les petites choses..

{a few people of my friends were asking what my shoes looked like - so voilà!
please ignore my probably horrible foot position...je viens de commencer!}

well. i think my dreams of being ballet-prima donna-prodigy were dashed tonight.
i must say, my first class was a LOT more difficult than i anticipated!
{i think i was a bit delusional after watching fame last night.
shoot. professionals make it look so easy!}
my friend alexis + i were tripping over our own feet, missing steps, complaining about sore toes....but
i still LOVED it
+ can't WAIT to go back!

homework:
practicing pas de bourrée five minutes/day.
definitely going to be watching videos like this!!

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now let's talk about fame:

i am the biggest musical fan i know, but i was pretty disappointed.
there was definitely some great dancing + singing...
{oh my gosh. asher book...marry me + sing to me forever}
BUT!
the story line was so disjointed! i didn't care about the characters! it was all over the place!
i was hoping for some charlie/jody drama à la centre stage...
i guess they just don't make dance movies like they used to in 2000.

my two favourite reviewer comments:

"The high school is so sanitized that there are no drugs, cutthroat competition, or - inconceivably for a theatrical milieu - no gay students."
Andrea Gronvall - Chicago Reader

"Members of the class of '80 struggled to stay in school despite homelessness and crime; the greatest crisis in '09 finds a student's Sesame Street work schedule affecting her GPA."
Michelle Orange - L.A. Weekly

i am a little embarrassed to say that i haven't ever seen the original.
but i will! i want the original grit!

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now let's talk about facebook:

i'm a bit of an addict. so i have decided to take a break from it for awhile.
{again}
apparently the brains at facebook have become even more ingenious in feeding our addiction since the last time i de-activated my account.
look at this:
{click on this baby to make it bigger + get the full effect.
it gets all blurry if i make it bigger in the post...}

they have pulled up pictures of me + my friends during happier times...
look how facebook is tugging at my heart strings!
i'm imagining alexis, bent over double, sobbing.
krista, over-eating on chocolate.
tiffany, ripping out her hair....
will they miss me that much facebook?
well maybe i could keep my account open a just a bit longer...

nope. not going to happen.

so let's stay in touch this way. d'accord?

much love,
xo