[7] Goodbye Urbana ... Hello Beautiful City Of Chicago

Leaving Urbana is always bittersweet. Since coming back to campus from Chicago in early February, I was missing home a lot. When friends and family came down to Urbana for the Fashion Show in early March, I was missing home a lot again too. Now that I'm finally going home, I know I will be missing my beautiful friends in Urbana a lot.

I'll see these guys again soon.
"Enjoi your spring breaks!"

But in the meantime...

I'm home. Let's play. 

Sincerely,

Sgt. Squirrel.

[6] Ne-Yo "I Don't Care" & Spring Break

Did I do a blog post about dance clinics yet?

Oh yEah!! I did. I wanted to choreograph a dance for a dance clinic. /cough cough. Sppeeaaaking of dance clinics, today's was the first one for AAA! It was led by my friends Dan ("meow" <---inside joke to myself-ish) and Norman (aka Normie...or is it Normy?).

At first, I didn't know what to expect because I found out it was a Ne-Yo song. Blech! I'm sorry, but I am not fond of Ne-Yo. Howevuh...this dance clinic was so much fun. It was a really good one to start off the rest. I'm really proud of 'em both for choreo such a fun piece. It was also really nice to see all us AAA people together again...dancing together.

On another really happy note, tomorrow I'm going back home to Chicago! Yay! I get to see my beautiful family and friends  and Joe back at home!!


Okay. Bye.

[5] Sensory Deprivation - Sight

Last semester, there was one day where people were walking around blindfolded, guided by a partner. I never found out if it was an event, but it was really interesting. I've been wanting to that since, but never got the chance... UNTIL TODAY!

In Jazz Dance, we did the same thing! It was really interesting! At first, it's really nerve-wracking because wherever you go and no matter how much your partner reassures you, your brain tells you that there's a big wall you're going to walk into--or some sort of ledge you're going to trip over and hurt yourself. With a little more time, you warm up to the experience and that's when it REALLY starts getting fun. You stop sweating nervously and start noticing so much more from your other senses. Who knew deprivation of one sense can enhance the others (audition, touch, smell, taste even, and PROPRIOCEPTION). I only did it for ten minutes, but those ten minutes were really amazing!

Try it out! It's lots of fun to do with a friend.