Almost Hula season! And, a last chorus concert.

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Tonight is Jo-chan's last ever high school chorus concert. I remember SB's last one, and it was quite emotional for all the kids involved. Soon after this, she'll be graduating. Gosh. My little curly-headed comet, with a big crush on Eddie Vedder (especially when he was mak-ed - shirtless,) and Greg Kinnear and Joel from MST3k, and that old guy from The "when your bank says no, Champion says yes" commercials. She'd pop up from a nap and go, "SAYS YES!" when that commercial came on.

And now she looks like Gillian Anderson and got accepted into this mad prestigious school. Wow.

Me? Doing pretty well on tests (except last week's med massage one; I don't have the grade back yet but I know I screwed up on that one somehow, damn what do you expect so early in the frigging morning?!) and gearing up for a nice big Hula show on the 19th. I don't know what I'll be performing yet, since it's not with my usual troupe but a sistah troupe out west who invited me to the big bash. I'm thinking I'll probably bust out my usuals. I haven't heard back from C or C, the two ladies I usually dance with. So it'll probably be me going solo. I also decided it was high-time to re-learn Hahani Mai, so I broke that out again. And maybe choreograph "La Toere" from the Tihati "Legend of Kalua" collection. One of my alltime favorite pieces of Tahitian music, I used to call it "the beast" because it's upwards of about 3 minutes long, with mad accents and a super-fast beat. Not for amateurs or those without a really strong 'ami, which thankfully I've always had. And I have the real 'ami: the full, 360 hip circle at a ridiculous speed. I don't just stand there and shimmy. I own that sucker. So I think I can do this. (However, I still can't touch the Orlando girls when it comes to the Tahitian 'ami. They were taught since early childhood by my beautiful Auntie Kau'i, and they do it so well it's mindblowing. Yeah, doubt I'll ever be that good.)

Anyway, so I decided today that I was going to see if I could put together something fun for La Toere, because I've been choreographing it in my head for years. It's nearing 90 degrees today (WTF,) and I haven't danced since last September, which was a very hard show for me. Anyway, wow. I was more winded than after my ten-fifteen minute jog. And that was just for three minutes. I have to get those specific muscles back into shape. Funny, I can do Kung Fu straight up for hours without stopping. Tahitian 'otea—which I used to own—barely three minutes.

Time to get back into it.

Early effing day tomorrow, and long, long, mothereffing long hours. Tests, clinic, traffic. Yay.

Thankfully, off on Friday. Then work on the weekend, then off on Monday. So, hurray. :)

My fish tank is still cloudy. It's been two weeks. I keep getting the water tested and everything looks pretty good, nothing dangerous in there (ammonia is down, nitrates and nitrites are okay, etc.) but I can't see my goddamn fish.

This is pissing me off.

I kind of liked that fast that I did last weekend. Maybe I'll try another one. I've put on about five pounds since last year and I'm not happy with it. And I need to fit into my Hula and Tahitian clothes by next month. So, maybe I'll do that again.

Meanwhile, pizza tonight. :/

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MissT

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Hiya K sweetie. I dunno what to tell you about the fish water cos we never had that problem.

I hope you are gonna post film of you dancing again this year, I'd love to see that.

Pizza sounds good. I've had mine already ^_^