Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

9 Reasons that Furious 7 is the Best Movie Ever Made

April 23, 2015

*WARNING – SPOILER ALERT* [Get it? Huh? Huh? "Spoiler"? Cars? HA!]

The 2015 Dodge Challenger. I'm not into cars past knowing I would definitely take an Aston Martin or a 1960s MG if someone offered me one for free. But the Challenger is fairly attainable as sexy cars go and it is So. Damn. Sexy. Listen to it.
rrrrrrrrracING! (Watch this amazing recap of the franchise and get the joke.)
The stunt from the movie preview which is TOTALLY WORTH THE PRICE OF THE TICKET.
When Agent Hobbs (played by The Rock… errrr, Dwayne Johnson) gets up from his hospital bed, tells his daughter "Daddy's gotta go to work", and FLEXES THE CAST OFF HIS ARM.
The line where [my favorite character] Hobbs says, "summa bitch" or something like that (The G says I use too many syllables) which I really hope was written phonetically like that in the script.
Gratuitous booty shots. I mean, how can there ever be too many shots of thong-wearing rears and barely-bikini-clad boobs? Especially if these lovely ladies are also wearing ridiculous shoes and not anywhere near a pool?
The soundtrack. I mean, "Turn Down For What"? BEST SONG EVER! (And weirdest, funnest video ever.)
Jason Statham clocking in as the best actor in a movie. Sincere love for Jason, but he was THE BEST ACTOR in the movie.
The pretty adorable homage to Paul Walker, which seemed out of left field continuity-wise and that would make absolutely no sense if you didn't know Paul Walker had died in a tragically-ironic car crash, but had every dude in the theater a bit teary-eyed.