Worked Up Shan

[shanmonster]

I never thought I'd be a grownup, but I must be, now. I no longer rush for the funny page section of the newspaper. The comics just aren't funny. The real comedy gold usually happens in the letters to the editor, or in headlines mismatched with "local colour" photos.

Work was mostly ok tonight, but the last part of the shift was pretty harsh. It was nice to come home, eat supper, and watch Secretary--one of the few romance movies which I find enjoyable.

Lately, I've been reading two books. Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (I'm currently on the section about the Crusades--the high point of the book, so far) by day, and Kajira Djoumahna's The Tribal Bible, Exploring The Phenomenon That Is American Tribal Style Bellydance by night. I find the former fascinating, and the latter inspiring.

I've also continued my daytime dance training, guided primarily as of late by Rachel Brice's Tribal Fusion - Yoga Isolations & Drills for Bellydance and Aruna's Dancer's Arms. I practice the former while I've got something balanced on my head to aid with my isolations, and the latter while watching both the television and my insufficient skinny mirror. I really need a bigger mirror. Sephira offered me one of her old studio mirrors. I think I'll take her up on it and find a place to put it on my wall. But first I think I need another wall....

Now, it's time to go to bed. Morning comes in just a few short hours.

Comments

[mysteryelfx.livejournal.com]

How do you like Dancer's Arms? I have it and enjoy it very much. At first, I thought it was simple, until I was all spastic and couldn't do much of the more advanced (Indian style) stuff until I practiced it a whole bunch.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying it. I'm actually finding it quite challenging--probably because all these years, I've been focusing primarily on torso movements. Although I'm not terribly keen on the music, or the performances on the video, I am finding the instruction very useful. I would definitely recommend the video to other dancers (beginning and advanced).