In my world, the books would be nothing but pictures

Just got back from an incredible ballet class. My regular teacher (who is very good) was gone today so we had a sub. At first I was a little annoyed cuz I thought it was pointless to go when there's a sub, but this guy is so amazing. We spent the entire hour and a half at the barre and ran out of time before we could even get to the center floor. If you don't know anything about ballet, you're probably confused. But he phrased things in a way that I really understood what he was talking about. He pointed out this thing I was doing with my arms where they were too far apart in 5th position and he was right. No one had pointed that out to me before. He also gave us several visualizing techniques so that we could keep our balance for a long time and create this dualing tension. He really worked us too in terms of stretching and pushing our legs. It's the kind of thing where my legs were shaking uncontrollably and I just know that later on tonight I'm going to be incredibly sore. It was awesome. I wish my body was more toned though. Like, no matter what size I am, it seems that everyone else in that class is a twig and makes me feel a bit like a hippo. I would take a class with him everyday if I could. Apparently he teaches tap here at USC, but I hate tap. I took it when I was little and never liked it much. I like the flow and the elegance of ballet. That's probably why I'm not very good at other kinds of dancing...over the years it's been beaten into my head that posture and positioning is important so now it's almost impossible for me to loosen up.

I colored my hair blue today. It was red the other day. These sprays are a great way to help me decide if I want to dye my hair a certain color. Just spray it in and see how the color looks, then wash it out. It'll be a tough choice between red and blue. If I get a job or internship over the summer time I probably won't do either because that's not very professional, but if Im just taking classes I think it would be fun. Now if only hair would grow!