SYTYCD

So work was terrible yesterday. Truly terrible.(This wasn't really reflected in my post yesterday because I actually wrote that a couple of days ago and just got around to spell checking and hitting publish). The only highlight to my day was watching the first top 20 episode of So You Think You Can Dance. So I think I am just going to ignore real life for a bit and fixate on that. Life is about to get super busy so I'm relishing this TV watching time that I have.



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Anyways, ten couples danced. Here were the ones that stood out to me (I'll keep it short):

Phillip and Jeanine. Loved it, but I pretty much always love a Napoleon and Tabitha story dance.
Ade and Melissa. Beautiful, in a retro kind of way.
Caitlin and Jason. Who doesn't love Bollywood? Plus the kiss at the end was fun :)
Randi and Evan. Mandy Moore's choreography = Magic.

Those were my four favorite couples. I thought they were a little hard on Vitolio, Asuka, Paris, and Tony. I mean they weren't great but I enjoyed their dances. The truth is I pretty much liked all of them, and I could have talked in depth about every single one, but I am pretty sure nobody wants to read that! Anyways, the only couple I didn't really like was Jonathon and Janette. I also didn't really get into Wade Robson's crash dummy thing. Maybe it was the white face paint thing. That was super distracting.I can't wait to see who got voted off tonight. Alright I'm off to live in the real world again.

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A movie that ends with a casino heist and doesn't star George Clooney

So this week was interesting. I went to another French movie, Bob le Flambeur. The International cinema was having a film noir week. Now I wish I could say that I am extremely cultured and was entranced by the cinematography or something like that. But honestly the whole time all I could think about was how can the main girl be considered so attractive, yet her be so mullet-y. Seriously it was distracting. But the ending was interesting. It wasn't your typical finish to a casino heist film. People died, the romance was definitely not true love, they didn't get away with it, and they didn't predict every move or plant fake cops ala Oceans Eleven. However they still kept it interesting and I thought it was an interesting plot twist, if not the most positive one.

Anyways I also saw BYU's modern dance concert, In Motion this week. I usually think that I am pretty open minded about that kind of stuff, however I just didn't get the final dance. For the last number they came out wearing tutus made of plastic grocery bags while surrounded by fog. Just as I was getting a handle on this the dance transitioned into a scene where a majority of the company was sitting on the floor while holding a balloon; this was followed by a giant ribbon acrobatic ensemble, and well, you get the idea. I felt like there was some big metaphor I wasn't getting that would tie it all together, but no one ever clued me in if there was. There rest was good though. There was a fun prop dance, and a couple of bench dances, as well as this one dance based around four women from Shakespearean plays. I didn't know all of the stories but it was still interesting to see them portray the characters. Although the music reminded me of one of those semi-electronic instrumental songs that they like to play in the background of eighties movies (Lady Hawk, anyone?).

Lara also shared an amazing bread recipe with me this week. It had a topping that was olive oil mixed with rosemary, Parmesan cheese, and garlic. Sooo delicious. Fresh bread makes me so happy; it's ridiculous.

Reading: Sister Carrie