Re: General Chit Chat Season 23

by **suebob16** Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:58 am

Lesallee wrote:

Still no James/Sharna AT up on the page. Getting a little fishy, I think.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they are taking so long to upload James' and Sharna's AT is because of the current complaints about Carrie Ann. Once they put up the video they may receive more negative comments than they care to deal with. In fairness they should at least put up the video tomorrow so that it can be seen over the weekend before the finals.

by **Lesallee** Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:33 pm

Another take on an AT - this from Louise and Kevin on last week's Strictly. A beauty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUoLkuH89qc

by **DeadManDancing** Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:37 pm

Guess what's next.

by **Lesallee** Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:34 pm

Glad you posted that, bro. It was next on my agenda but got distracted and didn't do it. You know that Danny and Oti are my team on Strictly. I wonder how things will go tonight.

by **DeadManDancing** Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:23 pm

I've been asked to write tomorrow's article about it, so I guess I'll have to watch (not that I wouldn't anyway).

by **Lesallee** Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:33 pm

You're going to share that article aren't you bro??? Wherever you deem appropriate, the Strictly thread or here. I'll check both of course.

by **DeadManDancing** Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:38 pm

Mind you, it will be in German.

by **Lesallee** Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:42 pm

Well sister Babs will have to translate.n

by **Glittersisgld** Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:05 pm

Laurie Hernandez is 5 feet tall according to the internet. That's my height. Maks is 6'2", Val is 6 feet. He doesn't look that tall and Derek is 5'10", but you guys probably already knew that.

by **kincaid53** Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:25 pm

I knew Maks was tall(dang that guy has the longest legs!!) but I did not know Val was that tall!.........I saw Shawn next to Laurie and Shawn looked shorter than Laurie so I guess Shawn might be 4 something?

by **Glittersisgld** Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:17 pm

Yes, it says Shawn is 4'11". Maks does look tall because of his long legs.

by **kincaid53** Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:20 pm

Maybe Shawn looks so much shorter because of Lauries hair that sticks up so high?!?! Shock

lol..!!

by **Glittersisgld** Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:22 pm

I actually thought Shawn was taller.

by **DeadManDancing** Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:48 am

kincaid53 wrote: Maybe Shawn looks so much shorter because of Lauries hair that sticks up so high?!?! lol..!!

Don't forget what high heels can do for a girl. Giggle

However, being 6'4'' myself, I could still call Maks Tiny if I wanted to. Cool

by **Psychee22** Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:10 pm

Sorry for my absence... I've been experiencing some weird kind of gastrointestinal thing that has me barfing for days on end, but no fever. I will feel fine for ten hours and then buckle over with gas bubble pain again. It must be something I am eating, but it is taking me time to figure out the culprit.

And it does not lead me to think clearly, so excuse me in advance if I make no sense. Yuck

by **kincaid53** Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:26 pm

Oh dear so sorry to hear that. I was wondering why you were absentee. My son had that. You have to feel better soon the finals are here!!!

by **Lesallee** Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:32 pm

Glad you're back, Psychee. We have some heavy duty talking to do in the next couple of days!

by **Psychee22** Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:41 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll try to hold up my end of the conversation, lol...

by **DeadManDancing** Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:59 am

Psychee22 wrote:Sorry for my absence... I've been experiencing some weird kind of gastrointestinal thing that has me barfing for days on end, but no fever. I will feel fine for ten hours and then buckle over with gas bubble pain again. It must be something I am eating, but it is taking me time to figure out the culprit.

And it does not lead me to think clearly, so excuse me in advance if I make no sense.

Sorry for that. Come and join me. I'm still in the claws of the flu, sweating all over, and with a freight train running thru my head. But like good dancing pros, we return when it matters, right?

by **Psychee22** Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:50 am

Oh, boy. We make quite a dance team, DMD. Hope you feel better soon.

by **DeadManDancing** Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:58 am

Psychee22 wrote:Oh, boy. We make quite a dance team, DMD. Hope you feel better soon.

Same to you. Well, we don't actually have to dance in the finals- unless you'd like to, of course.

by **Lesallee** Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:48 pm

You DO have to dance at the Lovely Lady party, Brother and Psychee. It'required. So take your vitamins and anything else that is beneficial and get in shape!

by **DeadManDancing** Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:36 pm

Tommy's hemp-based nature's products will get me where I need to be.

by **DeadManDancing** Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:39 pm

Lesallee wrote:You're going to share that article aren't you bro??? Wherever you deem appropriate, the Strictly thread or here. I'll check both of course.

FYI, I've posted the link on the Strictly thread where it belongs.

by **Psychee22** Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:52 pm

kincaid53 wrote: I think it was just every week, it was all about her Dad so even if it was meant to be a happy fun dance there was always weeping either in the package or at the end of the dance. That was just my take, but I wasn't really a fan.
For her to just start grieving her father when she went on dwts....I just wasn't buying it, but that was her storyline.

Your memory is highly contaminated by your impression of her, Kin. Most of her packages were not about her dad, and everyone on the show thought she had the sunniest disposition. That doesn't square with your impression that she was crying every week.

As for her just dealing with her grief for the first time during the show, I guess you would have had to know how the Australians were viewing her before she did the show. They thought she was being mind-controlled by her mother because she never cried, and always seemed sunny. They thought she was unnatural. What she was, though, was a sort of self-appointed "parentified child", a kid who took on the strong role when her mom was crying with grief -- in her child-like mind, she was holding everybody up, and feared disaster if she let go. The fear, of course, was that she would lose her mom, too, if she did not stay strong.

Do you remember how often she would say something like "Bye, stay safe" to her mom? Bindi lived with the fear that any moment, the rest of her family could be taken away, too.

Her season on DWTS was incredibly therapeutic for her. Half of the credit for that is Derek's empathy skills, but the other half goes to her, for jumping in to that emotional roller coaster with absolute trust that Derek would keep her safe. Marilu could have never done it.

The Australians were mind-boggled by her tearful catharsis and ultimate transformation. And Bindi hasn't really changed much in the last year from the girl we saw on the show. Just a year older, and now 18, and probably no longer a virgin after a birthday vacation in a tent with her boyfriend, but she still idolizes her dad and spends pretty much every waking hour trying to maintain or build on his legacy. She still thinks of herself as just a zoo girl.

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