I had a college professor once say that you have no right to complain about your government officials if you do not exercise your right to vote. And I have lived by that credence ever since I first heard it, because I for one like to voice my opinion disparagingly on things that I don't like.
For instance - take my freshman (first) year in college. Skittles, my favorite candy, tried to reinvent the rainbow and change the green Skittle from lime to green apple. Anyone who is a
true fan of Skittles knows that by converting the flavor of the green Skittle from lime to green apple is truly messing with the entire chemistry of the Skittle bag - there is no real "Tasting the Rainbow" with a green apple in the mix. So I took it upon myself to vote every day on the Skittles website for the Lime skittle. And to this day, the Lime skittle remains in the Rainbow.
When Ruben Studdard won American Idol Season Two I had no right to complain because I had not exercised my right to vote for Clay Aiken. Lesson learned. And learned again with each season that I did not vote (Bo Bice, you were robbed - a capella in front of a live TV audience?!? gah, still kills me).
But of all reality voting shows that exist, America's Best Dance Crew is by far my favorite and far the show in which I have exercised my right to vote the most (no one vote per person here). In Season Two I helped propel "Super Crew" to the winner's circle. Season Three I voted more for my girls Beat Freaks than Quest Crew, but I was ok when Quest was named the winners. And then the dark season four came along with the two worst dance crews to ever dance in a finale - AfrikaBorike and We Are Heroes - in which I declined my voting privileges in protest of the awful-ness of the dance crews in the finale. In Season Five I came close to helping BluPrint crew win over the clowns Poreotix. And in this seasson, Season Six I am hoping to stave off a travesty of travesties. This has been an amazing season of dance crews, with the exception of the gimmicky Iconic Boyz - and they are in the Finale!!! These pre-pubescent Jersey kids have capitalized on the popularity of Jersey reality shows and the fact that they can dance better than most 10 year olds. But there is NO way that they should be in the finale - NO way. Cuteness does not equate skill. So here is hoping that my non-stop voting for the crew I Am Me will prevail. Because if they don't, I am warning you to be prepared for complaining of epic proportions and a boycott of any further ABDC seasons.
See what I mean?
Be sure to always exercise your right to vote - or else give up your right to complain about reality dancing competitions.
**PS - I AM ME WON!!! TOTALLY ROCKED THE VOTE!!!**
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