So long time no post. Sorry about that, but I really haven’t had much new to report, unfortunately. It’s Howl-O-Scream season, so I’ve been very busy with strike, install, and rehearsals and now, of course, we’re into the event. The weird schedule makes it really hard for me to find time to stretch, so I’m having to rework my stretching schedule a bit. I usually stretch at night as I’m watching a movie or some tv with my boyfriend before going to bed, but since the Howl-O-Scream season started,…
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Added by Heather on October 6, 2009 at 1:25pm —
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Wow, this has been a crazy week. After my car did what it did after class last week, it also died one afternoon when my boyfriend came to pick me up from work and required a jump. So, a family friend who works on our cars took a look at it and put new battery terminals on it. We then drove it to class on Monday night. It started up fine and got us there okay (with the weird exception of my radio turning itself off and then back on once, which worried me), but we decided to test it right after we…
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Added by Heather on August 20, 2009 at 10:14am —
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Hmm…as for this week, I don’t have much to say for once. I didn’t go to aerial class on Tuesday because I went to Mayhem Fest. ^^ I had been planning to go before I ever started taking these classes, so I thought that it was an acceptable excuse to miss class. I rather enjoyed myself too although I got a slight sunburn and I got kicked in the face. I also missed contortion on Wednesday because I was still exhausted from Tuesday. And I’ve been a terrible person and haven’t really stretched all we…
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Added by Heather on August 13, 2009 at 10:00am —
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I haven’t been feeling well at all this past week, so other than stretching my knees almost every night, I haven’t stretched at all since last Wednesday. So much for trying out my every-other-day-stretch-my-back experiment; I guess I’ll start that this week.
During aerial on Tuesday we worked on the web some, which I was excited about because we haven’t done much web work. We were supposed to climb the web, put our hand through the hand loop, hang and then beat up into a cradle. The first time…
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Added by Heather on August 10, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Wow, what a frustrating week. I got a message from my boyfriend Tuesday as I was preparing to leave work for class that my car had broken down on his way to pick me up. So I had to miss my aerial class on Tuesday, which I was not happy about. We had the car towed home and it will start, but it won’t go anywhere (I just had the engine replaced not more than two months ago). So, right now we have one car (my grandmother’s) for five people. My mother and brother already had plans to go to Islands o…
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Added by Heather on August 1, 2009 at 2:02pm —
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Look at this, one week’s worth of classes in one post--AMAZING! Haha. I like having this netbook at work so I can do all of my computer work on my breaks. Anyway…
Contortion
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to not act frustrated during this class. This week we didn’t stretch our feet and we didn’t do that shoulder stretch that I mentioned in my last entry; we did, however, return to our straddle stretches. I’ve been stretching my knees at home with a 20-pound saddl
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Added by Heather on July 24, 2009 at 3:10pm —
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So for the past few weeks I’ve been really busy trying to juggle everything, so I haven’t had time to update this blog and I apologize for that. Things have been going pretty much the same as before, but I do have a few things to talk about, so here we go…
Lately I’m becoming frustrated with my contortion class. For the first two weeks of class, our teacher was the daughter of the artistic director of the studio, an actual contortionist who has studied at San Francisco Circus Center and with Ci…
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Added by Heather on July 20, 2009 at 1:59pm —
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Squeezing two weeks worth of training into one post and I apologize for that--I'm having a hard time juggling work, training, taking care of my bunny, cleaning the house, online time, studying Japanese, spending time with my boyfriend and family, etc, but I'll find a good balance soon, I'm sure. ^_^ Anyway...
Contortion
Week 2After learning about my tight knees the week before, I had been attempting to stretch my knees at home every night by suspending myself between t
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Added by Heather on July 1, 2009 at 1:45am —
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Okay, so I've officially completed a week of classes! I'm having so much fun! So far I've done three aerial classes and one contortion class, plus my nightly stretching routine.
For aerial, the beginners start out on the static trapeze first. We've learned how to get up on the trapeze and down from it and a few basic tricks. I have very little upper body strength, so it's been quite a challenge, which I love. I won't lie, I was very excited to find that my hip flexibility was actually a plus wh…
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Added by Heather on June 16, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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I'm officially registered for my summer classes and I am so excited! I went down to the studio today (which is a little more than an hour's drive from my home) and met with the artistic director. I got to meet a few of the other students and take a look at the studio and equipment. Some of the students were in one of the studios preparing for their spring show, so I got to see them playing around on the trapeze, hoop, and silks. I cannot wait! ^_^ I'll be taking two 1.5-hour-long aerial classes…
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Added by Heather on June 2, 2009 at 7:39pm —
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Haha, wow, I haven't been on here in forever! Anyway, I'm finally going to start taking contortion and aerial acrobatics classes this summer! I'm so excited! That's about all for now. ^^;
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Added by Heather on May 29, 2009 at 4:04pm —
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