New Hair!

So, I got bangs... :)

They're different than I expected them to be, and I got way more hair cut off than I expected, but I like it! :)

It's kind of fun to feel bangs bounce on your forehead, and a good way to keep me a teeny bit warmer.

I'm going to become a yogi

So...I like yoga.  It's good for me.  I'll admit that it can be a little boring to me sometimes.  There are so many sun salutations and when you do them like 1 million times in a class it can become monotonous.  So why am I complaining about yoga, right now? I shouldn't be, because I just bought an annual membership to Pure Yoga!!

Why Pure Yoga? Cause it's actually the cheapest yoga membership near to me, and I got a really good deal.

Why yoga? Because it's good for me, and I want to get in amazing shape for the upcoming auditions.  Plus, I secretly love yoga (depending on the teacher).  I feel very calm afterwards, and you get a good little workout.

Why am I not super excited about Pure Yoga? Because it has a very uppity feel to it.  Yoga should be more granola.  More about the actual movement than about the nice surroundings and the snotty people taking it because yoga is the cool thing to do.

Anyway, we'll see how it goes.  I'm excited.  Flexibility! Strength! Zen! Can't wait!

Namaste! ;)

Christmas Decorations!

My ward combined with the family ward and decorated wreaths for an Enrichment activity this week.  Audrey and I went at the very end and gathered a wreath for each of us and lots of decorating materials!

My wreath turned out like this:

Audrey's looks like this: :)

However, we had a hard time getting mine to stay on the mantle, and Audrey didn't like where her wreath was placed, so we moved it to the kitchen.  

Now we're going to get a Christmas tree, most likely today! :) Other upcoming decorations are a Star of Bethlehem and an angel. :)

We're excited.  I haven't really decorated for Christmas since I was at home because my other roommates have had Christmas trees or decorations, and I haven't had the time or money to contribute.  This year, however, we're going to town!! It's going to look amazing. :)

My mom came to visit me!!!

I had dreamt of my mom coming to visit me in NYC, of us shopping and having fun, but I just thought it wasn't going to happen. But, surprise! It did! We had so much fun. She came to see my show, so she got here on Saturday, but all we were able to do together was go eat dinner after the show at some Italian restaurant. It was ok...I got Wild Mushroom Fettucinne but it was only button mushrooms that were not very good. A little disappointing. We also walked to Time Square and the M&M Factory. We saw where The Late Show is filmed, and my mom was pretty exciting about that (dark picture, though :P). We even had to switch shoes on the adventure because my mom was in heels and I was just in these comfy boots, and her feet were hurting. Haha, good times.

Other things we did while she was here were:

Seeing the temple, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, lots and lots of shopping, eating at Gobo, Central Park, more eating, visiting the Village, the NBA store, and more. Here are more pics. I can't figure out how to put them in between the text. :P haha

Dancing Again

Ballets With a Twist by Marilyn Klaus was my latest performance, and it was definitely due. My previous real performance to that was Nutcracker back in December 2008. I had begun to wonder why I love dancing and why I put myself through the hell it sometimes is. Don't get me wrong, I love going to class and perfecting my technique and dancing skills, but it gets frustrating living in NYC and getting rejected at so many auditions. However, when I got on stage with the lights warming my body as I moved and the audience watching the captivating choreography, I remembered why I love to perform, and why I have chosen this path for my life. Now I just need to find another project and a company to dance with full time. :)

Back in NYC!

Well, since I haven't posted anything for such a long time, and I'm back in NYC, where everyone blogs, I decided that I should get back into it!

Life is crazy. Over the summer I moved away from the city, went to Atlanta for a summer ballet program, and then went back to Utah. I loved Atlanta, the ward, the city, the people, and surprisingly the climate. However, there was no job opportunity there, so I left.

Utah was good and bad. Nathan and I broke up, I saw my family and friends, and that's when I found out about my non-future in Atlanta. So, I decided to move back to New York City on Saturday, flew out on Wednesday, and I'm back!!!

It's great. I'm going to live on Wall Street for a few weeks! Wall Street! Not very homy (well I haven't moved in yet, but it doesn't seem that way) but definitely cool.

And the best part is that I went to an audition for Kelly Donovan and Dancers today, and they liked me! So I think I'm going to dance for them. It seems like a small gig, no life changing adventure (at least it doesn't seem that way) but it's SOMETHING! Last year I went to so many auditions, and got nothing. That's right nothing, but a whole lot of experience. So, hopefully this is a good start for my future in New York. :)

More details to come about that, since I don't know too many yet.

I love being back. Life is, like I said, crazy! I have to find a permanent place to live, and a bed for the Wall Street apartment, but things are good. Maybe this was the right place to come after all. (I had my doubts.)

Here's to better blogging!

Lincoln Center Building

It's Sunday night, the first Sunday of the new year.  Church today was in the Lincoln Center building, which is also where the temple building in New York City.  It has been under renovation the past few months, so I hadn't been there, except when I visited the city when I was 17.  It's so nice because now church is just a few short subway stops away from my apartment, instead of on the East side where you have to ride a few subway stops, and then take the crosstown bus across Central Park.  But the new year is exciting and I am filled with a spirit of improvement for my life.