no, I’ll be fine. Just let me dance for a second.
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as blah, checks and balances, choreographer, dancing, dancing man, dangerous thing, diffuse, endorphins, exercise, freedom, freedom of speech, nutcracker man, puppet on a string, purpose, rehearsal, second, stranger, tonight, variation, wonderful things
Tonight I had rehearsal for Arabian (the variation I am doing in the Nutcracker).
Man, it feels good to be dancing.
Man, I am such a modern dancer doing ballet.
Sunshine, the choreographer, and I were figuring out what I should do in different spots and I kept on ending up on the floor. Oh, on purpose. Though, believe me, I am no stranger to falling. But I’d show her some new roll or hinge or something that isn’t exactly classical and I’d be like, “Please tell me if this is just too modern.”
The dangerous thing is that we are both modern dancers at heart. Not exactly the checks and balances thing going on.
But it was a really good thing that I got to go dance tonight. Because see, I don’t usually get angry. You know, like, just plain mad. That’s not a feeling that I am used to. But we got good and acquainted tonight. Something about somebody not following through on a very important matter…blah blah blah I can’t really write about it. Well, I could, but that wouldn’t be kind and it would be a poor exercise of freedom of speech.
But then I got to go dance and this was a very good thing. I also got to talk to a few people about their lives and that gave me some perspective and helped to diffuse my anger (not that it wasn’t justified. but I don’t like to feel like I am just simply reacting to somebody else’s actions, like some kind of puppet on a string).
I honestly don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t move; it helps so much. The endorphins. The concentration. The ability to have control over your life–even if it’s just doing one dance in time. Yes, these are wonderful things and I do not take them lightly.
upon my recommendation.
in Funny Stuff, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as America, band, band of thieves, blah, blog, dance, dance experience, google, google image, google images, merry makers, Shane, something, South Africa, university of pretoria
So, this is Shane. 
If you recall, he is in a band with me. We call ourselves the paper janes. We call ourselves this because it is our name. And in this band we play music. We deliberated over different kinds of bands–say, a band of thieves or a band of merry makers, but thought that would require more than just two of us, so we decided against those particular kinds of bands. We also considered starting a dance company instead, but then we remembered that Shane doesn’t have what one would call a ton of dance experience, so we figured it would be safer to stick to something we both know.
Anyway.
Shane is currently in South Africa. Allegedly, he is going to school. This is yet to be proven. Although, if you go to his blog, you will find a picture of one school building. The picture looks suspiciously like any old google image, but I suppose he would say this is proof that he is, in fact, going to school.
I have told him that we have plenty of schools right here in America, but apparently Shane wants to live a life full of adventure and learn about other cultures and make new friends and grow and be brave and live a story that is worth telling and blah blah blah Shane, if you didn’t want to be in a band anymore, you could have just said something instead of running off to South Africa to “go to school.”
Ahem.
But my point is that Shane has started a blog. And you should go read it, if for no other reason than to see some of those google images of the University of Pretoria pictures of his school out there.
Actually, the truth is that I am totally proud of Shane for living life the way he does. And I like all of you who read this here blog, so I wanted to let you in on a new blog that’s pretty rockin’.
yes, the walk was worth four dollars.
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, photography
as blah, blah blah, Daniel Day, daniel day lewis, dollar, Fair Hill, jenna, Jerry Springer, Jess, letter, Lewis, love, love letter to my husband, marylander, rhetorical question, running around in circles, sad little smile, sdfsd, Shane, sign, snow, something, sun, thing, world of memories
So it saves you a dollar to live in MD. Well, at least if you park your car in Fair Hill. Next time I go to MacDonald’s with a Marylander (and there are a few in my own family), thanks to Fair Hill, I think they should probably buy me something from the dollar menu. [...]
thoughts like rain, just keep falling.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as blah, blah blah, East, East End, end, guitar, guitar shop, I, Japan, raccoon, rare commodity, Shane, toilet paper, tonight, Treewood, year
So many thoughts are happening right now, vying for my attention, that I suppose I will just start with one and go from there. Um, the East End Cafe really needs to put some toilet paper all up in it. Well, for sure in the women’s bathroom, at least. I can’t really speak for the [...]
dumb dumb dumb
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as blah, Christian, dumb thing, hugs not drugs, man, part, societal expectations, thick accent, thing, tylenol, tylenol pm, wanna
Oh, I do dumb things sometimes. Okay, so I did a dumb thing once. Ha. I think I will have to stick with my original statement. Like the time I was really sad and afraid of the night, afraid of the quiet, afraid of my thoughts, and decided it would be a good idea to [...]
calgary goodness
in photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as Adorable, blah, Calgary, Canada, chocolate, day, doozy, drew, egg blue, fact, Ho, hot chocolate, Kenneth Cole, lip gloss, Mr. Cole, sized photo, thoughts/life, Tim Horton, Timmy Ho
Today was a doozy. But a good doozy. I think the dooziness was mostly due to only having slept about two hours last night. So when my alarm clock greeted me at 6:45 this morning I wasn’t exactly enthralled with fact that my day had already begun. Well, except for the fact that this particular [...]
