So today was the day of my first paid dance gig. $100, not so bad for 2 hours of dancing. Well it was out in BFE MD, haha so it took a while to get there. It was alright, I wasn't really feeling the crown much though. We were trying to get them hyped up...but they weren't having it. Then we tried to get the crowd to dance, and a few booty shakers came up, but not much else. I was whack on the floor though. I'm so tired and physically exhausted from practicing my ass off this week. I did like 3 straight nights of power, so my arms are dead. One of my sets I tried an elbow slide....then after the slide...DONK! Landed right on my poor head. Then the next set.....elbow spins.....DONK, straight on my head. Thank god I have a hard german head. On the way back from the gig it started pouring like crazy. But we made it. Thanks out to Russ and CAB crew for inviting me to perform with them.
Then the next event was Modern, the first thursday night!!! All the bboys were out and it was a blast. For some reason at modern, my muscles healed, and I was able to dance pretty well. Its something about that place, the energy is so awesome and positive. I'm a little dissapointed though. I was trying to celebrate my new job and have a little go away thing with my ex-coworkers, and trying to get culture shock to come out and party with me. Sent out an evite to everyone, and like 2 people showed up :(
Still a lot more things going on this weekend. Tomorrow got culture shock rehearsal, and I was supposed to battle goofball at the all nighter...but my leg is really messed up, so I need to rest for a day or so. Saturday night I'm doing a showcase with goofball in clarendon ballroom, that should be interesting. Then Sunday is the crafty bastards jam where I will be battling 2v2's with Decepticon. Should be really fun. And Crazy legs from rocksteady will be there. I'm really excited. I gotta rest my muscles so I don't screw up lol. Hopefully I will rock it better than ever!!!
Friday, September 29, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Weird myspace friend request
Ok I'm officially grossed out. This morning when I checked my mail I had a friend request. From a dude in Germany. The name of his profile: "Gaymen seeking amputees." WTF?!
1) My profile says clearly I'm straight.
2) Why the heck are gaymen seeking amputees, its not really something I want to picture, thank God I'm not a visual person. (Sorry to those of you who are)
3) This is the 2nd time I've denied this guys friend request. GIVE UP!
4) GROSS
5) GROSS
6) If you are looking for freaky ass things, please don't friend request me.
7) I researched this phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelotasis, its pretty weird, and the wikipedia article made me laugh. Especially this line: "There is a common difference between Amputee Devotees and Amputee Wanabees." Amputee wannabees hahah. I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go round....just keep it in your own house....not mine.
1) My profile says clearly I'm straight.
2) Why the heck are gaymen seeking amputees, its not really something I want to picture, thank God I'm not a visual person. (Sorry to those of you who are)
3) This is the 2nd time I've denied this guys friend request. GIVE UP!
4) GROSS
5) GROSS
6) If you are looking for freaky ass things, please don't friend request me.
7) I researched this phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelotasis, its pretty weird, and the wikipedia article made me laugh. Especially this line: "There is a common difference between Amputee Devotees and Amputee Wanabees." Amputee wannabees hahah. I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go round....just keep it in your own house....not mine.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Welcome back Modern!
My favorite night spot! I've missed you like crazy! And now you're open. Last night was opening night of Modern, the best club in DC by far! The coolest staff, the coolest look, the chillest atmosphere, the club is like family! Anyway it took a while to get in the night was crazy, I felt really bad for the bouncers working the door because everyone and their mama were trying to work special favors and they were doing everything they could to make everyone happy. It had to be the hardest job. Thanks guys! And thanks to Dan for giving me and Jef the hookup!
The new modern looks incredible. They did an awesome job remodeling. The new couches look hot, and the new floor is awesome. I really can't wait for Thursday so I can get a proper chance to bboy on that sweet ass floor. It still looks modern inside which is really cool. They got rid of that nasty swinging chair. I can't wait to get a look at the place when it is not 100% capacity.
The whole staff is the same as before. That's a really incredible thing, because with 2-3 months of being closed you'd think everyone would need to find a new spot. But modern is family, and I was so happy to see all those same faces again...Welcome back guys!!! I missed you!
