Morris Dancers at Pagan Pride LA

I was disappointed that there were no belly dancers at this year's Pagan Pride LA event. Or maybe if there were they left before we arrived. But there were some Morris Dancers with wonderful costumes and bells of course.
I took a wee bit of Morris Dance classes once and wish I'd gotten good enough to perform it.

Dancing and Juggling

My neighbor had his music cranked way up but I actually liked what he was playing so I danced to it out on my patio in the dark. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Then that made me think about juggling so I got out my juggling clubs and juggled in the dark too. HA.

Irvine Ren Faire

I'm getting dressed up for a Ren faire in Irvine today. I hope to see dancers. Belly dancers or country dancers or at least parades with dancers. I'm getting all dressed up. If I get a chance I'm going to dance too. This is a regular fair until 5 PM then it switches to fantasy fair mode, which I'm really looking forward to. In fact I'm going to do my hair differently for the night time event.

Beating the Heat

Today I got up before it was hot, cleared room on the patio, and did a bunch of dance stretches. I never realized how stiff I am right as I get up in the morning. I had to take it really really easy. But within ten minutes I felt much more limber.

Same Woman That Did the Youtube Video

The is the same dancer that did the Fat Rant in the last post. I think she is awesome and she makes me want to dance more. I looked a lot like that before I gained a lot more weight in the last ten years. Aw well hope springs eternal.

The Madder I Get the More I Want to Dance

This is a cross post I put on my Big Beautiful Belly Dancing Tribe on Tribe.net.

Sometimes it seems like we are working and working on building up our self esteem. Learning to dance is a piece of cake compared to learning to keep your self esteem in a good place.

Today I posted on Flickr some photos of my legs for 'Fishnet Friday'. Now I do get a lot of good comments on my photos, but somehow those don't really stick with me. But a woman on Flickr left a comment that was only 2 words. And those 2 words sent me into an emotional tailspin, once again making me wonder why we let such trivialities affect our fragile little egos. Those two words were 'Ugly Woman". I blocked her, but then after I got my head together I went to look at her photo stream. She has 1984 in her flickr name so I'm thinking she's about 25. Other than the headshot on her avatar, the rest of her photos are blocked from public view. In short, she can dish it out but can't take it. But enough about her.

I went to Youtube to listen to a vlog I had seen last year about fat belly dancers. Let me put the link below.

Basically we all have days when we feel pretty and days when we feel ugly, but when all is said and done we still have to live our lives. I don't want to give up any of my dreams or my life because random people think I'm ugly. I wish I could just put this issue to bed once and for all and just love myself, like myself, like the way I look in the mirror, and just not care what others think. The haters are out there, have always been out there, and aren't going away anytime soon. And the more you put yourself out there in public, whether it's on youtube, or dancing at you local events, you will no doubt attract some of these haters that have nothing better to do than take a shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjA_eNPbqA




The photo here is the one they left the comment on.

Funny Pirate Belly Dance Video

Oh how I can relate to some of those crazy times of trying to get set up to belly dance.