Today at work I saw two bellydancing performances, ate a Belgian waffle, got a chair massage, and drank a mango soda. Oh, I did some work too. This was probably the first time at my job that a woman in veils and jewels has stood on a chair next to me and shaken her boobs in my face. It hope it won't be the last...

Every Thursday evening I go bellydancing, because I love it and because it's pretty much the only form of dance that someone with no natural talent whatsoever can do with any success. We'll be performing at the Christmas party ("Get your jinglies jangling"), and this is the song we'll be performing to. Here is the link if you can't see the embedded goodness I saw our ...

The theme of this party was 'Fire and Ice' so they had a snow machine which made it all rather interesting. They had flowers in dry ice and a big fire barrel outside, I was part of the fire entertainment. The had this young DJ there who after my show did a beat box show. I was absolutely floored. This guy could play a snare, a bass guitar riff, then a base drum, some African drums and ...

Bellydancing has become popular as an effective way to burn calories, build strength and have a great time!  Learn the basics to move freely, build self-confidence ... proper alignment and breathing. The core of the class teaches you the syllabus to build the foundation of Bellydancing. Bellydancing is feminine, gentle to the joints and gets your heart rate going to a moderate rhythm. Special ...

... don . The strip the Mata Hari quote comes from is one where I'm bellydancing for P and then sit down and ask him about his work as the guy who would be called on to disarm any ... short, pithy title ideas, Internet? I want something descriptive of me/my life, but without the self-puffery of "Bellydancing Bluestocking" or somesuch. All the best descriptions are too long, like "Is ...

... and family next time I would go to Turkey. Since then, I've been dreaming about all this bellydancing (not that I'm able to bellydance, but still like the atmosphere), so when I go back to Istanbul my ... to make sure he's going to keep his promise. In that case, my promise is that I will post here the pictures of myself bellydancing. If not too detrimental to my public image.

... dinner. I didn't eat much cuz I wasn't hungry at all. We went back to Bogue and got ready for the bellydancing event that was tonight. I mentioned this earlier in the week, but yeah, basically, all the bellydancing classes performed tonight. I chose not to cuz I've just got, ya know, stage fright and stuff and I'm just not comfortable ...

... is hanging upside-down from her shins on a pole. But while strength and skill are sexy - the flail motions and crotch-shots the women would do while upside-down were not. How can anyone confuse this with bellydancing? Even bad bellydancing? Watching a skinny woman pole dance was only slightly different - she did a lot more pole tricks that were impressive - but not terribly graceful. ...

... Reservations are made! Five weeks until we leave for vacation!!! Woohoo - LEGO League is moving along and looking good - excited for the Jamboree next week!!! This week we learned "Candle Hands" at bellydancing.  The minute I heard what it was I knew that I had to try it - hello light candles.  I practiced in the bathroom and put the candle in a votive cup - I am not crazy!

... title will catch my eye and then creep its way onto my site. I read fiction and rarely touch nonfiction books. I think the only nonfiction book I've mentioned so far on my blog has been a bellydancing memoir. (I like variety ;D) Also, I plan on getting author interviews and contests. 2. What is your favorite part about having a blog? The bloggers, hands down. Each comment I get makes me smile ...

... characters have been the utter nutballs. In the tradition of ODB, Kool Keith and Flavour Flav, Curse Ov Dialect are collectively as mad as a brush. Their new album of sample-heavy, political psychedelia is called Crisis Tales and they're pulling out all the stops to launch it. There's a Swiss rapper, visual projectionists and a bellydancing troupe, not to mention their bad selves. - MO

... there. And that's where a lot of dead people are. Also on list: -go to Groppi's -See Sound & Light show at both the pyramids and Karnak -take a Nile cruise with dinner and bellydancing -Go to khan al khalili -brush up on my Arabic Hey gnat23, when will you be there? It'd be awesome if we could do some things together. The weekend was beautiful. Wish I could say it was restful, ...

... care, and politics. She’s not alone — I could almost have written that tweet, though mine would have said “I tweet about rescue cats, computing, lampwork and jewelry, bellydancing, chainmaille, and teaching.” The same thing is true of my blogging, as you know if you read Art of the Firebird regularly. I blog and Tweet and post about whatever I damn well please, which ...

... Shad is our gym and I love their exercise classes! Today, there was a Zumba class. The instructor was Latin American and she switched from Salsa to cha cha cha to Bollywood dancing to my favorite *drumroll* Bellydancing... I went in feeling pooped and left feeling fresh and energized, can't go to sleep now. It was SO much fun!! Definitely going to do more of this. Went over to D's after ...

Free belly dance lessons anyone?? FitTV has a show called SHIMMY that is basically bellydancing lessons for free. It was on last night (Tuesday) at 10PM but check your Local listings.. Perfect time- after the kids have gone to bed so you have a tiny bit of ME time. Go ahead- have a go. It's easier than you think.