OMG, tWitch from “So You Think You Can Dance” is on “Bones” tonight!!! That’s so awesome. This guy can dance very well. My all-time favorite dance with him in it:
As many of you may already know, the second season of “Jersey Shore” had arrived in homes last Thursday. The premier was ehhh, but the trailer for the rest of the season? F-ing awesome! However, I don’t really want to talk about the premier. I want to talk about last night’s episode.
I call this segment: “Like, seriously?” [Courtesy of Angelina, the "b*tch of Long Island" and the one on the show that no one likes.]
"Like, seriously?" - Jersey Shore's Angelina
Like, seriously? MTV, you really had to bring back Angelina? Like, seriously. She was in, what, 2 episodes last summer and frankly has no “real” drama to bring to Miami.
And, like, seriously? The so-called “drama” in the last two episodes seem so contrived. I almost feel like the authenticity (if there were any to begin with) of the characters on the “Jersey Shore” is lost due to the feeling of “faking-it” on set. I mean, perhaps, these people really act like this normally. Yet, since I’ve seen them in so many publicity events after Season 1, I just think that everything they’re doing now is even more for TV than before. Plus, Angelina kept saying in the premier that she wanted a “second chance.” Second chance for what, Angelina? To get celebrity status because the rest of the crew did and you didn’t?
Jersey Shore’s Snooki with her $375 sunglasses
Oh and like, seriously? $375 for a pair of crystal-covered sunglasses, Snooki. $375? Really???
JWOWW, a sex shop is your favorite place to pick out “clubbing” clothes? OMG!
Jersey Shore boys matching
And, do all the boys have to wear the same outfit when out? Black tank and jeans? What is this, a ghetto boy band? Like, seriously?
But, like, seriously. Although I don’t really believe the “reality” of this TV series, I am still excited to see what’s going to happen. The teaser for the rest of the season included Angelina and Snooki punching the crap out of each other and JWOWW and Sammi in a hair-pulling match. Can’t wait!
I love So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). But above all else, I love male dancers who can do better splits, arabesques, pirouettes, etc than any other female dancer out there. Hence why I <3 Alex Wong. He should have won this season, but unfortunately, he was eliminated a few episodes back due to injury.
Here are the important things you need to know about Alex:
He’s a classically trained ballet dancer who performed with the Miami City Ballet
He’s Asian
He’s amazing at every dance (including hip hop)
He’s my hero
Here’s his dance journey on SYTYCD… from contemporary:
To hip hop (due to YouTube not allowing me to embed this particularly awesome video, here’s the link to the video):
Well, Alex wasn’t the only one to make an impact on my mind. Below are my favorite dancers and dances from past seasons:
1) Mark & Courtney to “the Garden” (Season 4 – choreographed by Sonya Tayeh). After this dance number, Sonya became one of my favorite choreographers on SYTYCD. I love the dark and flirty way she has her dancers use each other and the stage. LOVE IT.
2) Randi & Evan to “the BUTT dance” (Season 5 – choreographed by Mia Michaels). What a fun and whimsical dance!
3) Katee’s & Will’s “Pas de Deux” (Season 4)
Amazing solos:
Jeanine (winner of season 5) – the sheer genius of doing pirouettes and slowing down the turns until you stop without falling out is… well… O M G!
Brandon (2nd place of season 5) – Oh yeah, it was O’Fortuna that Brandon did this amazing solo where it demonstrated his immense strength and dance technicality all in less than 30 seconds.
SO ENJOY!!! SYTYCD is on every Wednesday (Fox, 8/7c) with the results show on Thursday (Fox, 9/8c).
It was a rough rough Tuesday. Sick, exhausted and frustrated, I trudged home in the cold. (Though almost May, the weather over here has been unkind.) Thankfully, when I returned home, I had a special friend waiting for me. My DVR. After this month of torture and pain, I was finally done with that evil monster otherwise known as “inefficient corporate world“.
So anyways, I come home to my long awaiting DVR. The dark gray box was dusty from disuse. Letting out a breath of anticipation, I turned on my TV and scanned through my list. The list had grown long. (After leaving Banking, I had cleaned my DVR… to a point I had no shows left to watch.) Thus, I couldn’t believe I had so much to catch up to! Amongst it included several episodes of Law & Order: SVU, Glee, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and House. After much contemplation, I decided to relax with some HouseMD.
Less than a quarter into the show, I was pleasantly surprised by a cameo appearance of one of my FAVORITE people on TV. Nope, not Barney Stinson, although that would have gotten me out of my sofa… but Mr. Stephen Colbert (the “t” is silent, by the way) of The Colbert Report(and yes, the “t” in Report is also silent).
