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.

Thank you! Happy Holidays!

Hey. So yeah, it's been awhile. It's not like I'm not doing anything, though! Last weekend I had gingerbread weekend at my Grandma MacIntosh's, which is where we create a bunch of gingerbread and get obsessed about it all. That was really fun, and we also got a bunch of family pictures taken by some photographers that came. So I will post those pictures and pictures of the gingerbread as soon as I get them.
 Going backwards from there, I went to a dance class with someone from the Mark Morris Dance Company on Saturday morning. It was really fun because we did weird things with time signatures, which I haven't done a whole lot of in dance yet. We danced in 2, to a 3/4 time signature. For any band geeks that happen to read this, you already know that is called a Hemiola. I was stoked because I think I was the only one in the class who actually knew what he was talking about when he used the term. It was also cool because my dad and Jenny and I had seen the Mark Morris Dance Company at the Moore the previous night. The choreography was really clever, actually. That's the only way I can describe it.

Anyways, today, I'm working at my dad's work- doing some odd jobs etc. While folding their christmas cards, I saw the window washer outside on our window, in the rain/fog/mist- whatever you want to call it. Anyways, it looked like such a miserable day to be doing it, and an idea just jumped into my head. So I followed through with my impulse and wrote in my journal in big capital letters, "THANK YOU! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!" When I showed it to him, he waved and got a big grin on his face, and I got all warm and fuzzy inside. Hurray!

Definition of perfection: random acts of kindness
Also, probably Beecher's flagship grilled cheese sandwiches. Those are good too.

Out with the old, in with the bizarre.

We gather here today to celebrate two odd, yet (kind of) momentous occasions.
Yesterday, I experienced my first Thanksgiving with my dad and Jenny. (Yay.) This means theatre hopping for the entirety of the day while stopping in between only for dinner. We went to the Muppet Movie at the Cinerama at about 10 something in the morning, then on to Hugo 3D at the Regal Meridian, then Immortals 3D at Pacific Place. We stopped to let out the dogs at home and then had a turkey dinner at the Mecca Bar & Cafe. It even came with the largest slice of pumpkin pie in the world afterwards.
Yup, that's cranberry sauce in a to-go sauce cup.

Afterwards, we went to Le Havre at the Uptown. Hurray SIFF! (Seattle International Film Festival- they now own two movie theatres in town where they play really good indie films.) We love you!

So, good Thanksgiving. Needless to say, it went by very fast. 

Then, today, a second strange, new event took place- the deflowering of my once pristine laptop. I have an affinity for stickers, and it was only a matter of time before this affinity took over my computer. I tried to keep it clean for as long as I could, and, today, I gave in.

I'll keep adding to it. It still looks somewhat empty to me.

Definition of perfection: finding the perfect present for somebody else when you only walked into the store on a whim.

Perfection (Don't read this if you aren't in the mood for something sappy!)

Take heed of the warning in the title before you continue.

So, I've been having a hard time keeping up the blog, but it's really something I want to continue. I'm new to this, so forgive me if I write something that's completely uninteresting to you. I really only want to write things that are interesting to me, and often times I don't think about what's interesting to me, I just... am interested. Heh. I don't know if that makes sense, but whatevs.

I keep on thinking about what I want out of life. I mean, really, who doesn't? Lately, though, it seems it's all I think about anymore. So I decided to make a list. I might add to it as time goes on, but this is what I have for now.

All I really want out of life:

-I want to become a successful dancer. To me, this is not becoming prima ballerina in the New York Ballet. As much as I know that would be an amazing job, it's not what I want, and I know it's not realistic. To me, being a successful dancer would be to perform in an interesting company that's not afraid to do it's own thing for a little while, and then showcasing my choreography in a couple of well-attended shows.

-I want to own a cafe/bakery. I don't care when. Just at some point, I want to get really good at making coffee, tea, and baked goods.

-I want to not have to hide things about myself that I'm not ashamed of. I want to get better at not caring what others think.

-I want to learn how to paint things I think are beautiful.

-I want to do a temple stay at a buddhist temple. It doesn't have to be for long, maybe just a month.

-I want to see Neil Gaiman. I'd love to see the Shins but I don't think that will ever happen, seeing as James Mercer is doing the whole Broken Bells thing now. I want to keep going to shows when I'm older, and I don't want to be stuck in a certain decade for the rest of my life.

-I want to get voice lessons and get better at singing, and not be afraid to sing in front of people when I want to.

-I want to travel as much as I can, read as much as I can, and write as much as I can. It doesn't have to be published, although that would be nice.

-I want to end up living somewhere that I can see the stars at night. I want to have a pet goat, and a pet rabbit. I don't have to be wealthy, just well-off.

-I want to not be afraid of change. I want to be able to better myself all the time, and not reach an age and then just give up at being better. I want to always be myself, but I believe that "myself" can change, and should in some aspects.

These are just what I'm thinking about right now. They are subject to change. Not all of them may be realized, but I hope they are.
What got me thinking of this was what I'm going to call today's definition of perfection. The boyfriend and I went to Port Townsend today to get breakfast at Metro Bagels, and just bum around a bit, and when we got our (amazing!) breakfast bagels, with egg, cheese, avocado and butter, (mine on an everything bagel with onion) and our coffees, Cole said, "This is all I really want out of life. An awesome breakfast bagel and my girlfriend to share it with."

So, today's definition of perfection for me is: An awesome breakfast bagel and my boyfriend to share it with. ^^
I'll continue putting down occasional definitions of perfection, because I feel like they keep coming up, different all the time. That's all for now!