HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND OF 16 YEARS!!
Word of the day: insolence
Last night's show was baaaaad. I screwed up the choreography majorly but luckily my partner screwed up with me so maybe it didn't look so bad as I think it did. I'm glad I've been dancing as long as I have so I'm a pro at covering my mistakes. I ended up with floor burn on my knee and that sucks. But we get another chance tonight so again, wish me luck! I learned one doesn't say "Break a leg" to dancers anymore, you say "maird" (however you spell it). It means "shit" in French. I dunno the lore behind that but that's what you do.
Chris went to see TSOL in Providence last night and brought me back a cool little souvenir: 8 cans of TSOL's beer. Cool huh?
I just got a phone call from my alma mater college and I'm going to be quoted in Dance Teacher magazine. My 15 minutes of fame perhaps?
Oh my god I can't believe I forgot to mention this: Comedian Mitch Hedberg passed away! It's not an April Fool's joke I swear. It should still be on comedycentral.com if you don't believe it....
Well I must go put on my stage makeup and head up to Hartford. Wish me luck one more time!!! Cellar door.
Word of the day: insolence
Last night's show was baaaaad. I screwed up the choreography majorly but luckily my partner screwed up with me so maybe it didn't look so bad as I think it did. I'm glad I've been dancing as long as I have so I'm a pro at covering my mistakes. I ended up with floor burn on my knee and that sucks. But we get another chance tonight so again, wish me luck! I learned one doesn't say "Break a leg" to dancers anymore, you say "maird" (however you spell it). It means "shit" in French. I dunno the lore behind that but that's what you do.
Chris went to see TSOL in Providence last night and brought me back a cool little souvenir: 8 cans of TSOL's beer. Cool huh?
I just got a phone call from my alma mater college and I'm going to be quoted in Dance Teacher magazine. My 15 minutes of fame perhaps?
Oh my god I can't believe I forgot to mention this: Comedian Mitch Hedberg passed away! It's not an April Fool's joke I swear. It should still be on comedycentral.com if you don't believe it....
Well I must go put on my stage makeup and head up to Hartford. Wish me luck one more time!!! Cellar door.
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I no one but you and your partner even knew you made a mistake. The thing I learned about mistakes when I was playing out, is you never make them. Hit a bad chord? Just go on like nothin happened, maybe windmill the next chord or jump around a bit. Forget some of the words? Mumble a few things and pump your fist or shoot some horns. While they’re shooting horns, they’re worrying too much about how cool they look to pay attention enough that you forgot a few words. Of course the classic is to stop singing, keep playing and say something like “It’s so fucking great to be back in (fill in the city) y’all fuckin’ rock”. The worst thing to do is give one of those stupid I fucked up smiles or smirks. The odds are only one or two people really know you made a mistake and they don’t really care and if they do, screw em if they can’t take a joke. I always just thanked god I wasn’t Michelle Qwan where you really can’t fake your way out of a fall that leaves you flat on your ass on the ice.
Fountains of Wayne said they wrote Stacy’s Mom with the goal to write the ultimate pop song. They used all kinds of cliched rock tricks. I find myself singing it in the shower quite a bit. The other shower song tends to be My Worst Enemy. I can’t remember what I said or what you threw at me…………. Who hasn’t lived that?
Gotta run, the cellar door is unlocked.
R