By popular demand (aka. Christy Davis) I'm writing maybe my last blog post of 2008.
Does anyone else feel like they just mastered writing the perfect 8 in 2008 and now it's time to write 2009?
I met Chris from SYTYCD last weekend. He dated one of my ballet friends at SMU. I tried to play it cool when we exchanged introductions but inside I was like "OMGOSH!!! You know the love of my life, Gev!" Of course my ballet buds read right through me and exchanged glances back and forth at me. Chris and I are now friends on facebook. It's pretty rad.
I love seeing the girls that I danced with. We try to see each other twice a year when we are all home for breaks. Brittany is a dance major at SMU, Hilary is a musical theatre major at Boston Conservatory and Elizabeth is a history major at Princeton. Although we are all over the place, it's like we never skip a beat when we see each other. I think that what true friends can have. Being able to not see each other for a long period of time and then pick up where they left off when they see each other again.
They were my rat pack when I was the aspiring ballet dancer. We were with each other through all of the blood (yes, blood. I have a collect of pointe shoes I've bleed through and there were there with the advil, masking tape and cotton balls to fill in our shoes to mask the pain), sweat and tears. They are wonderful.
One of my favorite things about us is that when we are together, we unintentionally dance wherever we go. True story. We are walking into a bar on McKinney Ave and Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance. I've sat in front of a computer for hours at a time trying to perfect the dance so then I can I know it but long behold, all four of us know it by heart and procede to perform right there in the club. Ah, it was great. We are laughing hysterically knowing that everyone there must think we are crazy. Little did they know, they are the crazy ones for not knowing such a hot dance.
I've been working on applications for jobs over the break. It's stressful. I keep thinking how many teachers are there wanting jobs? Hundreds. How will I stand out in a sea of them? I have no idea. Still working that one out. Maybe I should perform "All My Singles Ladies" for them. That might my foot in the door. haha, jk.
On a spontaneous note, I've realized that dancing is still a huge part of what feds my spirit. I feel like I have closed the book on something that still had chapters that needed to be written. Dancing somehow rejunevates my soul in a way that I can't describe in words. I miss wearing a leotard and tights in a studio while there are bullets of sweat streaming down my face. When I finally get settled in my new life after May, I'm finding a studio to dance. Who knows, maybe I will perfect my skills in order to audition for SYTYCD. That would be wild.
Hope all is well with everyone that reads my random thoughts.
Love,
Claire
Monday, December 29, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tis the Season to Be Sensational
It's Christmas on Thursday and I can harely believe it. It feels like yesterday when I was turning 21 and I was a running around as Raphael (TMNT, duh).
This Christmas break has been going splendid. In ways, I thought it was going to be a little bit of a drag because I finished school/classes on November 25th (okay, technically I had one more day to take an ESL final, but I don't really count that) so for the total, I will have 7 weeks off for Christmas! INSANE, I know. But surprisely, it hasn't been slow at all!
I have been living in my favorite store for the majority of the time working and being prep. I have mentioned them before, but I do love my c0-workers. They are absolutely hilarious. It's not every day when you get to dance to "All My Single Ladies" with a bunch of boys while we are supposed to be folding our chinos correctly and put tissue in our neatly folded cashmere sweaters. Those boys have some moves.
Christopher, from the CREW, is going to teach hip hop classes sometime over the break and wants me to come in and teach a master ballet class. How fun would that be? Cody is coming too, to take a class from his fav "firecracker teacher." That's my nickname at J CREW. Firecracker.
Seeing old friends from high school has been great too. Fran is exactly the same. Such a sweet heart. Stephen and Fran are still best friends and get soo excited to see each other when I bring Fran as a surprise when we all go out. Stephen is notorious for remembering facts about my life that I don't even remember happening. (We met in Sunday School when my mom was our teacher. He's one of my friends that sat through Nutcrackers, recitals and DCF performances growing up.) Kelsey is more hilarious than ever. Love her. Who would have thought the kid that I sat next to in my 3rd grade class would be one of my best friends? Funny how life is. And o yes, she wants to move back to Dallas after we graduate (she's an interior design major at OU).
