Monday, October 10, 2011

Dancing With the Stars Broke My Heart

This season of Dancing With The Stars finale is supposedly over, but I can't get over the result. Helio Castroneves beat my girl Mel B. While I am a bit salty that all of the previous DWTS winners have been men, I am particularly upset about Mel B's loss.

Don't get me wrong, I found Helio's energetic quick step enjoyable. He was a joy to watch. But, Mel B.'s mambo was magnetic.

As the judges stated, it was as if Mel was born to dance. Each week, she brought such passion and enthusiasm to her dancing that you were glued to the screen. Mel embodied the song and the dance as if she had been doing it her entire life.

Doing that was a true accomplishment. Women carry the majority of the burden in ballroom dancing. They are lifted, spun, and forced to split. They must do what the men do, but if they are to "sell it", they must do it better. They must figure out how to epitomize grace in a revealing and often uncomfortable costume. And they must do it with a smile.

Tattoo Designs of Stars

Tattoo designs of stars and fairies have been with us as long as any other unknown creature and the real beginnings of their varieties varies from within different people and cultural groups. Tattoo designs of stars are one of the most searched for tattoo designs nowadays - they have a sense of eternity about them. Apart from the heart, tattoo designs of stars and nautical star tattoos look very vibrant and have a lot of scope for innovation.

They are popular as a first tattoo because tattoo designs of stars are usually small in design and they don't have to be very complicated, a simple black star can be very striking. There are many variations of star tattoos, like the nautical star tattoos and the moon star tattoos. Many people claim that these images have a powerful symbolic or metaphysical meaning. That's why stars and star tattoos became such a powerful symbol. Shooting star tattoos are a very popular image, being versatile and pretty. A shooting star tattoo can incorporate a 'trail' of smaller stars, which is very pretty and delicate - a great way for a tattoo to cover a slightly larger area but still remain subtle. Shooting stars are also a symbol for (short-lived) success and good luck.