New Blog

I've converted to Wordpress. It may not last. But I had to have an account for a class, so I figured I'd create my own blog devoted to me and my dancing antics/adventures/stories while I was at it. I will probably still post goal updates and stuff on this blog, but I'll definitely be featuring my other stuff on my Wordpress. It has quite a few great options for posts.

Interested? Here's the link.

http://feelintheblues.wordpress.com/

My Dances

I don't think I've ever shown anyone what I do with nearly all my spare (and not so spare) time. So, without further ado, here's my dances. Just remember, I'm really nowhere near as good as this. I just aspire to be.

This is James Cook and Shalay Branch dancing a west coast after a great night of dancing at Westify. I take private lessons from James, and I've taken a few group lessons from Shalay. They're great. I love to watch them dance together.

I'm not so lucky to have a video of the best blues dancers in our community, but I certainly have some favorite youtube videos.

This is how good I aspire to be.

But this is more like what we do.

Blues is far and away my favorite dance. It helps me get all my emotions out and express what I'm feeling. It's all about the connection, the conversation with my partner.

So, this is what I do.

:)

Less Than a Week, Yet . . .

I never thought I would ever miss Provo, so I was rather surprised at how badly I miss it now. I realized why. I've never felt this welcome in a group, ever, and so leaving it, even for a couple of weeks, is really rather painful.

People:

• Eric
• Hailey
• Tia
• James
• Griffin
• Kelsey
• Cody
• Victoria

Events:

• The campfire and Blues dancing (The Pagan Pit, we call it) at Eric's every Monday night.
• West Coast Swing at South Town Swing every Tuesday.
• Sammy's runs.
• The occasional Denny's run.
• Getting ready for Blues at Hailey's and Tia's house. 
• Blues dancing at Blue Tango every Thursday night.
• Random weekly outings with Eric.
• Hugs.
• Random phone calls and texts from Eric.
• Girls nights with Tia and Hailey.
• Late nights talking with roomies.
• Dinners with Cody and Kelsey.
• Teasing, and being teased by, Cody.
• The short, but great talks with Griffin.

I'm going to make sure I spend all the time I can with these guys when I get back in town. And boy, am I going to appreciate every moment.

Tonight's Great Lines

"So I was in the shower, naked, wet, and going to Russia . . ."

"I started whistling the Tetris theme in the shower, and the Ukrainian guy across the way starts whistling it in perfect harmony with me."

"A flaming lemur is always better than a regular lemur, whether the flaming lemur is gay or actually on fire."

"What if we stood in grocery stores and the food chose who got to eat it?"

"You'd feel sorry for the guy that the hot dogs picked time and time again."

"Within six hours of my knowing him, the waitresses at Denny's thought we were together. They put our tabs together and whatnot."

"Oh yeah! I heard that through the grapevine."

"How did I get this hat?"

"It's the traveling hat."

"You really don't know how to skateboard, do you?"

"We're working with the negative space."

"Turn the music up!"

"We can't. The cops have already come and told us to turn it down."

"But we weren't even that loud to begin with!"

"Apparently there have been several complaints."

"Smoke follows beauty."

"Well that's a long leap when you look at this."

I don't know. Maybe you just had to be there for all this to be funny.

Great night at my first bonfire/blues/west coast night. Thanks Kimber, for having a birthday. And thanks Eric, for putting it all together. I can think of no better way to spend a Monday night.