Riot and Frolic
a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog
Month: October 2012
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It's Halloween, people. Maybe, since you're still hungover from the "Halloween" party from last weekend, you forgot, but October 31 is the actual date of All Hallows' Eve. And since I haven't started listening to Christmas music, don't ring in the "New Year" at 9pm (yet), or let off fireworks for every night for…
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The morning after I wrote about my quest to save the world, I did this… d'oh! Yeah. Morning and thinking do not go hand in hand. But I have made headway! I put grocery bags in my car and have actually used them. It's now the little ladies job to bring them in…
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– a haircut! This wouldn't be such news if I was a normal person, or had shorter hair, or listened to any advice ever given about healthy hair. But the last time I got a haircut, there was snow on the ground. Ew. I got 6 inches cut off and still have an…
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Director's note: Goldilocks will be played by Kate in this week's performances. Once, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. She was a total beeeeeeeach to practice with, because she was always complaining about something. you wouldn't know it by this picture, but Goldilocks is a total wench This week, Goldy is…
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I'm sure running a marathon should be easier than giving birth, so in my ever-hungry, anandamide-high week after the "run", I tried to come up with ideas to make the next one better. bring it, next race Yes, the next one. I went to demolish this year's time in an epic fight to…
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Notice the post title wasn't "I Ran A Marathon". Let me tell you, I pictured my marathon experience differently. When I read about people walking during marathons, I scoffed. "Obviously, they weren't training," I would say, with my nose in the air. I imagined my training program would go completely according to plan and I…
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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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Sometimes I get these crazy ideas in my head, like going sugar-free or eschewing caffeine or spray-painting… anything, that I MUST DO NOW. This morning, it was OMGTHEREISTOOMUCHPACKAGINGINTHEWORLD and I'MBEINGCONSUMEDBYMYCONSUMERISM, as I drank my Starbucks coffee out of a Starbucks cup (with the sleeve!) while eating a muffin out of its paper liner which came in…
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I'm getting dumber. It's a fact. I use my computer and my smart phone too much, so my handwriting is deteriorating along with my spelling ability. I spend a lot of time talking to people with a very limited vocabulary (because they're under the age of 5). I decided to compile a list of…
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