I've started to take bellydance lessons (I have class with Traeonna ^^). They've been really fun so far, but it is hard to learn to isolate certain muscles. I'm practicing though! And the hip scarves are so fun with all the jinglies! Thus far, we've learned a hip swivel that looks like a washing machine agitator, a double hip movement, and ( Read more... )

Why do people prefer pretty lies to the truth? I've been listening to 30 Sec. to Mars and "Beautiful Lie" is stuck in my head ( Read more... )

On NPR, there was a story about UCLA's low African-American student enrollment rates. This year, only 96 members of the incoming freshman class are Af.-Am. Some people believe the root of this problem was the repeal of the affirmative action bill/law, but isn't the real problem that many, many of the Af.-Am prospective students live in poor ( Read more... )

I have started reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and OMG why have I never read this before? I'm about 80 pages in and I absolutely *love* it. Everyone, go out and get this book! Read it now ( Read more... )

LJ Interests meme results

1. apple geeks: Fabulous web comic. Great artwork, cute characters, fun randomness, and interesting story lines. If it were a plushie, I would hug it every day. ^_^
   
2. buttons: The kind that have statements on them, not the kind that keep your clothing together. For that, I prefer lacing. I have a bunch of buttons on my bag ( Read more... )

( ...so I used an LJ cut. Oh, and I threw in two quizes at the end of the ramblings. )