Maybe...1. You haven't seen people scream in agony as they burn up in a helicopter crash (details minus video on the 6pm evening news);2. You weren't right there in the other lane when dozens of people died in a runaway downhill truck crash in front of the hospital;3. You didn't play soccer with one of the guys who died in the Bali bombings;4. You didn't interview - prior to your first job here - a foreigner who vouched for the position, the recruiter and the city, then you accepted his word, only to later hear he suddenly went to work in China where he jumped off an apartment building to his death;5. You didn't lose your father to lung cancer, mother to heart attack, only sibling to breast cancer;6. You haven't lost two children in their earliest years to SIDS, and your wife insufferably to divorce;7. You ...
I'm just surprised as I'd assumed - foolishly, I guess - that the point of these things was to choreograph your own routines. I was talking to a student, who was part of some such club, about this and he looked completely uncomprehending when I said something to that effect.
I just learned recently that all these K-Pop dance teams / clubs exist primarily to copy the choreography of the music videos. So, assuming the audience is K-Pop savvy, they will have seen the music video, seen the dance rehearsal / practice videos, possibly seen lots of amateurs practicing the routines, and will then go and watch a group of live amateurs doing the same thing. (Note: Mr. DeMartino, I don't need a big explanation about this. I'm sure it's enjoyable for some people, like watery coffee and Transformers movies. I'm not angry about it.) I'm just surprised as I'd assumed - foolishly, I guess - that the point of these things was to choreograph your own routines. I was talking to a student, who was part of some such club, about this and he looked completely uncomprehending when I said something to that effect.
What is a dance group?The Backstreet Boys were a weird sensation but considered bad musicians. I can't recall a "dance group" before them in all of history.I guess "dance group" is a way of seeing them as doing entertainment rather than making music: watch them rather than listen to them, except to copy their moves.
Ummm.Apropos of .......?
Quote from: VanIslander on October 18, 2019, 10:53:55 pmMaybe...1. You haven't seen people scream in agony as they burn up in a helicopter crash (details minus video on the 6pm evening news);2. You weren't right there in the other lane when dozens of people died in a runaway downhill truck crash in front of the hospital;3. You didn't play soccer with one of the guys who died in the Bali bombings;4. You didn't interview - prior to your first job here - a foreigner who vouched for the position, the recruiter and the city, then you accepted his word, only to later hear he suddenly went to work in China where he jumped off an apartment building to his death;5. You didn't lose your father to lung cancer, mother to heart attack, only sibling to breast cancer;6. You haven't lost two children in their earliest years to SIDS, and your wife insufferably to divorce;7. You ...Ummm.Apropos of .......?
lovely Monday morning conversationsme: Can I leave 10 minutes early today to get a flu shot? (4:30 instead of 4:40, because I need to drive 15 - 20 mins away to get it)cot: You don't need it....it's not sick leave either, so you will have to use vacation timeme: They close at 5pm so I cannot do it afterschool.cot: Yeah, use your vacation timeme: nevermind.......even though I see others leaving early all the time.....
even though I see others leaving early all the time.....
Quote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 amlovely Monday morning conversationsme: Can I leave 10 minutes early today to get a flu shot? (4:30 instead of 4:40, because I need to drive 15 - 20 mins away to get it)cot: You don't need it....it's not sick leave either, so you will have to use vacation timeme: They close at 5pm so I cannot do it afterschool.cot: Yeah, use your vacation timeme: nevermind.......even though I see others leaving early all the time.....Tell your co-teacher it's 병외출 (byeong-wae-chool) and then tell them to fukc off.
Quote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out.
Quote from: CO2 on October 21, 2019, 11:52:54 amQuote from: nightninja on October 21, 2019, 11:44:15 ameven though I see others leaving early all the time.....Too bad you're not a DayNinja, you could sneak out. What would a DayNinja wear?