So much!

Oh man, there is just a crap-ton of things going on right now, in a good sane way. Just enough that I often look at the clock and think “Damn, is it 12:40AM AGAIN already?” life feels very circular and oh yes ka is a wheel.

Wiiiiii!!!
As you may recall, Roger won a Wii on the radio, which I envied thoroughly. I came home one night and found a Wii in our livingroom, and it turns out Roger was awesome enough to sell his to us (thanks to both Roger and Andy, brokers of my latest obsession). I think Roger was worried about becoming too addicted to video games again, so really I’m helping him out right?

So now I’m working my way through Super Mario Galaxy which is awesome. Totally different from all the other Mario games, as all levels are large globes. And it’s just challenging enough for an only semi-serious gamer like myself. I fear if I get Zelda: Twilight Princess I may never see the light of day again, and could miss summer altogether. THANKS ROGER!!!

Newest sewing achievement: Yoga Pants
Hells yeah. My latest project in the “SEW Workshop” book was “Wear anywhere yoga pants.” I snagged some nice lawn-green linen on sale and made them into low-slung, wide-legged drawstring pants. I had to take an extra 3 inches off the leg length, because I’m somehow petite even though I’m 5’6” (5’4” is usually the cutoff). ANYWAY. Now I’ve got bright green pants that match my polka-dot bathing suit which will be handy for. . .

Conference in Hawaii next week!
That’s right. Time for the yearly Pow-wow for our research system, and since it’s the 20th anniversary it will be on Oahu. I leave exactly next week, and I’m nearly delirious thinking of packing only shorts and sarongs. It will be hard coming back. However, I’m missing Andy’s birthday and that is a bummer. And as soon as I get back to Madison. . .

My folks come to visit
Yes, the parents are hoping to drive up to Madison for Easter. I miss them more than I ever thought I would, so I’m excited—although I’m less excited about cleaning up the apartment. They’ll get to see the new micro building AND our new apartment!

Bellydance overdrive
To make up for spring break we’re currently at 3 2-hour practices a week, plus my 1.5-hour studio class. It’s awesome and I feel like it’s been intensive enough to improve my technique a lot, although it also seems like for every thing I get better at, I find another move I’ve gotta get moving better. Mainly, shimmies are still killin’ me because they require a lot of strength in the quads but super-relaxedness everywhere else—and I’m still a tense person and so my moves tend to freeze up a lot.

One thing that bugged me a bit last night was that there was a girl in our club practice who is kindof like a trainwreck. I could lecture about just what’s wrong, but mainly it’s that she sticks her butt out and she doesn’t isolate her movements (they travel through her whole body, and usually the point of a movement is to isolate it from everything else). It doesn’t bug me that she’s a trainwreck. . . it’s just strange that no one seems to critique her. I’m guessing there must be a story behind it all that I just don’t know about, like perhaps she has a physical disability or she snuck into this class without auditioning. My curiosity is piqued, I can’t help it!

Little word, little bird
This morning there was a little bird on my balcony, and it looked expectantly into the livingroom. I'm hoping to figure out how I can have a bird feeder out there so next time he might look less pissed. I am pretending this is the first sign of spring, so allow me my delusion!