Off-Balance

So, I hurt my foot re-choreographing my acro routine today. This is not good. During term two, another girl fractured her foot walking during class and had to leave the school. I am paranoid.

My roomie says that scientists tested Olympic athletes visualizing themselves running the perfect race. During the visualization, all the same neurons and electrical impulses fired as when they were running an actual race. Therefore, I am going to plan my routine out on paper and visualize myself doing it perfectly over and over again while my foot heals in the next 12 hours. (I am visualizing that, too.)

Staying Balanced

--means ripping the skin underneath one of my toes on both feet. This time I did it dancing to very American tunes at the 4th of July party.

I donated one of the My Body kiddie pools to the cause and upon arrival, whipped off my dress to reveal my swimsuit and then sat and rolled in the water. It was kind of amazing (as camiluvsozzy would say). Then I got a hamburger and got back into the pool. Then I had a glass of wine and stood in the pool. Then I walked around and said to the British guests, "no hard feelings, right?" Then I danced and ripped my toe open. This is how we stay balanced.

One Down

Space lab project made and moved.

Also, Helsinki Syndrome was contacted and invited to play Brighton! Don't know if we will go, but hey now!

So Tired

15 days till end of school.

Too many things to do.

Still

Still have a little cold. Still going to school. Still investing in the cool people. Still learning to say no fully.

The gondolier is my favorite of the 20 movements.

Cold

I have a cold. This is the first cold I've gotten since early November and it's just a little one. Usually I get sick six or seven times a year. Still, it's annoying to have a cold. It's the last three weeks of classes so I'm going to school anyway.

Fool Moon

We just finished a week of dramatic and significant "last classes" with all the teachers, where we created movement pieces that summed up journeys, territories and personal stories. It's very interesting to watch everyone and see how much they've changed and also notice the things that haven't changed. People are so interesting.

More and more I use the word "harrowing" to apply to school. But it's a good kind of harrow. Turns the earth up for new planting. Speaking of harrow, post-impro included a great field talk with Lin and, after Space Lab, Bax, Norway x 2 and JM and I bought a bottle of whiskey and drank it by the canal until the sun went down. Over the course of that afternoon and evening I learned many happy things and a few sad things.