that much but I think it was just the shock of actually having being hit which sent me over. I also didn't even realize I was bleeding so much... Paul played it off so nonchantly.... a very nice German family gave me some band-aids though. Danke!!!
- After, Paul and Yuka came over for dinner at my haus. Andrew was also there. We had a grand'ol time looking at photo albums... lol.
Pictures?!?!?!?!?!?
pinkberry!!
my gnarly scrape
A comprehensive list of amazing and notable events that have happened since my last appearance:
- GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL and... FINISHED THE IB!!!!!!!!!
- June 8 - 13: I went to California. Which was oodles and oddles of fun. I went to a firing range and shot a gun for the first time, went to my favorite place in the world, and ate lots of Pinkberry. I love California.
- The rest of June seems like a blur...
- Renata and Jyoti graduated as well! Whoo hoo! Now we're all done!
- Been doing a lot of UK Visa and legal stuff for England next year... that has taken up the bulk of my time.
- June 30 was my Mom's birthday party and on July 6th, Oribu, my mom and me went to go eat at Market by Jean-Georges. Which is delicious! But go for lunch! It's super cheap! $28 for an appetizer, main course and dessert!
- Oh, I also worked with Alisha at her dad's two days... that devil room is the bane of my exsistence.
- I have found a job and am now employed as an ESL tutor! I am so beyond excited for this job because it's something that I love doing which is teaching! And the pay is pretty awesome... ;)
- ALSO!!! I LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A TWO-WHEELER BIKE!!!!!! Honestly, I am 17 years old and before this I had no clue how to ride a bike. Paul taught me, and I got it pretty quickly. We practiced in an empty parking lot for about 15-20 min and then we went to the Sea Wall!!!! So scary!! So many people and bikes!! I was terrified. I apprently did not look like I was having fun but really, I was! I was just concentrating really hard on not falling or hitting people.... but in the end someone clipped my bike and I fell over.... sigh. I have a huge scrape on my elbow which pustulates. And I have gnarly bruises everywhere. The one on my stomach is especially gross. I also started crying.... a lot!! Embarssing!! It didn't even hurt that much but I think it was just the shock of actually having being hit which sent me over. I also didn't even realize I was bleeding so much... Paul played it off so nonchantly.... a very nice German family gave me some band-aids though. Danke!!!
- After, Paul and Yuka came over for dinner at my haus. Andrew was also there. We had a grand'ol time looking at photo albums... lol.
Pictures?!?!?!?!?!?
pinkberry!!
my gnarly scrapeSoon, I'm going to New York!!! And I'm going to learn how to drive! New adventures await!!
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