My professional and dance life have been quite hectic lately. My professional life- well, soon I’ll reveal some news that has been good (it changes my plans for next semester), but it has been a little stressful. The waiting game. I have also been busy with getting things squared away from midterms. The midterm grades [...]

Bill O’Reilly recently sent one of his people to check out Los Angeles and essentially show how weird and wacky LA people are. His person managed to find the Belly Dancer of the Universe competition that weekend. They had fantastic dancers there and on a tangent, cheers to those who competed. I was glad that [...]

I consider a good length for an exam something that I can complete in 15 minutes, including making a rubric as as I go along. Sometimes, this model works well. Sometimes, this model fails massively. Sometimes it kind of works. I’m a little surprised, though, that there is a big difference between my two physics [...]

From day 1, I announced that I do not allow iPods, Zunes, cell phones, etc. for use on the test. Just straight up calculators. Why? You can store notes, and I explicitly don’t allow notes. Besides, people do need to understand how to use calculators. They are fairly simple devices, but each has its own [...]

Yesterday, my Bharatanatyam teacher allowed us to come to her more advanced beginner class. This was done primarily because two ladies in my class are behind, due to missing class. Another lady and I also agreed to show up. I was the only one who showed up (the class was great, though I’m a teensy [...]

I’ve been working with the music for my kinda choreography. One of the best things about Middle Eastern music is you’re supposed to let it tell you what to do. Unfortunately, right now, I hear “arms” at the beginning, “open Egyptians” (it’s a move) for the bulk of the song, and hip drops for the [...]

Despite my hectic week, I did indeed manage to sift through all my dance music (over 1000 songs) and pick something suitable. I was initially going to pick something very slow, but I found a mix of “Move Your Belly” on the “Belly Dancer’s Odyssey” CD. If you are unfamiliar with the song, here’s a [...]

Yesterday we sat around talking about how awesome a snow day would be. We didn’t think it would happen, but sure enough, Boston Public canceled classes. Since we follow whatever Boston Public does, we had off too. The cancellation is hilarious, because the weather wasn’t nice but we weren’t pounded with snow the way a [...]

I’ve been sick, my flash drive died and now I have to make up working on calc problem writing that I lost on the dead flash drive, and one of my cats (the one in my icon on WordPress) has liver problems. Without being too dramatic, right now, I’m not sure if he’s going to [...]

Dance stuff that’s going on around the area in the upcoming months. Ranya workshop. I am attending this event in RI on the 27th of February. To tell you the truth, I know very little about Ranya, except my friends have raved about her. She has a very well-reputed Beledi DVD and is supposed to [...]