Riot and Frolic
a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog
Category: Dancetastic
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– what? It's only been, like, 92 weeks since my last LLLL post. – shortly, here's what I've been doing/where I've been: Cleveland for a competition (thanks, Nichy! love the Cleveland Dancesport Challenge) road trip to Virginia for a wedding (thanks, Wyatt and Margaret!) road trip back to Minnesota for… living (thanks, St. Paul,…
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I often think ballroom dancers are a bit masochistic: the learning never stops. Think you got something correct? Then you're told to do it more correctly or to somehow make it harder. the actual cost of lessons/events/competitions is… real. Like, "this invoice just got real". Ramen for the next month or two to do that awesome…
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I went to a competition. My dresses, however, did not come with me. Yes. I packed up all my bags, the little ladies' bags, Gordon's dance gear, my dance gear, and piled it all together in my bedroom with my dresses hanging above the pile on the door. We got up in the morning. We…
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Let's be honest. I wish this happened. But every time I dance? I turn into the self-loathing, perfectionist, bitchy, hot-tempered, prideful, rude, jealous, selfish version of me. Oh, wait. That's when I practice. … Happy Friday! in nomine patris, et filii, et young indiana jones chronicles
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Back in the day when I was scolding you for not wearing the proper footwear, I brought up this nifty bumper sticker: I mentioned I hate it, but not why. Since I'm ranting about things this week, I thought I'd elaborate. Ginger Rogers was great. She was fun to watch dance, she could act, and…
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"I don't need any of this… Or this… Except this. This ashtray is the only thing I need. And that's the only thing I need. Not this or this… The only thing I need is this ashtray… and this paddle game…" – The Jerk A few years ago, a brand new ballroom dance teacher trainee…
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10 Zelda's Theme When I found the Double Rainbow notebook, there was a whole section of cryptic choreographical notations and another section on practice drills and another one on dance quotes. Then I found a couple of interesting Pros/Cons lists. At some point, I had considered switching teams and going to the dark side……
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– a new car seat for Zoo. We've had an ever-changing configuration of carseats in our vehicle for four years and all of them have annoyed the piss out of me. But this new carseat was a game-changer, man. GAME- CHANGER! It was recommended on a couple different websites, but I was hooked after reading…
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! *sob* i'm sure this made sense at the time I found my old dance notebook and holy hell, it is a goldmine. What kind of gold it is, I'm not sure. Probably fools'. (If you don't get the "double rainbow" reference, you really need to stop working and do something productive,…
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– waiting impatiently for my copies of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and Tara Stiles'ssss Slim Calm Sexy Yoga. Checked my "track order" link about 10 times before realizing it's coming USPS and not UPS. So 5pm, instead of 8am. I'll still open my front door 3 more times. I betcha. Are you here yet? –…
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