Because I am a shameless copy-cat when it comes to these memes!

Four things about me that you may or may not have known.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Graduate Student (does that count as a job?)
2. Worker at a scifi/fantasy bookstore
3. Worker at a toy store
4. Tech in a biology lab

Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Labyrinth
2. The Princess Bride
3. The Bourne movies
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Four TV shows that I watch:
1. HIMYM
2. Boston Legal
3. Sc... read more

I ordered this DVD on Amazon when it came out yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to find it in our mailbox today. Naturally I roped Omer into watching it - despite his protestations that watching home births during dinner was probably not a good idea (in fact the births in the movie were tame compared to those we saw in our birthing class).

I very much enjoyed the documentary - it was clearly biased toward home births or natural births in a hospital/birth center setting, but I was ... read more

1. Welcome to Florida! Here’s some heat rash to remind you that your body hasn’t seen the sun in six months!

2. Vomitorious child. Throws up at the dolphin and whale show at the Miami Seaquarium. Throws up in carseat. Throws up a whole lot at the apartment, but by this time I’m wising up to the vom and carrying a bucket around.

3. Noisy upstairs neighbors. I’d forgotten what a bitch it is to live downstairs from someone, especially when that someone comes home from clubbing at 2:30 and ... read more

Sometimes I feel like I've gone about this belly dancing thing the wrong way.

I started dancing in restaurants after two years of classes. (And I undercut, unknowingly. I am a poster girl for what happens if you *don't* talk about rates in your dance classes.)

I started dancing at private parties shortly after that.

Fast forward five years, and I've pretty much stopped dancing at restaurants.

I still do the private parties, but less frequently.

I would like to start dancing a... read more

Costume is sorted, music is picked. I am feeling a bit less frantic about Shimmies.

I am wearing my new black ribbon mesh melos plus a panel skirt I whipped up last night with my black Bella bra and belt. I'm hoping it looks okay!

Now I just need to go practice for a few hours so I don't bonk myself in the head with my poi. Ack!