Along with fattening frozen coffee drinks, Gucci Mane, Pepsi, and the Twilight series, lies the ever growing Fad Dance trend on my list of guiltiest pleasures. Let’s time travel back into 2006/2007 when I was a slightly misguided (I made lame fashion choices and picking guys worth my time just wasn’t my forte) 16-year-old. When I wasn’t debating whether or not to get a Facebook page or scheming ways to get off my high school’s campus for lunch, I indulged in one of my many past-times. One in particular consisted of me watching people on Youtube crank everything under the sun in their baggy jeans, wacky colored BAPE shoes, and over-sized flashy metallic sparkle tees. If I wasn’t Supermaning (don’t bother checking the dictionary) a hoe, running like Forest Gump, or having you watch me Crank Dat Batman, I was crowding my old 2G iPod Nano (we pushin’ 8G’s now, WHAT!) with more ratchet fad dance music.

Now, let us take it to back to the future where I’ve grown into a pretty grounded 19-year-old (I still can’t pick guys for sht though) who STILL lives for the moments when I can find music groups on Youtube Jerking or teaching me how to Dougie in their skinny jeans, crispy Jordan’s, and snug fitting Abercrombie shirt. Hence, the video above. I’m a sucker for a catchy beat, cute boyish lyrics, and a fun dance to match. :)

This post beat was bubble gum, so I had to chew it. 

Because I wanted to play by the rules, I decided to take the road less traveled and NOT post a number of favorites from Rihanna. Hence, me coming up with the bright idea to narrow all my favorites down to one. After wrecking my brain for a bit, I finally decided on the Acoustic version of, possibly one of the most covered songs to date, “Umbrella”:

If you’re viewing this from your dashboard, take notice of the fact that Tumblr is steadily making my life miserable by not making the video appear. It’s embedded though, promise. 

I stumbled across this song on the pages of the Bible for all RiAllah fans, which is known today as Rihanna Daily, a couple of years ago and instantly fell in love. Already a fan of my favorite songs being performed by purely using instruments, it excited me to hear the song that practically launched Rihanna into international stardom being done in such a manner. Not to mention, I was become restless with everyone else putting their spins on this song without Rihanna getting it on the action. Love it! 

Twitter has, I don’t know, caught on fire or something. So, instead of standing on the sidelines and watching the chaos unfold with my fellow Twitter addicts, I decided to journey over to Youtube. That’s when this memory of gold that I have, kicked in and I began typing in random shows of my childhood in the search bar. Hence, the title of this post.

Anyone remember the show “MTV’s Wannabe’s” that used to come on in the afternoons back when MTV was actually worth watching for hours straight? It aired from about 2001-2002 and it focused on…well, glorifying unhealthy obsessions teens have for their favorite musicians. In sugar-coated terms, three hopefuls got to play dress up and show off their high-IQ’s in the knowledge of the celebs that got them all riled up inside. As far as I can remember, they were given various tasks. Among the tasks, included a section where they were given a series of questions and were required to answer each question as if they were the celebrity of focus. Blah Blah Blah. In the end, the person with the biggest obsession was given the chance to “become” this celebrity and belt out one of their biggest hits on stage. In front of an audience of people who had nothing better to do with their lives, the winner was also rewarded the opportunity to embarrass themselves even more.

As an 11-year old preteen, I broke in my 6th-grade career by lolly gagging in my fourth-period class and discussing this show with a group of fellow boobless pals. Along with “Say What Karaoke” and “Fanatic”, this show was seriously my idea of great television. Not to mention, it marked the beginnings of my huge girl crush on the hottest bitch with slept-on music, Christina Milian. I got a kick out of tuning in to see her flex her VJ chops and her eccentric fashion choices. Anyway, if you’re experiencing some nostalgia right now, feast your orbs on the clips above. If you haven’t already, of course. Milian’s just too adorable, -all smiles-.

First things first, I nearly freaked when MTV dropped the bomb about premiering a clip of the final installment of the best sht since sliced bread, “Harry Potter”. However, I didn’t get my hopes up as I assumed they’d be premiering what was already all over the web. But oh the contrary, folks. When I was finally able to regain my composure and restart my heart, I realized that I had let my deep rooted love for the boy wizard shine throughout my bedroom and clearly my Twitter page. Embarrassed? Nope. I think we all know that I openly stan for Potter even if I look a bit insane while doing so. After watching the clip, I pretty much journeyed to Cloud Nine for a good hour. 

Anyway, if you haven’t read the books but you get a kick out of the movies (you’re breaking my fragile heart, by the way), get your game face on because sht is going to hit the fan. 

Beside from Sex & The City, and a couple other movies, I normally don’t post trailers over here. I can blame that on not being a film head and just not caring that much. But, I love Josh Duhamel. He plays Captain Lennex, one of my favorite characters in Transformers, and that earns him tons of points. 

Aside from all of that, “Life As We Know It” is about two (single) people who are god parents to their bestfriend’s kid. Unfortunately, their friends die (well, damn), and they both have to kick their godparent duties up a notch and raise the baby together. Even though I’ll probably wait until it comes out on DVD, I just wanted to post this because Josh looks exceptionally adorable in his Nikes and briefs. Plus, it just looks like an all around cute movie. 

Sidebar: If you even bothered to watch, I hope you laughed as much as I did at the scene where Josh’s character frantically thinks of a way to hold out on the “baby taking its first step” milestone for a brief moment by knocking the poor midget down. It sounds bad but it’s hilarious lmao. 

Indeed, Little Miss Sunshine is bringing us darkness yet again. Watch, watch now:

In the words of ChuckSass, she just killed your fav. Again. For the kabillionth time. 

At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about this video; and as a firm believer of RiAllah, I’m allowed to feel that way atleast twice. However, by the fourth time viewing it in a 8 hour span (Forget Vevo. Worldstar had this sht up earlier this afternoon.) I had officially granted this video a “LOVES IT!”, two thumbs up, and a double dose of the one finger salute (just because that’s Rihanna thing). Not to mention, my love Travis Barker came through to lighten up my life and the Barbadian Wonder’s impression of Slash was just lovely. Call me weird, but when she flings her coat at the end I just get the feeling as if the icing is being put on the cake. Metaphorically of course haha. I love that part. 

My 2010 Summer Anthem. Not to mention, story of my life.

Anyway, it’s good to see Travie back doing his music thing! Oh, and this Bruno character is slowly becoming a favorite. Have you heard him in B.O.B’s “Nothin’ On You”? Between “Billionaire” and that, I don’t know which one gets more rewind time on my iPod. I love listening to his voice.

EDIT: Again, there’s a video. However, I’m sure there’s no sign of one on your Dashboard. I’m just over embedding sht. 

So much for taking a break and enjoying the million dollar fortune she’s sitting on.

Although I’m not too fond of this song, I LOVE the vintage look in this video. Not to mention, 03’ Bonnie can be seen as a housewife dusting all 40 Trillion of her fckin’ GRAMMYS. Brilliant. 

I’m convinced that if there were an intro, or outro, on the “Sasha Fierce” CD, it’d be a single….complete with a teaser. All is well though, I can’t knock the chick for doing what she loves. 

EDIT: Though it may be invisible on your dashboard, there is a video posted. Thanks for making me look like a douche Tumblr.