Two More Routines by Oksana Omelianchik and Emilia Eberle

They were both featured in "Who Did It Better" a few days ago, and they both have one other floor routine that I absolutely love...


Oksana's "Birdie" routine is basically a gymnastics legend. Love the music, love the dance, and the tumbling is hard, too!



I'm curious to see if anyone likes this next one... I originally found it when someone posted it as one of their favorites of all time, but a few days later someone else said it was one of the worst attempts at choreography! Click HERE to watch it, and let me know what you think in the poll on the sidebar.

Three More to Compare...

Here's three more routines to the same music as the routines in yesterdays post. I think the music might be called Ballet Russe. Please don't quote me on that :) If anyone knows for sure, leave a comment.


In chronological order:


Mary-Lou Retton


Oksana Omelianchik



Allana Slater



Allana's routine wasn't nearly as good as the other four. It could have been much better had she used the music a few years later. Mary-Lou's wasn't as fun to watch as most of the routines from the 80's, but it was still much, much better than most of the routines we see today. Oksana's was beautiful. Teodora's is still my favorite, but Oksana's and Emilia's are pretty close :)

Who Did It Better?

Two gymnasts...
From the same country...
Same music (although different cuts)...
Who did it better?


My vote is for Teodora, although I love both of them! :)


Watch Teodora Ungureanu HERE.


Emilia Eberle



I love how they both do the flip to straddle thing. It's very cute.


By the way... Does anyone know what the music is called?

FUN floor routines!

If at least one (more like all) of these doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will.


This first one I just found today. If you are one of those people who thinks that old gymnastics isn't fun to watch, this should change your mind.
GRRRR. Embedding disabled. Click HERE. You won't be sorry.


This one is an example of my favorite kind of choreography. I LOVE it.



And this one is... Just watch it :) Nina got the chance to perform it on live national television when she competed at the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup back in March.

Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike




It's nice to know that some gymnasts can still dance... (Obviously not in reference to the first one, but the other two are both from this year. Now if only elite routines were that entertaining...)

If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

Amazing song, amazing video, what else can I say? Makes you want to stop spending your life on the computer ;)


Or HERE.

Swim - Oh No Ono

Odd song, and even odder music video. But I am loving it :)


Or HERE.

Random INSPIRATION

Yes, I've changed the name of my blog. I think that the new name accurately reflects what the blog will now be like. I will basically post about whatever inspires me. Expect to see a very wide, seemingly random variety of topics :)
A new feature of the blog will be weekly polls. I'm brainstorming ideas tonight, and I'll put the first one up tomorrow. As always, if you have something that you would like me to post about, leave it in the comments section. If you don't want everyone to see it, choose an old post.
In the coming weeks, expect to see a lot of Olympic themed posts, as they start on Friday. Friday also turns out to be my blog's first birthday. I'll have to think of something exciting to celebrate :)


To start of the inspiration, here are two pieces of music played by an amazing pianist. Also, check out the motivational quotes on the sidebar.


Or HERE.



Or HERE.

How To Report The News

SO funny!!!!!!!!!!!! And very true.

Or HERE.

Nastia Liukin - HEART OF COURAGE (lovelovelove this!)

Best montage ever.


Or HERE.

Music is Heart of Courage by Two Steps From Hell.

The United States of Pop, 2009 version

AWESOME mix! (Thanks Rachel!)






