...And that's why that little bugger Eckstein is a clear cut choice for WS MVP. Now, for some breaking news with our newest reporter...
Thanks, Boomer!...I'm Heather Cox coming to you live from the Apartment404 Garden in chilly Portland, Maine.
And today the staff here at Apartment404 is introducing to the internet world their brand new dance team, the Blog-ettes! We asked the girls to allow you, the viewer, to get a bit of a glimpse into the glamorous, fun filled, yet pressure packed and sleep deprived life of a professional dance team member.
Here's just a sampling of their replies.....
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Mikki! -- Favorite book is "Many Lives, Many Masters".
She commented that "'ML, MM' is a book that deals partly with metaphysics, which is a term that has been widely used to refer to subjects which are beyond the physical world. Like the Tooth Fairy, bending spoons using one's own mind, and the supernatural.
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Michelle! -- Favorite movie is "Forrest Gump".
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Houston! -- Favorite book is "A Million Little Pieces".
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Monica! -- Favorite book is "A Million Little Pieces".
Also, her favorite video would be "any old school Adam Sandler movie."
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Tracy! -- Favorite movie is "Hook".
Her Lifetime Goal is "to accomplish all of my Mini Goals."
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Gabrielle! -- Favorite book is "You'll See It When You Believe It", by Dr. Wayne Dyer.
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Sarah-Elizabeth! -- Favorite book is "The Giver", which Publisher's Weekly says is appropriate for ages 12-14.
Her favorite quote is "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today", something James Dean said on or about 9/30/55.
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Alexendra! -- Favorite Book is "Freakonomics".
Per Publishers Weekly, "In 'Freakonomics', (the author) Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship."
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Greta! -- Favorite book is "I Hope You Dance", by Leeann Womack. Appropriate for ages 4-8.
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Ashley! -- Favorite book is "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", whose subtitle is "What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not."
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Mikasa! -- Favorite Kevin Smith Movie -- "Mallrats"
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Kimm! -- Her Lifetime Goal is "To do as much as I can each day to improve someone else's quality of life, within reason."
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And Chris, as a Bonus! feature for the loyal readers of Apartment404.blogspot.com, here is a portion of one of our hottest dancers, SanDeE’s, Dancer! Diary! --
"Monday, October 16, 2006
This is GRE prep week for me. After months of putting it off, I'm finally scheduled to take the GRE this week. This is also Booty Pop week, as I've officially declared it. We are learning a routine to the Miss New Booty mix, and let me tell you, there is a whole lot of booty shaking going on. And I can't decide which is more difficult for me, cramming 100 vocabulary words in my head and trying to remember math rules that I haven't looked at in over a decade, or perfecting the art of the Booty Pop.
I should probably give you a little background on me first so you can appreciate the difficulty of me learning to booty pop. I'm a Caucasian girl from a middle-class suburb in Southern California. I was trained in ballet and lyrical dance, and have taken all of two hip-hop classes in my life, both of which ended with me leaving a little early so as to not have to perform the combination in smaller, more visible groups: the inevitable end to all dance classes.
Which brings me back to our booty-shaking practice. Marina breaks it down for us. Legs apart, bend your knees deeply, both hands on your right hip, and pop it, pop it, hit, end. She has two girls, who obviously have a bit more rhythm than me, demonstrate. I see the rest of the girls try it. They don't look half bad, so I decide to give it a go. Legs apart, check. Knees bent deeply, check. Both hands on my right hip, got it. Then I attempt the booty pop. But wait; there was movement, but no pop. So I try it again. Yep, plenty of movement, but absolutely no pop.
At work the next day, I decide to share my booty-popping foils with my co-worker, and of course, she makes me demonstrate, not really believing it could be as hard as I'm telling her it is. Forgetting there is a window in my office which looks out onto a sea of cubes, I assume the proper position and give it another go, hoping the good night's sleep has turned me into the hip-hop guru I know is buried in me somewhere. Hysterically laughing, she has to try it with me. Another co-worker walks by and barges into my office since this isn't a normal site at our workplace, especially before morning coffee. We convince her to try it, too. And we all know how this unfortunate anecdote is going to end: our CIO, who usually works in a building 15 miles away, walks by and sees three girls in Ann Taylor business casual attire, shaking it like it's a Saturday night in Vegas.
Later that night, after a miraculous day of not being fired, I decide to tackle learning a few more vocab words. Bloviate: to speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Monomania: pathological obsession with a single subject or idea. Avuncular: of or pertaining to an uncle. My mind wanders back to the booty pop. Bloviate. Pop. Monomania. Pop pop. Avuncular. Half pop. Will I ever in my life use the word avuncular? Why don't you just say uncle? Pop. Am I a monomaniac about the booty pop? What that proper usage of the word monomaniac?
As I lay down to go to sleep for the night, I decide that my Booty Pop still needs work, but all in all, it has been a successful, productive day. And who knows? Maybe Marina will have some more pointers for me at tomorrow's practice."
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So there you have it, Chris. Quite the night here at Apartment404. Back to you for some Celtics highlights.... Did they win?
