beat freaks: sick. that is all.

quest was tight...and so was strikers and dynamic edition.

fly khicks was ok...i really loved their costumes :) im happy they got to stay over dynamic edition because i feel like i see the same stuff with them every week.


what the hell was lil mama wearing?

so i feel like the whack song challenge actually only had one whack song- achy breaky heart. the rest are not whack, ESPECIALLY the right stuff :)

quest, beat freaks, strikers: killin it. <3<3<3

fly khicks: costumes were on point...i love them even though to me they arent on the level of the three i mentioned above.

dynamic edition: they actually made that horrible song look good.

ringmasters: finally. who knew it would take the whack song to send the whackest crew on the show home.

the best challenge yet....britney spears!!



beat freaks: awesome as usual. definitely top 2 material.

strikers: awesome just like last week.

dynamic edition: it was alright, not as good as last week.

quest: my favorite performance of the night. definitely top 2 material.

fly khicks: i really liked their outfits.

team millennia: much better than the last 2 weeks.

ringmasters: no no no. that was it?!?!?! they barely danced!! they just run around the stage, pose, and twist themselves.



i am soooooo pissed that they picked ringmasters to stay over team millennia....ringmasters barely even danced, their only choreo was a tutting sequence, and they stood still while doing it!! lil mama needs to stop pushin that brooklyn mess...all the places that the other crews come from (except dynamic edition most likely) have the same young people robbing and committing crimes and stuff like that...ringmasters aren't any special exception to inspiring young people in their hometown. they probably kept them just because what they do is so different.

week 1:

i am pretty excited about this season after being unsure if this can top last season, cause last season was the shit.

so to keep this short and simple, i pretty much like everyone except for ringmasters...they just don't do it for me.

i don't even mind that g.o.p. dance went home cause they weren't as strong as the other crews.


and i'm glad that lil mama seems to have gone to a speech coach...we'll see how long that lasts.



week 2:

quest and beat freaks = <3<3<3. that is all.

fly khicks are interesting, i would like to see them be a little more creative with their choreography.

dynamic edition and [especially] strikers all stars are growing on me.

ringmasters barely danced last week, but damn they danced even less this time...they are more suited for ripley's believe it or not; this is a DANCE show. how the hell did they get more votes than boxcuttuhz AND team millennia?!?! its gotta be the producers rigging the show once again....remember, last season there were petitions from their huge fan base to get team millennia back on the show.

team millennia and boxcuttuhz shouldnt have been in the bottom together, but team millennia did better so i can see why they didnt go home.

but i still think boxcuttuhz should be there instead of ringmasters. they need to get to steppin.



oh and by the way, i cant wait to see how ringmasters are gonna pull off the BRITNEY SPEARS CHALLENGE next week...im sure thats right up their alley.

this entry is kind of long, and i would appreciate it if you read and commented.

before i talk about the stupid crap i'm going through at the moment, i will say that the dance crew tour was awesome!! here are the links for the pictures and videos:

Pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2054979&l=69e74&id=20405404

Videos:
http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=20405404


now for the bullshit.

long story short (and i will probably elaborate later on the individual situations that contributed to this): i am not in the best emotional state right now. i can honestly say i don't think i've ever gotten this low before. for one thing, i'm pretty anemic right now because of the state of my cycle, and even though i'm just feeling the anemic effect now i have been dealing with this unusual irregularity since hurricane katrina, so that's about 3 years. it really sucks feeling weak and tired most of the time. not to mention that this causes my hormones to be imbalanced, so i get extra emotional when i really don't want to.


and then about 4 hours ago i discover something that i wasn't expecting at all.

i'm sure by now most people have heard about a website called juicy campus. if you haven't, it's basically a website where people can anonymously post gossip about things and people at their university. i have always hated this website, and don't see the need for its existence...and that's even before i found ignorant posts containing hurtful things (whether true or untrue) about people i know.

well i can now join the club.