I've put it off long enough but I'm beginning to dive into the search of elementary schools around the metroplex. It's scary, not going to lie. I truly feel like I am playing "grown up." I've also been apartment looking. My mom and dad loaded up Grace and me and we went down memory lane with them to their first apartment (they met and lived in Dallas right when they got married). My mom was crying saying "o Tom, let's be young again! Oh, how I wish we were still in our 20's," while my dad is pointing out his favorite places to eat and hang out. My mom on the other hand was telling me where she had to sell her first car (behind some dumpster) and where she and my dad went on dates. They were cute. But it's not that surprisely, they are still pretty adorable. It's so funny to think how opposite they are. My mom was a buyer for woman's bags that she sold in Italy in her impecable fashion trends, full of sass and wit while my dad wore thick rimmed glasses, birkenstocks and made his own yogurt and juice in his apartment and took off weeks at a time in the summer go hike and camp. They are fun.
O yea, since I have been home, Dad and I have been on a search for decent icecream places here in Dallas. We have discovered a Ben and Jerry's place in Plano. Sadly, though, they don't have Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
This Christmas break has been going splendid. In ways, I thought it was going to be a little bit of a drag because I finished school/classes on November 25th (okay, technically I had one more day to take an ESL final, but I don't really count that) so for the total, I will have 7 weeks off for Christmas! INSANE, I know. But surprisely, it hasn't been slow at all!
I have been living in my favorite store for the majority of the time working and being prep. I have mentioned them before, but I do love my c0-workers. They are absolutely hilarious. It's not every day when you get to dance to "All My Single Ladies" with a bunch of boys while we are supposed to be folding our chinos correctly and put tissue in our neatly folded cashmere sweaters. Those boys have some moves.
Christopher, from the CREW, is going to teach hip hop classes sometime over the break and wants me to come in and teach a master ballet class. How fun would that be? Cody is coming too, to take a class from his fav "firecracker teacher." That's my nickname at J CREW. Firecracker.
Seeing old friends from high school has been great too. Fran is exactly the same. Such a sweet heart. Stephen and Fran are still best friends and get soo excited to see each other when I bring Fran as a surprise when we all go out. Stephen is notorious for remembering facts about my life that I don't even remember happening. (We met in Sunday School when my mom was our teacher. He's one of my friends that sat through Nutcrackers, recitals and DCF performances growing up.) Kelsey is more hilarious than ever. Love her. Who would have thought the kid that I sat next to in my 3rd grade class would be one of my best friends? Funny how life is. And o yes, she wants to move back to Dallas after we graduate (she's an interior design major at OU).
I've put it off long enough but I'm beginning to dive into the search of elementary schools around the metroplex. It's scary, not going to lie. I truly feel like I am playing "grown up." I've also been apartment looking. My mom and dad loaded up Grace and me and we went down memory lane with them to their first apartment (they met and lived in Dallas right when they got married). My mom was crying saying "o Tom, let's be young again! Oh, how I wish we were still in our 20's," while my dad is pointing out his favorite places to eat and hang out. My mom on the other hand was telling me where she had to sell her first car (behind some dumpster) and where she and my dad went on dates. They were cute. But it's not that surprisely, they are still pretty adorable. It's so funny to think how opposite they are. My mom was a buyer for woman's bags that she sold in Italy in her impecable fashion trends, full of sass and wit while my dad wore thick rimmed glasses, birkenstocks and made his own yogurt and juice in his apartment and took off weeks at a time in the summer go hike and camp. They are fun.
O yea, since I have been home, Dad and I have been on a search for decent icecream places here in Dallas. We have discovered a Ben and Jerry's place in Plano. Sadly, though, they don't have Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
Monday, December 15, 2008
6 Interesting Facts
So Laura tagged me in this thing on her blog about six random facts about yourself. I decided that since I am one of the most electic people to come across, I might as well spit out six facts about myself. Let's see if you already knew these about me!
1. I'm left handed
2. I can only wink my right eye
3. I don't know how to parallel park
4. My middle name is Gilmore
5. I have the same birthday at Jennifer Aniston
6. I have given roses to Julie Kent (the ballerina who dances with Cooper Nelson in Center Stage. She was Juliet and he was Romeo) for a performance called Titus in Dallas.
1. I'm left handed
2. I can only wink my right eye
3. I don't know how to parallel park
4. My middle name is Gilmore
5. I have the same birthday at Jennifer Aniston
6. I have given roses to Julie Kent (the ballerina who dances with Cooper Nelson in Center Stage. She was Juliet and he was Romeo) for a performance called Titus in Dallas.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Insert Witty and Totally Awesome Title Here
Hello!
