Here's something cool that other people who are reaching their creative goals are doing... my friend Daniel Flynn, who moves and inspires in new and entertaining ways. =)
Last night I skipped dance class with Ashley Lopez again... because she's in New Zealand. Instead, I did a 20-minute torso conditioning class online with ....Ashley Lopez. Then I rehearsed for a half hour. IT FEELS SO GOOD to have reached that goal, even if I didn't complete.....anything else from my to-do list. Again. Here's something cool that other people who are reaching their creative goals are doing... my friend Daniel Flynn, who moves and inspires in new and entertaining ways. =)
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My partner is sick and needed the space heater to warm his jetlagged napping. My studio was too cold to rehearse. I made do with some conditioning stuff in my craft studio but only got about 20 minutes in. It feels disappointing to have only gotten 20 minutes of conditioning into my day.
I miss seeing everyone's videos and blog entries! They were so motivating, even in the cold cold winter nights. I have so much stuff to do - meetings and projects and other projects and still more projects, on top of the full time job... but I've gotta find a way to motivate myself to set aside the time and just do it even when I'm busy and cold. Ideas? Today is the third day of the second month of this year - three days post-Movement Challenge. Let me tell you about what I did this weekend. I rehearsed for this Thursday's show on Friday night, did ten minutes or so of conditioning, followed by a truly awesome house party where I made a new best friend: Simran, a man who wore a white labcoat and carried a case full of neat glass apothecary bottles and a menu written in code, designated the "Manhattan Project." He made me a very delicious, spicy Manhattan. We have a lot in common. After that, we made it just in time to get down to Gladkill's entire set at Refuge PDX (though we missed Jasmine's horse-themed Chinese New Year striptease - phooey!) Saturday involved a lot of catching up on sleep, but also ...more sleep. There was a massage in there, too, and about an hour-long walk in the sunshine (solo, as my partner was still asleep). With all that sleep under our belts, we made it out to Covers and Blankets, an annual benefit for Janus Youth in which one donates a blanket (or jacket, gloves, etc) and sings a cover, either solo or with the help of an amazingly talented band of framily members. I sang, for the first time, in front of 100+ people. With a live band. It was incredible. Like, a 100 amazing people JAMMING THE F*** DOWN in front of me, beneath flashing changy-color lights, backup singers, and a hawt effing band of talented MF'rs. Incredible. Sunday much more sleeping was had, then I got out of bed to discover that not drinking water after a massage really IS a great way to kick your own ass. To make sure I was sufficiently sore, I attended Yoga + Music with Mr. and Mrs. Wu. It was a similarly beautiful meeting of talented and hot framily, with about as much sweating, and definitely less booze. A nap and a huge snack - and a short superbowl stint - later, it was Oregon Fire Conclave practice with the whole Pod. We've already filmed our first rehearsal video, blocking is spot on and right on time, and I can't wait to light these fans up for the first time... |
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