Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Second Time’s the Charm

Heading down the walkway today, on my way to the mall to exchange a jacket for a smaller size, I saw that Jan had added to her painted rock dance.



Returning to the complex, I found a notice posted to the door indicating management was going to give another go at turning off the water — tomorrow, 8:00 to 4:30.

I’ll be up at 6:00, to make sure I can shower, make coffee, wash the breakfast dishes. Then we’ll see if the second time’s the charm.

As for Jan’s new “Do You Remember” layout, I’ve no problem remembering the Swim, Limbo. As for the Mashed Potato, I remember, as a teen, having to lean on a chair until I could get my feet to move simultaneously, in different directions, but I learned it well because, when we had a dance party in the Community Room three years ago, and the Mashed Potato song came on, I was up doing it. My feet knew just what to do.

The Hitch Hike, was a little nerdy, so I don’t remember that being done at any of the parties I went to back in the day.

Jan's Locomotion rock has that darn "everybody's doing it" song stuck in my head.

Not on Jan’s list are the Watsui, Jerk, Hully Gully, three other favorites of mine that, if called upon, I think my body would remember the moves. Also, not on the list are Stroll, Pony.

Looking on youtube at the dances mentioned, it occurs to me that dancing in our day was much simpler, easier to learn the steps, way easier to move the body then, and now, because it’s mostly wiggling this that the other — and we can all still manage to at least wiggle some of this that the other. LOL.


Mentioned in the video are the Hand Jive and Madison.

I thought the Hand Jive ridiculous, never did it, and never heard of the Madison.

Now days, dancing is so precise, so many steps, not to mention so fast ….. so very fast, warp speed.

I’ve been trying to learn some of the TikTok dances, but the intricacy is beyond my ability, not to mention the movements so fast that I get lost, except for one — which is more a Challenge than a Dance.

Moving to a specific song entitled Touch Down Cause Hell, created for the challenge, you slowly walk into frame, back to camera, and walk away.

Really …. that’s it, and it’s wildly popular. 

I can’t get enough of seeing others, sometimes groups of others, in differing locals, different occupations — there's even a funny video of a bus driver doing the challenge, slowly walking into frame, back to camera, and then walking away — usually shaking their butts.

I don’t have much room in my unit, not to mention the right equipment to record a TikTok video, so this example, snapped on my cell phone  — showing off the new jacket, is the best I can do … minus the butt shake, cause I ain’t doing that.


So there you have it … my first quasi TikTok video — for your eyes only, not posting to TikTok, LOL.

17 comments:

  1. How many times have you done the bunny hop at a wedding?

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    1. I can remember doing the bunny hop, can't remember where, but certain it was never at a wedding.

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  2. Then there's a horrid chicken dance that always comes up at wedding receptions for some reason . . .

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  3. Love the walk.😁 I'm going to have to look some of these dances up as I'm not sure what they all are! Hope they get your water sorted once and for all. Viv

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    1. So far, that walk is the easiest thing to emulate on TikTok. There is one, however where you walk in place and just do hand gestures. Such an interesting platform to watch. I'm wasting too much time on it.

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    2. P.S. Plumber is here. Been working on the waterline since 8:35, it is now 12:48.

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    3. I know what you mean about TicTok, it's addictive! Have you seen any of these videos, that fascinate me 😁

      @taylor_thatdancer @j4ckson7

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    4. Oh Yeeesss. I've seen Taylor. She is fascinating. Beautiful too. I love her hair. Thing is, though fascinating, I've found that, since she just has that one thing of moving the way she moves, I'm becoming bored with her. Also, seeming well aware she comes across as fascinating and beautiful, one of her earlier videos, where she made fun of other tictok dancers, indicates she's arrogant.

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  4. Wild jacket, you will get compliments, it's so colorful.
    I bet you will enjoy wearing it. Continue to "strut your stuff" in a happy walk.

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    1. I do love the jacket. Twin 1, Twin 2 and granddaughter will probably want to borrow it, but NOOOOOOO. Not for every day wear. Special occasions only.

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  5. I loved the Hand Jive! And I remember the Madison very well, but maybe because it was in the movie Hairspray, which I've seen a lot. Your strut and jacket are a good match!

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    1. That's right, now that I recall. Hand Jive was prominently featured in Hairspray. Can't remember enough about Hairspray, other than Travolta's role (LOL) to remember Madison. I was not much into the Dick Clark type dance shows, like Hairspray depicted. I was more into Soul Train.

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  6. You're talking my music. I remember all those dances. Yeah, girl. I couldn't get the sound on your video to work. My error I'm sure.

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    1. We did have fun with those old dances. I didn't have the correct sound recording equipment, so the quality is very low.

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  7. My Mom was a Dancer and could do everything from Ballet to Ballroom to whatever was Trendy in her Era, so she always had good Legs her whole Life. I never was that adept at learning a particular Dance, I just move to the Music organically, which probably isn't nearly as impressive as a real Dancer, but I enjoyed it anyway. *LOL* Princess T learns Dances from TikTok, she's got a lot of natural Rhythm and prefers the Latino Music to Dance to, clearly in her Blood. *Smiles*

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    1. Those TikTok dances are probably easily learned by Princess T, because not only is she young with natural rhythm, but that she can remember the steps. My attention span isn't what it used to be, I get lost after step 3. But I keep trying. So far, all I can do is the booty bounce because it's one step. LOL.

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