Hope everyone's Dead Days are going splendid. Splendid might not be the word that you would choose to describe your days of grueling work and reading chapter after chapter in your textbooks but you are almost done and Christmas is almost here!
I came into Dallas on Sunday morning for a shift at 11. Apparently anyone who is a die heart Northpark shopper doesn't go to church on Sunday because I struggled with finding a parking spot. On a Sunday morning! Isn't that insane? J Crew was filled with woman carrying cashmere scarfs and cable sweaters when I walked in. It was a fun shift. Filled with my co-workers's hilarious life stories that make you fall to the floor laughing.
This week, I've actually gotten a chunk of hours from J Crew which is wonderful because I honestly don't know what I would be doing with myself otherwise. There was a rollout on Sunday night which means that you have a shift from 9pm till 9am. During this time, you take everything off the floor so it can be shipped out to the outlet mall, unbox everything that has come in that day and put it on the floor by following the pictures that the headquarters in New York City has sent us. It's fun. I've done it once when we got our new Fall collection in.
I'm a full blown J Crew associate these days. Meaning I can tackle the woman's dressing room with ease by putting everything back on the floor where it belongs, I can help the damsel in distress purchasers in the back of the store when they come in solely to buy new pants because their trousers have huge holes in them, the cashier no longer is a threat towards me because I have had a crash course lesson on the ins and outs of giftcards, credit card purchases, how to use Northpark gold, do returns, send out packages in the mail, have gift receipts for multiple gifts...I'm basically unstoppable. Who knows, maybe J Crew wants me to become a manager and then one day move up to New York City to be a buyer.
On a better note, I am receiving the greatest gift for Christmas. My little sister, Grace, is going to be attending Baylor next Spring. She is transfering from her school in Mississippi and coming to live in Waco. I'm so incredibly excited. It will be the perfect end to my four years here in one of my favorite places on Earth.
Okay, that's about it. O yea, somehow Grace and I will have ESP moments because she called me a few days ago to ask if I had found the Beyonce video online for "Put a Ring on It" because she has been practicing the dance in her dorm room. Sound familiar? haha.
Hope everyone's Dead Days are going splendid. Splendid might not be the word that you would choose to describe your days of grueling work and reading chapter after chapter in your textbooks but you are almost done and Christmas is almost here!
I came into Dallas on Sunday morning for a shift at 11. Apparently anyone who is a die heart Northpark shopper doesn't go to church on Sunday because I struggled with finding a parking spot. On a Sunday morning! Isn't that insane? J Crew was filled with woman carrying cashmere scarfs and cable sweaters when I walked in. It was a fun shift. Filled with my co-workers's hilarious life stories that make you fall to the floor laughing.
This week, I've actually gotten a chunk of hours from J Crew which is wonderful because I honestly don't know what I would be doing with myself otherwise. There was a rollout on Sunday night which means that you have a shift from 9pm till 9am. During this time, you take everything off the floor so it can be shipped out to the outlet mall, unbox everything that has come in that day and put it on the floor by following the pictures that the headquarters in New York City has sent us. It's fun. I've done it once when we got our new Fall collection in.
I'm a full blown J Crew associate these days. Meaning I can tackle the woman's dressing room with ease by putting everything back on the floor where it belongs, I can help the damsel in distress purchasers in the back of the store when they come in solely to buy new pants because their trousers have huge holes in them, the cashier no longer is a threat towards me because I have had a crash course lesson on the ins and outs of giftcards, credit card purchases, how to use Northpark gold, do returns, send out packages in the mail, have gift receipts for multiple gifts...I'm basically unstoppable. Who knows, maybe J Crew wants me to become a manager and then one day move up to New York City to be a buyer.
On a better note, I am receiving the greatest gift for Christmas. My little sister, Grace, is going to be attending Baylor next Spring. She is transfering from her school in Mississippi and coming to live in Waco. I'm so incredibly excited. It will be the perfect end to my four years here in one of my favorite places on Earth.
Okay, that's about it. O yea, somehow Grace and I will have ESP moments because she called me a few days ago to ask if I had found the Beyonce video online for "Put a Ring on It" because she has been practicing the dance in her dorm room. Sound familiar? haha.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Two in One Day
I know, I'm one of the lamest people ever for posting twice in one day but Autumn (one of the teachers that I teach with at Spring Valley) made a list of things that she was thankful for and I decided to create my own too!
