Archive for April, 2009


The morning after my first lyrical class, I felt fine. Which was slightly odd seeing as how I hadn’t danced properly in over a year or attempted sit-ups in about three.
As the day wore on however… Ouch. It hurt to do anything more than sit still.
It was Thursday before I felt normal [...]


Don’t wear black opaques when it’s hot out (even if it is still April
and could rain at any minute) especially if you have outdoor errands
to run that involve a really long walk and two heavy garment bags.
Chaffing is inevitable.


mario

22Apr09

blurry phone pic but you get the idea


deskage

20Apr09

Someone offered me their seat on the train this evening because they thought I was pregnant, and I was too embarrassed not to take it.
Won’t be belting my trench coat again in a hurry…


“And right here is where you start paying… in sweat!”
Today felt like I’d been transported back to 1980, to the New York High School of Performing Arts, where all these dancers twisted and contorted their bodies into ridiculous shapes as they stretched in all their AA-clad glory, and I was lost.
Horribly, horribly lost. [...]


fashionista


ten weeks

15Apr09

Today marks my tenth week in NYC.
If I were pregnant, my baby would now be a fetus.


… a crowded subway is no excuse for unlawful sexual conduct.”
Never heard that one before.