Oy Friday was so crazy.
I spent the entire day worrying. First I woke up at almost 11, which was way later than I wanted to get up. Then I see that work called me. I was already such a mess about getting up so late and other worries that were already creeping in that I didn't even listen to the voicemail they left, let alone call them back. I thought all morning and afternoon about all the money I was going to spend on both classes and how uncomfortable it was making me. Luckily shortly before I left I checked the website and saw that 2 classes would be $105 as opposed to the $120 I thought it was. I became much more excited after that. Then L told me she wasn't feeling well and wasn't sure if she was going to make it. I was just like "What??" I was only doing Come Back Home because she wanted to do it! She has to come! She said she was going to rest and would get back to me later on.
Well, it was almost 4 and I still hadn't heard from her, and if I wanted to make it to the train station on time (I did) I had to leave to pick up M at 4:00. After texting and calling L she said she still wasn't feeling well enough to go, so I had to run out the door and pray I wouldn't get stuck in early rush hour traffic to get M. Then I thought I didn't lock the door, so we had to come all the way back home and then go back down to the station. Thankfully we were more than on time. Thankfully, too, we made it to the studio on time, though I missed some of the warm-ups because I and a few others had to deal with payment. But I would be going through another round of warm-ups at 8, which didn't even cross my mind until then :x Two sets of warm-ups? TWO sets of a million crunches? I really AM going to die!
Shout It Out is crazy. Absolutely crazy. We learned from 0:58 to 1:30. I felt like I wasn't really doing anything coherent for the most part. We didn't learn much because MJ had to continuously go over everything. I think a lot of the people in my class are also taking it on Wednesdays, so they'll get double the practice. But even still it seemed like this was tough for them too. I don't really have much else to say because I had trouble with all of it, except "party is so cool, party is so cool, baby/take it to the moon, take it to the moon, baby".Well I did say I've been wanting a challenge. I'm definitely going to have to practice at home.
8:00 comes, bringing Come Back Home and a lot more people. It was already way too hot in that studio. But anyway, we learned from 0:37 to 1:44. I was hoping this one would be a bit easier, but oh was I wrong. Well, in the beginning anyway. 0:37 to 0:46, "eareul wihan geora haetdeon neoui mal/geojitmalcheoreom chagapge doraseotdeon/neoneun wae, neoneun wae you’’re gone away" was crazy. Again, I felt like I wasn't even doing anything, just doing flailing arm movements. The rest of it was fine. After I realized that the rest of it was fine I started to enjoy it more. But I will definitely be practicing this one too.
I still can't believe I'm taking two classes this month. I really can't believe that after two hours in that hot and sweaty studio I wanted to keep going. Well, that's good right? That means I won't be knocked down that easily. I can't wait to start practicing, but at that point I was just ready to go home, shower, eat, and go to bed.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Trying to Get Myself Into Gear
Hey guys!
So I'm starting to get more excited about dance again. For a while now I haven't been too into it, no matter how much I try to trick myself into thinking I am. As much as I want to do it, I haven't been very excited or had much of a want to get up and dance. But a little over a week ago I talked with L and S and told them about my ideas. They both seem to like what I've got going on, and they've been very supportive and have even offered their own ideas.
So since I had off on Wednesday I decided to dance. I was going to do some on Tuesday as well, but I had to take care of a big issue and I wasn't finished with it until later than I had first thought. So on Wednesday I put on my black pants I always work out in and one of my new work out shirts and headed into the basement to practice. I wanted to do some of the dances I had really been wanting to do for a while (well I wanted to do ALL of them, but I didn't want to confuse myself).
I first started out with one of my favorite KPOP songs and dances, f(x)'s NU ABO. I just worked on the chorus, which is awesome. But whoa, was I confused. I've watched performances of this MANY times to try to understand the dance before I attempted it, and I know that's no substitute for actually doing the moves, but I was hoping it would have gone smoother than it had. For the first half I was okay with the arm movements, but the legs messed me up a lot. On "molla molla ajig naneun molla", on "molla molla" they step first with their left feet, but I kept wanting to step with my right. Then I'd realize I messed up and would then mess up the arms. It took a while to sort that out, and I still don't think I have it exactly just yet. The part where they step to the right and lift their shirts is a lot of fun, especially when I'm coordinated enough to actually grab the bottom of my shirt at the right time. The rest of the first half, "gibon gibon saranggongshig/saramdeure ibyeolgongshig" is easy, just hip hits and wiggles and bringing your arms around slowly from your right side to your left side. Not a lot confusing there.