i haven't been on the website in weeks because i wanted to forget about it. today, one of my friends told me that she had something written about her on there, and she was telling me other horrible things that she had seen. she wanted me to go find what was written about her so i could see for myself. later i did just that, only instead of finding what she was talking about, i find a post with LU Dance Team and my name in the topic.

i stared at it for a while because i had a feeling it was going to be a bad post (somehow 2% of posts on the website are actually positive)...not to mention there was some drama that went on with the team at the end of last year (i will elaborate on later) and i had a feeling this post would be about that. i finally gathered the strength to open it and this is what i saw:


LU Dance Team$Christen Rhody

RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Captain Sucks Ass!!!!!!she cant turn and she wasnt supposed to b
captain!black chik was.and she doesnt know shit bout dance.and shes a fat
ass.so of course she cant lift herself up off the ground!rotflmao!!!!!


it didn't bother me that much at first...i was just astounded that anyone would write something like that about me. i copied and sent this to many of my closest friends just to express the disbelief that i was in. i was fine until the first friend replied...the kind and encouraging words made me so emotional that i started crying and i didn't stop for a long time. now that i'm calm, i still can't believe someone would waste their time and energy to bash me...especially when i would NEVER do that to anyone, not even anonymously (so that shows how much of a coward they are).

these are my thoughts on this post:

1. racist? REALLY? obviously this person doesn't know me well because throughout my lifetime the majority of my friends have been BLACK (i'm LATINO and WHITE), not to mention i have friends of all races and i don't speak badly of any race.

2. lame is a relative term. i don't really care about this one.

3. the fat thing bothers me the most, i guess. the average person wouldn't call me fat, and i'm not stick thin either. i'm actually the size of the majority of women in the country, but i guess it doesn't help being 5'1 (although i like being short). it's something my parents have bothered me about, but more for health reasons rather than appearance. i also want to lose weight for myself, but it's hard to find time and remember to exercise regularly, and i try to eat as healthy as i can but it's hard to do that living on campus. the thing that hurts about this is that it's coming from a random person and not my family or joking with my friends.

4. as far as my dancing ability, this bothers me too because dancing is something i'm really passionate about. i still want to do it after college (more hip hop though) and i have always wanted to have a dance crew (maybe get on ABDC lol). i'm decent, not the best. but then who is? there is always room for improvement. i'm naturally a person who doesn't brag and i guess i underestimate my abilities sometimes...i would rather leave it up to someone else to form their own opinion...but i will say that i don't suck as much as that person makes it seem.


i really wish i could find out who wrote this. the reason that it most likely won't happen is that there is very little chance of tracking down the person who wrote it. there are also legal loopholes that the website has found to keep itself functioning without lawsuits (i swear i want to sue for libel so bad).


i know whoever wrote this is ignorant, childish, trashy, jealous, uneducated, confused, and a coward. i know i'm so much better than this. i know i have to [keep my head up] and [smile] like tupac, but i just want to express how much it really is easier said than done.

so i'm really tired right now......

i feel a little better about the direction in which things are heading...people can say what they want about the particular situation i'm referring to, but i know things will be great because i have great people to help me out.

tomorrow monica and i are leaving in the afternoon to go to atlanta to visit samantha and see the america's best dance crew live tour...i'm so excited i can hardly contain myself!!

when this semester started, so many things had changed and felt strange to me (a lot more people on campus, new aesthetic layouts, being dance team captain, etc.), and i questioned if i would be able to make the best of it and have a good time. now i'm beginning to see that maybe it is possible.

jordan and i agree that kayla should come back to school... almost the entire freshman class would give her endless opportunities to make fun of them, which is something she does best...it just doesn't feel the same without her.

speaking of weird freshmen...yesterday i heard an awful song that a freshman guy made. awful, yet catchy...but mainly awful. dude couldn't sing at all, but that wasn't the most disturbing thing...it was talking about how he wants to make out with a guy and could possibly be confused about his sexuality, and my friend thinks it could be about him since his name is used in the song....not to mention the guy who made the song was begging my friend to listen to it the other day... LOL kind of creepy if you ask me.

oh well, i'm going to bed because i have an exciting weekend ahead of me.