Sorry I haven't been writing much lately. I've been otherwise distracted, and you'll hear more about that when the deal is finalized! :D

I just wanted to share this quote with you. It's from an Interview with the Bellydance Superstars Tribal contingent, HSL referenced it in her blog and I had to take a look. This is what Zoe Jakes had to say:

What does belly dance mean to you?
Having fun with friends and getting to express myself creatively. I love that I can go to pretty much any city in the world and find people who share my interests (for some reason belly dancers also seem to share a love for wine, collecting sparkly things, and sushi).

I thought about that for a moment and realized that, yes! All bellydancers I know love sushi (obviously sparkly things and wine, but that's a given). It wasn't until about 3 years ago that I even knew what real sushi was, and now I'm craving sushi all the time. Is it the shimmies, or the scales->snakes reference? Maybe it's the less effort (no cooking) side of it. I don't know, but I thought that was hilarious.

Now I want sushi. Thanks Zoe.

You Want Snakes?

So, perusing the bellydance realm of facebook and youtube I stumble across this dancer, who in my view is ridiculously skilled. Full body undulations and bellyrolls to, in my opinion, outsize Arbee! Envision a snake that just ate an entirely over-sized and outrageous item, stretching to it's full capacity to become as large as is possible, as it digests it's food. Now, imagine that in the form of a bellydancer(who didn't eat that grotesquely large item).

Ela Rogers just fucking amazes me, pardon my crudeness. I was actually floored, which very rarely happens, as I accept most things as they are and very few things affect me. Although I find myself being floored more frequently since discovering bellydance. First when I realized I could move something "like that", and then again when I found out who Rachel Brice was, and now this Ela-Snake. She's enchanting and mesmerizing, I can't exactly look away. I can't describe her movements either, they're so fluid, yet sharp and crisp. Her arms and posture are at an unattainable level of precision (for me right now, gimme some time). I just don't get it.

So, snakey snakey; Ela Rogers

Caterpillars and Beats and Solos? OH MY!

Holy Merciful!!

I've had the new Beats Antique album, Collide, for a few weeks now but haven't listened to it. Well, I mean coherently listened to it. Anyway, I just found a really, really amazing song "Caterpillar" and it's so fantasssstic! After seeing Monique performance (and subsequently working on it in the workshop 3 days later) to "Beauty Beats" I've decided to retire that piece... until a later day when I'm more inspired.

New Solo = Caterpillar! :)

Silver Noise

I must confess to a splurge. I was browsing King of The Nile and came across 2 beautiful hipscarves I wanted, quite badly might I add. I decided to add them to the cart and go through the sales pitch and find total cost with shipping and fees. Turns out to be a shade more than I wanted to spend, so I figured I'd wait until another time.

Sidetrack; I put my laptop in to get flattened over Christmas holidays; bad ram = bad time. Hence, a few of my drivers weren't installed (not essential), and a few programs needed to be updated, and a few things needed to be customized, etc. One driver which was omitted was the increased-awareness for my touch pad. Someone forgot to mention this to me...

So I'm at the cyber checkout, mouse has miraculously hovered over the "proceed" link. I put my finger on my mouse pad to move the cursor to the back button on the browser...... WHAMBO! the link was clicked instead. Now $100+ has been charged to my visa. Joy.

On the lighter side. They arrived today, and I must say I'm THRILLED! I have a beautiful maroon triangular one (similar to joelle's blue one, if you know what that one is like), and a turquoise panel one (similar to lori's long purple one). Now I just need a place to wear them and show them off.

I may have converted a friend to join the jingly side with the maroon one :)

Conflicting Conflicts

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