The second half, though, really whipped me. On most of the second half, "naneun neomu dalla/nae mamdaero nae ddeutdaero/choha choha NU ABO" I kept messing up the arms and the legs. For both halves I tried practicing the arms first, then the legs, and then putting it all together, but I kept having trouble with the second half. After the shirt lift on "naneun neomu dalla" I would just lose it. The last shirt lift, on "nae ddeutdaero", should be relatively easy since each movement is on each syllable, but I'm still having trouble coordinating the arms and legs. Your hand comes up near your chest, then it goes down to the hem of your shirt. When your hand goes down, your right leg goes out. I kept putting it when I brought my hand up. Then on "choha choha" they step side to side. I got the arms fine, but with my weight already on my left leg from stepping out on my right, I had to do a quick weight shift so I could step out to my left on "choha". It doesn't feel right, and I don't think I'm shifting my weight properly. Lastly was "NU ABO". I have tried the arms for that part about a year ago and epically failed. I just could not get it. I could see what was happening, but it just would not click. I had to constantly repeat that part, but after a while I finally got it and I now do it all the time. It's so much fun! Lastly I went through all the "Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Nananana Na Na Na Na Na Na Na" parts. I actually had all of that down just from watching the performances a bunch of times. The only part I had a little bit of trouble with was the "putting on makeup" move. Once they face more to the left I couldn't figure out how they bring their arms around their heads, but now that I was actually taking the time to study this dance I figured it out quickly and it was no big deal.
After about a half hour I wanted to move onto something else. I thought about doing "Chu" but that's just another difficult f(x) dance I wasn't ready to attempt at that exact moment, so I chose CL's The Baddest Female. I'm not really sure why I chose this one, since I pretty much already know the chorus, and that's all I wanted to do that day. But I went over it anyway, deciding to go about it properly. I just did the "nan nappeun gijibae nanan nappeun gijibae nan nappeun gijibae/where all my bad girls at?" parts through the "eonniya(woh! ) eonni eonni eonni hey" parts. I've watched the practice video and st.319's dance cover and danced it in the mornings while getting ready for work so many times that I already had this down. I just wanted to make sure I was doing everything right and that I wasn't missing anything.
I next moved to UKISS's Stop Girl. I don't care for their earlier dances much, but lately they've been doing cooler stuff, and I've still been listening to their songs a lot lately. I've read a lot of comments from people attempting this dance having a hard time, saying they don't know how they'll ever learn it. I didn't want to be one of those people. I know it's tough, but it'll be a challenge, and as long as I feel like I'm making progress, it'll be okay, right? Well, this one is pretty tough. I spent more time doing the arms and legs separately than together. I don't feel like I had as much trouble as I did with NU ABO, however. Stop Girl came a little easier for me. I think it's just going to take a lot of practice. There's a lot of jumping out, jumping in, jumping back out, along with complex arm movements. Separately, I'm okay. Together, I'm a mess. I'll just have to keep working on it. But I was having so much fun dancing to it that that won't be hard!
Once I wanted to stop Stop Girl, I went back to NU ABO. I really wanted to feel comfortable with it since it's a dance I've really been wanting to learn for a long time. I find it's good to step away from something for a while if it's giving you a hard time, because for me once I get back to it I start to get it. I am going to keep living by this because just that happened on Wednesday. I started NU ABO again and it went smoother. Everything was starting to click, and even if I'm still having some trouble on "nae ddeutdaero" I still felt better about it than I had when I started. I was definitely enjoying myself and I was really happy that I was starting to get it.
So on Friday, I Love Dance will be starting BoA's Shout It Out and 2NE1's Come Back Home. I still have no idea which I want to do. I was REALLY hoping they would be teaching SNSD's Mr. Mr. this month, but they're not doing it yet. But I think I was so into learning that one there that even though I don't know Shout It Out or Come Back Home, I wanted to pick one anyway. I was leaning toward Shout It Out because it's BoA and she's a legend. But L wants to do Come Back Home. I'm not a fan of 2NE1's dances, like at all, so I wasn't sure if I really wanted to do this one. So I had called L since I still didn't know what to do, and she still really wanted to do Come Back Home, and she even got M to come with us. So I did what anyone who has trouble deciding between two things does: I chose to go to both.
I will hopefully be posting about the classes a little later. This one gigantic post tired me out (I apologize for it being so long btw D: ).
So I'm starting to get more excited about dance again. For a while now I haven't been too into it, no matter how much I try to trick myself into thinking I am. As much as I want to do it, I haven't been very excited or had much of a want to get up and dance. But a little over a week ago I talked with L and S and told them about my ideas. They both seem to like what I've got going on, and they've been very supportive and have even offered their own ideas.
So since I had off on Wednesday I decided to dance. I was going to do some on Tuesday as well, but I had to take care of a big issue and I wasn't finished with it until later than I had first thought. So on Wednesday I put on my black pants I always work out in and one of my new work out shirts and headed into the basement to practice. I wanted to do some of the dances I had really been wanting to do for a while (well I wanted to do ALL of them, but I didn't want to confuse myself).
