May 2011
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it-happened-in-a-blink asked: Just wanted to say i just found your blog and it bought a smile to my face. I have done a few adult beginner balet classes with my sister. and likewise i sucked. there were people there who had been doing it for like a year and in the "beginner" class!! Im glad you found an actual beginner class, i am going to go back when i finish up uni for the year. Hopefully attempt 2 will be better....
January 2011
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I will be good.
I’ve been a very bad student… My grand plan that had me practicing my French nightly for 30mins – 1hr hit a little snag this week. How big of a snag you ask? Well…I haven’t logged into Rosetta Stone at all. GASP! I know it’s terrible.
I even got an email reminder from the Rosetta Stone TOTALe learning system informing me just how bad of a student I am…. I mean, that I haven’t logged in… making me...
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“The day you decide to do it is your lucky day”
– Japanese Proverb
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Ballet. Take Two!
I was having the hardest time trying to think of how to start this post, so I settled on starting by answering a question I posed to myself in Tuesday’s post – Ballet Is F@*king Hard.
The question was - did I like it? With “It” being ballet.
That night, I wanted to write, NOOOOOO! But I knew if I did it was just my bruised ego talking so I decided to wait till I had at least taken another class -...
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Say Cheese! Just typing that makes me cringe…
I’m one of those people that hate to have their picture taken. It doesn’t matter when, or for what occasion; I hate it. If you put a camera in my face I’ll either duck, turn my head, or run.
In fact, since the release of the digital camera, if someone takes my picture …I’ll delete it the first chance I get. My family and friends have learned (the hard way) to keep their cameras a safe distance...
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Ballet is f@*king hard and I have the sore muscles...
I’m pleased to announce that yesterday I tackled yet another item on my ‘things I want to do’ in 2011 list – take ballet.
I can’t say it was my first ballet class ever since I had taken ballet when I was 4. So instead I’ll say it was my first adult ballet class. I signed up for a beginner/intermediate class at the Peninsula Ballet Theatre Conservatory, brimming with confidence.
Their website...
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Parlez-vous français?
I’m not speaking French yet! But hopefully I will soon… which is why I bought myself Rosetta Stone for Christmas. It’s a purchase I’ve been contemplating for a long time now…. eyeballing the kiosks every time I go to the mall…. perusing the website, but I never pulled the trigger.
It wasn’t until I saw their holiday special, $150 off the complete set, that I decided to take the plunge! Since I...
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a lovely New Years and that it’s already off to a great start. I, for one, am very excited to get started doing all the things I’ve always wanted to do, or in some cases start doing again.
So what are they? Well, here’s the list I have so far …
Start a blog (check!)
Learn to speak French
Take ballet (don’t laugh)
Explore photography (or...