Project Runway for the blind

I'm a pretty lucky girl to have PVR (personal video recorder), pretty much meaning I never have to miss my favourite shows ever again.  There are, however, a couple downfalls to pvr.  For example, last night during the oscars, we started watching it about an hour in so that we were able to fast forward the commercials.  This was a problem when we reached the end of the recording because the awards went into overtime, as they usually do, and we missed the end.  Another downfall to pvr is accidentally taping a program in dv (descriptive video).  It's a great device for those who need it, but for those who are not visually impaired, it gets a little redundant. 

HOWEVER, recently when I went to watch the most recent episode of project runway canada, i soon realized that i had taped it in Dv.  I didn't mind because I was "watching" it while on the computer, allowing me to do both.  But during the opening credits, I started to pee myself because this is where the descriptive video became insanely personal and insulting.  I couldn't find the dv version on the internet so i'm going to type out the script of how the narrator describes the contestants.

please start the video at 0:55.

Narrator

Iman

Brian Bailey

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Opening sequence: IMAN turns to us.

"Ready for the runway?"

She steps onto the runway as the designers appear in fast clips:

BAYLOR is short in his 30s.

GENEVIEVE is in her 20s with short dark hair.

JESSICA, in her 20s, overweight with long auburn hair.

JASON, in his 30s, is slim with a goatee.

"14 designers, but only one can win"

DANIO in his 40s, overweight and scruffy.

ADEJOKE in her 30s, black and slim with glasses.

JEFF is scrawny and in his 40s.

CAMILLE is in her 20s with long, blonde hair.

MARGARITA has black cropped dark hair and bangs.

CHRISTIE also blonde, in her 30s.

"Tempers will flair, hemlines will fly"

KIM is in her early 20s, with long blonde hair (poor description).

BRANDON is handsome, in his 20s, and balding.

JACLYN in her 30's, has short blonde hair.

SUNNY is Asian, in his 30's, with long dark hair (not really).

"Time for the show designers"

with Mentor BRIAN BAILEY in his 40s with short dark hair and a mustache.

The designers pose for a group photo with IMAN.

"Because fashion isn't always pretty"

Title: PROJECT RUNWAY CANADA.

SYTYCD eh?

This past fall I watched So You Think You Can Dance Canada semi-religiously, not missing one episode of the top ten contenders... two of which I fell in love with:

Arrasay and Vincent

I secretly pretended they were sleeping together on tour, but then i caught a drift of gay from vincent during one of his routines... 

Because I followed the show closely, my dad had to watch the show by default and developed a liking for Lisa, a hip hop-contemporary dancer who made it to the top 6.  

Because he's such a wonderful and thoughtful person, my dad decided to buy me two tickets to see SYTYCD when it rolled into town two days ago to Copps Colisseum.

I went with Laura, who would've been swarmed in the parking lot if the other show-goers found out that she wasn't even a fan of the show. (Her favourite dancer is Kaitlyn--shows how much she knows...)

 Before it began, we met and walked down to Jackson Square and had a quick bite to eat at the Honest Lawyer... cheesiest bar in Hamilton. But it allowed us to guzzle a pint of beer and shoot an ounce of whiskey before the show, which was necessary.

We got to our seats just as the show began and the 18000 person-arena (not quite sold out, but almost) roared with cheers and fanatical crying. I was so overcome by emotion that I, too, almost started crying.  It was an even mix of excitement, anticipation, and complete humiliation.  It was really strange.

Here are my 2 cents on the show:

-if you have bad seats, don't bother going... you end up having to watch the dancing on the jumbo-tron, which is comparable to a basketball game, but much worse.

-don't go if you watched the show, because out of about 40 of the routines, i've seen all but 3!  THREE!!! only three of the forty dances were new to me.

-the tickets were about $40 (for second tier seating, i can only imagine that first tier and floor seating are priced much higher).  this bothered me because their shows are run on an incredibly low budget. (10 dancers, 3 stagehands, 2 lighting guys, and about 7 props)

-the routines were awesome and the dancers were greatly impressive.  

-not as impressive, however, as america's best DANCE CREW. that shit is so good.

whhhhhaaaaaaat??

MUSICAL ROMANTIC EQUATION

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i love ryan adams and all but i get the impression that he's a huge dick, while at the same time, i feel like mandy is such a doll.  i wonder what kind of husband he'll shape up to be.

he better be good to her.

at least sing her to sleep every night...

this is legit folks. (says cnn)

extra extra

Last month, on a cold, cold January morning, my dad and I drove from Toronto to Hamilton at 6am to get to the set of Young Rival's first video (for the song: "Your Island") where we participated as extras.  It was excruciating at first because of the early hour and cold weather.

That, plus the lack of sleep and the fact that we weren't really needed until 11am.

However, it was a great time and here are the photos from behind the scenes.

The video shoot took all day. I didn't even stay till the end because I had a wedding to get to but it's crazy how long it takes to film a two minute clip.

For some reason the video has been deleted but i will post it as soon as it becomes available again....