I had a really good time dancing with Rus, Jef, and Nadi. I think I'm gonna go back again tonight. Funny story time. So I went with Jef from Cultureshock DC, and after the club I was supposed to take him to the chinatown bus stop after the party...well we were "going" to leave before the club closed, but you know how modern does. A circle started and neither of us could resist. After that we had to say our goodbyes, time consuming... and then some random girl started talking to me....more time. So by the time we actually got to leave we had to really freaking hurry. I parked my car at GW because we had dropped Joni off there and figured it would be impossible to find parking in georgetown. So we started the brisk ass walk to get my car. We drove really fast, and as fate would have it hit every *$#%! red light in DC. We made it by 3:30 (the planned bus leave time) on my car clock. When we were pulling the corner we saw a bus driving, I said sarcastically, that's probably your bus. Well it was and it had left on the DOT, which is odd for that bus. So we had to come crash at my place till the next bus at 8am. Sorry to Jef! I hope your girl doesn't kill you when you get to NYC.
Anyway Modern is back, everyone come out this Thursday, I have more to celebrate than just Modern, so I'm trying to bring out a ton of people! More details to come out on that though during the week.
Have a great weekend
Halfstep
The new modern looks incredible. They did an awesome job remodeling. The new couches look hot, and the new floor is awesome. I really can't wait for Thursday so I can get a proper chance to bboy on that sweet ass floor. It still looks modern inside which is really cool. They got rid of that nasty swinging chair. I can't wait to get a look at the place when it is not 100% capacity.
The whole staff is the same as before. That's a really incredible thing, because with 2-3 months of being closed you'd think everyone would need to find a new spot. But modern is family, and I was so happy to see all those same faces again...Welcome back guys!!! I missed you!
I had a really good time dancing with Rus, Jef, and Nadi. I think I'm gonna go back again tonight. Funny story time. So I went with Jef from Cultureshock DC, and after the club I was supposed to take him to the chinatown bus stop after the party...well we were "going" to leave before the club closed, but you know how modern does. A circle started and neither of us could resist. After that we had to say our goodbyes, time consuming... and then some random girl started talking to me....more time. So by the time we actually got to leave we had to really freaking hurry. I parked my car at GW because we had dropped Joni off there and figured it would be impossible to find parking in georgetown. So we started the brisk ass walk to get my car. We drove really fast, and as fate would have it hit every *$#%! red light in DC. We made it by 3:30 (the planned bus leave time) on my car clock. When we were pulling the corner we saw a bus driving, I said sarcastically, that's probably your bus. Well it was and it had left on the DOT, which is odd for that bus. So we had to come crash at my place till the next bus at 8am. Sorry to Jef! I hope your girl doesn't kill you when you get to NYC.
Anyway Modern is back, everyone come out this Thursday, I have more to celebrate than just Modern, so I'm trying to bring out a ton of people! More details to come out on that though during the week.
Have a great weekend
Halfstep
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Dance reflections
So Joseph gave a speech Friday that really hit home. Not that I ever give less than 100% when I dance, his speech inspired me and gave me some things to work on. He said everyone on the team has things to work on. Its not good enough to go through a piece and do things your own way....even though I can't even get the piece to begin with. The lesson however is to think of those things you don't get, and those things that you are not able to do and decide to make those your goals. So I'm going to compile a list of things I need to work on.
1) Learn how to not be so left handed. Especially since 90% of people are choreographing with their right hand in mind. This screws me up, especially on spins and when I'm watching someone in the mirror. I need to practice more on my right side. I noticed this more in bboying. I need to learn how to start on my right side to become more versatile.
2) Seperate thought from dance. This is hard because I'm having a tough time learning the pieces. But today I was doing Josh's peice, which is awesome. And trying not to think at all...just putting my bboy face on (its not a bboy piece...i just have a determined bboy face :P ) and did it. I didn't do it 100% correct, but I think I looked a lot better than usual. I only got this because I practice that piece a lot outside of class. I need to remember every day to practice the pieces I know, even if I don't know all of it. I can always bring questions to class....but if we learn a piece and I don't really practice it and we don't do it for a few weeks, I have to relearn it.
3) One of my biggest goals I need to practice on is level change. As a tall mofo, its tough for me to get down low. I need to. Joseph was saying that even in the club people don't notice our great dancing skills from what our hands are doing so much, its more what our feet are doing and all the level changes. I need to learn to focus on this more.
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I wish there were more hours in the day. Or that I could just quit my job and dance all day, but alas not possible....maybe if I ever get famous dancing :P
But anyway some good things did happen this weekend. I had a lot of inspiration to make up sets. Fridays practice I made up 2 new sets, partially thanks to Ryan. My I have less than 2 weeks before I battle goofball for the 3rd time, and I want to have a few things to throw down. Those sets will help a lot. I'm going to try tomorrow night not to focus so much on power and think more of sets and how I can perfect the new ones I created and maybe add to some of my old stuff.
