Chiquita Won Out!

So Chiquita Banana Lady Won! Followed by Daphne's Economy Idea in a close second place. This is me posing with a random person at a party. We both represent fruit so I felt a special connection between the two of us.

This is us eating at 5 guys burgers and fries. They loved us there. It was awesome. We had a Pirate, a nerd, a stewardess, a lady bug, a lumber jack and of coarse Chiquita!

This is Kellie, a friend from a ward a couple years ago, she liked my costume.

And this was some lady at 5 guys that told me I was her favorite.

The costume albeit disturbing was enjoyed by many. Women laughed most, guys felt uncomfortable. Several times I turned around to find someone taking my picture on their camera phone.

Highlights of the costume- people pointed out-
The fact that I was wearing real heels
How strong and muscular my calves were
The fact that the dress was open in the back. I had to add a few loops and laced it up in the back like a shoe.
The fact that the bananas were real (they were super heavy).

All in all the costume was awesome and very uncomfortable.
Halloween was good. Its always fun to dress up and sometimes be a little inappropriate.

Keeping Up!

So here is my promised Thursday post. There really is nothing new to report. I just registered for my winter classes. That could be the last time I ever register for classes again. Most likely not though. I'm actually hoping to go to the China Study abroad this summer. We'll see. I'm a little broke. If I do go on the study abroad I will walk in April and then officially graduate in August even though I'll be done with all of my required classes.

I still don't know what to be for Halloween. I was thinking either a whoopi cushion or the Chiquita banana lady!

Back from Tour

So I'm back...from outer space! Or just tour. I'm not excited to start classes again tomorrow at 7:00am but I am excited there are only 32 days left of classes this semester. Woohoo. Well here are some awesome pictures from tour. It was a good and fun tour. Met many wonderful people and had several great experiences.


Heather and Rachel rocking out on the bus!

Aaron in his hot Lecture Demonstration outfit. (Barf!!!) Can anyone say "Morgan Pooch!" And where did that butt come from?

This is Brinly and I moving with the kids before the lec dem.

Rachel looking good. I'm sure she would appreciate this picture.

Meg, Cody, Eli, Brinly and Cambria eating dinner.

Derek and Shantal (They're married, Derek came along as part of the tech. crew) and Rachel.

This is Rachel driving the Bus, Phil was tired, he's asleep in the back.

Rachel got tired so I took over.

Derek, Rachel, Shantal, Ashley, Meg, Matt, Pat (our director), Jeremiah, Heather, Lauren and Cody at a sulfur pond in Yellowstone.

One of the pools was called "Bacteria Mat". This is Matt next to the pool.

And this is Rachel and I on the bus. Yeah!!! Tour was great, now back to school.

Heading Out!

So I leave for tour tomorrow. We have to be at the bus at 5 am. Ahh. I hope I can get up that early. We drive all morning arrive in the early afternoon and have our first performance in Wyoming!!! We have a ten day tour. I'm not sure how many shows we'll do. I'll take lots of pictures for you all but I might not post next week if I don't have internet. We'll see what happens. I also find out about the LSAT on Monday. I'm planning on a 140 so I won't be disappointed with my score. Hope everyone is doing well.

Final thing. I'd like to give a shout out to my little bro! It was his 18th b-day yesterday. Go get 'em Michael. I did call him and text him yesterday, so this is not a late shout out. (I'm not that lame)

BYE!

Just Stuff!

I have decided I am going to try blogging every Thursday. I'm sad how few posts I have from this awesome summer I had. If not Thursday then hopefully once a week any day!

I don't have anything too exciting to report but I will go on tour with The Dancers' Company next week. We leave Friday the 16th and return Sunday the 25th. We will be touring Wyoming and Montana, two more states I have not been to yet. I am grateful for the opportunity I have had in touring with The Dancers' Company to so many different states around our country. Too bad we never made it to Hawaii!

I will find out about the LSAT while on tour so that will be fun. School is busy. I always make sure of that. I'm excited to get to graduate soon. I'm starting to feel the anticipation. I don't know what to do after school. Please anyone who wants to, make a suggestion for what I should do. I'm not totally resolved to go to Law School. Hope you are all well!

LSAT!

So I took the LSAT on Saturday. It went well. I checked in at 8:30 and we were let out at 12:30. It only took four hours! The website said sometimes it can take up to 7 hours. It seemed as though BYU knew what they were doing. Thank goodness!

Well, I did what I promised myself (just to take the LSAT) and now I have no clue what I'm going to do. I'll find out how I did on Oct. 19 and then who knows?

That is all I really have to report right now but in two weeks Dancers' Company will go on tour to Montana and Wyoming. Plan to get some nice pictures from that. Hope everyone is doing swell!

School!!!

School started today- woo hoo! NOT!!! =(

I'm taking conditioning and injury prevention, not for profit finance, dancers' company, dance technique. I still have to ad 2.5 credits. Hopefully I'll figure that out in the next few days. Should be a good semester. I'm so ready to be done. Here's to a good last year!!!

