I love going dancing.  Seriously, it thrills me to the tips of toes and it's something that i look forward to all week.  And i notice that the more i do it and the the more comfortable i become with the moves the more i become aware of my need to improve.  My Lindy step is sloppy.  My arms are alternately too stiff and too floppy.  I anticipate ( Read more... )

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Maybe i'm just too old/dumpy/weak/freckled/broken for this ( Read more... )

For about three minutes on Wednesday night i was quite certain i'd broken my right ankle after i tumbled from the skies and all of me landed on the comfy blue crash mat except for my foot.  For those three minutes i got to re-apply my pain management breathing techniques that i learned for labour.  At about the five minute mark, when the nurse and ( Read more... )

Last night the lovely logos  and i went to Aerlift IV, an all aerial extravaganza and part of the Moisture Festival.  It was almost three hours of act after act of some completely incredible aerialists.  It was absolutely mind-boggling what some of these people can do.  While i was watching people like Codhi Harrell and The Cabiri i felt both inspired ( Read more... )

Today, in completely HI-larious conversational exchanges ( Read more... )

In the spirit of full disclosure i feel that i need to let you all know that the photo of myself that i posted last night all twisted up in the fabric, while looking pretty rad, was misleading.  It's not as if i blithely flipped up into the fabric, flicked my wrists a few times to twirl it around my body and then looked amazing for a picture.  In ( Read more... )

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Right now the skin on my palms is cracking open, i have rope burn on my ankle, a tender spot on my abdomen, and my arms are shaky.  And i feel great.

Today was week 3 of my aerial class and i was able to do more than ever.  I made it to the top of the rope twice.  I got upside down several times.  And i did it without looking completely completely ( Read more... )

I'm starting to wonder if i'm completely deluded in attempting the aerial arts ( Read more... )