Today was Auditions for the 40th Anniversary of Dance Montage!

I auditioned for a Fosse piece and really hope i get in - but there were about 60 people there and initially the Choreographers were looking for 5 - 7 ppl....they have since revamped and are considering more, but just based on numbers alone - I'm not going to get my hopes up. but it was as AWESOME combo -the song was the pink panther theme :P

Also I'm assisting with my friend L's piece - this year she's doing a Swing piece and the audition combo was to Sing, Sing, Sing. It was fast and crazy fun and all the dancers seemed to be having a great time. I was and I'm going to be sore to prove it!

After we got home Smile sent me this link:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1762718

Now that is some crazy dancing!!!

Ok, so I said I'd do regular-ish updates and here's the next one.

( please work )

So I figured I should get this going since the idea has been kicking around for about a month now. Tibi started the idea of keeping a fitness type journal on LJ and I said I'd do it with her.

Now I just want to say some things first. I'm hoping that this will help others who want to start getting more active or to have someone going thru the same stuff as them. I've always been a bigger girl - in the essence that I was always taller than the other girls in my dance class, have curves and i have muscle. There may be some who will see this and think that I don't need to lose weight or that I don't know what it's like to be "fat". They're right - I don't. 8 days out of 10 I'm happy with the way that I look and my body.

I want to get back into shape so that my dancing is easier, my jumps higher cause I'm not lifting the 20 extra pounds into the air. I want to start healthier habits now so that I'm not injury prone and overweight with serious complications 10 - 20 years down the road.

Looking at my family, we were not gifted with a high revving metabolism - if I don't get on top of this now, I'm going to be obese and that's something that I refuse to allow to happen to me.

Along with posting progress updates (photos too) I'll also be posting links to websites, books and things that I use to help me along my way.


Ok first update!

This morning I did the Winsor Pilates: Accelerated Body Sculpting for my exercise.

One of my biggest problems is staying on top of my water consumption - after I finish my coffee (splurge) I'm going to get my 2 litres at least down today.
*Note: Did you know that for your body to effectively absorb water you should drink max 500mL (16 ounces) in a one hour time frame (with no chugging!). Chugging back or drinking more that this and it just goes right thru your system without being effectively processed. It's too much fluid in your system and your body just expels it.
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/expert-advice-for-staying-hydrated

*squeee*

I'm so excited!! I'm going to be camping with Smile for the next 8 days out to Sicamous and Abbotsford in beautiful British Columbia!!!! There's gonna be mountains to climb...ok trails to trod and a beach with a lake, and another beach with another lake :D *bouncy bouncy*

Unlike some others *cough* tibi *cough* I actually like to get out and sleep in a tent whilst charring meat over the fire and indulging in some alcohol and flaming marshmallows :P

So Ciao to you lovlies and I'll chat with you later :D

*hugs and squishes*

Oh ya and I got a new lawnchair type thingy - I'm such a nerd :P

(I'm just going to ignore that my arm is still shaking and I washed my car 3 hours ago....good thing I'm taking a break from work:)

Ok, it's official.

My MacBook is terribly terribly sick. There seems to be a problem with the hard drive and this means that all of my pics, my bookmarks and SOME (fingers crossed) of my music is gone.

I'd done a back up on my music a couple of months ago- so most of that should be ok....but my pretty pretty pics!!! *slaps forhead* I know I should've backed them up, but it was always one of those "oh ya I have to remember to do that soon" thingy's that never actually get done.

Wwwwwaaaahhhhh *pout*

Now that I'm here I don't know what to write.

I'm yet again having the feeling of not being where I'm supposed to be, not doing a potentially important action - be it something simple or complex. Because of this feeling of being ... lost... will I miss out on something vital? More often lately I get feelings of being restless, unsettled or energized to do something specific - but I didn't get the memo on what.

I enjoy my jobs, I love my friends and I love my family, although they don't really get me, ... I feel like I'm waiting, just waiting. Now I do realize that I have a rather major goal to move out of not just the city but the country as well and this may colour my thoughts, but I don't know how to change this feeling from waiting to living.


To top it all off i still have this annoying boy running through my thoughts making me angry, doubt myself, and generally just stir things up. almost constantly.

I'm fairly sure that there are only 3 who'll read this, and for you I'm am grateful and I hope you realize how honestly important you are to me.

To anyone else who reads this, thank you.
Good night.

"If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal."

The people who are on this (wee little) list of mine are easily the most important people in my life. Thank you for being so amazingly awesome and for sharing your lives with me!!!!


*GROUP HUG*

Tee Hee

You Are Disturbingly Profound

You're contemplative, thoughtful, and very intense. Taking time to figure out the meaning of life is a priority for you. Because you're so introspective, you often react in ways that surprise people. No one can really understand how you are on the inside... and that disturbs them.