I Just Wanna Dance

There seems to be an overall atmosphere of dance in my life right now.  These two songs, which definitely deserve a listen.  Choreography-writing for next semester of Spotlight.  Musicals that I've recently listened to: Newsies and Thoroughly Modern Millie, both dance musicals.  And the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance that aired last week.  Not a problem of course, just an observation.

"Holding Onto You" Twenty One Pilots

 "Safe and Sound" Capitol Cities

Only three more days until I head back to campus and start my summer of research and Williamsburg fun.  A very large part of me wishes I could stay at home this summer, for a multitude of reasons, but I guess now I have to make the most of my summer.  Which was always the intention.

Currently listening to: "Safe and Sound" Capitol Cities

August Inspiration

Is it really already the first day of August?  By the end of the month, I'll be starting the second half of college.  That is crazy and still hard for me to believe.

But in the meantime, here's what August makes me think of.  Enjoy!

Summer outfits.

Sunlight.

Fruity drinks and my mother's cooking.

All pictures (and more!) can be found on my Pinterest.  :)

I hope everyone's been enjoying their summer!

Currently listening to: the amazing and gorgeous choreography from Oxygen's dance series, All the Right Moves

What I didn't realize until just now was that the Dancing with the Stars video I posted here is actually danced by the dance company in this show, Shaping Sound.

Pre-Finals Inspiration

Yesterday was the last day of classes, or as WM likes to call it, Blowout.  My blowout was filled with friends, music, and hours of people watching.  Just the way I like it.  But before I crawl into the cave that is finals week, I wanted to post some songs that I've just been in love with for the past few days.

Girls Love Shoes "Home"

Stars "Elephant Love Letter"

This video I saw for the first time today; gorgeous choreography by Travis Wall.

[EDIT] I totally forgot to add this, so I'm going to now.  I went to Goodwill a few days back, looking for pants that I could cut into shorts for the summer.  And lo and behold, I found a pair of seafoam green corduroy pants at Goodwill for $2.50.  They were too short as pants, but fit on my hips, more or less, so I got them and cut them into shorts.  And I am glad I found these shorts and am beyond excited to wear them soon.  :)  Who needs to buy $20 shorts when they can just make their own?

Currently listening to: "Without You (orchestral)" from the Dancing With the Stars video.

Are We Human or Dancer?

Yesterday was essentially filled with dance. But I wasn't complaining.

William & Mary hosted the first ever Tribal Breaks yesterday. It was essentially a bboy competition, with crews from different states throughout the East Coast. One of my friends wanted me to go, so I did. When I first got there, I saw no one I knew, so it was a bit awkward. However, I think one of the best parts about yesterday was realizing that two seniors from Spotlight, the show choir I'm in, were also there. And with them, it's always a good time. Shameless plug for the awesomeness that is these two people, but I'm going to miss them so much next year.

The competition itself was so intense. Bboying is ridiculous, but so cool. I could try and describe it, but I would not do it justice. Aside from the bboying, some of the guys there were pretty attractive, so it made it that much easier for me to stay for the entire thing. So shout-out to Incredible Sushi Kings and 5 Crew Dynasty and congratulations to 5 Crew for winning the competition.

At around midnight, my friend and I went to a dance party at one of the frats on campus. We had gone at around 11:00 but the dance floor was dead. So after a refusal to pre-game with one of my other friends, we just went back to the dorm and went back later. It was a lot of fun though. Most amusing conversation last night went as follows: (Guy A is the person that danced with me, Guy B the person that danced with my friend)

Guy A (to Guy B): Hey.

B: I don't know you.

A: So I want to dance with this girl. Could you ask her friend to dance, because girls never like to be left alone.

And then he proceeded to ask me to dance. I mean, it worked, but I was so tempted to tell him "You know I heard all that right?" but I felt like that would've seen bitchy.. However, I recognized the guy as someone that I had danced with at a previous party, which made me wonder if he remembers who he's danced with, but I guess not. I'm not going to go into detail, but he was cool. I remember him as the guy that says "Thank you" after we finish dancing. That does not mean that he's a nice guy while dancing...

But my friend and I left the party at around 2 in the morning..when the cops broke it up? Another question I had was that if the cops essentially knew that there would be partying and thus underage drinking at some frat every weeknight, why don't they break it up earlier? And were they even there to break up the party because of drinking? Hm..questions.

Slightly unrelated, but one of my friends was talking to bboy group from NYC, because that's where she's from, and they asked about stuff happening after. And if I was there with her at the time, I would've definitely asked if they wanted to go the dance party too. It would've been cool.

So I'm glad the first weekend back was enjoyable. But now it is Sunday, and I have reading to do.

Currently listening to:

"Chariot (Stripped)" Gavin Degraw <-lovee his Stripped CD