Trav's Thoughts

I enjoy good writing. The cool thing about blogging is I get to see it almost every day as I cruise through the bloggosphere. One of the things I've come across is Flash Fiction.

Basically, it’s very short fiction – 55 words worth of short fiction. You tell your story within that 55 word restriction.

This is my first try.

Commuting

Why do they block the intersection?

The rules of the road are explicitly clear. Don’t cross the intersection, even on a green light, if you don’t have enough room to clear the cross walk.

I had to wait through another traffic light because of these people.

Good thing I left my gun at home. Damn.

Two of my regular stops on my rounds are Cathy at Cathy's Resurrection Corner and Pauline at Cursuum Perfidio. These gals are expert practitioners of the art of Flash Fiction. You can usually catch a new 55 word masterpiece on Friday's at either blog.

I may have to cruise around and find more of these gems.



Hey! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Now I've learned a new dancing term from Adam Shankman - angry jazz face. If you missed the opening routine he had the kids do from Hairspray, you missed a real treat.

Let's try a video that youtube says I can embed. This is Sara and Pasha with a terrific west coast swing from Wednesday.


So let's see how the dancers did. In the first group of two it's Sabra & Dom who are safe while Anya & Danny are again in the bottom three. Danny is the best dancer on the show. For some reason the two are just not connecting with the crowd. It's really a shame because they are both so good.

From the next group of three Lacey & Kameron are safe along with Sara & Pasha, putting Shauna & Cedric in the bottom three. Could this be the week that they do the right thing and send Cedric home? Shauna is terrific, but Cedric is not versatile enough to continue. He's great at what he does individually, but he could really hurt a partner down the line.

The final safe pair is Lauren & Neil, which puts Jamie & Hok in the bottom three. Jamie and Hok suffered from the style of dance, Smooth Waltz, which seemed to suit her very well but didn't do anything for him. They were really unable to perform the waltz part of the dance because he just couldn't master the technique. He is much more versatile than I expected, but this was just not the style for him.

I suspect that the judges will save Danny, Hok, Shauna, and Jamie - these are my thoughts before the solos.

Anya - I love the way she moves, but that solo wasn't good enough. She's used to having a partner, and it shows.
Danny - Brilliant.
Shauna - This girl is growing on me. That was amazing.
Cedric - In his own style, he is tremendous. But right now it's all he can do.
Jamie - Excellent.
Hok - Wow.

Take a look at this, if it'll play. This is Danny...who has a talent that America doesn't seem to want to vote for.


Nigel says they are taking the whole season into account as well as tonight's solos. Now that changes my mind just a bit. They may decide to keep Anya instead because of her work with Danny through all the different routines.

For the gals, Jamie and Anya stay but Shauna goes. This was tough. Nigel says he didn't see the growth across the show from Shauna, but praises her future in dance. Nigel also cautions Anya that her solos need to improve, because at the end of the day this is a solo competition.

For the guys, Nigel gets straight to the point and dismisses Cedric without ceremony. And that means Danny and Hok are through to the next stage.

And that's that...no partnerships change for next week. The decisions get tougher as we go forward. These are all tremendously talented dancers.

I've got a super busy weekend, so I'll catch up with y'all next week.

Happy Friday!