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I'm extra puffy right now. The good thing about drinking vodka at night is that it doesn't really encourge any more eating...but it encourages your body to retain water. Ugh. So i'm guzzling the rest of the liter bottle that I had told myself i was going to drink.
I got so much done yesterday! I wrote out payments for and sent out my insurance surcharge, my health insurance, and the half of the peridance payment. I set up my car payment online. I emailed Mary Cochran at Barnard and she said that we could set up a time for me to see the campus when I'm in the city. I went to the school and gave student records Rob's letter so that at least i took 3 credits this semester(boooo) and did a ballet barre in the studio.
Must work on: EVERYTHING!!!
I have a hard time keeping my legs strait when I lower my leg from retiere, and closing fifth has never been easy for me. My pirouettes in general suck, they're never strong and I always fall out of my doubles. My extensions are ok, and my leg level is getting better-but I can't get the damn Russian mentality out of my body, and I always crank my leg to second which makes my turnout suffer. My inner thighs are weak enough as it is, and my hip sockets allow for it but i really need to work on my strength more than anything. My position balancing is constantly getting better, but i've realized how much harder it is now that i'm doing it right. My coupe is worse than my passe odly enough, but I think it's because when i'm in passe it's easier for me to hold my turnout and lower my hip because of the position of my foot. I always try to hold sur le coup de pie in coupe but my feet can't do it and it makes me hike my hip. My pique turns are eh, as are my shenees...i just really need to work on spotting...which is just a weird thing to practice.
I haven't worked on Rob's legs in a while, so far he's given me two workouts without me reciprocating-so i feel bad asking for us to start working out regularly again. He's been rehearsing on his wall, so I'm going to see if he just wants a full massage. Then I won't feel so bad asking for a workout Sunday. I'm just so out of shape! It's really hard because when you loose a bunch of weight, and your body gets really toned and nice looking it's easy to think 'oh ok I'm making progress', but really i'm only 40% of the way along where my strenghts need to be as a dancer. Really the only thing I have going for me is knowledge of dance vocabulary, rhythm, presence, and quality of movement. I just need better technique!!!
I made plans to hang out with Brian tonight, but I forgot about my class at 5. I don't want to skip it because I really need a full length class instead of just a barre-i just hate taking class there!!!
oh well. suck it up, give them money, and get my table back!!!
So yea, rambling because nobody gets any of what I just talked about.
I got so much done yesterday! I wrote out payments for and sent out my insurance surcharge, my health insurance, and the half of the peridance payment. I set up my car payment online. I emailed Mary Cochran at Barnard and she said that we could set up a time for me to see the campus when I'm in the city. I went to the school and gave student records Rob's letter so that at least i took 3 credits this semester(boooo) and did a ballet barre in the studio.
Must work on: EVERYTHING!!!
I have a hard time keeping my legs strait when I lower my leg from retiere, and closing fifth has never been easy for me. My pirouettes in general suck, they're never strong and I always fall out of my doubles. My extensions are ok, and my leg level is getting better-but I can't get the damn Russian mentality out of my body, and I always crank my leg to second which makes my turnout suffer. My inner thighs are weak enough as it is, and my hip sockets allow for it but i really need to work on my strength more than anything. My position balancing is constantly getting better, but i've realized how much harder it is now that i'm doing it right. My coupe is worse than my passe odly enough, but I think it's because when i'm in passe it's easier for me to hold my turnout and lower my hip because of the position of my foot. I always try to hold sur le coup de pie in coupe but my feet can't do it and it makes me hike my hip. My pique turns are eh, as are my shenees...i just really need to work on spotting...which is just a weird thing to practice.
I haven't worked on Rob's legs in a while, so far he's given me two workouts without me reciprocating-so i feel bad asking for us to start working out regularly again. He's been rehearsing on his wall, so I'm going to see if he just wants a full massage. Then I won't feel so bad asking for a workout Sunday. I'm just so out of shape! It's really hard because when you loose a bunch of weight, and your body gets really toned and nice looking it's easy to think 'oh ok I'm making progress', but really i'm only 40% of the way along where my strenghts need to be as a dancer. Really the only thing I have going for me is knowledge of dance vocabulary, rhythm, presence, and quality of movement. I just need better technique!!!
I made plans to hang out with Brian tonight, but I forgot about my class at 5. I don't want to skip it because I really need a full length class instead of just a barre-i just hate taking class there!!!
oh well. suck it up, give them money, and get my table back!!!
So yea, rambling because nobody gets any of what I just talked about.