I think some of you need this

Yeah, its cheezy and all, but I loved this song when I was younger. My friend Jaylee used to sing it all the time too, and write quotes from it in her notes (remember the days of passing notes?). The bridesmaids at the wedding shower this weekend made a sappy music CD that they played during the gift-opening portion of the day, and I ended up going home with a copy of it since I won the best hat award. This song was on it; hearing it almost always makes me weepy.

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Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed.

It's the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance.
It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes a chance.
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give.
And the soul, afraid of dyin', that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.

(Bette Midler from the Janis Joplin movie "The Rose")

Damn!

The Paula Abdul DVD workout that I bought a while back kicks major butt. One should have a good amount of dance experience though (they don't advertise this on Amazon, but it says that its "intermediate" level on the back of the box). I sweat a lot, I learned a neat Paula-esque routine (the last two little steps were really difficult for me to pick up that quickly, I can't imagine how a beginner to dance could do it). Its followed by a good stretching workout with lots of plies - all total its about an hour workout.

Man is she hot and in such amazing shape! She's small but she's healthy too, something I'm so glad people are appreciating nowadays (versus the aerobicized fake boobs image of the 80's). It really was inspiring doing the workout - today I'll head to the gym to use the weight machines and if its nice later tonight perhaps convince the hubby to go for a walk with me or something.

I miss having 'the dancer's body'. I never really had the ballet dancer's body, I was way too fat for that (read - I weighed more than 100 pounds). But though the scale hasn't changed much things aren't aligned as they used to be.

As much as I love bellydance and as much as its easier on the mind (no crazy memorization of routines, no push to perfect something for performance, no drilling over and over again of fast-paced choreography) I need to get back to tap or jazz, its where my heart is. I'll have to see if I can find a class in the fall on the same night that I'm at Umass so as to give myself full nights at home to do homework and see my B.

"Shut up and Dance" ;)