Two Things I Don't Hear Enough About

1)The Shield. Last I knew, FX was just a wee little network, riding on the coattails of Fox, a dubious distinction at best.
Now this Little Network That Could has gone and made themselves a show with some heft! The morals are relative and the lessons complex. Nobody's a total hero, even this guy>>>
I just watched the pilot and I think I'm going to enjoy sinking my teeth into this one.

2)The movie Rize and the phenomenon of krumping. I think there's lots of people talking about this street dancing explosion right now. I just hadn't heard anything because my friends aren't white Tribeca toadies, determined to spoil everything pure and right with their slobbering adoration of all things ghetto fabulous.

Truth is that I just watched this movie and it's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. To combat gang violence and drugs in inner city LA, a new form of battle-dancing has been created, based on a model from a children's party clown. Tommy the Clown started it, but now there are over 50 Clown Crews throughout the Los Angeles area. It's one of the coolest ways to overcome a truly shitty situation that I have ever seen.

In other news, I had a dream last night that the krumping crew in Rize picked me up as a team member. Unlike the actual white guy in the film who felt the need to front real hard, I was an accepted member of the team, albeit an infantile member. My role was kind of like the child of the group, doted on tenderly even though I had none of the same life experience or basic dance skills. "Aw, stop trying to krump, you little rascal," they'd say and nip me affectionately under the chin.

Plus Miss Prissy really seemed to like me like me. Check it out:

Miss Priss: "Jesse lean in closer, I actually have a pretty good secret to tell you."