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Mother of the year [link]

Hol. Lee. Shit. Talk about composure. She's got girl-balls. Respect.




And Father of the year [link]

I picked a bad time to be cutting onions while watching that video.

I want it.

Well, Dog Sees God had its short run, but it's been absolutely great. I feel so honored and privileged to have been a part of this production. I relate to this play on so many levels - it's not even funny. But maybe that's why I like it so much. It's also my first and only UGA-related production I've been cast in, and what a show to be a part of. So incredible.




On an unrelated note, I've been saving this song for quite a while now. Now I can use it. Ah well.

Army Of Ancients

I've recently discovered Dr. Dog for myself. I think I rather enjoy their music. Well, I've only listened through their 2008 album, Fate. But I like what I hear so far. 

I particularly like the song "Army Of Ancients," from this Album. Good stuff. 

Perils of Cooking

Getting a lovely, blistering, second degree burn from failing to completely cover the handle of a cast iron skillet as you pull it out from the oven. 

SUCH A BUNDLE OF JOY.

Spring Breakyouinhalf.

This has been my most stressful spring break ever. And I think I can actually say that, because I'm pretty sure this is my last spring break ever, too. I don't know if post-grad schools have breaks. I wouldn't count on it. So, TAKE THAT.

They say a dog sees God in its master

I love having the opportunity to be part of the cast of a student production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, because this is pretty much one of my top 5 favorite plays ever. However, with all the uncanny timing coincidences in terms of what's going on with my life and the events in the play, this play is basically my life. Please stop. kthx.

I miss my dog, Diamond. I know my mother had to take her to the Vets last week so they could put her down, but I knew as soon as I got home for spring break and finally had to acknowledge there is one less dog in our backyard, I would miss Diamond terribly. Well, I'm home for the week now. And I miss Diamond.

I think this picture is almost 4 years old now. But she looks so happy and lively here, and this is how I'll always remember her. 

Our other dog, Onyx, pictured right, is still alive and well. Again this picture was taken the same time as the first one so it's a bit old now, but I like it. One of the first things I did when I got home tonight was sit in our backyard and pet Onyx, scratch his belly and ears. I did that for a while and then went to finish unpacking my car, but he ran up the gate and started whimpering, so I went back and scratched him some more. When my mother called me last week to tell me Diamond was put down, she mentioned how she didn't know if Onyx was aware that Diamond's gone. I have a feeling if he didn't then, he knows now. It makes me kind of sad. 

When I spoke to my mother before then, she asked me if I wanted to come home and see Diamond one last time. I didn't want to. I'd already said goodbye when I left home after Christmas/New Year's break, because it was around then when we all knew she didn't have much time left. 

It felt somewhat cowardly, when I said I didn't want to come home. Part of me didn't want to because I knew that by doing so, I wouldn't have to deal with the emotions of losing her. This can also be said for multiple things though. I ultimately don't want to come home because I don't have to confront and deal with a lot of things. I can only handle so much home life for so long before I get irritated and crass and want to leave. This will make next year very interesting. 

...Anyways. I've never had to deal with losing a dog before. It's a somewhat nteresting experience, to say the least. 

Diamond, you will be missed. 

CB: And you think there are animals there? In heaven? 

BEETHOVEN: "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat; and the calf, and the lion, and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest." 

~Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

It would be so nice to get this once in a while.

Choreography. By me. Boom.

Hey look, I've choreographed a couple of original routines and even taught them to people AND had them performed at Friday Night Dance Parties. Feelsgoodman. 

This first video is of an East Coast Swing routine (with a little Line Charleston thrown in) set to "Runaway Baby" by Bruno Mars. 

The second video is of a West Coast Swing routine (my favorite, duh) set to "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5. 

Fun facts: I'd been working on "Moves Like Jagger" since freaking October of last semester, but it kept getting pushed back because 1) It's a pretty beastly routine in terms of difficulty and length = longer time/more practice days to learn/teach it 2) It was a bad time in general, finals were coming up=pushed back, returning to class in January BUT having Ballroom Magic at the end of the month = more pushing back, and by the time February came around, I had to re-teach the entire routine. Awesome. But it was done this past weekend, people seemed to really like it, and I'm just glad it's finally done and over with. I am officially sick of the song, seeing as I've probably listened to it 100+ times since October. 

"Runaway Baby" took one night to choreograph, one night to teach to my dancers, and it was performed that same week.  It was performed last February. I think people really received it better than they did with MLJ. Honestly even I think RB was better executed than MLJ. Da'fuuuuq? 

But okay, there are reasons for this. RB is at least a minute shorter in length compared to MLJ. I've choreographed actual repeating sections/choruses for RB which makes it that much easier to learn compared to MLJ, but I mean, a lot of that has to do with how RB is as a song. And, people in the group had been hearing/have known about my MLJ number since October, and some of them even saw a preview of it when I was running it after practices. RB was done and polished in a week, the week right after Ballroom Magic where we didn't have practices and the only people who saw it, outside of my dancers, were two officers who were in charge of the Friday Dances. 

If you compare the level of audience applause/cheering between the videos, you can even tell the RB crowd was better than the MLJ crowd. But another thing is that there were less people at the MLJ crowd compared to the RB crowd. Eh. Oh well. 

In the end though, I'm really proud of the people who were in my pieces, and I'm really thrilled with how they each turned out. It's amazing. 

But I still have one more piece I want to choreograph and get performed before I graduate. However I don't know if I'll have time to do so since it's pretty much crunch time for DAT studying...ugh.