Things that I am Thankful For
1. Paperclips (if you are an intern too, you know why this is number one)
2. My mom's laugh
3. My little sister
4. Crisp fall weather
5. J Crew catalogs
6. Dark chocolate m&m's
7. Running Shoes
8. Christmas music
9. Lofties
10. Spontaneous Dance Parties
11. Jason Mraz
12. Central Market
13. My dad's sense of humor
14. High heels
15. EZ Graders
16. Baylor
17. My friends that make my life so entertaining
18. Children's Books
19. My 4th graders
20. Photographs
21. White Out
22. Burberry Brit
23. The Office
24. Being a brunette
Things that I am Thankful For
1. Paperclips (if you are an intern too, you know why this is number one)
2. My mom's laugh
3. My little sister
4. Crisp fall weather
5. J Crew catalogs
6. Dark chocolate m&m's
7. Running Shoes
8. Christmas music
9. Lofties
10. Spontaneous Dance Parties
11. Jason Mraz
12. Central Market
13. My dad's sense of humor
14. High heels
15. EZ Graders
16. Baylor
17. My friends that make my life so entertaining
18. Children's Books
19. My 4th graders
20. Photographs
21. White Out
22. Burberry Brit
23. The Office
24. Being a brunette
Rounding to the Last Lap
Hello Readers (Man, I still hope there are some readers out there because I do enjoy being read about. I should have finished living the dream of being famous).
I'm sitting in Plano right now. Unlike the rest of my fellow Senior Friends, I have just one more test to take (this Thursday in ESL) and then I'm home free. So I really didn't have anything to run back to Waco to do. It's so strange being done with teaching. I woke up this morning at 8:45 thinking omgosh, 1st period is almost over and I'm still in bed. Wait, I don't have to be at school. I'm still insync with the schedule that I lived Monday-Friday this semester so it's going to take some adjusting.
Thanksgiving was wonderful. My family and I (including our golden retriever, Spencer) participated in the Turkey Trot. I think Spencer had the most fun out of any of us. We then came home and had Thanksgiving at our house. On Friday, I worked at J Crew for the infamous Black Friday. It was insane. I have never seen so many people in one place before in my life. You would have thought that we were handing out cashmere cardigans for free.
During Winter Break, I am going to continuing my rockstar status at J Crew. I really enjoy working there. It might be the fact that I get to straighten clothes all day. Or help ridiculously good looking boys in thick rhimmed glasses, argyle sweaters and scruffy faces or the fact that my male co-workers insist that we play "dress up" during our shifts meaning that they pick out clothes that they think are cute (both guys and girls because everyone knows I love guy clothes. alot) and then I run into a dressing room, throw it on, and model it for a while for customers. It's fun.
O yea, we have headsets now at J Crew. They are neat-ish. I wore one today while I was working and looked ridiculous. I would be talking to someone and all of the sudden, someone was screaming into my headset about some shenanigan going on. O zang.
And I absolutely love how cold it is outside. It's wonderful.
I'm sitting in Plano right now. Unlike the rest of my fellow Senior Friends, I have just one more test to take (this Thursday in ESL) and then I'm home free. So I really didn't have anything to run back to Waco to do. It's so strange being done with teaching. I woke up this morning at 8:45 thinking omgosh, 1st period is almost over and I'm still in bed. Wait, I don't have to be at school. I'm still insync with the schedule that I lived Monday-Friday this semester so it's going to take some adjusting.
Thanksgiving was wonderful. My family and I (including our golden retriever, Spencer) participated in the Turkey Trot. I think Spencer had the most fun out of any of us. We then came home and had Thanksgiving at our house. On Friday, I worked at J Crew for the infamous Black Friday. It was insane. I have never seen so many people in one place before in my life. You would have thought that we were handing out cashmere cardigans for free.
During Winter Break, I am going to continuing my rockstar status at J Crew. I really enjoy working there. It might be the fact that I get to straighten clothes all day. Or help ridiculously good looking boys in thick rhimmed glasses, argyle sweaters and scruffy faces or the fact that my male co-workers insist that we play "dress up" during our shifts meaning that they pick out clothes that they think are cute (both guys and girls because everyone knows I love guy clothes. alot) and then I run into a dressing room, throw it on, and model it for a while for customers. It's fun.
O yea, we have headsets now at J Crew. They are neat-ish. I wore one today while I was working and looked ridiculous. I would be talking to someone and all of the sudden, someone was screaming into my headset about some shenanigan going on. O zang.
And I absolutely love how cold it is outside. It's wonderful.
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