Ballroom Dancing @ MindSay 
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I had my first dance lesson Tuesday night. It was a free one and it was not for very long. But I did learn the basics of the waltz and swing dances. I felt like a total geek out there. For much of my life my attitude about stuff like ballroom dancing was negative. I thought it was stupid when in fact it is not.
After about a half an hour my instructor and I sat down and I ended up buying six lessons the first two of which will be tomorrow night. It really was fun but I have a lot to learn. I am hoping once my perceived notions about this goes away I should feel freer to allow myself to enjoy ballroom dancing even more. And it is some excellent exercise too!
Pros: My instructor is a babe! It was fun to hold her hand during the lessons. I hope to know how to dance soon so when the time comes for me to have to dance, like at a wedding or something, I will have that tackled.
Cons: I should probably not hit on my dance instructor. I am single so I do not have a dance partner.
Pros wins! I can always find a dance partner.
I am going to start something new next week.
Since I cannot take spanish classes until after the new year I found a new, but interesting, adventure to delve into. Ballroom dancing! I have always kept this to myself but have been interested in learning this for years. I never was interested in the line dancing thing when it was big back in the Garth Brooks days *thank God that crap is over* so now I have found a place that will give me private lessons and I can also go to beginning group lessons and the prices are reasonable. Maybe I just was not looking hard enough.
So tonight I have ordered some dancing shoes and my first lesson is Tuesday night. I think I may do that for a bit until I get the hang of it. Then I want to do the group thing. I am so excited!
Dancin', dancin' dancin'! I'm a dancin' machine. Or will be, ha!
The Spirits
Grandmother's voice
leaves a sound in the empty house
years after her death
her wisdom lives on
the deserted house
is my refuge
a safe harbor from the world
walking around
looking at the home
she created
and what it is now
a place for spirits
to come and rest
their tired souls
tired from walking
"Son, grab a chair
and sit at this table, boy
I got some stories to tell"
drinking green tea, inhaling deeply
and remembering, reminiscing
"... this world is a different place now,
you've got to move ahead,
you've got to move faster than
the rest"
silence is golden
in front of the fireplace
saying nothing, but again
words don't speak
whispering soft words of comfort
but don't let anger be brought in here
for hell will break loose
for they are spirits,
and spirits don't play
Weeping Willow
don't got nothing on
Mary Ann;
the tragic mulatto story
who had dreams
but no guidance,
but now here to guide those
who seek the advice
of the spirits
hearing my grandfather's troubled spirit
creak through the house
wondering where the family went
"did not they loved us in life,
why depart us in death"
but still pleased by the thought
that a blood son still returns
often
to seek advice
the spirits
have stories
have secrets
have wisdom
to tell
about baby Jo,
who died 4 days old
an embarrassment
to Aunt JoAnn
who killed herself in
anguish
her room is still haunted
the spirits are my second
family
my relief place
get away from the world
a refresher
a breather
'"come, sit,
have a drink"
the spirits...
are waiting.
today is a weird day for me, but one thing was clear: friends are phony as fuck and you should watch your back when you are dealing with them, because they say a lot of shit about you to your back and to your face act all lovey dovey and shit.
not that this happened to me, but it happened to someone that i love very much
i still haven't told nilly nile how i felt about her, i've been called almost every name in the book and still i won't tell her
my feet are hurting from playing basketball and ballroom dancing
i went to every class today, but i fell asleep in biology and i didn't dress up in gym
but i hope you like my poem, it's an old one i wrote about 4 months ago.
happy reading, spread the word
justin
aka
DiStAnT vOyAgEr
Ok I saw this preview for a movie w/Antonio Banderaz (dunno if i spelt that right; the guy that plays Zorro) and it sounds pretty cool! Well this is the over view of the movie and if you have "Wedding Crashers" You can see the preview on the dvd. I'm a sucker for movies w/alot of dancing. I love "Dirty Dancing(both versions)" and nemusical. I don't know what it is, but I just love watching people dance around! It looks soo awsome and I guess it's something I'd try to do. Which I'm thinking of taking up Latin Ballroom dancing. "DD: Havana Nights"...a huge dance scene and you'll see why I like it. Not the hole kissing, but it looks pretty cool. Well, I gotta go get some sleep. It's early yes, but I've been working at 6am for a week adn 1/2 now and I think soon, like, April, I'll be back to my 6am - 4:30pm...10 1/2 hours may not sound fun, but it'll be like $500 a week...almost...but still! It's more money for me!!! Plus, my supervisor said that in the next year, since we're going to be getting some new machines and expanding the business, we'll have to hire 30 more people in the next year or so...so if ne1 needs some money fast, it's weekly and it's worth the money!!! Trust me! I should know!!! Biez!
A former professional ballroom dancer volunteers at a New York public school to teach dance. The hip-hop instincts of his students soon clash with his ballroom methods, so he teams up with them to create a new style of dance. Eventually the students trust him and he becomes their mentor.
Ballroom dancing lessons actually don't suck at all.
I'm really liking this, I know what I'm doing when it counts out on the dance floor.
I'ma be all "civilized'n'sociable," yo.
Look out ladies, here I come. XD
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