Bring It On: Musical Review

By Jeff Walsh

“Bring It On” hits all the notes you’d expect from a new musical inspired by the 2000 Kirsten Dunst cheerleading movie of the same name. There are catty cheerleaders, underdogs for the audience to cheer on, and high-flying aerial wizardry. But the members of its creative team have built their names by delivering theater that goes beyond our expectations, and that didn’t happen this time.

The story is pretty simple. A cheerleader is forced to change schools and goes from being head cheerleader of a winning squad to being anonymous in a more ethnic school that doesn’t even have or want a cheer squad. I never saw the original movie, but my friend who attended with me said it is not the same plot, so it is definitely more “inspired by” than “based on.”

Image concerns...

Just wanted to make sure people are aware of new technology out there, so you all could take any precautions necessary to protect your identities on Oasis.

If you haven't tried it out yet, Google has a new image search capability. When you go to the Google home page and click Images, you are given a normal image search bar. But the new bit is that you can drag and drop an image onto the search bar and it will also search for that image elsewhere on the web.

So, if you grabbed a school picture that is available on your school website, your Tumblr page, your Facebook (if it is available to the public), etc., all of these can technically get linked together if the same photograph is on all of these sites.

Definitely not a good thing for people in the closet, or people who just don't want anyone to be able to link their online accounts to one another, etc. And, unlike the profile pages on here, which we can tell Google and other search engines not to scan, this is slightly different, as anyone can grab a photo and see if it appears elsewhere online.

Do with this information what you will. I just wanted to put it out there.

The safest bet seems to be using a unique photo for Oasis that appears nowhere else online, even in a different lighting/background than other pictures you've taken.

Just a heads up.

I'm not suggesting this technology has only nefarious purposes, of course:

DADT is repealed...

Now that it is OK to be openly gay in the US military, there have already been gay marriages and other events our LGBT troops have been having.

This soldier came out to his father over the phone from Germany:

Part two:

Latest journal entries.

Mogul's picture

I remembered why we stopped talking.

It was the first day of exams, I was having a bad week, undecised weather, the bell had rang, I had English when some friend told me "Dani, Nico is thinking that you're gay! (I'm still closeted) he asked me: Do you know if Dani is cacorro ( very offensive word, worse than fag! ) because he is always trying to touch my hands!?" in that moment my heart broke more than it was already!

angel syndrome's picture

☆==

i'll find a scientist to help me
bottle these worlds,
send them off to sea.

it's strange how really, i never know anyone.
everytime they come, they go, too - and i'm filled with such longing,
such hope,
such emptiness.

you'll never come home, no
and i'll never let you in, either.

Just Dave's picture

Obligatory

Because I had a stressful day, I will rant about it on the internet journal.

1) So this amazingly attractive guy sat next to me in one of my classes. Apparently I could not handle this; I could hardly look at him directly, and only kind of smirked when we did interact. Also, my stomach started growling because all I'd had to eat that day was coffee. It's like my entire body was trying to sabotage my attempts at a good first impression.

What Kind Of Friend Do You Value The Most

Quiet/ Good Listener
0% (0 votes)
Chatty/ Very Expressive
40% (2 votes)
Median/ Somehwere between Chatty and Quiet
20% (1 vote)
Joker/ Always Takes Things Lightly
40% (2 votes)
Serious/ Knows when to get down to business
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 5
Kind_Sol's picture

How Much This Sucks

I feel like just falling into my bed and not getting out for a couple months.

Food sits in my stomach like a lead brick, my head is always heavy, and my stomach is killing me. I have no idea what i have but i don't want any more of it i'll tell you that.

I've got a lot of work to get done at school, so if i stay home then i'll fall behind and might not graduate. This is bullshit! I'm never sick until i need to be healthy, but when my well being has no effect on anything i'm healthy as a horse!

blackcat's picture

Coming out

I have known im bisexual for about a year now, but the only person ive told is one of my best friends. I don't know how to tell my family. i need some pointers and inspiration and tips

angel syndrome's picture

☆==

i have this life and
if i could have it
i would have chosen
for myself
from the beginning.


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