If you follow my Twitter feed or my Facebook statuses you should know by now that I'm going to Melbourne, Australia. You should have also been able to conclude that I'm am absolutely ecstatic about going!
There are many reasons for me to be so dang excited! One is that it will be my first time out of the country. I haven't even had a passport until this month! My family aren't very big travelers. My mom and grandma go to Disneyworld every once and a while (although not since 2007) but that's the extent of the traveling that my immediate family really does. So I grew up thinking that no one went out of the country unless you were rolling in the dough. Now my mentality of it has changed... I mean if I still thought that way I wouldn't even entertain the idea of going out of the country!
I made a New Year's Resolution to go out of the country this year. So I'm actually doing it! When I made the goal I was a bit nervous. I didn't know if I was actually going to be able to pull it off. I mean it's a pretty lofty goal for someone who had recently incurred a lot of bills and such. I decided that if it came down to December and I still hadn't gone anywhere out of the country that I would just drive the 4 or 5 hours to Mexico and call it good and try for somewhere on a different continent next year.
Needless to say I knew I was never going to be satisfied doing it the easy way. So I made a plan. I recently started teaching private dance lessons and group lessons and was gaining revenue from that. After the first couple of privates I taught I decided to save the money I make from teaching, or dancing of any type, and put it specifically toward other dance related events. Well after deciding that I had the bright idea to make my out of country experience and my dance event experience coincide! (Brilliant I know!) Now the only question was where do I go??
Well I came to the conclusion of Australia because 1. a friend of mine (who knew of my goal to go out of the country) kept pushing me to go to Australia, 2. a swing dancing friend of mine that I met here in LA just recently moved to Melbourne, 3. I met a friendly awesome dancer from Melbourne, and 4. I found out (via my 2 previously mentioned swing dancing friends) that Melbourne has a lindy exchange in November.
I would love to go south of the equator where it's starting to warm up as we're starting to cool down up here on the north end of things! Now I know what you're thinking... "Karen you live in Los Angeles! It doesn't get cold in LA!" That's besides the point... it will get cold enough!
In short... I'm super stoked to be going to Melbourne from November 19th (arriving in Melbourne November 21st) to December 3rd!!!
If anyone has any suggestions on what I should do while I'm there let me know! I would love to hear everything you know!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Enemy of the Public
Maybe you can, or maybe you can't, infer where the title of this post came from... just to make sure we're all on the same page; it is from the movie Public Enemy. I just saw it with my good friend Brendyn. First and foremost let me say that it was amazing! I absolutely LOVED it!
If you are SUPER anal about not giving ANYTHING away about a movie you might want to just skip to the end to read the summary of the blog post (last sentence).
My favorite part of the movie was the love story between John Dillinger and Billie Frechette. John is madly in love with Billie! I, being the hopeless romantic that I am, was captivated and transported to a realm of such devoted, undying, irresistible, unconditional love. It was fan-freaking-tastic!
I felt the bond was SO strong that I actually teared up and had a tear fall down my face. Now if you know me, you'll know that I just don't ever cry*... especially when it comes to movies. It made me long for that kind of relationship!
Not the one where it's just me that into the relationship, or just him that into the relationship, but one where we both are in love to the point of doing anything for each other. It's an easy thing to want in my mind. I mean really; who wouldn't want to always have someone to run to for whatever reason and know they will always be there no matter what?! That's what I hope to have one day!
Johnny Depp was SO great at portraying this chemistry. I know you're probably thinking, "uhh duh Karen, he's an actor he gets paid to make you believe he's in love with people all the time." BUT just because it's their profession, doesn't mean they do it seamlessly. His eyes said it all! If you watch the movie on mute and just look at the way Depp's eyes/face/body language are when he's with her you would get the same impression as you would with the sound on! Now THAT my friends is the hardest thing to do. For instance, Twilight has been deemed a great love story. The movie though didn't do the intense level of love between Bella and Edward justice. Those actors were definitely not as seasoned as Johnny.
AT ANY RATE, point being I love love, I want a connection and kinship one day that is enduring and never ending, and I appreciate actors who bring out the best of the love story!
If you are SUPER anal about not giving ANYTHING away about a movie you might want to just skip to the end to read the summary of the blog post (last sentence).
My favorite part of the movie was the love story between John Dillinger and Billie Frechette. John is madly in love with Billie! I, being the hopeless romantic that I am, was captivated and transported to a realm of such devoted, undying, irresistible, unconditional love. It was fan-freaking-tastic!
I felt the bond was SO strong that I actually teared up and had a tear fall down my face. Now if you know me, you'll know that I just don't ever cry*... especially when it comes to movies. It made me long for that kind of relationship!
Not the one where it's just me that into the relationship, or just him that into the relationship, but one where we both are in love to the point of doing anything for each other. It's an easy thing to want in my mind. I mean really; who wouldn't want to always have someone to run to for whatever reason and know they will always be there no matter what?! That's what I hope to have one day!
Johnny Depp was SO great at portraying this chemistry. I know you're probably thinking, "uhh duh Karen, he's an actor he gets paid to make you believe he's in love with people all the time." BUT just because it's their profession, doesn't mean they do it seamlessly. His eyes said it all! If you watch the movie on mute and just look at the way Depp's eyes/face/body language are when he's with her you would get the same impression as you would with the sound on! Now THAT my friends is the hardest thing to do. For instance, Twilight has been deemed a great love story. The movie though didn't do the intense level of love between Bella and Edward justice. Those actors were definitely not as seasoned as Johnny.
AT ANY RATE, point being I love love, I want a connection and kinship one day that is enduring and never ending, and I appreciate actors who bring out the best of the love story!
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