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Having a NICE Smile will only get you so far in life.
When I was a freshman in high school, I made the personal decision to change from my original dance school to the PREMIERE STUDIO in my hometown. I had grown restless of the lessons and style of dance I was learning and was looking to challenge myself farther as a dancer. Through encouragement and financial pinching, my mom and dad enrolled me and I began studying under Mr. Neil Hess at Lone Star Ballet.
I managed to make it work, somehow, for a little while at least. I was dancing my butt off and learning to play beautiful music and working on making more swirls in the ol' gray matter up in m' noggin.
Listen here my little POP tarts: when you have that much Glitter! & JOY and RaInBoWs twirling and dirvishing all at once. . .
SYSTEM OVERLOAD!
I had reached my breaking point. I was inadvertently hurting my heart because I was trying to fit into my Giselle tutu, AND be first chair in orchestra/band, AND make good grades. Something had to give and because I had made academic and musical obligations previously, I couldn't dance Giselle, too. (Obviously, that came later...)
Being too shy an individual is hard. It makes you the "weird kid". It also forces you to turn upside down in ways YOU KNOW the "cool kids" never did.
After all, they were "NINJAs IN THEIR CADDY'S!" and "THEY BET YOU LIKED IT."
The most encouraging lesson I learned from Mr. Neil Hess at Lone Star Ballet was:
* DO NOT FEED your ENEMIES. * DO NOT TRUST your FEARS.
* Perseverance ALWAYS pays off
in the end.
Bottom line:
"Losing your religion" is hard...
FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT AGAIN
IS BEAUTIFUL. . .
xoxo, friendly universe
ON a Side Note:
La Musica: Outkast, Featuring Killer Mike "Whole World"
Looking for something KILLER to do this Halloween????
Krewe du Coeur Maudit HAS GOT IT GOING ON, YO!
October 31, 2011
Austin, TX
