All kinds of replacing names up in heaahhh...!

Guess who's back?
Back again...
Jordan's back...
tell a friend!

(I've been in a funk for the past while but I'm getting out of that now so hopefully we can really get this blog rolling. Also I'm ashamed to admit I wasn't the sole creator of that beautiful rhyme that is above these couple of sentences in brackets.)

This was my inspiration. (Click the hyperlink for the full video, 2:50 for the clip, if you don't know Mitchell Davis you probably won't find it funny. Sorry.) And sure, he got that from Eminem. But whatevs.



So I've been in a funk because I've been putting effort into relationships where the effort wasn't mutual. And I'm done with that now. I'm only going to be with people who want to be with me too. Which brings me to my next topic.

Magda Pendergrass and I have been hanging out lately because I go to Velocity Dance Center a bunch and she goes to Seattle University, so we're both in Capitol Hill, but also we're both just basically awesome. I thought I'd put up this picture to illustrate just how awesome we are.

Yepp... 

Plus we have mind stimulating conversations regarding circulation, psychopaths vs. sociopaths, and Serotonin. And now we have matching screen-printed shirts. Hurray!

Oh and I got my second ear piercings finally! They were long overdue. Probably most of you have seen them already via Facebook, but just in case:

On another note, I just got finished with the Danielle Agami Intensive at Velocity Dance Center. It was three days working with her, which was amazing and wonderful. She performed in the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv and is now teaching GAGA classes in the United States. GAGA is a dance technique created by Ohad Naharin, the director of Batsheva. 

One of my favourite videos:

I've watched their videos on youtube for awhile now, and working with Danielle was an incredible experience. I'm starting to get a lot more comfortable with improvisation, which is one of the more intriguing aspects of dance in my opinion. So I'm really happy I had this opportunity.

I also had my first dance audition the other day! I auditioned for Full Tilt, which is an annual dance performance that includes works by 6 different choreographers. I auditioned for all of them, so that was just about 6 hours worth of learning different combinations and trying to perform them well and with passion in front of the choreographer! Definitely a good experience to have. I think I'm going to audition this next weekend for the Young Choreographer's Lab. Apparently I wouldn't be auditioning to be a choreographer, that happened a really long time ago and I wasn't aware of it's existence, but I'd be auditioning to dance for one of the "young choreographers." I think I have a better chance of getting into that than I do of getting into Full Tilt. But we'll just have to see!!!

A couple of posts back I mentioned thinking about going to the casting for the T-Mobile ad. Didn't get any part, but I am going to be a production assistant on set, so that should be fun! That's tomorrow. Looking forward to earning some money and putting in some work. 

Still trying to find a job, but for the time being, I'm really happy with working on dancing. 

Definition of perfection: living to the fullest, in whatever way that means to you.

Always second best?

Hey all. I've been trying to get jobs/applying for colleges/dancing/making food lately, in case you were wondering. As some of you know, I've been really excited about a job opportunity at Caffe Ladro, which was right up the street from where I lived... it was looking like I was going to get it, and yesterday I learned that it was between me and one other person and... they got it. Ah well. I'm applying to some places in Alaska Junction and Pike Place Market, somebody's bound to pick me first someday.

Last night I made samosas and mushroom curry from the moosewood cookbook though, which was excellent. The curry had a bunch of spices, and apples, and mushrooms, and celery, and honey, and all in all it was a success. The samosas got burnt thanks to our oven- (it's incapable of cooking things properly, I believe) but they were still good on the inside and I had leftover filling so I'm going to make more today and hopefully they will turn out better.

Samosas! Before they got burnt.

Mmmmm.

Today I'm helping my dad out at his work. (In trade for lunch, today and yesterday... heh. I'm working for sandwiches.) He needed someone to be talent for an animatic, and so I'm riding a bike around in a garage and pretending to catch a phone. I think I'm going to also try to get cast as an extra for the actual shoot, so I might end up being in a T-Mobile internet thingy! We'll see. 

Oh, and New Years! Hey it's a new year everybody! 2012!!!!! Yayyyy!! Yayyy....

Ahem. But yeah, New Years was fun. I hope everybody reading this had a good holiday. After having Korean barbecue with my family, (which had been long overdue- I've been craving Korean food for awhile) I went out on my friend Sophie's boat with a bunch of friends on Lake Union, and we watched the Space Needle fireworks from the boat's roof. Played games, listened to music, and other stuff until we all got tired and went back to Sophie's house where we crashed. So, pretty successful New Years, if I say so myself. 

Also I had a great idea for a band when I was riding in the car with my dad the other day. I will tell you more about that later, because I designed the cover art for their first album, but I don't have it on me right now to scan and put onto this post. So be patient! I know the suspense and overall anxiety will probably kill you! But you'll just have to wait!