What's up with the Grading of DDR?

Now this post is probably not as deep as the other two, but it is a thought of mine that has been in my head. I have been playing Dance Dance Revolution (Hottest Party 2 and 3) for about a month, give or take for exercise. I started at beginning and quickly went up to basic, then to difficult and expert. Some songs are faster than others, some are easier.

What I don't get is that I have only missed a few steps on difficult and expert and only gotten D's and C's (mostly D's). On DDR3, I have gotten full combo, which means I got all greats and perfects and still got a D! What's up with that???????

I guess DDR does not grade on a curve. :) If anyone reading this would like to comment with answers to these, I am all eyes (I would say ears, but I would be reading this, not listening).

At the end, I just have fun working out and passing the songs. However, I am curious, what is up with the grade at the end of each song.

Is a Size 12 Really Fat?

Ever seen those diet commericals were someone says, "I used to be a size 12 and now I am a 4." O course these have a before and after picture. But it is not the pictures I am talking about. It is the fact that the woman said she was a 12! A freakin' size 12!

I don't know if anyone has ever think about this, but those commericals really tick me off to say the least. Is a size 12 really fat? Come on! When I see that, I think to myself, You must have been a fat cow! (Sarcasitcally, of course. :) ) The smallest I have seen is a 14, which I am not too far from at this point since doing the low carb thing for about a year.

Now I realize that these commericals are designed to make you pay for the product as all advertising is geared toward that goal. Some say you will feel good. In this case, they want you to feel bad so you can buy their diet products.

I just now ignore those commericals because it is how you feel about yourself that matters. I am not saying I am not trying to be healthy because I do follow a diet and exericise, but you still have to like yourself, whether you are a 4, 12, 16, 24, etc.

Not Really Looking for a Relationship? 7/25/2011

Have you ever been told by someone that you crushed on or liked that "I am not looking to date anyone" or "I'm not ready to date", or something similar. I recently watched an episode of MTV's True Life called "I can't get over my first love". One of the people featured was a young man who told this girl that he had feelings for her. However, she gave him the line of saying, "that she wasn't looking to date at the time." But lo and behold, she ends up dating his best friend after a short while! All of the sudden, she was ready to date someone, huh? She decided pretty dang quick, didn't she? Freaking liar! She might as well as told this guy that she did not feel the same way. It may have sounded slightly cruel, but at least it would have been honest!

I was told something similar to that in my first couple of years in college. I developed a crush on this guy and he kept telling me that he wasn't "ready to be in a relationship". So I guess anyone would take that as a hint, but I really thought there was a chance at some point, since he was not "ready". Maybe I should have known better, but it was just hard to get over that. In my junior year in college, he decides to join the marching band and meets this freshman. Well you can guess what happened. (Since I have been with someone who is much better for me, so it turned out, but it sucks being lied to.)

The point I am trying to make here is that there is no ready or not ready for a relationship. If you really want to be with someone or have interest in someone, you are going to go for it regardless if you're ready or not. Saying that you are "not looking for a relationship" is like saying "I am not interested", which would be more honest. If the mystery guy from college just told me that, I would have gotten on with my life a heck a lot quicker. If want to be with someone, you will find a way to make it happen (or at least try). So if you need to turn someone down, then be honest. Just don't say, "you are not looking to date anyone". That leaves doors open. If you need to close that door, then do so, so that person can move along and find someone who suits them better.