:-(

Car is being all over-heat-y again. :-(

Mechanic gave me some goop to try sealing it with from the inside, like fix-a-flat for a radiator.

In other news, there was a yard-sale on the way home from the mechanic's and now I own a TV. It's missing the part that would let me hook the DVD player (or cable, if I cared to order that) to it, though. It's worthwhile despite that, because it has a built-in VCR.

To celebrate, I have doubled my VHS collection. :-)
"Little Shop of Horrors"! Yeah!

random DANCE update

So, one of my ljfriend's posted a link to YouTube
"Pirates of the Caribbean -- Dance Challenge" -- which, like a good little LJ-skimmer, I followed & watched.

It's choreographed & all, and there are some bits that arguably might make one thing of certain parts of the Curse of the Black Pearl movie, but the main thing it made me think about was ARMS.

ARMS.

There are lots of ARMS. Arms sticking out, arms flinging up & down with leaps, even the dorky arms swinging side to side like a barrel while the dancer stomps sideways.

Remember in the Buffy musical episode, when the big-headed minion-demons did their dance behind Dawn? Doofy barrel-arms like that.

Now, the musical episode was certainly a spoof on musicals. It makes sense that the minion-demons were using exaggerated and stereotypical choreography. But then it got me thinking. I reflected back on the several musicals I've seen -- not a one of them had this arm-motion, that I can recall. Generally, they had interesting and engaging dances.

So, where do I learn that this motion := broadway musical dance number?

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For contrast, here's a YouTube video I found where I DO like the arms. Except for one small stretch around the 3 minute mark, when they should be winding up/down to a conclusion but seem to be only filling time, the moves were visually interesting, creative, and not repetitious. Novel.

"A million ways to be cruel"
aka "Dancing in the Backyard- OK GO"