Incidentally...

I bought a pair of standard pumps that are too tight-- know anyone interested?

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BYU BALLROOM DANCE IN CONCERT -- 50th anniversary!

This year will really be amazing, and you shouldn't miss it for anything! The concert will be awesome, it's a great date, and on top of that, you get to support yours truly in what she loves to do!
On top of that, we're expected to sell tickets, and our team spirit and participation are noticed by the powers that be.
SO....
Tickets are available for friday evening, saturday matinee and saturday evening-- for 12$
Please, if you're planning on going, get your tickets from me. I can either buy them for you or you can call in to order your tickets and tell them my name (Lydia Nelson) and they'll put it towards my list. (If you act fast, I can get tickets early and get you some awesome places!)

So that way, everyone's happy: you get tickets to "that thing you love," you can show that girl you like that you have taste and you're not a cheap date, and I get to sell plenty of tickets, maybe win something cool in the drawing, and show my team spirit!

ugh

I was going to rant about dance sport and move-ups, but I decided that I just need to shut up and see what happens. If you're a non dancer, please send any prayers, positive airwaves and other spiritual and intellectual efforts my way for the rest of the semester. If you're a fellow backup member, I won't begrudge you not doing so :)

Oh, and anybody know of a gentleman looking for a standard partner? If so, do send them my way, I would greatly appreciate it.

Lord of the flies

I just finished reading the Lord of the flies.

I don't even know where to begin; I am in awe at this exceptional story--it brought back so many "heart of darkness" memories; the loss of innocence, the tightly crafted characters that all had such a perfect part in the story-- the conch, the pigs, the fire.... I think I'm in literary heaven.

It's such a thought-provoking novel, and yet I don't know how to begin. I'd like to write a paper on it, it just begs to be written about.

What were your thoughts on the book? loved it? hated it?

I loved the symbols, and the language; "Samneric", the "beastie", the "littluns"...

And the foreshadowing!! Jack and Ralph were going to be enemies from the start, the "beast" that was really nothing but "us", as Simon says it, although he doesn't quite manage to express himself-- and who could utter that sort of thought? Piggy understood, he didn't dare look at the dark side and his attachment to the conch was such a vivid image of his clinging on for dear humanity to any civilization that remained. With his glasses, sole "tool" that they retain from their life before (there's Jack's knife, but somehow it's more a part of him... or maybe it also shows how so-called civilization is sometimes just as savage), he is the only way to fire, their chance for rescue, and he is the ultimate link to a society. Once Piggy dies, all hell breaks lose and there is no more home, just the tribe of savages and Ralph, who has lost everything now.

Vegas showdown

Plenty of fun, and we did well-- I'm feeling great about dancesport now!

Not quite sure what my face is doing here.... but I love the line!

It was so much fun to do a real comp with real judges... no offense, high school comps, but...