What made you smile today?

Made me smile, too.

it wasn't



which was one of my favourite tv moments evah - I loved Arsenio

but this did make me smile

Arsenio had a great show. And Arsenio did great stand-up, too.

I've only been around one Sikh in my life, Harry Perry, but he's a guy liked and loved by many - he lived in our neighborhood. Er, probably he still lives there, it's me that doesn't.


photo by Venice photographer Jeffrey Stanton, famous in his own right to us back in Venice

It makes me smile to see this particular photo of him.

Eat Your Kimchi just posted their US/Canada West Coast foodie trip
https://youtu.be/JKPq2FzD6l0
Bon appetite!

Oh, my, I'm gonna love this one..

A phone call from Krista, so good to see her name on the phone handset. Met her in embryology class in, egads, 1960. We've had so many laughs together over the years. Talked for about an hour. Still smiling as I type.

adventures with a dance friend today

we both went to see E for haircuts this morning. then Anna invited me to join her and a group of friends at their weeklyish luncheon. ok. sounds like fun. we arrive and it's basically a collection of Toronto's finest gay male yoga instructors and 2 women who take yoga classes. a fun meal with lots of great food and wine and a lot of laughs.

I'm still smiling.

theres new mnemonic made up of a bunch of new 'alternative lifestyle' subgroups. NOw it LGBTQIC

Lesbian
Gay
Biexual
Transgender
"Queer"
"Intersexual"
"Curious"

folks, youre starting to get annoying (just like any other grouo of yentas"

These gifs of fans of my favorite baseball team, which has recently returned to their suck-ass ways after a promising first half of the season:





If I'm reading the woman's lips right, this is what she's saying:

아 씨발 쌔끼! 씨발!

https://www.google.co.kr/#newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%EC%94%A8%EB%B0%9C+%EC%8C%94%EB%81%BC+%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4%EB%A1%9C%3F

the Liberal and NDP canvassers scurrying up and down the street in packs

the Conservatives have given up on our riding

it is one of four in the province deemed not to be viable for the Conservatives

early voting started today

post on FB by a friend of mine who moved here from the ME and was just about brought to tears by the ease of voting in a democracy, even though the lineup was long by our standards

darling H



later she wrote

My 300 tulip bulbs arrived.

They are all residing in the vegetable in in the fridge.

voting

voting was fun

met someone who recognized the little dog on the way

the man at the door of the polling station knew her

as we left, Set opened the door to some women with strollers - one couldn't actually leave as it was another of Bella's friends/fans

who needs i.d. at the polling station when they have a superstah dog

I can just picture that.. : )

On Saturday I'll be performing my first self-choreographed tribal fusion piece.

I'm freaked out - but also laughing and smiling.

I prepared my choreo to a song in English. I've been able (in practice) to get through it to two different Spanish versions and, somewhat less well, to an Italian version. I'm wondering if I could do it to an instrumental version but the English version is still the best - partly because it's



and I absolutely love how clearly she enunciates - and part of my choreo is based on that crisp, smooth iciness. The choreo isn't really meant for Celia Cruz' heat and earthiness, though the moves fit.

oh yeah, the smile. It's about my approach to trying to deal with the freakoutiness of all of this. A, our instructor, has given everyone the option to perform as little as they want or to figure out ways to make these first solos easier. Within the last year, one woman danced with her eyes closed, several others danced with their back to the audience, one ended her performance after 27 seconds. I've built escape hatches into my choreo. About every 12 - 20 seconds, there is a natural pause ... and I've set my choreo so I could stop at any of those points. I'm smiling because I know that I can take 3 steps onto the stage and 3 back off - and have completed my solo choreo successfully

my main instructor performing




(now imagine that aesthetic on top of a Doris Day mambo )

Brave woman!

I'm a rather poor dancer, always have been, though I fell for sure for my future husband on the night we danced. Anyway, I've not performed in a dance on any stage, what havoc I'd bring. Have merengued (sp) in a crowded dance floor in Mexico, the band having more than one tuba...

I had enough trouble playing Cato in a latin play at my girls' high school. As a grown up who ended up doing some lectures and/or presentations, I gradually got over freezing fear. I do mean freezing - the afternoon I had my interview with the state board after passing all the testing, I lost a huge amount of body heat just sitting in the waiting room. I swear my hands were ice cold by the time my name was called. That went away as I could tell they liked my answers to the situation questions. I wonder now if my face was paled when I walked in that door or if I had frightened eyes.

I like your explanation about Doris Day, and it brings me to some old memories that make me smile today. The photo, that's Bonnie!! Bonnie hated hated hated being told she resembled Doris Day. Well, her hair is grey or white by now, unless chemically changed, so her aggravation has probably diminished. Memories of Bonnie always make me smile. She was one of the first really creative people I've gotten to know, opening up a world of art play, always exploring stuff and nonsense and forming opinions and not just about art. She was a VA nurse for a big bunch of years. She's one of the reasons I might get over my avoidance of facebook, to see how she is doing.