Jamaica Baby!

Jamaica was amazing! It was so hot and I got so many bug bites but it was all worth it. It was amazing being around the Jamaican people. They were so friendly and they had so much culture to share, such awesome dancing. The conference was outstanding, our performance went well and then my presentation came. It went pretty well but it came under a lot of fire because of what I was encouraging. My presentation was entitled "Encouraging Masculinity in Dance". Right now it is popular for all in academia to claim open mindedness and tolerance but they pretty much condemn any one with different ideas than themselves.
My presentation prompted much thought and discussion some of the more inspiring feedback,
"Yours was the only presentation in which I didn't fall asleep."
"Everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats, the whole time."
"I loved how much discussion your presentation inspired."
After the discussion began to get a little heated, someone called my train of thoughts homophobic, the presenter before me jumped up and brought the session to a close. She was a professor and I much appreciated the help.
Surprisingly afterward only those with kind things to say came to speak to me, many compliments on a job well done and people expressing agreement with my views, experience and research.
A few days after my presentation a woman asked if I was a graduate student. She was surprised to hear I was in my last year of undergrad.
I found it amazing, the response I invoked. I have never felt so in the middle of something so intense and passionate. A mother of a young boy participating in the conference expressed gratefulness and appreciation for speaking out about this issue.
I will never, never forget this experience, it was insane. If not for her expression of gratitude I would have resolved to stay away from situations like that as much as possible but because of her I have decided to take the LSAT and perhaps, not 100% sure yet, go to law school. I had kind of thought about it before going to Jamaica but this experience kindled something. I don't know what but hopefully it is a good thing.
Anyway here are my pictures, and I look forward to traveling the world as I get older!

Me and my luck $5 coin. Exchange rate for the Jamaican dollar is $80 "J" to $1 USD(US Dollar).
I found the coin on the seat on the bus and kept it for the whole trip. It is worth 4 cents. And the background of the picture is the Jamaican coast flying by, we landed in Montego Bay and drove 4 hours to the other side of the island, Kingston. Not recommended but we did get to experience to beauty of the Jamaican Countryside.

This is Trevor, Kim, Me and SaraKim at Emancipation Park before the openning ceremonies of the conference, daCi (Dance and the Child International)

This is the beautiful Jamaican Beach. I didn't even make it to the really nice beaches.

More beach!

This is our group, at the closing ceremonies, made up of students from BYU, North Texas University and Delaware University. We had a blast!

New York!!!

New York, New York, New York!!! I love New York. Here are a few pictures from my trip. I had a blast, learned a lot and met a tone of new people. It was awesome!


These are my two roommates and our friend Molly.


Sponge BOB!!!


Model Shot!


First time at a bar. I drank Coke. It was funny, odd but funny. Luckily I wasn't too out of place, Molly didn't drink either.


This is my friend Carly. She'll be in Jamaica. Fun!


The reverse bowl cut. You gel all the hair up around the bowl facing the right way up and then cut along the brim of the bowl!


The view of NY on the way out!

More Catch up!

These three are pictures from a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Michigan. I never understood why he was so renowned. But now I know. He designed every aspect of his homes, the furniture, the light fixtures, everything. The house was cool and looked like it was straight out of the 70's but Frank Lloyd Wright was at the peak of his career in the 1920's and died at the end of that decade I believe. He was way before his time, it was really cool to see and learn about! I really respect people who are not afraid to challenge the world like Frank Lloyd Wright!


This is I think it said the largest steam engine ever constructed. They were used around WWII I think. I doesn't look that big in this picture but it was huge. It's not even all in the picture.


I look dumb but this was me at Carthage jail.


Nauvoo Temple. Pretty!!!


Adam-ondi-Ahmen

More Ketchup!

More roots!


More teaching. This time in Grand Rapids Michigan!


Light house at New Haven, on Lake Michigan.


Having fun.


Some more fun!


Rachel and I doing some of our choreography that was created using ships on the great lakes as inspiration.


Bike!


Holly and I taking care of the Horse.


Me saving Brinly's life.

Catching up!

Ok- It took me long enough but here are some more pictures form TDC Tour!


This is me teaching a class in Wisconsin.


This was a trip back to my roots. My Dad grew up in the Midwest and for the first time I saw my name posted on things. This is definitely where my people are!!!


This was an awesome Chicago studio where we took a class at the Joffrey Ballet School. Later a few of us saw Joffrey Ballet perform! It was awesome, better than when I saw New York City Ballet!


This is some of us walking along the river to the Navy Pier.


This is Brinly and Angela and I in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was a great museum.


This is me lost in the Chicago Subway at midnight. I was all by myself.
(That was just a joke. Who took the picture if I was by myself?)

On the road!

Here are some pictures from tour so far. We are having fun.

This is the winter quarters temple in Nebraska.


This is us in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I loved it. It reminded me a lot of California.


That's it hope everyone is doing well.