"Oh Yeah! What ended up happening with that dance thing you were doing?"

I shall tell you, but first:

Welcome Back!

My dear friends, I am not sure if that welcome was directed at you or me... maybe both?  Considering I have not posted since last summer I figured it was a good time to do so because we have both missed a lot... (and now I'm in a creative writing class and want someplace to share my schtuff)

Second, the whole "professional company" thing didn't pan out like I expected... actually, it didn't really pan out at all.  Our one and only show, which I wasn't even in but was supposed to help out with, fell on the night of the SoCal            out... .  (that's code for the word "blackout", in case you didn't catch it).  I left class early (yes my professor was such a jerk that he even held class in the dark, for realsies, he was a jerk, I'm not even exaggerating) and in about an hour's worth of drive time made it about a mile, maybe a mile and a half if we're feeling generous, from campus.  After not being able to call anyone because the connection was busy with everyone else's "more important" phone calls, I texted the company and told them that I would not be there, turned around and went home... the caf fed us warm lunchmeat and cheese between slices of mismatched pieces of bread that night (because there are NO other options for food that doesn't require being cooked... [sarcasm]gross).  Our Artistic Director, Traves moved to Pennsylvania the next day; Butterworth Dance Company (SD chapter) was over.  The girls that actually did perform later explained that it was a candle-lit performance with an audience of about 30 people, and the place was nothing but HOT.  Am I secretly glad I couldn't make it? No... I'm outwardly happy.


Of course I learned so much and wouldn't change it for the world and blah blah *insert other boring cliches here*.  I mostly feel 3 very specific emotions about BDC:
1. Sadness- I spent 2 hours almost every Saturday rehearsing for what you just read above, time spent wasted...? maybe.
2. Sadness- SO MUCH POTENTIALLY AWESOME STUFF... that didn't happen
3. Gratefulness?- You could also call it happiness? I met two girls who introduced me to a real, legit, affordable, life sucking, time taking, actual dance program.

San Diego Mesa College Dance (don't click on that link... the website sucks, I just wanted you to know that it's a real thing).