Also been learning locking at culture shock practice. I look like a total goon....but I'm a slow learner.....within a few months I'll get a lot better. Its helping me think a lot about using my right side. Same as in some of the new toprocks I'm learning from Ryan. Other than culture shock its been a pretty chill weekend, but it was really good.
A week from Thursday will be the first Lion's Den at modern in over 2 months, I'm so excited. I'm gonna smoke all those dude who I haven't seen in a while haha. But I miss modern a lot!
Ok peace
1) Learn how to not be so left handed. Especially since 90% of people are choreographing with their right hand in mind. This screws me up, especially on spins and when I'm watching someone in the mirror. I need to practice more on my right side. I noticed this more in bboying. I need to learn how to start on my right side to become more versatile.
2) Seperate thought from dance. This is hard because I'm having a tough time learning the pieces. But today I was doing Josh's peice, which is awesome. And trying not to think at all...just putting my bboy face on (its not a bboy piece...i just have a determined bboy face :P ) and did it. I didn't do it 100% correct, but I think I looked a lot better than usual. I only got this because I practice that piece a lot outside of class. I need to remember every day to practice the pieces I know, even if I don't know all of it. I can always bring questions to class....but if we learn a piece and I don't really practice it and we don't do it for a few weeks, I have to relearn it.
3) One of my biggest goals I need to practice on is level change. As a tall mofo, its tough for me to get down low. I need to. Joseph was saying that even in the club people don't notice our great dancing skills from what our hands are doing so much, its more what our feet are doing and all the level changes. I need to learn to focus on this more.
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I wish there were more hours in the day. Or that I could just quit my job and dance all day, but alas not possible....maybe if I ever get famous dancing :P
But anyway some good things did happen this weekend. I had a lot of inspiration to make up sets. Fridays practice I made up 2 new sets, partially thanks to Ryan. My I have less than 2 weeks before I battle goofball for the 3rd time, and I want to have a few things to throw down. Those sets will help a lot. I'm going to try tomorrow night not to focus so much on power and think more of sets and how I can perfect the new ones I created and maybe add to some of my old stuff.
Also been learning locking at culture shock practice. I look like a total goon....but I'm a slow learner.....within a few months I'll get a lot better. Its helping me think a lot about using my right side. Same as in some of the new toprocks I'm learning from Ryan. Other than culture shock its been a pretty chill weekend, but it was really good.
A week from Thursday will be the first Lion's Den at modern in over 2 months, I'm so excited. I'm gonna smoke all those dude who I haven't seen in a while haha. But I miss modern a lot!
Ok peace
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Strange Dreams
So I'm not really a dreamer at all. Well I don't remember them at least, or if I do, its for like 5 minutes. But for some reason one has stuck with me so I guess I will share.
It all started when I was in a movie theatre with a lost love. It was really strange to dream about this person because I haven't seen her in a few years, but she looked exactly the same as I remember her. All of the sudden someone in the row ahead of us starts smoking a ciggarette, and then everyone starts making a really big deal, and apologetically the woman put out her cigarette. Then there were these hippy people in the back that wouldn't shut up about it, and for some reason they started playing really loud hippy music. Everyone in the theatre got really pissed off....including me, and a mob of angry movie goers evolved.
At that point the management of the theatre stepped in and stopped the hippies from playing there music and everyone went back to the movie. At that point my friend started goofing off and climbing under the seats to calm me down. After the movie, we went to my uncle's place back in Galesburg where I guess I was living. When we got to the door my friend saw a weird bug and screemed. We went in and I started cooking some food on the grill.
Next we went into the room I guess I was staying at, and when we went in there was some water dripping from the ceiling. Then all of the sudden from the light socket water started pouring down all over the room. It was really strange and one of my uncles came down from upstairs and I guess he was "fixing something." At that point I woke up.
That's probably the most detailed dream I can remember. Its really weird, and I just thought I'd share. I can still see a lot of the images clearly in my mind, so strange.....
It all started when I was in a movie theatre with a lost love. It was really strange to dream about this person because I haven't seen her in a few years, but she looked exactly the same as I remember her. All of the sudden someone in the row ahead of us starts smoking a ciggarette, and then everyone starts making a really big deal, and apologetically the woman put out her cigarette. Then there were these hippy people in the back that wouldn't shut up about it, and for some reason they started playing really loud hippy music. Everyone in the theatre got really pissed off....including me, and a mob of angry movie goers evolved.
