From the ridiculous to the sublime…

Thanks, Mr. Bogg.

Ah, the classics. I can see, some day in the future, where those given to using anachronistic oaths in their conversations will use “By Shakira’s ass, I swear…”

Church on Sunday. Yay!

Mmm. I’d give that young lady 17 seconds to remember….

Also: I think it sounds better as, “By the Ass of Shakira,” By the Ass of Shakira, you will be avenged! By the Ass of Shakira, I will have the Big Mac Value Meal and a Diet Coke!

Seems its more her hips than her ass, per cual es la diferencia? By the Ass of Shakira, I’ll have another please.

meh .. i suffered burn out about half-way through it …

the chant did me in …

You can never go wrong giving the people what they want.

Shakira’s ass is getting some strangely middle eastern undertones. Has Beck been notified of this?

i was “burned off” more quickly than that

And she can play harmonica too.

If Shakira ever shakes her ass off, it will bounce around the room like a superball,.

Ahem, it is her knees that are getting the workout. This is a classic bit of magic, misdirecting you from where the real action is.

The music is a good example of the Andalusian style of Arab music, which developed when the inventor of the lute (al oud) had to flee Baghdad for Cordoba. Most of what we consider distinctive and beautiful about Spanish culture is actually Arab.

I believe Shakira’s parents were Arab immigrants to Columbia. The style of dancing is “beledi”, which is “folk” in Arabic. I suspect we get “belly dance” from “beledi dance”.

If you want to dance like Shakira, stand with your feet together, knees flexed, weight on the balls of your feet. Now straighten one leg (keep the other leg flexed in the “home position”). Observe what happens to your hip. Return to home and then straighten the other leg. It’s very simple; any granma can do it.

It’s also good for strengthening your lower back if you’ve had a prior back injury and don’t want arthritis to set in.

It’s also good for strengthening my sprits, goddam it!

Do what I did. Watch without listening. Strangely mesmerizing.

What do you mean “strangely”? It’s perfectly understandably mesmerizing to me …

Because I am not an ass gal, myself. Yet, there is something so round, so symmetrical about her ass. I…cannot…stop…watching…it!

Truly, they are celestial orbs. On the other hand, I wish klbruenn hadn’t put “granma” and “ass-shaking” into my head at the same time; now there’s a horrible idea-fight going on in there.