Barrette.

Happy birthday askye.

Yesterday was rough- well the first part. I got my writing samples together and asked Mr. H to read over them. He liked the academic paper and thought the press release was good, but thought the news article (which I'm not fond of, but won an award) was hella boring, and I shouldn't use it. Instead, I was going to look for a piece I did (nominated, but no award) as a news feature about a girl whose family was caught in the middle of a border war in Africa. Could not find the damn thing anywhere. So stupid too because, I've lost my clip book before, had to go up to the office and comb through the archives to find my stuff. I finally just collapsed in tears because a) the first piece wasn't good enough b) I'd lost one of my favorite pieces and c) so stupid of me considering I'd already been through this before.

I picked up puppy-boy and went to just get the cry out in the bedroom. Puppy-boy made me feel a little better, and I calmed down long enough to realize, I had been through this before. Which means I must have picked clips before, probably that one, so it's entirely likely they're on the old computer in the garage. Sure enough, there they were. I copied the thing by hand and typed it up today.

Also, after discovering I hadn't actually thrown away one of my favorite pieces, I discovered Mr. H shares my guilty pleasure. He was taking a nap while I was recording Dancing With the Stars and taking a shower. I get out and he's all "Get in here! You have to see this!" Turns out he woke up while it was on, started watching and loved it so much he called his parents to make them watch. We went and got popcorn and icees to watch the second show. Yay! We have a tv date on Wed for DWtS & the Inside which is awesome!

I don't know the origin of merenege but it's a four count, steady beat.

One. Two. Three. Four. Take four steps left, right, front, back. Repeat. Change up the directions. Take four steps in a circle. Repeat. Mix it up.

That's basically mernege (or however it's spelled). You can go fast. You can go slow.

The showy stuff is all turns and some spins and lots of hip action. I'm forgetting excatly how the turns are excuted but it's all fairly basic.

I love spins and turns. So much fun.

Hello Kitty barrette has been ordered. Can't wait to receive!

Happy Birthday, askye!

Merengue (no spelling I've tried looks right, I know it's different from the stuff on top pie, but I can't remember how to spell that, either)

You've got the dance spelled correctly, -t, and the pie topping is Meringue.

EARTHQUAKE

Hello Kitty barrette has been ordered. Can't wait to receive!

I think we must have a picture.

Heather, I'm glad you found the piece you thought was lost, glad your puppy was there to help you feel better, and very glad your hubby shares your taste in guilty pleasures!

My hubby just had a job offer, although the parameters of the job and salary still need to be discussed. I'm trying not to push him to hard into something he won't like just because it will be a regular paycheck. Cross yer fingers, people!

Sounds liek a happy ending, Heather.

Fingers crossed for Mr. Sparky.

5.3, that sounds big. Everyone all right?

I'm good.

The way I learned merengue, you kind of drag your right foot a lot of the time, which meant we were all the time going to the left and never to the right. I wonder if my teacher was playing an elaborate joke on us...