Lyrics:
I know you want pop
You want dance
You want rock & roll
You want it, boom boom
This years remix, got some phonics

Oh, I got pop
I got dance
I got rockin electronic
Raw, Beats!
I got hip hop music
With the future flow

So dont worry, even if the sky is falling down
Down, Down
Gonna be okay, when it knocks you down, down, down
So baby dont worry, its alright, a-alright
When it knocks you down
When you go down, when you go down, down
No need to worry, just get back up
When you are tumbling down, down, down

Its like Ive been awakened
(Every step Im taking)
Every rule I had you breaking
(Every move Im making)
The risk that Im taking
(The chances Im taking)
With a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place

Blame it on the, pop
Blame it on the, dance
Blame it on the, rock and roll
Blame it on the, rumba
So in sync, with some phonics

I like that, pop
I like that, bass
I like them rockin, electronics
Raw, beats!
Blame it on the, hip hop music
With the future flow

Baby dont worry, its alright, a-alright
When it knocks you down
Somewhere far along this road
Stressed out I wanna let it go
I feel, down, down, down

Oh, Ive been travelling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

I got a feeling, I found god.

Blame it on the, pop
Blame it on the, dance
Blame it on the, rock and roll
Blame it on the feeling, of the music deep in side your soul.

We got the, pop
We got the, dance
We got the, rockin electronics
Raw, beats!
We got the, hip hop music with the future flow.

People in the place
Put your, put your hands in the air
Now put your hands up, oh oh oh, oh oh oh!
Forever united here,
Blame it on the p-p-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face

So live your life, (Hey!)
Lets live it up, (Ho!)
If you wanna get down, (Hey!)
Down, down (Ho!)
Hey! Ma ma ma ma, Ho!
I wanna get down, down, down.

So baby dont worry, its alright, a-alright
When it knocks you down
When you go down, when you go down, down
No need to worry, just get back up
When you are tumbling down, down, down

Blame it on the, pop
Blame it on the, dance
Blame it on the, boom, boom, boom
Gotta get get, rumba
Blame it on the, 808
With the boom, boom, boom

Gotta get get, pop
Gotta get get, dance
Gotta get get, boom, boom, pow
I gotta get, I gotta get
This years remix with the future sound.

I got a feeling, and I never really had a doubt
That tonights gonna be a good night
That tonights gonna be a good night
And I say the same thing every single time
You know that I could use somebody

Open up your plans and then youre free
Look into your heart and youll find, love, love, love
Down, down, down
Cant you see, love, love, love
Isnt this easy, feeling love, love, love

Down, down, down
Its like Ive been awakened
Cant you see
Every step Im taking
Dont be afraid
The risk that Im taking (cant you see)
Ive had a little bit too much
Feeling, down, down, down
Cant you see (every move Im making)
Every rule I had you breaking (isnt this easy)
Feeling, love, love, love
Well make it out of this mess (change your mind)
Baby just say, yes
(Da,da,da,da,da,da)

I'm so 2010...

Ok, so I always thought that the lyrics were "I'm so 2008, you're so 2000 and late..." but apparently it's 3008, which I didn't realize until I was finding a video for this post.
So ANYWAY, I was going to say that it's now 2010, and 2008 is a "long" time ago, so the lyrics don't make sense anymore. My brilliant idea was to change them to "I'm so 2010, you're so 2000 and then..."
Actually, I'm going to suggest that change anyway :) The only problem being that in a few years, it won't make sense anymore... Oh well!

I have a dream

I love this song...

Once Upon A December!

I love this song :)




The Russian version is better.

Inspirational Speech From a 12-year-old

A Few More

Just a few more pieces that I found. The Typewriter Song is still the best, though :)

The Typewriter Song!

A bit of awesomeness that I found today...

Gymnastics Worth Watching 1 - Men's Rhythmics?

When you think of rhythmic gymnastics, you don't usually think of men... but these Japanese men are amazing. The dance, the elements, the synchronization, everything.






Can it even be considered rhythmics, though? There's no apparatus, and there seem to be a few elements taken from acrobatics, as well as some difficult tumbling.
Whatever it is, it's still amazing!

A Few Reasons To Love Aaron Carter

Well, Aaron Cater got voted off dwts, just as I predicted (along with the rest of the world). Here are a few of my fave dances...

Week 2, quickstep (must watch)

Week 6, waltz

Week 8, foxtrot (not so sure about what Karina's wearing, though!)

Just Because...

40 years of Sesame Street...