the office

the office is a great tv show

for those of you who don't watch it, it's basically about an office (obviously) that is run by Michael Scott (Steve Carell)
he is completely inept as a boss and spends most of his office time thinking up ways to make the office more fun, however, none of his employees seem to want to have anything to do with his ideas (with the exception of Dwight Schrute)

i didn't want to watch it at first because it seemed boring but my friend forced me to watch it anyways and now i love it, so watch it or else

some of the crazy things Michael has done include hosting a Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race For The Cure, trying to survive in the Scranton wilderness, firing nearly all of the new employees his branch incorporated (because they weren't part of the "family"), and so on

its not just about what Michael does either, there are a bunch of sidestories that go along with the main plot (which is nonexistent) and characters have slowly developed alongside the series

basically its for people with a sense of humor
so watch it

Obama's new plan

so with the U.S. economy spiraling downward, we need to think about how we can resolve the economic crisis and reassert ourselves as the strongest and most quickly growing economy in the world

obviously, obama's stimulus plan is the major factor here
his plan will use an estimated $75 billion (probably more) in the form of tax cuts and helping working families, the unemployed, elderly/disabled, homeowners (due to the fall of housing prices)
an estimated $45 billion will be held in reserve in case we have another economic breakdown in the future

unfortunately, his plan is designed to work in the short-term, meaning we won't be able to depend on it if the initial surge doesn't fix most of the economic problems
it's more of a short burst of aid, with some back-up just in case we fail

i personally think we should think more in the long term, seeing as countries such as China and India are rapidly gaining power with strong economic growth while we lag behind
unfortunately, this stimulus plan is all we've got at the moment, so we might as well go ahead with it

you could think of it in terms of jump-starting a car
a short burst of energy that should get the car moving
if it doesn't, you're screwed over

this plan better work







look at that big smile

breaking yo

i think i'll actually post about something that interests me this time *gasp*
if you haven't already read my other posts, my blog consists of mainly garbage
so dont read it

anyways

i got interested in breakdancing last fall
except i'm really lazy so i haven't actually practiced seriously
up until a couple weeks ago
so yeah

breakdancing isn't as hard as people might think it is
you do require some upper body strength, but not nearly as much as people think
it's more about balance

here's an example of a "freeze", a fundamental move in breakdancing -->


variation no.2 -->


it probably looks really funny... it does to me lol

my arms freakin hurt after those pictures, took forever
gahhh

anyway, freezes are what i'm practicing right now
there's other stuff like toprock, footwork, power moves, but i'll get to that later
i only started a while ago lol

i guess i'm focusing on hip-hop too
that would include wave, popping, tutting, isolations, glide, c-walk, stuff like that
it's pretty fun

if i had to say though, i'm more of a hip-hop type
which means when i practice, i'll practice mostly the stuff in the last paragraph
for breaking, i only practice freezes right now, i'll get to it more as i get better

fun fact about breakdancing:
breakdancing is actually called: bboying
a male breakdancer is a bboy and a female breakdancer is a bgirl
the term "bboy" was originally used when a DJ noticed that the dancers dance to the beat of the song, henceforth they were called "beat-boys" or bboys for short

later, some reporter called it "break"dancing because the beat is also the "break" of the song
beat, bass, whatever you wanna call it

HUGE INSPIRATION: JabbaWockeeZ
winner of America's Best Dance Crew season 1


great video of them:

hilarious and brilliant

JABBAWOCKEEZ - episode 7


these guys are freakin geniuses
not only that, but they dance with face masks, which is EXTREMELY difficult
long live JabbaWockeeZ

peace out