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Soup on a questional foundation
I have to confess: I eat a lot of ramen. Ramen has a bad rap, what with the scary fats, sky high sodium content and a general lack of useful nutrients, but in my experience it also has great potential when you have a nice range of things to add, in terms of vegetables, spices and proteins. Today's lunch was yet another variation on the ramen soup ( Read more... ) -
Research - rewards and frustrations
It's funny how inspiration can strike, as if out of the blue, when in fact the lead up is rather obvious ( Read more... ) -
Days off are really more like days on
After a serious of failures to meet my schedule, I scraped my obligations for the weekend to reclaim my life. And somehow, it seems to have worked. I think the pressure of all I could have been doing had flattened me to the degree that folding laundry became napping, repeatedly, but once I figured that I wouldn't be getting out to the community, ( Read more... ) -
I will eventually post something about non-dance activities
Hey guys,
I finally bit the bullet, while procrastinating on other things, and set up a podcast for these dancing adventures I've been sharing on the radio. If you are curious to hear what new and interesting dance events I've gotten to recently, catch the feed here, and keep up with the weird and wonderful dance opportunities to be tried. The ( Read more... ) -
More Dancing diaries!
Now on their own page! and with most of the links fixed for download.
This step is on belly dancing, and included a class and interview with Maya Baladi. Again it is a bilingual segment, Montreal style i.e. without translation. They are the Montreal dancing diaries, after all ( Read more... ) -
What is with the fake meat?
Wandering around Treehugger.com I am struck by how Tofu focused their food info seems to be. I guess it is an angle to take when trying to convince people to move towards something less carbon intense then cattle, but doesn't that just emphasis the difference, rather than convince through similarity? And it's not like the soy industry isn't ( Read more... ) -
urban dance awesomeness
So I've been tasting bits of street and club dance - hip hop, house, waacking, waving - at Studio Sweatshop and having a blast with it. So cool looking, so weird, and so good to see these motions broken down. There is a lot to practice to get these things right, whether you want it smooth or broken ( Read more... ) -
Wee!
My abstract was accepted to the Music Perception and Cognition conference this summer! Indianapolis here I come? well, it should be fun even if it will be hot.
Squee! My research may one day be found and found interesting by other people! -
Montreal Dancing Diaries, Step 3
I've just uploaded the third segment of this dancing diaries, so if anyone is a fan of Irish Ceili dancing and music, take a listen ( Read more... ) -
Montreal Dancing Diaries, Part 1
Hey Guys ( Read more... )