And today the staff here at Apartment404 is introducing to the internet world their brand new dance team, the Blog-ettes! We asked the girls to allow you, the viewer, to get a bit of a glimpse into the glamorous, fun filled, yet pressure packed and sleep deprived life of a professional dance team member.
Here's just a sampling of their replies.....
---------------------------------------------------
Mikki! -- Favorite book is "Many Lives, Many Masters".
She commented that "'ML, MM' is a book that deals partly with metaphysics, which is a term that has been widely used to refer to subjects which are beyond the physical world. Like the Tooth Fairy, bending spoons using one's own mind, and the supernatural.
---------------------------------------------------
Michelle! -- Favorite movie is "Forrest Gump".
---------------------------------------------------
Houston! -- Favorite book is "A Million Little Pieces".
---------------------------------------------------
Monica! -- Favorite book is "A Million Little Pieces".
Also, her favorite video would be "any old school Adam Sandler movie."
---------------------------------------------------
Tracy! -- Favorite movie is "Hook".
Her Lifetime Goal is "to accomplish all of my Mini Goals."
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Gabrielle! -- Favorite book is "You'll See It When You Believe It", by Dr. Wayne Dyer.
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Sarah-Elizabeth! -- Favorite book is "The Giver", which Publisher's Weekly says is appropriate for ages 12-14.
Her favorite quote is "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today", something James Dean said on or about 9/30/55.
--------------------------------------------------
Alexendra! -- Favorite Book is "Freakonomics".
Per Publishers Weekly, "In 'Freakonomics', (the author) Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship."
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Greta! -- Favorite book is "I Hope You Dance", by Leeann Womack. Appropriate for ages 4-8.
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Ashley! -- Favorite book is "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", whose subtitle is "What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not."
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Mikasa! -- Favorite Kevin Smith Movie -- "Mallrats"
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Kimm! -- Her Lifetime Goal is "To do as much as I can each day to improve someone else's quality of life, within reason."
---------------------------------------------------
And Chris, as a Bonus! feature for the loyal readers of Apartment404.blogspot.com, here is a portion of one of our hottest dancers, SanDeE’s, Dancer! Diary! --
"Monday, October 16, 2006
This is GRE prep week for me. After months of putting it off, I'm finally scheduled to take the GRE this week. This is also Booty Pop week, as I've officially declared it. We are learning a routine to the Miss New Booty mix, and let me tell you, there is a whole lot of booty shaking going on. And I can't decide which is more difficult for me, cramming 100 vocabulary words in my head and trying to remember math rules that I haven't looked at in over a decade, or perfecting the art of the Booty Pop.
I should probably give you a little background on me first so you can appreciate the difficulty of me learning to booty pop. I'm a Caucasian girl from a middle-class suburb in Southern California. I was trained in ballet and lyrical dance, and have taken all of two hip-hop classes in my life, both of which ended with me leaving a little early so as to not have to perform the combination in smaller, more visible groups: the inevitable end to all dance classes.
Which brings me back to our booty-shaking practice. Marina breaks it down for us. Legs apart, bend your knees deeply, both hands on your right hip, and pop it, pop it, hit, end. She has two girls, who obviously have a bit more rhythm than me, demonstrate. I see the rest of the girls try it. They don't look half bad, so I decide to give it a go. Legs apart, check. Knees bent deeply, check. Both hands on my right hip, got it. Then I attempt the booty pop. But wait; there was movement, but no pop. So I try it again. Yep, plenty of movement, but absolutely no pop.
At work the next day, I decide to share my booty-popping foils with my co-worker, and of course, she makes me demonstrate, not really believing it could be as hard as I'm telling her it is. Forgetting there is a window in my office which looks out onto a sea of cubes, I assume the proper position and give it another go, hoping the good night's sleep has turned me into the hip-hop guru I know is buried in me somewhere. Hysterically laughing, she has to try it with me. Another co-worker walks by and barges into my office since this isn't a normal site at our workplace, especially before morning coffee. We convince her to try it, too. And we all know how this unfortunate anecdote is going to end: our CIO, who usually works in a building 15 miles away, walks by and sees three girls in Ann Taylor business casual attire, shaking it like it's a Saturday night in Vegas.
Later that night, after a miraculous day of not being fired, I decide to tackle learning a few more vocab words. Bloviate: to speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Monomania: pathological obsession with a single subject or idea. Avuncular: of or pertaining to an uncle. My mind wanders back to the booty pop. Bloviate. Pop. Monomania. Pop pop. Avuncular. Half pop. Will I ever in my life use the word avuncular? Why don't you just say uncle? Pop. Am I a monomaniac about the booty pop? What that proper usage of the word monomaniac?
As I lay down to go to sleep for the night, I decide that my Booty Pop still needs work, but all in all, it has been a successful, productive day. And who knows? Maybe Marina will have some more pointers for me at tomorrow's practice."
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So there you have it, Chris. Quite the night here at Apartment404. Back to you for some Celtics highlights.... Did they win?
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