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After fin­ish­ing three bel­ly­dance chore­og­ra­phy classes, I knew it was time to really get down to tech­nique. The chore­og­ra­phy classes do go over the moves used in each dance, but it’s kind of a “here’s what it looks like, just fol­low as best you can” pre­sen­ta­tion. It’s been hard to really see what each move […]

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Last time it was Dee’s fault — she arranged for the fusing/​flameworking work­shop that made me real­ize I could play with fire in a care­fully arranged home stu­dio. This time it’s Andrea’s fault. She found that Nazeem Allayl Stu­dio offered a Sat­ur­day morn­ing walk-​in work­out class at their Perime­ter stu­dio, halfway between her place and […]

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Notice there’s been no recap-​of-​2008 post here at Art of the Fire­bird, nor has there been a looking-​forward-​to-​2009 post. I’m not writ­ing about New Year’s Res­o­lu­tions, goals, or any mas­sive self-​improvement changes com­ing up. I may have taken down the cal­en­dar that I’ve looked at behind my chair for the past twelve months and replaced […]

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This morn­ing I did the right thing, so to speak, and left the house early enough to go to the gym for the first time. I did my 30 min­utes on the recum­bent bike, then went to shower and change clothes to go to work. Lo and behold, they even pro­vide sham­poo, conditioner, […]

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I have been feel­ing fat and flabby, which every­one knows is NOT a good way to feel. I can’t get into half of my pants or most of my shorts, and some of my favorite shirts are snug­ger than they ought to be. The hot weather is here, which makes it tough to […]

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