#Glitter Cupcakes

...in Just For Fun on Nov 12th, 08. Have your say!

I felt all domestic today. They taste even better than they look.

Yummy!!!

Tags: Cupcakes, Food, Glitter, Icing, Yummy

#Time Is Limited

...in Dancing on Nov 11th, 08. Have your say!

Well we got our Modern and Tap exam results back today and I’m not too pleased with what my students got. I know they could have done better and I think they know it too.

It’s almost time for the show…eek…it’s this weekend already. There is still soooo much to do. I don’t even know where to start.

I’m actually meant to be studying at the moment. Yeah sure. All I can do is think about the stupid show. It must stop now, I need to study.

My foot still isn’t better. For those of you who don’t know, I have tendinitis. I am being treated for it (with weekly injections into my foot) but the Doc said they won’t really do much if I keep dancing. At this point in the year I don’t have a choice but to keep dancing. JOY! I really don’t know what I did today in rehearsal but I have insane pains in my one shin (just happens to be the same leg as the tendinitis). I really just think my body is coming to the stage where it needs rest. SLEEP.

My blog posts seem to be rather scattered and few these days, some what like my brains feel. So excuse them please.

Tags: Dancing, Foot, OUCH, Rehearsal, Rest, Show, Studies, Tendinitis, University of Pretoria, Varsity

#Watching Movies

...in Life on Nov 9th, 08. Have your say!

Over the next two weeks I will be watching a bunch of movies. I don’t really know if they are good movies (in fact some of them might be really bad movies, in order to prove a point). Why will I be doing this? Well I have exams coming up this week and next week and the movies I will be watching are actually for my exams.

Wow, what am I studying that I get to watch movies all day long? Lucky hey? Not really…some of the movies are not so great. The movies I have to watch this time seem to be alright though.

I have already found and rented three of them on the list. The others will be a little harder to get hold of, so if anyone has any ideas of where I can get them please let me know.

The movies I have already rented are; Sweeney Todd, In Love and War, and Secretary. The ones I still need to get my hands on are; Cry Freedom, Funny Games, The Getaway, Intimacy, The Piano Teacher, Choke, and Doomsday.

I would also really appreciate any feedback or comments on these movies (but only if you have watched them please) it could really help me in my exam.

Tags: Choke, Cry Freedom, Doomsday, Drama and Film Studies, Exams, Funny Games, In Love and War, Intimacy, movies, Secretary, Studying, Sweeney Todd, The Getaway, The Piano Teacher, University, University of Pretoria

#“Dare To Dance”

...in Dancing, General on Nov 5th, 08. Have your say!

Well lately I have been a lot quieter (on all fronts) than I usually am. I haven’t even been tweeting much or even considering updating my Facebook status.

This is all because of exams. Not University exams (like the ones I’m meant to be studying for now), but rather dancing exams. The worst part is i didn’t even dance my own exams this year. It was just because of stressing for my students and making sure they are ready. For some reason though my feet are covered in blisters…hmmm.

We have now officially survived 2 out of 3 weekends of exams. Firstly Hip Hop, then Modern and Tap, and this weekend coming up will be Acrobatics. I have also come to realise that most examiners are really nice people and really knowledgeable but some are just truly horrible and condescending. Both our Modern and tap examiners were great women to work with, and at the end of the day we learnt a lot from them. But that Hip Hop examiner, Gosh, lets just hope and pray we never get her again.

I’m specifically not mentioning names because I know that everyone has a reputation to uphold, but that examiner looked and acted like a real witch. I’m sure the kiddies that still believe in witches were scared out of their wits.

So our exams are almost over, which will give us teachers a small part of our lives back. Then there is the end year show, which I can almost say is worse than exams. The stress to get everything done in time, and to make sure everything is perfect…EEEEK!

Honestly the show is always great and always works out at the end of the day, but for me it seems to be nerve wrecking every time I must run up or down those dreadful stairs backstage. Two years ago just at the end of the show, when we were running to be on stage for the prize giving, I went flying down the stairs. I landed up going to hospital at midnight and walking out with my arm in a cast and sling and my leg in a cast too. What was that about the saying “Break a Leg” being good luck?

It was also rather funny as our slogan is ” Dare to Dance”