August 25th, 2009
My Butt HURTS!
Okay, so this isn’t the most ladylike title in the world, but after three days of practicing very little ballet — just the 5 positions to each side with demi and grande piles, I have to nearly yelp when I sit down. In fact, my armpits hurt too. Boy, do I have a long way to go to get into shape.
So what is keeping me going? Part of it is the dream. If you haven’t seen Danyl on the X-Factor’s amazing charisma and jaw dropping audition, you probably haven’t seen many people captivate an audience in less than a minute. I’ve seen it a few times, even been captivated, but I haven’t ever been THAT performer. Part of my dream is to captivate one audience like that and dance, ballet in particular, mesmerized when I was 8 years old. I was so captivated that I sat through hours of the NYCity ballet’s summer season at SPAC without ever once asking to pee.
Until I reach that level, however, I need to keep it real with smaller goals. My latest goal, in addition to working beyond the butt pain, is of weight loss (10 lbs to be exact) thanks to a challenge from Patricia Moreno on her blog today. I’ve got until October 5th to lose it. I’m flashing back to images of Debbie Allen in Fame telling her students, “You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying, in sweat.” I’m ready to sweat, and work, sore butt and all. Who’s pullin’ for me?