The other day while I was paying bills I was budgeting the chicken scraps that my job calls a "paycheck". It came me subtracting 508-395, and I completely froze. I totally forgot how to manually subtract. I was bewildered, I was bothered, I was impatient and used the calculator on my phone. Even afterwards I was thinking about it, how could I forget how to subtract? You learn that in what 2nd grade? Then it dawned on me, you make the 0 a 10 and subtract 1 from the column to the left. Phew, for 5 minutes I forgot how to subtract, it was kind of funny. End of story.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Subtraction
The other day while I was paying bills I was budgeting the chicken scraps that my job calls a "paycheck". It came me subtracting 508-395, and I completely froze. I totally forgot how to manually subtract. I was bewildered, I was bothered, I was impatient and used the calculator on my phone. Even afterwards I was thinking about it, how could I forget how to subtract? You learn that in what 2nd grade? Then it dawned on me, you make the 0 a 10 and subtract 1 from the column to the left. Phew, for 5 minutes I forgot how to subtract, it was kind of funny. End of story.
ABDC Season 6 Episode 6
Sorry I am just now getting to this post. I've been ill all this week and today I fell like I'm at 95% health wise so, hooray. I am going to make this nice, short and sweet...FINALLY INSTANT NOODLES IS GONE!!!! YAYAAAAAAYAYAY. If you read my ABDC posts from this season you know that I never liked Instant Noodles and week after week they were saved, and now they're gone. Woot. Once again Street Kingdom was down at the bottom which didn't surprise me and I think they will be in the bottom next week, but this week their performance was great. You did see a growth in the choreo and in the end it won't be enough but I think they are a great asset to the show. Let's not kid ourselves here, we already know who's going to win this season: I aM mE, duuuh. Week after week the serve us with amazing visuals and crisp choreography. So let's just end the season now and give them the crown. Thanks. My predictions for next week's bottom 2 is Street Kingdom and Phunk Phenomenon.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
ABDC Season 6 Episode 5
Alright this week we had the "Rihanna Challenge" where every crew had to incorporate Caribbean dance moves. Although the only caribbean dance move Rihanna does is the dutty wine. Anyways let's get to the crews.
Instant Noodles: Yes, Instant Noodles was the first crew saved. No I am not happy about this, if you don't already know my disdain for these guys, read previous ABDC posts. But I have to agree with D-Trix, it was their best performance, howeves that's not saying much. I still think they're the weakest crew on the show.
Iconic Boyz: I have to say this was not my favorite performance of theirs. This was the first week where they looked like a little boy band to me. But it works for them and that's all i have to say about that. P.S.....T MONEY!
I aM mE-ok so that first move? KILLER! That routine right there? The best of the season so far in my opinion. Every season it's that one routine that stands out, and I feel this is THE routine of this season. I love the way they took the simple task of the "spiderman dance" and based the whole routine around it. Brilliant.
Street Kingdom-I liked this performance, I thought it was cute. I can't believe I'm going to say this but...I kind of agree with Lil Mama's critique (minus the crying :rolls eyes:) They do need to step up cause the choreo itself is not strong. When they try to incorporate the krump and the choreo together it can feel a bit start and stop. But ol girl killed it though.
****Bottom 2****
Phunk Phenomenon: even though I do not particularly like this crew they got some hot dudes up in there. This routine was aiight, nothing special. The b-boy of the crew is tight though.
787: the routine was 'meh'. I felt that they were holding back, the routine felt incomplete, like they were on the cusp of something but didn't fully reach it. Also I don't think they really performed their given task...I just realized they have some wonky haircuts. Is that what's poppin in Puerto Rico...hmm. Oh yeah they got sent home. Womp Womp
Finishing touches: I have nothing much else to say about this week's episode. I think the bottom 2 next week will either Iconic Boyz, Phunk Phenomenon or Street Kingdom. I know I aM mE is not going anywhere b/c of that routine (although you never know how voting goes, Iconic Boyz' crazed fans will prolly vote a lot) and for some reason Instant Noodles just won't go away. Till next time kids. Here's the full epi.
Instant Noodles: Yes, Instant Noodles was the first crew saved. No I am not happy about this, if you don't already know my disdain for these guys, read previous ABDC posts. But I have to agree with D-Trix, it was their best performance, howeves that's not saying much. I still think they're the weakest crew on the show.
Iconic Boyz: I have to say this was not my favorite performance of theirs. This was the first week where they looked like a little boy band to me. But it works for them and that's all i have to say about that. P.S.....T MONEY!
