- In 5th grade, the NDI (National Dance Institute) came to our school and did a week's worth of dancing lessons, culminating in a big grade-wide performance in the gym Friday night. Our instructors were a pair of lean, lithe 30-somethings with waaaaaaay too much energy and enthusiasm. I swear to you, their everyday faces seemed to be stuck like this:
Although, if I had to pick one, I'd say our female instructor was just a little bit more so. Just obscenely perky. She spun and twirled and sashayed and cha-cha-d all around our little gym, kicking and leaping and frolicking like some strange manic bat out of hell! As she careened from one corner of the gym to the other, she'd shout out instructions to the half-delighted, half-scared shitless bunch of 5th graders in her wake: "Okay now, jump, JUMP like a frog in the rain! Skip! Skip! Skip like little kangaroos in the zoo! Keep your fingers out and open like fresh cereal in the morning, before the milk gets it soggy! GO! GO!"
Anyway, if you don't know me, I will tell you I am many things, but "perky" is just not one of them. This, combined with the fact that I am a poor, poor dancer, left me kind of at odds with the instructors. I'm more of a thinker than a do-er. A good example of this would be on the very first day of classes: We students were taken to the gym and we sat on the floor while the instructors gave us a talk about what we were doing, how it would go, etc. etc. We then got to the topic of dance!
"Sooooooooo!" screeched our deranged teacher. "NOW who can tell me!! WHAT is the most important thing about dancing??"
We all did our best to look around casually, hoping this mad-woman would not pick us... sort of an every-man-for-himself kind of attitude. BUT I gave it a little thought and figured my answer would be good enough. I raised my hand timidly.
"YES?" she hollered, her nod looking more like a convulsion.
"Well, I guess it would be that all of the dancers are in step... y'know, in sync with each other? If someone's not keeping count, they could mess up the whole dance."
There was a very brief silence.
"Good answer, but NO! You know the most IMPORTANT thing about DANCING? It's.... HAVING FUN!!!"
At the time, I just smiled and nodded, but inside I felt like:
"Fun?" I feel this way still... I mean, have you seen Black Swan?
- About once a month I go up to Pueblo to doctor's appointments and lately I've taken to hanging around Hobby Lobby! It is seriously the coolest store. Always cool decorations and tons and tons of arts and crafts stuff... I could spend hours in there! Anyway, last time I was up there, I took a look at the Color-by-Numbers section. Now, to be honest, I have not yet completed a whole Color-by-Numbers, EVER! About half-way through I always get bored, or spill the paint, or lose my brush. But, that day in Hobby Lobby, I found one that, I believe, will finally break the pattern! You see, amid the Color-by-Numbers of puppies and kittens and majestic looking horses, I found... THE LAST SUPPER! Yes! The infamous DaVinci work of art!
Okay, so one thing about me you should probably understand is that I am not religious. At all. I wouldn't say I'm anti-religious exactly- I mean, I have absolutely no problems with other people being spiritual and having their faiths, as long as they don't try and shove it in my face. It's just not for me!
So, you may be wondering why exactly I chose a painting of an iconic religious event to Color-by-Numbers. Well, I dunno... BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME! Haha! I love art in all shapes and forms and I love DaVinci in general. And as I stated above, it's gonna take something awesome to make me finally finish a Color-by-Numbers!
And I gotta say, so far, so good! Over the past few evenings I have done about two-thirds of it and it's.... interesting. Haha! I'm not positive someone put all the right colors in the box because it's waaaaaaay to bright and cheerful. But.. I like it! - On the subject of religion, I am a complete and utter slob! And every time someone reminds me that "Cleanliness is next to Godliness", I have to fight the urge to clutch my forehead dramatically and exclaim, "That explains so much!"
- Every year that I go with my dad and uncle to the ACE conventions, it's always kind of funny walking around the hosting cities because EVERYWHERE you go, (not just at the conventions!) there are middle aged, chubby-ish ACE guys and their families! It's kind of uncanny how you can pick them out of a crowd.
This year was no different, and as we walked around Orlando at the convention and restaurants and theme parks, everywhere were middle aged, portly fellows wearing light colored polo shirts and khaki pants. I told my dad, "I wish ACE people had some sort of signal or sign, you know, so we could show solidarity!"
He shook his head solemnly. "Don't wish that. They're all a bunch of nerds." - So this year for my birthday, I'm really excited! The final Hobbit movie is coming out! It's kinda crazy because the same thing happened for the last Lord of the Rings movie, "Return of the King." Of all days, December 17! Yesssssssssssssss! Totally gonna geek out for my birthday. Well. You know. More than usual!
- I'm starting to fear I'm spending way too much time at work! Hahaha! I'm starting to pick up co-worker's lingo, some more understandable than others. For example, I'm starting to talk more and more like my dad, using his favorite words like, "Creeps!" and "Bunk!" But then, I'm also starting to do stuff like following a question with, "Or what..?"
"Are you going home now, or what?"
"Did you reserve the logsplitter for that guy, or what?"
I don't mean to, I promise! :P
So, tell me some random thoughts you had today!
Sarah
