Sew Dance

Disney night. they borrowed one of the snails from the electric light parade. It was better dressed than Tyra. Skai. Didn't connect with it. Didn't bring her knees up a lot and the footwork wasn't great. Bit high. Monica. Pretty, but too upright in hold. A little hiccupy in the rise and fall. I'll give her the scores. Justina. Cute. Fun. Little low energetic for a Charleston. I'll give her the scores. AJ. He looked a little forward in hold. And a lot of hopping in that routine. I'll give him the scores. Anne. Meh. Less hoppy than AJ's. She lost the choreography. Too high. Jeannie. Simple elegant, cute playing on the old characters. Her best dance so far. I'll give her the scores. Nelly. Not much foxtrot. Bit slow. A little off in matching Daniella with rise and fall. Bit high, but i'll give him the scores. Carole. Poor Pasha. I agree with the scores. Kaitlyn. Not a lot of hips. Nice lines, but Artem pulled her through some parts. Little high. Vernon....

Nev. Not as awkward as it could have been. Still needs to work on his feet, straightening his legs and using his hips. I'll give him the scores, but maybe a bit high. Skai. Ignoring the flub on the trick, it wasn't that good. Samba by numbers and hoppy. I agree with the scores. Johnny. That was all over the place. Posture wasn't good and they got out of time with each other. Bit high. Justina. Frame needs fixing felt a little start and stop rather than flowing. I'll give her the scores. Monica. Uh, where was the jive? Too high. AJ. The costumes were distracting. A bit staccato for a foxtrot. I'll give him the scores. Anne. Seemed slow for the music. She was too upright in hold. I'll give her the scores. Nelly. Um, can he move his hips at all? He was stompy. Too high. Chrishell. She didn't do anything. What were the judges looking at? Too high. Charles. Uh. Not good. Too high. Jesse. Not too bad, butt was sticking out. I agree with the scores. Jeannie. Where ...

Wasn't sure I was going to watch. This season is going to be odd between Covid, the new host, and Bruno's silver hair... AJ McLean & Cheryl. I'm a BSB girl. He lost his balance on the landing. Not bad otherwise but he needed to point his toes more during the kicks and flicks. Kind of safe. I'll give him the scores. Chrishell Stause & Gleb. I don't know who she is. Very careful, very on her toes, no bent knees. Just bad. I don't think I saw a heel lead. I agree with the 4s. Vernon Davis & Peta. Bad song. He's bending forward in hold and there was no hip connection. Not sure what the judges saw. Too high. Anne Heche & Keo. She tried, but very careful. Not a lot of hips. I'll give her the scores. Jeannie Mai & Brandon. Bad song. Where were her hips? She was all over the place. Too high. Jesse Metcalfe & Sharna. It was ok. Not great. Maybe a bit high with the scores. Skai Jackson & Alan. Never saw her in anything. Really staccato ...

Did you miss my weekly updates? I was dancing around my living room, caught my foot on something on the floor and fell backwards onto my butt and the heel of my left hand. Didn't really hurt at first, but I did something to my forearm near my elbow, over my radius. Needless to say crafting was out for the week as it hurt. Crochet and knitting is still out for the foreseeable future just so I'm not twisting it unnecessarily.  Luckily I'm able to cross stitch. I can also finally share the video I was working on most of the month. The recipient loved it and quote tweeted me. :) Also made this one, while waiting for his birthday.

Still haven't done much crafting this week. So much that I didn't take pictures until today. I started Tropical Dream by Teresa Wentzler. 4x2 on 20 ct. And I finally got yarn for an afghan I'm making as a present. Just started part 2 of the Better Together CAL.   Most of my time has been working on the birthday video. Rough cut is done. Now I'm working on transitions and titles.

So apparently I've been doing everything but stitching this week. Very little progress on Alcazar Castle.   Instead I put two wooden puzzle kits together. The carousel spins. And I made another video. Today I played around with After Effects and created a fireworks display for a video that's more of a commission. Might have to roll the dice again as the castle isn't holding my attention. I do need to get yarn for a commissioned afghan, but haven't quite gotten to the store yet. The Leverage Reboot starts filming tomorrow (officially, not sure if they did anything beyond the table read last week) and it's been making me happy for a month. Thus the videos. 

I had to redo the top left corner because I had messed up on the brown quarter circle. Wasn't that interested in the colors after I redid them. Dice brought up Alcazar of Segovia Castle. A new start. But my focus this week was other projects. One, I got to my 45 page goal for my spec script. Now I just wait for the reboot to see how much I have to change. And I made two Leverage videos. So... Keeping some skills needed for my 2nd career choice from rusting. Bonus if you made it this far, Clyde.