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Dancing days are here again
Feb. 5th, 2008 08:52 amQuote of the Day: "Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes." - Brian Tracy
I woke up feeling kind of cranky as I normally do at 6:00 AM. For the first time ever I think I stopped and thought for a bit about why I was being so cranky - I had a good kind of chill day at work planned, I get to exercise my right to vote after work, I have dance class tonight and tomorrow is half-way to the weekend. If I can keep this kind of thinking going, I think I could get through anything! :)
There was an article about the high school's annual "Dance Theater" show in the local paper. I auditioned for this show in my freshman and sophomore years and didn't get in (its very competitive with hundreds of kids trying out for about 100 slots) but I made it and performed in it the last two years. It really was a life-changing experience in terms of how I am as a performer and how I approach dancing in a show or auditioning which I've only really appreciated recently over the last couple of years (its not the only reason, but was definitely one of the catalysts). I thought you guys would be interested in seeing the cool kinds of artistic opportunities that a (supposedly) poor school system can have despite having lower than average test scores (I'm not sure what Waltham's struggle with standardized testing is - I'd call myself a bright person but I've also always struggled with them myself):
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x142943219
I'm making efforts to be healthier and more frugal but I don't want to go overboard with it. Last night Brian commented that his nose and bum don't like the recycled paper tissue we've been buying (so we're going back to the old stuff) and he made fun of me this past weekend for trying to find a crock pot at a thrift store rather than buying new (which we ended up doing after exhausting our options after all). I am feeling pretty good about these efforts in general and its kind of liberating in some still-strange way, but I don't want to go off the deep end or anything. :) Along those lines (but in terms of health and lifestyle) here's a cool editorial about health perspectives today and yesterday:
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/opinions/x469091910
I woke up feeling kind of cranky as I normally do at 6:00 AM. For the first time ever I think I stopped and thought for a bit about why I was being so cranky - I had a good kind of chill day at work planned, I get to exercise my right to vote after work, I have dance class tonight and tomorrow is half-way to the weekend. If I can keep this kind of thinking going, I think I could get through anything! :)
There was an article about the high school's annual "Dance Theater" show in the local paper. I auditioned for this show in my freshman and sophomore years and didn't get in (its very competitive with hundreds of kids trying out for about 100 slots) but I made it and performed in it the last two years. It really was a life-changing experience in terms of how I am as a performer and how I approach dancing in a show or auditioning which I've only really appreciated recently over the last couple of years (its not the only reason, but was definitely one of the catalysts). I thought you guys would be interested in seeing the cool kinds of artistic opportunities that a (supposedly) poor school system can have despite having lower than average test scores (I'm not sure what Waltham's struggle with standardized testing is - I'd call myself a bright person but I've also always struggled with them myself):
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x142943219
I'm making efforts to be healthier and more frugal but I don't want to go overboard with it. Last night Brian commented that his nose and bum don't like the recycled paper tissue we've been buying (so we're going back to the old stuff) and he made fun of me this past weekend for trying to find a crock pot at a thrift store rather than buying new (which we ended up doing after exhausting our options after all). I am feeling pretty good about these efforts in general and its kind of liberating in some still-strange way, but I don't want to go off the deep end or anything. :) Along those lines (but in terms of health and lifestyle) here's a cool editorial about health perspectives today and yesterday:
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/opinions/x469091910
