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Here goes. I’m in Minneapolis for the time being. I don’t know how long I’ll be here, but it won’t be more than a few months. Nyc, China, Nyc were AMAZING. I’m going to upload some pictures, but all of my photos are going to be on facebook, so you should probably check there. If you don’t have facebook, IDK, that’s really not my problem. ❤
I feel like writing about China doesn’t do it justice. I’ll have the memories forever; and as much as I’d like to share these memories with everyone I know, I haven’t figured out the best way to do it. I can tell you though, that jet lag is HORRIBLE. I’m still not sleeping right, and I’m hungry at weird times and can hardly finish an American meal. I also have an awful craving for Arby’s pretty much at all times: unfortunate.
I have a boifranz now. He’s amazing. It’s been a while coming. We’ve been back and forth between Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and NYC. I’m uber excited to see him this weekend in Milwaukee to have our own little Christmas. I have to get the presents ready. I don’t think I could be happier in that respect.
This is a pic of Ra’ and me in NYC the first time we were there together. He was staying at the Sofitel and we painted the town singing and dancing away at places like Duplex and eating amazing meals at STK and sharing delicious cheesecake at Juniors. New York is an amazing place to fall in love. The lights, the music, the electricity: it’s all there.
The second trip to NYC we got to go to MoMA. Omg. Can I just say how spectacular it was? There was a Tim Burton retrospective with and also Monet’s water lilies. We weren’t allowed to take photos of Burton’s exhibit, but I got some of the museum in general.
We did some shopping also in Soho. I’m missing the city already. The fashion, the lights, the excitement. If I chose not to do something, it’s because I had a choice. I’ve only been gone a few days but I’m already itching to get back. I am gonna miss the accessibility to all the shops and all the stores I loved going into while I was there. Minneapolis is great, but it’s not NYC.
SO the reason for the whole trip was dancing with the Limon company. It was quite an amazing experience. I LOVED dancing every day and getting paid to do so. I didn’t have to have another job to support me while I was there, I could just focus on my art and getting my body in tip top shape for performance. Speaking of my body, my hip hurts like a MOFO. I need to get it checked out for hip surgery while I’m here. I really need to do it this time because I can’t have this keep happening. Anywhoser, (my new phrase picked up from some girl in Coffman) Ok I just lost my train of thought because I walked away from my computer. Whoops. Oh yes Limon. Dancing with them was AMAZING. I loved feeling part of something like that. THe dancers are amazing and great and treat you like an equal even if you’re merely guest dancing with them. I feel like I formed some really close bonds and long-lasting friendships which I hope to continue to grow when I move back to NYC. Again, I will keep updated as to when that’s happening, but it WILL happen and it WILL happen soon.
Jesi and I had a blast in NYC too. We had movie nights, blockbuster visits, we went and had lunch on the steps of the Met on saturday and pretended we were famous. We ordered sushi to get a diet coke, we ate Thai food in the dark, we watched lots of Star Trek, and we had an amazing Thanksgiving next to Central Park. I am so thankful to her for allowing me to crash there. Lots of love go out to her and also for letting Ra’ crash there a few nights the second time he came. The best thing we did, though was after I flew back from China. We spent my last day in NYC the right way: shopping, skating in Rockefeller Center, and then an evening of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center. It was spectacular.
NOW FOR CHINA!!
It was an adventure of a lifetime. I’m surprised by how little culture shock I experienced. Even though everything was pretty much in Chinese, and few people spoke more than a few words of English, I was able to get myself around with a lot of ease. That’s probably because of China’s attempt to make the city tourist ready for the Beijing Olympics. The theatre was out of this world amazing. It was huge and everyone who worked there was incredibly kind. Backstage everything looked the same. There were multiple theatres in the large complex and it was very easy to get lost. Luckily, the floors were color coded based on the theatre you were performing in…we were in the red theatre…so i never got FULLY lost.
I did a lot of touristy things. I saw the great wall, which is where the top pic is from, obviously. It was breathtaking. Probably one of the most beautiful things I’ll ever see in my life, at least manmade. I was taken by the thought that had to go into the construction of the wall, the angle, gradient, depth of the steps. I would love to go back some day and spend more time there in the summer, but I’m not sure if that’ll ever happen. I also saw the Forbidden City. Beautiful.
Basically everything about China was interesting. The pollution was incredibly thick, the people were generally pretty kind and helpful, but there was a lot of “Where are you from” and “Have you seen the Foribidden City” sort of English. My favorite was when I was at the Silk Market, a highly touristy location with a lot of shops and imitation luxury fashion goods the merchants used “hello sexy boy, hi handsome, you want purse for your wife” a great deal. I don’t have a wife…duh.
Ok, I’m running out of steam. This may be my only China/NYC post. I had an amazing time. Now I’m back for a short while, going to enjoy the holiday with family and see some friends.
Ok, time to vamboozle.
So it’s been a while. I’ve been sorta busy with the Midwest Arts Conference and moving and no longer living alone. I like having roommates again. As much as I love living alone and being my own boss, I love the social potential of this arrangement. I love my roomies too. They’re really pretty great. The other night we played Quelf, and it was my first time playing. I have to say it is probably the most entertaining game I’ve ever played. If you’re not familiar with the game, you should definitely buy it and play it. It might be better when you’re slightly buzzed, but I’m pretty sure it’d be pretty fun sober as well.
This blog is kinda aimless. I’m still pretty tired from last week. I’m feeling a lot of stuff right now that I’ll eventually have to work through on here, just not right now. It looks like NYC and China are getting closer and closer. That means it’s really time to get back in shape. Pronto.
In case you thought I was making it all up, this is what I’ll be doing in China.
in the end it all doesn’t make sense.
who gets to have a happy ending? who gets a silver platter? i am anxiously awaiting november. it couldn’t come any sooner. the contract should arrive in the mail soon. i’m gonna sign it right away and send it back without even blinking.
how did i become so mediocre?
today i feel like lying in bed and eating ice cream and oreos.
it’s cold and summer’s almost over. finally.
A hopefully well-documented life. 