I’m on an Aphex Twin kick this week.

Aphex Twin - “Avril 14th”

Birds make me happy.

Photo by Kimberly Clark on Flickr.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is my favorite movie of all time.  One of the things I love most about the movie is the music, but one of my biggest complaints is that my favorite songs from Jon Brion are soooo short (seriously like 26 seconds long or one minute long).  I just found an extended cover this guy made that combined “Peer Pressure” and “Elephant Parade.”  So beautiful!

I mixed up my class schedule at the gym yesterday and thought it was time for yoga.  I was standing outside waiting for it to start when I noticed I was the only one holding a yoga mat and everyone looked really hip with their gym clothes.  Then I realized it was hip hop dance class day!  At my Hollywood gym, it feels like only professional dancers take this class. 

A couple of years ago, I had been taking a hip hop dance class in a suburban town, where in comparison to the other students, I was actually decent.  When I found out that instructor I had was teaching at the Hollywood gym, I got really excited and went to it.  When I greeted her, she warned me off-handedly that everyone at this gym was really good and suggested that I stand in the back of the classroom.  So, I could kind of gauge how great my dancing skillz were.

I tried rolling up my highwater yoga pants to look more “hood.” (I bought them in the children’s department, so they’re at a horribly awkward length).  I’m not sure if I succeeded in gaining street cred.  I managed to follow along for the most part, but I felt really faint from barely eating all day, so I decided to run out of class before the big dance battle.  I heard one girl yell at me while I was running out, “Oh no, you didn’t!”  Oh yes, I did.