Dance Camp

Ah the joys of selling shoes at Dance Camp. All the crazy old people who want shoes we don't carry. That think that we are more like a department store than a specialized shop run by the owner. I don't think they realize that the owner of the store is the one who runs it, or if they do, they expect me (not the owner) to know everything about every shoe. Well, I can understand why they want that, but it is interesting the reactions I get from some of them.
The fun part is seeing people I know and talking to them. Mostly these are the TA's, but some of the campers have been coming since I was starting out in the program.
I just wish someone would buy the costume I have for sale. Sadly, no one wants a yellow latin dress with red lace.

Killing us softly

Scary, true and how do we fix it?

It's nice not to worry

Here.

Molasses Man

Since my cousins are all dying for more info on Molasses Man, and he himself thinks that I've only said bad things about him, I thought I might say some things to give you a better idea about him.
He is a nice guy, very sweet. He can already tell when I don't feel well and makes sure he checks back with me later to see how I'm feeling.
He opens doors for me, he pays when we go out, and he tries really hard to do the things I ask him. He's a horrible tease, which makes our relationship very interesting because I'm the same way. My friend Crystal thinks it is hysterical because we tease each other mercilessly.
He always comes to pick me up and drives. He likes the Symphony (I'm trying to get him to go in a few weeks). He doesn't want me to move to CA in the fall.
He makes me laugh. He's really smart, one of those guys that I feel like might be smarter than me, but it could just be how he presents himself. He also seems to be a good strong member of the Church, but I haven't actually gone to church with him. He's a hard worker and very dedicated to his work. This is his website, but its not very developed yet. He just barely got it up.

Well that's about all I have for now, but hopefully there will be more coming soon. I hope that that helps give a better picture about the kind of guy he is. Let me know what you think because he thinks that everyone I know has a bad opinion about him because I complain that our relationship isn't moving fast enough.

It's about time

Molasses Man has finally admitted that we are dating. It only took six weeks. I think there are several reasons he finally came to this conclusion. One, I spent a couple days in Cedar City and he had to talk to me every day I was gone (like I was that far away and for a long time?), Two, he came with me to a roommate party, for my roommates, Three, he found out how much longer I am going to be here before I move to California. Not sure why that was such a strong motivator, but apparently it was.
Anyway, its not really that big of a deal, but its nice to not be hanging out in relationship limbo anymore.

Cedar City

I went to the Shakespeare Festival again this year in Cedar City. I talked my boss's wife, Choreographer, (who I went to Lake Powell with last year) into going with me. Her mother-in-law came with us to watch Choreographer's little girl, Blue. We left at about ten in the morning on Tuesday. We made pretty good time and our hotel let us check in early, so Mom and Blue stayed while Choreographer and I drove to the festival. We got there right when Fiddler was starting. I asked for student rush tickets, but apparently some people had purchased some tickets and got too many and left the extras at the box office, so we got into Fiddler for FREE!! It was really good. I think the movie is a little slow, but the play moved quickly. My favorite part was the way several of the actors had Brooklyn accents when there Russian accents slipped.
After dinner, we went to see Othello. It was good, but I had really looked forward to this play and it wasn't quite what I was hoping. It was like they were missing something. Maybe it was just an off night.
I woke up early the next morning, because I generally do. I got dressed, went and ate, and then went to the workout room and watched tv for about an hour. I also ran about two miles and spent half an hour on the bike. Then Choreographer came to get me and we went swimming.
We went to see School for Wives by Moliere Wednesday afternoon. I saw this play in France and read it in french for my Moliere class. I liked it better in French. The costumes were seventeenth century France, but the translation was extremely modern (they used words like turd and brain-bot. Brain-bot, seriously?!) So there was a little bit of a juxtaposition with that for me. I didn't like the translation, a lot of stuff got lost. And I didn't like the way they treated the comedy. It was very stylized, which was quite funny, but I really wanted to relate to the characters a bit more. So that was a little disappointing, but Choreographer really liked it, so maybe I'm just a theater snob (duh).
The last show we saw was Two Gentlemen of Verona. I think that was my favorite of the ones we saw. You could tell the actors had fun doing it and it was fun to watch. The plot is a little bit frivolous, with love triangles and mistaken identities and everything is easily wrapped up in five minutes, but it is always such a fun ride. The two servants were hilarious. The one who was also in School for Wives was probably my favorite.
I really would have liked to see Taming of the Shrew as well, but we didn't have time. We wouldn't have gotten home until about seven or eight on Thursday, and that woudln't have worked for us. I might try again later when I drive down to California or something.
Small world, I saw my neighbors down there.

It's amazing what 800mg of IBuProfin can do

You go from feeling like you got run over by a truck to being able to function like a semi-normal person again.