I aM mE-ok so that first move? KILLER! That routine right there? The best of the season so far in my opinion. Every season it's that one routine that stands out, and I feel this is THE routine of this season. I love the way they took the simple task of the "spiderman dance" and based the whole routine around it. Brilliant.
Street Kingdom-I liked this performance, I thought it was cute. I can't believe I'm going to say this but...I kind of agree with Lil Mama's critique (minus the crying :rolls eyes:) They do need to step up cause the choreo itself is not strong. When they try to incorporate the krump and the choreo together it can feel a bit start and stop. But ol girl killed it though.
****Bottom 2****
Phunk Phenomenon: even though I do not particularly like this crew they got some hot dudes up in there. This routine was aiight, nothing special. The b-boy of the crew is tight though.
787: the routine was 'meh'. I felt that they were holding back, the routine felt incomplete, like they were on the cusp of something but didn't fully reach it. Also I don't think they really performed their given task...I just realized they have some wonky haircuts. Is that what's poppin in Puerto Rico...hmm. Oh yeah they got sent home. Womp Womp
Finishing touches: I have nothing much else to say about this week's episode. I think the bottom 2 next week will either Iconic Boyz, Phunk Phenomenon or Street Kingdom. I know I aM mE is not going anywhere b/c of that routine (although you never know how voting goes, Iconic Boyz' crazed fans will prolly vote a lot) and for some reason Instant Noodles just won't go away. Till next time kids. Here's the full epi.
Friday, May 6, 2011
:Gasp!:
Now you know I am not a Lady Gaga fan whatsoever. She has fed into her own hype and thinks that everything that she does is just THE most epic thing that has ever happened. When in actuality her music is just getting worse and worse. I am the type of person that even if I dont like the artist I'll give credit where credit is due if the song is good. "Born this Way" and "Judas" are just.not.good. Gaga girl you are doing the most right now. But finally in my eyes she has done something right. She has Rick Gonzalez starring as Jesus in her new "Judas" video and uh bonus she has what looks like Norman Reedus aka Murphy MacManus from Boondock Saints! So yeah girl i'll give you that much.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Jammie of the day
Back in the day when I first started to embrace the rocker in me I used to listen to 96X (the hampton roads alternative rock station, pfft not anymore) all day and wait for my favorite songs and record them thus making alt rock mixtapes. This was one of my favorite songs from the era. This song is from a band I have never heard of and I have never heard of again after this song. But this is such a good song and brings me back to those days of sitting in front of the radio all day and switching between the pause and record button. Good times. This is the band Ours with the song "Sometimes"
ABDC Season 6 Episode 4
Sorry it took me so long to write about last week's show. My work schedule has been a bit wonky this week. I am going to do things a bit differently and not critique every group because, well, im lazy. This week's episode was quite a doozy for me. I am genuinely upset by how the bottom 2 came out. Also there was quite an intense exchange between JC Chasez, Lil Mama and D-Trix ayyyyyee. Their rift came after D-Trix told Iconic Boyz that he did not like their routine and that their task of building a wall was weak which I agree with. However I did like the routine. All the rest of the crews eh eh bleh, let's get to the bottom 2. So this week my 2 favorite crews Street Kingdom and Request were in the bottom. I actually predicted in the previous ABDC post that SK would be in the bottom, but to have Request in the bottom AGAIN over INSTANT NOODLES, so wrong on many levels. Both crews did their thang but Street Kingdom totally delivered and in comparison smashed Request unfortunately sending them home. I think Street Kingdom will be in the bottom 2 again next week, I dont know who the second crew will be but im hoping Instant Noodles would be. Here's the full epi, if you care.
Woah.
It would be silly or weird of me as a sometimes halfa$$ blogger to not mention the killing of Osama bin Laden. I am not a conspiracy theorists and I do believe the man killed to be Osama but it was just kind of...anti-climatic. Sure there was a 40 minute gun fight that ensued so it sure was not anti climatic to the Navy SEALS who did an incredible job. I just always imagined Osama being captured, being put on trial or being asked why. Something more along the lines of what happened with Saddam. It all just happened and his body was discarded so quickly (to comply with Muslim tradition), and buried at sea no less (apparently no other country wanted his remains...makes sense). Is it wrong that when I heard that Osama was buried at sea my first thought was "I hope he doesn't do a Megatron and escape from his underwater grave. Punk a$$ decepticon!" So all in all the murder of Osama is like seeing a chupacabra on your front lawn, or better yet having a black president! Something you never thought was going to really happen. The death of this monster has bought some closure to the 9/11 tragedies and families directly affected. But is this the end of terrorism, absolutely not unfortunately, we still got bootleggers. Did you know a co-worker said this exact quote "I just watched Fast Five on my laptop" Now that's just sad.
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