Dear Anonymous....

Who are you? You clearly think you know me. You clearly are a regular participant in this blog. You clearly are amused at the thought of getting my goat. You clearly have well thought-out responses.

I'm not going to lie, a couple suspects have come to mind.

Please keep commenting (even though your most recent comment was clearly the most disturbing). Please identify yourself.

Holy Dance Clothes, Batman!

Ok, I suppose this post is only going to be appreciated by my fellow dancers. I am not sure how many read the blog. I'm guessing somewhere around 2. At best.

However. Anyone ever notice that these days, some people wear the strangest things to dance class!?!?

I normally go for the leotard and black dance pants. I understand maybe not everyone owns or likes clothes specific for dance, so really, anything in the sports bra & t-shirt or some kind of exercise-looking top and some form of loose-fitting pants would make sense to me.

However, I keep looking around and I happen to see the strangest things...such as one legwarmer. On multiple people. Does one leg get colder than the other? I could see if it was going over a knee-brace or something like that, but sometimes these people take the legwarmer off (the heat disparity between legs must disappear or something) and there's nothing there. I can't see a legwarmer providing support INSTEAD of a knee brace, so I'm thinking there must a be a reason to actively warm one leg more than another.

That, or really crappy old clothes (schmata, if you will) - layers and layers of them! Now, don't get me wrong - I wear old college and high school t-shirts for workouts, but I'm talking stuff that the homeless would turn their noses up at if they pulled them out of a trash bin. This would sound snobby, if it weren't that these same individuals adorned in crap also have Ugg boots on their feet and coach bags on their shoulders. This look is obviously by choice and an attempt to make a statement - but I'm not sure what this statement is supposed to be. ("I like to give my fellow dancers the illusion that my life is falling apart" or "Maybe if I look homeless I won't have to pay for class". )

Anyhow. I seem to notice, week after week, that me and my dance class buddies seem to stand out for traditional garb. But you know what, that's ok. Thoughts?

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

What would a stranger think of this blogger from reading this blog alone? Like if someone stumbled across this link having never have met me? How do I come off? I don't necessarily mean in a positive or negative light - but what personality traits would one attribute to me?

Thanks A Lot, Rod!

There's no more pointing fingers at the state of Alaska for the foolishness and stupidity of their governor. As a resident of Illinois, I must now eat my words for all the Palin jokes. Terribly sorry, Sarah! I'll take a bridge to nowhere any day! It only makes sense that, like Bush, we elected and then re-elected this guy. In the words of good old B-Rod himself "What were we thinking?" And seriously, Rod, what are you thinking, dragging the good Illinois name through the mud!?!? (Well, Drew Peterson, Jeremiah Wright, George Ryan and the driver's license scandal, and 3 other corrupt governors aside....)

It Was an Impulse Buy....

Follow Up to a Previous Post, AGAIN

Earlier, I mentioned that the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are this weekend. I inquired whom everyone might be cheering for.








I am cheering for Kimmie.

Facebook, AGAIN

So, a friend from college recently got in touch with me suggesting we get together to catch up. She chose to get in touch by writing on my facebook wall. Within facebook alone, there are multiple ways a person can get in touch with another, including a private message.

However, I OBVIOUSLY prefer the means of the wall post. It says to the rest of the facebook world that I have an exciting social life (whether or not this is a true statement). In fact, I'd prefer that, moving forward, all my friends attempt to make plans with me in this way, even those I talk to daily via email/text/face-to-face contact. Thank you in advance for your cooperation on this important matter.

O Really?

A Million Little Pieces.
The Secret.
Barack Obama.

Don't doubt the Oprah effect people!!!

Jaime's Word of the Day

Tchotchke

tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:A trinket; a knickknack.

I have heard and used this word many times. However, I have always spelled it 'chachkie'. I had NO idea of this spelling. This is a spelling bee winner, ladies and gents. Despite being a blogger, I don't often get excited about words - in fact, I don't really EVER get excited about words. However, today has been an exception to the rule! I am going to start using this word ALL THE TIME!

(How did I find out about this correct spelling, you ask? Cosmopolitan magazine, baby! And you thought they were only good for new sex positions....)

Non-Conformist

So, I don't own Uggs. I have nothing against them. I don't purposely not own them because I'm intentionally trying to go against the mainstream, because that's stupid. I just don't own them.

I own THESE BAD BOYS instead. Gabriella Rocha, courtesy of Zappos.com. (I deserve a kickback for this.)

And I LOVE LOVE LOVE them.

Watch Out, Men of the Chicagoland Area....

Completely unrelated to the previous post....

A random coworker has just passed a wedding magazine/catalog on to me. I am not sure why, because I have never mentioned dating anyone or the subject of weddings in general to her. I think it was in a 'you're not married yet, so maybe you have a use for this' (in comparison to my wedded coworkers).

Maybe I should bring this with me when I go out to the bars, to advertise that, since I'm carrying a wedding magazine, I must not be married yet - therefore I am still on the market. Yep, I think this is a good idea. Watch out, boys - I'm armed and I'm not afraid to use it.

ANOTHER Facebook Complaint

So I have a brand new facebook friend. She is joining facebook for the first time. She began to fill out her profile and listed herself as 'single'. The logo for listing oneself as single is, apparently, a heart sliced right across the mid-section (which most would refer to, upon viewing, as a 'broken heart'). She is not single in the sense that she's getting out of a relationship, but single in the sense that it's just what she is. Facebook feels this deserves a 'broken heart' graphic.

Isn't this a little....depressing? Borderline offensive? Seriously, facebook.