hmmm. . . dance. . . what else?

i think i posted this link once before, but 小倉先生 (ogura-sensei, a.k.a. taka, a.k.a. my dance teacher) has updated the website quite a bit. . . new pictures and even some videos. . . first go to. . . http://www.geocities.jp/dancecream2/index2.htm

since it is all in japanese, look for the link on the side bar that says 'movie&photo' in english . . .click on it (obviously? do i need to go into all these details?). . . anyway, once you are on that page, look for my name (again essentially the only english). . . it should be in the box on the bottom left side. . . click the play button (it says 'go' in english underneath). . . hopefully it will play for you. . . i can't watch it from the computer i am on now for some reason. . . maybe they block video programs from office computers? . . . seeing as how i cannot watch it first, i suppose it is dangerous to tell everyone i know how to view it. . . (update: i just watched this video. . . he really edited it down - as in an hour and a half of dance was squashed into about a four minute clip. . . and you'll want to know the background because it makes no sense without it. . . we were dancing in an art exhibit at the paper museum in ino. . . my dance teacher, his wife, and me. . . okay, so that still may not explain much. . . just watch it and think what you will of it)

after that, you can check out the rest of the site by just clicking on random buttons i suppose. . . i'm in a few pictures, but they are pretty small. . . maybe he'll post videos of yosakoi later??? maybe not. . . anyway, just thought i'd let you know it's there. . .

oh, one las thing while i'm on the topic of dance cream (my studio). . . these are some of the quotes i've collected over the past year. . .

"you are too beautiful for me" ~ taka (ogura-sensei) singing to me when i was obviously not doing the movement properly

"it's like you're walking down the street and see a baby falling from a building, so you're like WAH! . . . aww" ~ taka describing a movement to the class

after my haircut:
miyuki (female) "i wish i had her hair"
taka (male) "i wish i had her legs"

"アメリカ人ちゃんどこですか。"　"where is america-jin-chan?" ~ na-chan (sakura's six year old sister) at soji early this year (obviously before she knew my name)

"erinn is the blue-eyed samurai" ~ sakura's dad (our announcer) after yosakoi

oh, look. . . i just found this video of one of our dances. . . only it's at a previous yosakoi, so i'm not in it. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTWavZ4Wa6w

okay, that's all for now. . . じゃね。