I first started out with one of my favorite KPOP songs and dances, f(x)'s NU ABO. I just worked on the chorus, which is awesome. But whoa, was I confused. I've watched performances of this MANY times to try to understand the dance before I attempted it, and I know that's no substitute for actually doing the moves, but I was hoping it would have gone smoother than it had. For the first half I was okay with the arm movements, but the legs messed me up a lot. On "molla molla ajig naneun molla", on "molla molla" they step first with their left feet, but I kept wanting to step with my right. Then I'd realize I messed up and would then mess up the arms. It took a while to sort that out, and I still don't think I have it exactly just yet. The part where they step to the right and lift their shirts is a lot of fun, especially when I'm coordinated enough to actually grab the bottom of my shirt at the right time. The rest of the first half, "gibon gibon saranggongshig/saramdeure ibyeolgongshig" is easy, just hip hits and wiggles and bringing your arms around slowly from your right side to your left side. Not a lot confusing there.
The second half, though, really whipped me. On most of the second half, "naneun neomu dalla/nae mamdaero nae ddeutdaero/choha choha NU ABO" I kept messing up the arms and the legs. For both halves I tried practicing the arms first, then the legs, and then putting it all together, but I kept having trouble with the second half. After the shirt lift on "naneun neomu dalla" I would just lose it. The last shirt lift, on "nae ddeutdaero", should be relatively easy since each movement is on each syllable, but I'm still having trouble coordinating the arms and legs. Your hand comes up near your chest, then it goes down to the hem of your shirt. When your hand goes down, your right leg goes out. I kept putting it when I brought my hand up. Then on "choha choha" they step side to side. I got the arms fine, but with my weight already on my left leg from stepping out on my right, I had to do a quick weight shift so I could step out to my left on "choha". It doesn't feel right, and I don't think I'm shifting my weight properly. Lastly was "NU ABO". I have tried the arms for that part about a year ago and epically failed. I just could not get it. I could see what was happening, but it just would not click. I had to constantly repeat that part, but after a while I finally got it and I now do it all the time. It's so much fun! Lastly I went through all the "Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Nananana Na Na Na Na Na Na Na" parts. I actually had all of that down just from watching the performances a bunch of times. The only part I had a little bit of trouble with was the "putting on makeup" move. Once they face more to the left I couldn't figure out how they bring their arms around their heads, but now that I was actually taking the time to study this dance I figured it out quickly and it was no big deal.
After about a half hour I wanted to move onto something else. I thought about doing "Chu" but that's just another difficult f(x) dance I wasn't ready to attempt at that exact moment, so I chose CL's The Baddest Female. I'm not really sure why I chose this one, since I pretty much already know the chorus, and that's all I wanted to do that day. But I went over it anyway, deciding to go about it properly. I just did the "nan nappeun gijibae nanan nappeun gijibae nan nappeun gijibae/where all my bad girls at?" parts through the "eonniya(woh! ) eonni eonni eonni hey" parts. I've watched the practice video and st.319's dance cover and danced it in the mornings while getting ready for work so many times that I already had this down. I just wanted to make sure I was doing everything right and that I wasn't missing anything.
I next moved to UKISS's Stop Girl. I don't care for their earlier dances much, but lately they've been doing cooler stuff, and I've still been listening to their songs a lot lately. I've read a lot of comments from people attempting this dance having a hard time, saying they don't know how they'll ever learn it. I didn't want to be one of those people. I know it's tough, but it'll be a challenge, and as long as I feel like I'm making progress, it'll be okay, right? Well, this one is pretty tough. I spent more time doing the arms and legs separately than together. I don't feel like I had as much trouble as I did with NU ABO, however. Stop Girl came a little easier for me. I think it's just going to take a lot of practice. There's a lot of jumping out, jumping in, jumping back out, along with complex arm movements. Separately, I'm okay. Together, I'm a mess. I'll just have to keep working on it. But I was having so much fun dancing to it that that won't be hard!
Once I wanted to stop Stop Girl, I went back to NU ABO. I really wanted to feel comfortable with it since it's a dance I've really been wanting to learn for a long time. I find it's good to step away from something for a while if it's giving you a hard time, because for me once I get back to it I start to get it. I am going to keep living by this because just that happened on Wednesday. I started NU ABO again and it went smoother. Everything was starting to click, and even if I'm still having some trouble on "nae ddeutdaero" I still felt better about it than I had when I started. I was definitely enjoying myself and I was really happy that I was starting to get it.
So on Friday, I Love Dance will be starting BoA's Shout It Out and 2NE1's Come Back Home. I still have no idea which I want to do. I was REALLY hoping they would be teaching SNSD's Mr. Mr. this month, but they're not doing it yet. But I think I was so into learning that one there that even though I don't know Shout It Out or Come Back Home, I wanted to pick one anyway. I was leaning toward Shout It Out because it's BoA and she's a legend. But L wants to do Come Back Home. I'm not a fan of 2NE1's dances, like at all, so I wasn't sure if I really wanted to do this one. So I had called L since I still didn't know what to do, and she still really wanted to do Come Back Home, and she even got M to come with us. So I did what anyone who has trouble deciding between two things does: I chose to go to both.
I will hopefully be posting about the classes a little later. This one gigantic post tired me out (I apologize for it being so long btw D: ).
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