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bitchy_merlinThe other thing that no one tells you about things like this is how trivial everything else seems afterward.
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*Brief Interlude*: The reports of the student death on campus are true. He was an Engineer, he was frosh, he was in residence, and he was ridicustupid drunk when he fell out of that window. It's sick and awful that he died like this, because now people won't remember him as [Name], they'll remember him as "that Eng who got hammered and fell out of a window". What's worse is that he never even got to experience the academic side of things at all. No one's really sure what to think of it, at the moment.
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This is a return-to-normality post about my weekend, and life going into second year university.
Last night, Iqra and I emerged onto our porch to find two dubiously sober guys clad only in wifebeaters and briefs doing pushups, one lying completely atop the other. My immediate response: <3_____________<3 MMMM, HOMOEROTICISM. Gotta love the student village.
Dance Trial Week has started! I'm so sore! Excited and eagerly awaiting my next classes, but sore! Getting out of bed today was a feat of heroic bravery, and no mistake. Four hours of dance each day is substantially more exercise than I've become used to for the past four months.
Cardiofunk: AWESOME! I'm definitely taking this class, because it's such a good workout. It's a really bouncy, high-energy class (which is good, because it's at ten on Saturday mornings), and the choreo is really upbeat and loads of fun.
Videodance: UM, ONLY ONE OF THE MOST LUSTED-AFTER CLASSES IN MY EXISTENCE. Another intense workout*, in which we learn the backup-dancer moves (or sometimes, the main ones) for a particular piece of media (SYTYCD, Beyonce's Single Ladies, etc.).
Broadway Jazz: Never again will I sneer derisively at broadway dancing! Oh my frigging god, I don't even. To be fair, it's not that the moves were challenging, per se, but the instructor definitely taught at a rapid pace, and the style was definitely different from anything I've ever done (and she didn't know the counts, which didn't really help)**. I felt a bit like Arthur trying to make sense of something Eames takes for granted - the lack of structure in that course was a bit disconcerting***. I'm less partial to it than to the other classes, but I'll probably take it anyway just because it falls in between Videodance and Beg-Inter Tech, two classes I'm set on.
Beginner-Intermediate Technique: THIS. It's not strictly dance, but acts more like a foundational course for all different dance types. We did a lot of flexibility and strength exercises, which is apparently pretty standard. I WILL BE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE BY THE END OF THIS, I SWEAR. Everything hurts right now, but it is the pain of a job well done.
Intermediate Hip-Hop: HELLO, LOVE OF MY LIFE, DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. <3_______________________________<3 I swore to myself that I would try this class after Beginner Hip-Hop last year. It's going to be a challenge, but I'm excited for it because dance is like a continuous joysplosion in my brain, especially hip-hop.
Intermediate-Advanced Open: OH GOD OW. One of the girls I met in this class said, "Yeah, I really like this class. It's challenging." Oh, boy, is it ever. I am challenged by that class. I am so unbelievably challenged by that class. That wasn't even me dancing. Rather, it was me throwing an hour-and-a-half long spastic fit in an attempt to emulate the instructor's moves. I'm not sure how much of it was pain from sore muscles, how much was low blood sugar (I crash hard), and how much was just me not being advanced enough, but that class was a struggle. Fantastic workout, but a struggle. (Mish-mash of dance styles.)
Intermediate-Advanced Lyrical: Very similar to Open. Taught by Julie, who was our instructor for Int. Lyrical last year! (I kind of love her****.) I love this class (well, maybe not as much at the end of three consecutive hours of dance); I love the structure of it, and I love that I'm already familiar with a lot of Julie's choreography. However, that's kind of the problem as well: it feels strikingly similar to last year's intermediate lyrical. Which I don't actually mind as such, but I'm going to check out the intermediate lyrical class this year just to see which one I prefer.
FLOW: TO BE ANNOUNCED. There is a FLOW class 6:30 - 7:30pm on Tuesday (missed the weekend ones, unfortunately), and if I am not in attendance then, I will be severely disappointed in myself. Also TBA: beginner ballet, inter jazz, and inter lyrical. Will my bank account survive signing up for all of these classes? I can but hope.
*Or maybe it just feels like such because there is no air conditioning in any of the dance studios, WHAT THE HELL.
** Repeat after me: I am not prejudiced against Drama majors, I'm not prejudiced against Drama majors...
*** "What do you mean, you want me to feel the music?! Eames, this is ridiculous." "Nonsense! Feel the character, Arthur! Be Betty!"
**** Instructors: let's talk about them. I like all of the instructors I've had so far, especially Julie, whom I already know, but I miss Bri. Dance just won't be the same without her. I know all the other dance instructors are also awesome and competent, but I think she was special. She was one of the nicest people I've met, and I think she really respected us as a class (not that other instructors don't, it's just... well). She was lovely and patient, and always took the time to make sure we were following and liking the choreography - and more than that, it was the little things that really highlighted her competence. Like how she would demonstrate things on both halves of the room so everyone could see, and how she ensured that lines were switched up regularly so everyone got a chance at the front. Videotaping the choreo for people to practice at home. Things like that, simple things that made class just that much more often. She was the first dance instructor (hiphop classes were just before lyrical) I've ever had, and I think I can say she will be remembered fondly as one of the best. <3
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*Brief Interlude*: The reports of the student death on campus are true. He was an Engineer, he was frosh, he was in residence, and he was ridicustupid drunk when he fell out of that window. It's sick and awful that he died like this, because now people won't remember him as [Name], they'll remember him as "that Eng who got hammered and fell out of a window". What's worse is that he never even got to experience the academic side of things at all. No one's really sure what to think of it, at the moment.
