Sew Dance

It's movie night! They enlisted extra dancers for the opening number. Nice homage to Busby Berkeley. Lauren. Decent. The song and the cut of her skirt was distracting to me. Seemed a bit soft. A bit high.  Hannah. Uh what was Alan doing at the Bachelorette party? As for the dance, no hips. Too much spinning. Too high. Karamo. A bit too many bounces at the beginning and then was rather flat footed the rest of the dance. I'll give him the scores. Ally. I saw hips, mostly in side to side movements. Didn't really see the hips in walks, what few there were. Still a little too much spinning. I agree with the scores. BB-8!  Ray. While he's disappointed he had to drop out, Rashad did a much better job with that dance.  James. Pretty, but no hips. Everything else was decent. I agree with the scores. Kate. It was a basic Quickstep. She seemed too careful for the first half in hold. I'll give her the scores, but a bit high.  Lamar. Someh

I finished page 1 of Waterfall Dragons. And I finally got a picture of Clyde in his hiding spot when the guys redoing the kitchen start banging and drilling. Poor kitty.

Let's see how everyone does with a different style. Will it help, will it hurt? James.  Not sure why they showed their tango practice in the package...  Not bad. Needed more hips but his Cuban breaks didn't look as awkward as they could have. A bit too much switching places with spins. A little low given what I think is coming. Sailor. Rumba by the numbers. Too many pauses and the only place I saw hips was the cucarachas. I felt like she walked through most of it. A little high, but I'll give her the scores. Ray. He forgot the beginning. In hold, not horrible. But didn't feel right. Song was not a foxtrot. Too high. Ally. Felt a little staccato when she went into the waltz. When you get going in viennese waltz you just flow. Her head was back, but body contact could've been better. Footwork looked a bit messy when the camera was on them. High for me. Mary. Not good. Forgot the choreography. And what she did remember wasn't done well. Too high

So I finished the shawl. Needs a bit of blocking. And I did go back to the cross stitch, had enough concentration for another few rows. It's getting cooler at night so I'll probably switch back to my knit project shortly.

We're back in the ballroom with a gold theme. Cute opening. Although I literally said "oh God" at the outfit Sean Spicer is wearing. Hannah Brown and Alan. A lot of swivels. She was on her toes which took her hips out of the equation. Good thing I don't watch the bachelor/ette, because she's already getting on my nerves. Too high. Kel Mitchell and Whitney. Little flat footed at times, a few missed connections. Odd song choice, not very tango-ish. I'll give him the scores. Kate Flannery and Pasha. She did more steps than Hannah but seemed very careful. Needs more hips. I'll give her the scores. Lamar Odom and Peta. A fox clomp? Slowly walked through the dance. Too high from Carrie Ann. Lauren Alaina and Gleb. Once again, no hips. I did see basic cha cha, but messy feet. That song feels more swing than cha cha. A little high. Sailor Brinkley-Cook and Val. For 3 days, pretty good. Needed to smooth out the movement. I agree with the sco

I don't feel like I accomplished much this week. Ended up playing on my phone more than working on this: Started something new and so far that's held my attention. Clyde's dealing with the kitchen construction and getting ready for Halloween.

I finished the Study of Planet Earth CAL. Yay! Another project done. However I did buy the yarn this year. After putting my last bit of stash in my craft closet (of doom) I'm pretty sure I have more than I started the year with. Oh well. Plenty of time to catch up on some things before the end of the year with the way my job search is going. And this is progress on my friend's afghan. However the temp climbed up and this one is getting a bit large so back to cross stitching. So, I made a  facebook page  for my Lilla Rose business. I've been thinking, they make good shawl pins. Use one to keep your shawl on at a wedding, then when you warm up from dancing, pin your hair up. Hehe. No nibbles on the job front quite yet, despite the increased views on my LinkedIn . Might start looking for places to be a vendor, assuming they don't have a big upfront cost.