At that point the management of the theatre stepped in and stopped the hippies from playing there music and everyone went back to the movie. At that point my friend started goofing off and climbing under the seats to calm me down. After the movie, we went to my uncle's place back in Galesburg where I guess I was living. When we got to the door my friend saw a weird bug and screemed. We went in and I started cooking some food on the grill.
Next we went into the room I guess I was staying at, and when we went in there was some water dripping from the ceiling. Then all of the sudden from the light socket water started pouring down all over the room. It was really strange and one of my uncles came down from upstairs and I guess he was "fixing something." At that point I woke up.
That's probably the most detailed dream I can remember. Its really weird, and I just thought I'd share. I can still see a lot of the images clearly in my mind, so strange.....
Sunday, September 03, 2006
First Victory
Ok, I still don't believe it, but I won a battle. Don't get really excited, it wasn't a real bboy battle, but I'm $500 richer so I won't complain :D
My friend Joseph from culture shock was invited to bring some culture shock ppl to dance for the opening of this battle at club love. Since I don't know the choreo for any of the medley, I wasn't originally going to go, but eh, being VIP and dressing however I want is the only way I will ever go to love, so I went. I wasn't even going to enter the battle because club battles are usually whack. But I was pushed in and did my thing and made it into the battle. The battle was kind of shady, it seemed they picked people at random to move on in the next round. I battled one of the lab rats who could smoke me (at least now ;)). During the battle my leg fell off and I moved on; somehow I think that's behind it. Then later on I had saved some of my power and took out some ppl with my scissor kicks combo which I guess is a real crowd pleaser. I still don't believe I won.
Which kind of makes me think, out of the other bboys that battled I think most could take me. Which kind of makes me feel like having my leg fall off was the reason I won. I have a lot of mixed feelings about that. I don't really want any special treatment. But I guess having one leg does make me special. I have to train twice as hard as most people to find new ways of doing things. I think this is something I will struggle with a lot, so I'll have to learn to accept it. I'm not going to hide my leg, it is one of my assets. I'm proud of it. This is my way to inspire, even if I don't win, I'm still doing my thing and having a blast.
I feel bad for the people who I battled who should have beat me. But I guess this is the way club battles work. When I "am" good and deserve to win, and someone else beats me, I will just have to remember times like these. Everything balances out in the end. I just want to thank joseph and those who pushed me in the circle for giving me this opportunity and thank god for the talent and opportunity to win.
Peace out yall
P.S.
oh ya.....YAYAAHAYAYAYAYAY I WON I WON I WON
BYAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Halfstep
My friend Joseph from culture shock was invited to bring some culture shock ppl to dance for the opening of this battle at club love. Since I don't know the choreo for any of the medley, I wasn't originally going to go, but eh, being VIP and dressing however I want is the only way I will ever go to love, so I went. I wasn't even going to enter the battle because club battles are usually whack. But I was pushed in and did my thing and made it into the battle. The battle was kind of shady, it seemed they picked people at random to move on in the next round. I battled one of the lab rats who could smoke me (at least now ;)). During the battle my leg fell off and I moved on; somehow I think that's behind it. Then later on I had saved some of my power and took out some ppl with my scissor kicks combo which I guess is a real crowd pleaser. I still don't believe I won.
Which kind of makes me think, out of the other bboys that battled I think most could take me. Which kind of makes me feel like having my leg fall off was the reason I won. I have a lot of mixed feelings about that. I don't really want any special treatment. But I guess having one leg does make me special. I have to train twice as hard as most people to find new ways of doing things. I think this is something I will struggle with a lot, so I'll have to learn to accept it. I'm not going to hide my leg, it is one of my assets. I'm proud of it. This is my way to inspire, even if I don't win, I'm still doing my thing and having a blast.
I feel bad for the people who I battled who should have beat me. But I guess this is the way club battles work. When I "am" good and deserve to win, and someone else beats me, I will just have to remember times like these. Everything balances out in the end. I just want to thank joseph and those who pushed me in the circle for giving me this opportunity and thank god for the talent and opportunity to win.
Peace out yall
P.S.
oh ya.....YAYAAHAYAYAYAYAY I WON I WON I WON
BYAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Halfstep
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