Apparently, Colbert pays quite a bit of homage to Dr. House on his show. I googled “Stephen Colbert cameo House” and I found this post (pretty interesting!): Stephen Colbert makes a cameo on ‘House’. I am not at all surprised that Colbert would love House . The pundit is drawn to the narcissistic, over-the-top, rude, impulsive and yet smart Dr. House. Oh hell, even I’m attracted to his wit, snide comments, and his rude behavior! I mean, how else am I supposed to release my pent-up frustrations from work without snickering over Dr. House’s meanness?
Anyways, back to Tuesday night… So, I sat on my sofa and started the show, not expecting anything exciting… and then BOOM, there was Stephen Colbert giving me the thumbs up. I immediately felt a gush of excitement, especially when my memories of my favorite Colbert Report episodes rushed to my mind.
I <3 Stephen Colbert
This guy is so funny! He is a comedian (originally on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) who publicly announces his Republicanism to a point of ridiculousness. He claims that a true Republican, like himself, is an avid Christian, who dislikes homosexuals and loves corporations and rich people. If you listen to him, you’d think he was legit for… oh about 10 seconds before you realize he’s really just shedding light on current events through a comic medium. Because he doesn’t proclaim to be a fact-teller, he has the capacity to touch upon subjects of great sensitivity from the Iraq war to the financial crisis and much more.
My favorite piece was his interviews with public officials (Senators, House of Representatives, Judges, etc.). In one episode, he interviewed this House of Rep and challenged that guy to a debate. I don’t remember the exact debate, but it went something like this:
COLBERT: You say you’re an excellent debater. So I challenge you. Do you accept? HOUSE REP: Yes. COLBERT: Okay then. [15 second pause] I will never throw stray kittens into a wood chipper because they’re over-populating! Your turn. HOUSE REP: [Stunned and shocked... Silent] COLBERT: Your counter, Mr. Rep. HOUSE REP: Uhhhh… I guess, it’s okay to throw them into a wood chipper if that’s the last resort. COLBERT: A HA!!! Did everyone just get that. This Democrat is evil!!! He is willing to throw harmless kittens into a wood chipper. Put up a picture of a kitten. There. Horrible! Mr. Rep. Horrible! HOUSE REP: [Embarrassed. Tries to gain ground and explain that he didn't mean what he said and instead was playing Colbert's game, but Colbert ends the interview there.]
What else makes Colbert “Barney Stinson” awesome? Colbert’s roast of President Bush at the Press Correspondent’s Dinner:
Two Saturdays ago, I decided to visit Circle (41st x 5th and 6th ave), a Korean night club in midtown. Aside from the fact that I thoroughly enjoy a club full of Asians—no, my bad, Koreans—I was truly there to see Ronnie from “Jersey Shore”. I had heard that he was at Circle the night before with Vinny and they had such a blast that he was back for one more night of ridiculousness. So, of course, I wanted to witness first-hand the “Jersey Shore” clubbing experience…
Oh, how I got an eyeful of my favorite new dance-move, the “fist pump”. (Don’t forget, you gotta “fight the beat”!) You’ll notice near the end of my filming, I got a little too excited and started doing some bobbing up and down myself…
So, the fist-pumping competition was expected. What I didn’t expect were two little Korean boys bouncing up and down the stage and then one of them ripping off his wife-beater… uhhhhh… uhhhhh… uh—I just won’t say anything further. Nonetheless, the sighting was quite exciting. Unfortunately, as soon as Ronnie finished his fist-pumping routine (and yes, he won the contest), he left.
He walked right past me… less than a foot away. He looked exactly like he did on the show… with one exception: he was SHORT. (No offense to any dudes who are on the shorter end of the spectrum.) In the show, Ronnie just looked so tall, possibly because everyone around him was the same height so I assumed he was tall, but when he passed me at Circle, I sized him up to be about 5’6″-5’7″? If I’m totally off, then I sincerely apologize… but you could barely see him between the two big Circle bouncers that “protected” him from angry Korean boys who were boo-ing him off the stage.
Pulling a "Ronnie" - One-shot
Later that night, I couldn’t keep myself from exposing the “Jersey Shore” side of me, so I fist-pumped and fought the crap out of that beat… so much that I elbowed a guy in the head. I apologized profusely; however, I think he was more interested in keeping conscious after that blow.
As many of you may already know, the second season of “Jersey Shore” had arrived in homes last Thursday. The premier was ehhh, but the trailer for the rest of the season? F-ing awesome! However, I don’t really want to talk about the premier. I want to talk about last night’s episode. 
So You Think You Can Dance’s tWitch on Bones tonight!
4 Novhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLtSfYX8tJk&feature=related
(Sorry guys, can’t embed this video… but great dance!)
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