Is this a book blog? Is this a dance blog? YOU'LL NEVER KNOW. [cackles into the distance] Anyway. Today I have more books for you! My 2016 reading is clipping along at a vigorous pace, and I have five more titles to share with the world. FINIKIN OF THE ROCK, Melina Marchetta I got irritated [...]
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Sexism and Ballroom: A Married Perspective
Happy Monday, dear readers! Let's talk about sexism and ballroom. So I'm a recently-married lady, and before that I was an engaged lady for about a year before adding the second ring to my hands. (I'm a rebel--I wear the wedding band on my left and the engagement ring on my right in an attempt [...]
Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock
Well this was supposed to go on my next 'Mid-Month Reading Round-Up' but it turned into a bit of a rant. I present, for your reading pleasure, an irritated Holly: FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK, by Melina Marchetta URGH. I feel like I have to just admit to myself that I don't like YA Fantasy. This, [...]
Mid-March Reading Round-Up
Hi peeps! Let's do books again. I've read 4 books since last we talked in February, putting my count at 11 since the New Year--12 if you count my recent re-read of OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman, and 13 if you also count the book I beta-read for an author. [...]
MADjam 2016
Hi everyone, happy Wednesday. Time to talk about my eventful weekend. I wish I had better news. So this weekend Steve and I drove down to Baltimore for MADjam, one of the larger West Coast Swing competitions in the country. I've never been to Baltimore before, and I had imagined it a dingy, run-down place--not [...]
Competition Q & A–with MIT info!
Happy Leap Day, everyone! I hope this rounding error of a Monday finds you well. Today we're going to talk about collegiate ballroom competitions. Every semester, I take the SU kids to at least one comp, and I get the same questions from newbies every time. I figured I ought to do an FAQ post [...]
Teaching in Caz
Hi peeps! Here's where to stalk me in REAL LIFE--fancy that. I'm teaching a four-week workshop series in Waltz starting today! It'll be at the Cazenovia Municipal Building (address below) at 7pm for the next four Tuesdays. Honestly I haven't decided what I'm teaching for all four lessons--some basics, technique, etc. I won't know at [...]
Mid-February Reading-Roundup
Let's talk books today, shall we? I've read four books since last I mentioned my literary life, and I'd like to give another go at the short-and-sweet review thing. FUTURISTIC VIOLENCE AND FANCY SUITS, David Wong This crazy-pants near-future sci fi thriller is by the same author as JOHN DIES AT THE END. I would [...]
Real Talk
Real Talk time, everyone. I have a story, and it's my story. It's not scandalous, or click-baity, but I'm having some existential angst need to talk about it. I want to be a professional dancer. There. I said it. Believe it or not, that's a phrase I've danced (ha) around saying outright for near on [...]
Video Review: EnTANGOed
So I really don't have much to say beyond how FREAKIN' AWESOME this is. By now y'all know how much I love the intersection of ballroom and ballet. Now add in SCIENCE and my little nerd heart is a-glow with glee. Seriously. Physics PhD, gorgeous dancer--soon-to-be Dr. Moore has got it going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKdKJn9El4 (Maybe [...]
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