Tag Archives: healthy-living

Show Stoppers

I was already to finish up writing a post about the fun and substance of the Winter Show Cases when on Tuesday night I was getting out of my car and the back spasm started. Show stopper… It felt like … Continue reading

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My Boyfriend, Chuck.

Everyone, I’d like to introduce you to my boyfriend Chuck. Here we are dancing : Please stop thinking, that is a doctored photo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with my face plastered on Ginger and Jensen Ackles face on … Continue reading

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Stank Face

Why does some ones achievement sometimes mean burn the witch? Is it my fault you don’t come to class as much as I do? So you have a family, I don’t. I don’t make dinner for others, there is no … Continue reading

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True Recovery

(While this is the same injury as mine, this picture is not my MRI.) In the interest of full disclosure, the MRI of my lower spine reads like this: 1. At the level of the L4-L5, there is a large … Continue reading

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Negotiating Burn Out; Dance Edition

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Physical, mental and emotional exhaustion got you down? Are shame and doubt your new best friends? Have you developed so much cynicism and callousness that one could interpret it as, an attitude? Does failure, helplessness and … Continue reading

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