People on Bhuz began reminiscing over their first costumes. Here is my story, which I also posted over there: My first costume was handmade by me in Auckland, for a student show (my first one!) I did a ruched halter-style bra in this dusty rose pink metallic fabric. I used pearl beads as an accent [...]

Spring break is almost gone (one more day). I didn’t do anything glamorous, and I didn’t really break, but I feel sort of rested. Research: The addition of the new kid, M, is good. He is quiet but works well, is intelligent, etc. He has come in at a good time, because my advisor has [...]

Even though I only TA, I do try to help the students I have the best I can; I think I generally enjoy helping people and try to as many ways as I can (fun fact: I wanted to be a school psychologist from age 8 to 16). The school I attend is largely commuter. [...]

Someone located my blog by the search term “I don’t know how to dance but I want to.” Without knowing what kind of dance that person wanted to learn, I can’t give specific advice, but I hope it is helpful for someone. I think if you didn’t grow up with dance lessons, you feel hesitant [...]

I got hit with a flu bug yesterday. The weather in Chicago went from a lovely 70 degress Farenheit to about 50 being the high in the course of a few days. My body does not react well to fast weather changes. On one hand, it’s better to have the flu now that I don’t [...]

I have 2 problems left on my take home final due Friday, and I’m struggling to get them done. Not only because they aren’t simple, but also because I think I burned out a little. I think I did almost take on too much this past quarter. Trying to hustle my thesis (with very little [...]

I finally got around to completing my big tattoo. It wraps from the right side of my body, around the waist, and up under the left breast. It was a painful tattoo today, to say the least. The ribs are not a happy area to get tattooed! My tattoo artist, Dawn Grace, works at the [...]

In my search for getting to myself to dance, I decided to cheat a little and follow a DVD choreography. Jillina is the (or was? I’m not sure) head choreographer for the Bellydance Superstars, who are the biggest touring group in Middle Eastern dance right now. I myself am not a Jillina fan (I respect [...]

I crashed majorly today in terms of sleep. I had no idea that I had been that worn out. I knew I had been overworked, but I just slept so deeply last night and woke up to want to sleep more. Although I’m glad I went to veil class on Wednesday, I probably should’ve slept. [...]

Today I finished my laser physics class. We did poster presentations. It was odd, because he wanted us to do our presentations a little differently than from when I’ve done poster sessions. He wanted a spiel prepared. I typically stand beside my poster (I’ve done about 4) and let it speak for me. If the [...]