project for week of 12-13-10

The other week I went out with Erica for lunch. We ended up walking down to B&N and looking at the craft section. I found this amazing book about a guy that created a skull everyday for a full year. After looking at his site and some other 365 project I have to admit I was envious of the creativity that these individuals experienced. So I sit up my extra room as a craft room. my first project was creating paper doll models. I first draw them on normal paper, and then traced them on a thicker blue paper. These are going to be the templates for a larger project I have in mind.

A New Adventurer-- Belly Dancing

What can I say? Since my college days I've been dying to try out Belly Dancing. We had a group of older ladies that would shake their stuff at every event and I always wanted to be as beautiful as these ladies. So I signed up with a local place that offers Belly Dancing for an once a week two month section. So far we've learned Ciro walk, shim, freeze, grape vine, ball in chain, step ladder, hula ring circle, camel, head slides, and the many different ways to move one's hips. And I've learned that I differently do not have any skill in this type of dance at all. She keeps on telling us 'have strong inter thighs" and although I get the idea I have no clue how do it-- and control my movement because of it. For the most part I look like a lanky five year old roughly playing at a princess dance. And my chest hurts horrible while doing most of the moves.

I'm afraid I'm really looking forward of this experience being over with.

Grand Junction Trip

At the beginning of September, I visited my old college town. Main Street has always been littered with beautiful art piece. Also on Main Street is Main Street Bagels; a Bagel shop that was very important to me the last few months I lived in Grand Junction. The last few months I had been craving they're Skyway Bagel (spinach cream cheese, tomatoes, and melted Swiss). I stop and wrote a little while listening in an old folksy group play their banjos.