Are you doing anything to celebrate? I had completely forgot about it until I read a post about it. I am not doing anything exciting for it. My main plan is to go to Flamenco tonight. Maybe next year I’ll remember beforehand and plan something completely awesome. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on [...]

Mohamed Shahin was what I needed after my week. In case you were wondering about me attending the workshops I had planned on going to, I still am because I prepaid. I most likely can’t get a refund and I don’t know if I’d be allowed to sell my spot. But back to the original [...]

Two major money woes occurred in the course of the past few days. 1. My lab’s money has just been frozen. I’m not sure why (according to my advisor, we still had half of the money allocated to us), but it has been. We have to get the department chair’s approval. What that means for [...]

I went to my first Flamenco class yesterday. I’ve been itching to work on another dance style for a while. I love doing Middle Eastern dance, but I think it’s go to change it up. I also miss the feeling of excitement and nervousness for a first class. The people who take dance before my [...]

I decided, after having a lesson on connecting with music and working with that a little, that I need to restructure what I want to get out of my private lessons. I’ve identified things I’d to work on, different things I hadn’t thought about before or maybe did but thought I should tackle other things. [...]

After reading Valeria’s top 10 popular clothes items for Middle Eastern dance, I felt inspired to write my own, using a different slant. My list is my top 10 must have items. Slightly different but hopefully informative and fun. I chose to make a slightly different list, because Valeria already covered popular items and I [...]

After yesterday’s cryptic entry, I feel compelled to write more about it. One of the TAs, R, does not respond well to me being in charge. Two people have told me that she complains about me stopping into their labs a few times (the extent of my visits is saying hello, asking how things are, [...]

I’ve been learning the hard way some people simply don’t respond well to authority, even though I’m trying (and think I am) to be a nice and fair boss. *sigh Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on FriendFeedshare via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postBookmark in BrowserTell a [...]

I’m running my experiment for the second time. I didn’t announce the other time, in fear that it would be jinxed. It feels good to be up and running. I am really starting to make some progress with my thesis. I’ve written about 2 pages (not a lot, but it’s a start) and my research [...]

Meeting people has been a topic that has come up time and again. Having moved ample times, I know finding someone to hang out with is difficult. Even if it isn’t as permanent as a move, going to workshops or even a class is intimidating when you don’t know anyone. It’s sad to not be [...]