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[alonewiththemoon]

It is legal to keep a "pet" panther in Miami-Dade County, but illegal to keep a pit bull.  The mind boggles.  I suppose it's a anti-gang/anti-drug thing more than it is really about the pit bulls, but still.  I learned this reading Dolittler, a veterinarian's blog to which I have become addicted after it was mentioned by sanguineempathy

Faina and Jimmy were totally robbed last night.  Really, really unfair.  I would have booted Cedric and Jessie.

People who say belly dance isn't cardiovascular activity should try doing several run throughs of a set of dramatic Egyptian intro w/ veil and arabesques, cane to a sha'abi pop piece and a khaleegi drum solo in an 80 degree apartment.   The khaleegi drum solo is a blast, I can't help grinning even just practicing it at home.

I think I want to see A Mighty Heart.  It scares me to even think about it though.

Comments

[xenoglaux]

the Cedric thing really pissed me off. If they really were just judging on the quality of the solos than it should have been Pasha who was tossed.

[alonewiththemoon]

Well, I have a lot of sympathy for the fact that it is inherently more difficult for dancers who come from a partnered dance tradition to do a solo in their style than it is for the hip hop/lyrical/modern/etc dancers. All Cedric was doing was what he always did, whereas there was an extra challenge for Pasha. And I think Pasha shows a lot more potential than Cedric.

[xenoglaux]

Agreed.
I was more referring to a comment one of the judges made about 'we have to judge you on the solo, not anything else.' I think both Jimmy and Cedric had stronger solos than Pasha, so IF they were serious about that criteria then he should have been the one to go. OTOH I don't think they should be judging solely on the solo, espicially when they've said things like 'I feel bad for the girl you're going to get kicked off the show'.

At least they have their 'villain' for the season now... I'll probably just go back to playing video games through it though.