***
This is a return-to-normality post about my weekend, and life going into second year university.
Last night, Iqra and I emerged onto our porch to find two dubiously sober guys clad only in wifebeaters and briefs doing pushups, one lying completely atop the other. My immediate response: <3_____________<3 MMMM, HOMOEROTICISM. Gotta love the student village.
Dance Trial Week has started! I'm so sore! Excited and eagerly awaiting my next classes, but sore! Getting out of bed today was a feat of heroic bravery, and no mistake. Four hours of dance each day is substantially more exercise than I've become used to for the past four months.
Cardiofunk: AWESOME! I'm definitely taking this class, because it's such a good workout. It's a really bouncy, high-energy class (which is good, because it's at ten on Saturday mornings), and the choreo is really upbeat and loads of fun.
Videodance: UM, ONLY ONE OF THE MOST LUSTED-AFTER CLASSES IN MY EXISTENCE. Another intense workout*, in which we learn the backup-dancer moves (or sometimes, the main ones) for a particular piece of media (SYTYCD, Beyonce's Single Ladies, etc.).
Broadway Jazz: Never again will I sneer derisively at broadway dancing! Oh my frigging god, I don't even. To be fair, it's not that the moves were challenging, per se, but the instructor definitely taught at a rapid pace, and the style was definitely different from anything I've ever done (and she didn't know the counts, which didn't really help)**. I felt a bit like Arthur trying to make sense of something Eames takes for granted - the lack of structure in that course was a bit disconcerting***. I'm less partial to it than to the other classes, but I'll probably take it anyway just because it falls in between Videodance and Beg-Inter Tech, two classes I'm set on.
Beginner-Intermediate Technique: THIS. It's not strictly dance, but acts more like a foundational course for all different dance types. We did a lot of flexibility and strength exercises, which is apparently pretty standard. I WILL BE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE BY THE END OF THIS, I SWEAR. Everything hurts right now, but it is the pain of a job well done.
Intermediate Hip-Hop: HELLO, LOVE OF MY LIFE, DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. <3_______________________________<3 I swore to myself that I would try this class after Beginner Hip-Hop last year. It's going to be a challenge, but I'm excited for it because dance is like a continuous joysplosion in my brain, especially hip-hop.
Intermediate-Advanced Open: OH GOD OW. One of the girls I met in this class said, "Yeah, I really like this class. It's challenging." Oh, boy, is it ever. I am challenged by that class. I am so unbelievably challenged by that class. That wasn't even me dancing. Rather, it was me throwing an hour-and-a-half long spastic fit in an attempt to emulate the instructor's moves. I'm not sure how much of it was pain from sore muscles, how much was low blood sugar (I crash hard), and how much was just me not being advanced enough, but that class was a struggle. Fantastic workout, but a struggle. (Mish-mash of dance styles.)
Intermediate-Advanced Lyrical: Very similar to Open. Taught by Julie, who was our instructor for Int. Lyrical last year! (I kind of love her****.) I love this class (well, maybe not as much at the end of three consecutive hours of dance); I love the structure of it, and I love that I'm already familiar with a lot of Julie's choreography. However, that's kind of the problem as well: it feels strikingly similar to last year's intermediate lyrical. Which I don't actually mind as such, but I'm going to check out the intermediate lyrical class this year just to see which one I prefer.
FLOW: TO BE ANNOUNCED. There is a FLOW class 6:30 - 7:30pm on Tuesday (missed the weekend ones, unfortunately), and if I am not in attendance then, I will be severely disappointed in myself. Also TBA: beginner ballet, inter jazz, and inter lyrical. Will my bank account survive signing up for all of these classes? I can but hope.
*Or maybe it just feels like such because there is no air conditioning in any of the dance studios, WHAT THE HELL.
** Repeat after me: I am not prejudiced against Drama majors, I'm not prejudiced against Drama majors...
*** "What do you mean, you want me to feel the music?! Eames, this is ridiculous." "Nonsense! Feel the character, Arthur! Be Betty!"
**** Instructors: let's talk about them. I like all of the instructors I've had so far, especially Julie, whom I already know, but I miss Bri. Dance just won't be the same without her. I know all the other dance instructors are also awesome and competent, but I think she was special. She was one of the nicest people I've met, and I think she really respected us as a class (not that other instructors don't, it's just... well). She was lovely and patient, and always took the time to make sure we were following and liking the choreography - and more than that, it was the little things that really highlighted her competence. Like how she would demonstrate things on both halves of the room so everyone could see, and how she ensured that lines were switched up regularly so everyone got a chance at the front. Videotaping the choreo for people to practice at home. Things like that, simple things that made class just that much more often. She was the first dance instructor (hiphop classes were just before lyrical) I've ever had, and I think I can say she will be remembered fondly as one of the best. <3
