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Once More With Feeling!
11 years ago
Ok, so in my last journal I announced I was back then...Disappear again...
Ugh!
So apparently with all that went on in June (got a thrush infection, bleck, got a tooth pulled after it broke and cracked, not fun, was on a mushy diet of sorts, got my stitches removed a day before I left for Solstice, went to Solstice, found out my 2 hour intensive with Unmata was now a super intensive designed to make us stage ready, dance 6 more hours then performed, stayed in bed and missed my last 2 workshops..sucks..came home, was home for 2 days, got a fever starting Wednesday, was in the ER Saturday, was sent home went BACK Sunday, they had to keep me, in the hospital till Wednesday, came home finished recovering AANNDD NOW I'm Back!)
Ugh!
So yeah.....
I kinda ran my body into the ground, and got this weird viral bronchitis thing...
I had to get IV steroids..that's just about as fun as it sounds..had to have my blood sugar checked and then get insulin shots since the steroids made it spike (we're talking the 320s here) Got shots to prevent blood clots in my fucking STOMACH! I STILL have bruises from that!
And was on oxygen 24/7 and got many many breathing treatments.
So what have we learned here?
I haven't the slightest..BUT super weird side effect is that I seemed to have lost like 20lbs and 3 inches(from my abdomen) O.O
Da Faq!? How did that happen?!
You all know I am an all sizes advocate, and generally don;t give a flying FUCK what people think of my body (yes words hurt, but being hurt and not giving a fuck are different..I will elaborate if you ask)
SO this should be interesting...
One of the things i was having a tizzy about at Solstice is that I was able to do this AMAZING thing, Dancing on stage not just WITH Unmata but AS Unmata, and I would come back home and TaDa! Still the same no body in this community.
People here are SOOO Clicky! and it;s ALL about looks and blah blah. You can have ZERO dance experience, but as long as you have the money for props, a shiny costume and are thin, then it doesn't mater!
While I on the other hand have 15 fucking years of dance experience and am studying my ass off (see after solstice hospital trip) I get bubkis...
So whatever. My Duet partner from the last show is into doing BIG showcases, and I have a dance date with her tomorrow. So we are gonna shake things up!
So here is me performing with Unmata. At the beginning I am the 3rd one walking in on the right (your right it would actually be stage left, I'm behind the gal with the funky cool pants)
The Duet near the end is my Lovely Friend SamiTe' (the one that dances with fire whips and such awesomeness) and Kari, one of the main members of Unmata.
This second piece (yes I literally walked off stage from the ITS and then right back on like 3 min later) Is a piece from the workshop called "Working with the Moment" Where using pantomime and just going with whatever song Amy pics, we create a choreography. She has been doing these for the last year, and every one is different. This is the FIRST time it has made it to the stage.
Unmata is knows for their epic stage shows, and with Amy out due to a severely burned hand (note,; don;t get cocky when dancing with fire you WILL get burned :/) She had to make it up SOMEHOW, so the 2 unmata workshops, the 4 hour ITS and the Moment workshop became their stage show.
This whole experience was super cool. And I have my official Unmata shirt now. So I got the tattoo, in the tattoo book, danced on stage with them, now I'm going for my certification. Woo!!
Learned lots of other nifty dancy things and I have a LOT of fun new ideas.
As far as art goes, I will be posting a journal on Monday about pieces owed, and some freebies, yes freebies I will be doing to get back into the swing of things.
And stream anyone?
Ugh!
So apparently with all that went on in June (got a thrush infection, bleck, got a tooth pulled after it broke and cracked, not fun, was on a mushy diet of sorts, got my stitches removed a day before I left for Solstice, went to Solstice, found out my 2 hour intensive with Unmata was now a super intensive designed to make us stage ready, dance 6 more hours then performed, stayed in bed and missed my last 2 workshops..sucks..came home, was home for 2 days, got a fever starting Wednesday, was in the ER Saturday, was sent home went BACK Sunday, they had to keep me, in the hospital till Wednesday, came home finished recovering AANNDD NOW I'm Back!)
Ugh!
So yeah.....
I kinda ran my body into the ground, and got this weird viral bronchitis thing...
I had to get IV steroids..that's just about as fun as it sounds..had to have my blood sugar checked and then get insulin shots since the steroids made it spike (we're talking the 320s here) Got shots to prevent blood clots in my fucking STOMACH! I STILL have bruises from that!
And was on oxygen 24/7 and got many many breathing treatments.
So what have we learned here?
I haven't the slightest..BUT super weird side effect is that I seemed to have lost like 20lbs and 3 inches(from my abdomen) O.O
Da Faq!? How did that happen?!
You all know I am an all sizes advocate, and generally don;t give a flying FUCK what people think of my body (yes words hurt, but being hurt and not giving a fuck are different..I will elaborate if you ask)
SO this should be interesting...
One of the things i was having a tizzy about at Solstice is that I was able to do this AMAZING thing, Dancing on stage not just WITH Unmata but AS Unmata, and I would come back home and TaDa! Still the same no body in this community.
People here are SOOO Clicky! and it;s ALL about looks and blah blah. You can have ZERO dance experience, but as long as you have the money for props, a shiny costume and are thin, then it doesn't mater!
While I on the other hand have 15 fucking years of dance experience and am studying my ass off (see after solstice hospital trip) I get bubkis...
So whatever. My Duet partner from the last show is into doing BIG showcases, and I have a dance date with her tomorrow. So we are gonna shake things up!
So here is me performing with Unmata. At the beginning I am the 3rd one walking in on the right (your right it would actually be stage left, I'm behind the gal with the funky cool pants)
The Duet near the end is my Lovely Friend SamiTe' (the one that dances with fire whips and such awesomeness) and Kari, one of the main members of Unmata.
This second piece (yes I literally walked off stage from the ITS and then right back on like 3 min later) Is a piece from the workshop called "Working with the Moment" Where using pantomime and just going with whatever song Amy pics, we create a choreography. She has been doing these for the last year, and every one is different. This is the FIRST time it has made it to the stage.
Unmata is knows for their epic stage shows, and with Amy out due to a severely burned hand (note,; don;t get cocky when dancing with fire you WILL get burned :/) She had to make it up SOMEHOW, so the 2 unmata workshops, the 4 hour ITS and the Moment workshop became their stage show.
This whole experience was super cool. And I have my official Unmata shirt now. So I got the tattoo, in the tattoo book, danced on stage with them, now I'm going for my certification. Woo!!
Learned lots of other nifty dancy things and I have a LOT of fun new ideas.
As far as art goes, I will be posting a journal on Monday about pieces owed, and some freebies, yes freebies I will be doing to get back into the swing of things.
And stream anyone?
Just wish these bruises would go away!
I will be heading out to dance with my new Duet partner here in a bit. First day back dancing in 2 weeks!
I hope your friend's hand is healing up well. Dancing with fire: the moment you don't respect this, it hurts you a lot...
And it's so good to hear from you again! Missed you.