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The jasmine's in bloom...
Mar. 9th, 2004 08:41 amThere is nothing like an early, warm spring to remind me just why I moved out to this state in the first place. I kept the door open in the back room Sunday night and as it got later the scent of jasmine steadily drifted in. I couldn't even tell you where it was coming from (I have a little jasmine plant, but not one capable of producing that much scent), but it was gorgeous. Last night on the way back from class I had the moon roof open in the car as well as one of the windows and was immediately hit by the scent again. I just kept on inhaling deeply, grinning about the fact that it was still in the 70's and only the beginning of March.
Life is good.
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silkblade very kindly uploaded images from the latest performance. Haven't had a chance to go through and resize them (as well as lightening them up a bit) and post them on the official site, but I'm hoping to this weekend. I grabbed the two best of me for icons. It's nice to have more than one bellydance related icon.
Class was good, though exhausting, I think the heat in the studio was a little too much for me. Well that and still being physically wiped out from Saturday. When I once said I had an endurance of 12 I think I was being much too generous. More like 7.
Have a performance tonight at the insane hour of 6:45, hope nobody minds me leaving early because it's the only way I'll have time to get home, get changed and make-uped, and to the community center on time. Still, it beats the heck out of a late performance and a lot of sitting around waiting to go on. From the sound of it, it's going to be me, Alyne, and S- (who will hopefully make it, otherwise it's going to be a duet). We'll be doing the same routine that we did at Ma-Shuqa's, and maybe a little open floor dancing with the seniors. They're a nice bunch, and the performance space is to die for. Perhaps that's why I feel so relaxed about the whole thing, I don't have to fret about avoiding obstacles, hooray!
Alyne also brought up the option of competing in the Peoples' Choice Awards being held in April. I don't feel quite prepared for it, but I never do, so I'm not a good judge of this kind of thing. She's thinking a big double veil blowout, which could certainly win if we all practiced hard and had a kickass choreography. I'm not terribly enthusiastic about competition, hell I'm not even big on performances. I like dancing in the studio or at home and just having fun much more. But I think to a degree you're expected to want to perform and compete once you've reached a certain level of competence. We shall see.
Looking at the pictures from the last performance has decided me that I must lose 5 pounds over the next month or so. I think that's do-able, and now that I've finished up my latest big project, and have plenty of time to start on the next, I think fitting in more exercise time should be simple enough. Even walking around the neighborhood some evenings would help. A pound a week, I can do that...right?
Life is good.
As you can probably tell from the icon,
silkblade very kindly uploaded images from the latest performance. Haven't had a chance to go through and resize them (as well as lightening them up a bit) and post them on the official site, but I'm hoping to this weekend. I grabbed the two best of me for icons. It's nice to have more than one bellydance related icon.Class was good, though exhausting, I think the heat in the studio was a little too much for me. Well that and still being physically wiped out from Saturday. When I once said I had an endurance of 12 I think I was being much too generous. More like 7.
Have a performance tonight at the insane hour of 6:45, hope nobody minds me leaving early because it's the only way I'll have time to get home, get changed and make-uped, and to the community center on time. Still, it beats the heck out of a late performance and a lot of sitting around waiting to go on. From the sound of it, it's going to be me, Alyne, and S- (who will hopefully make it, otherwise it's going to be a duet). We'll be doing the same routine that we did at Ma-Shuqa's, and maybe a little open floor dancing with the seniors. They're a nice bunch, and the performance space is to die for. Perhaps that's why I feel so relaxed about the whole thing, I don't have to fret about avoiding obstacles, hooray!
Alyne also brought up the option of competing in the Peoples' Choice Awards being held in April. I don't feel quite prepared for it, but I never do, so I'm not a good judge of this kind of thing. She's thinking a big double veil blowout, which could certainly win if we all practiced hard and had a kickass choreography. I'm not terribly enthusiastic about competition, hell I'm not even big on performances. I like dancing in the studio or at home and just having fun much more. But I think to a degree you're expected to want to perform and compete once you've reached a certain level of competence. We shall see.
Looking at the pictures from the last performance has decided me that I must lose 5 pounds over the next month or so. I think that's do-able, and now that I've finished up my latest big project, and have plenty of time to start on the next, I think fitting in more exercise time should be simple enough. Even walking around the neighborhood some evenings would help. A pound a week, I can do that...right?
