Dead Fox Junction was great. Everybody had put lots of effort in their costume and character and it all just fit together. It was wonderful to see how the village came to life. Ehmm.. so to speak of course, since the story was that all villagers were dead and trapped in a time loop.

At the end of the story, Saturdaynight, Olga and I were dressed as Native American dancers (I dislike the word 'Indian') and performed a spiritual dance to "guide the spirits to rest". It took place in a very bumpy field, which made dancing quite a challenge. Afterwards I was panting from both the adrenaline (power-out disabled some nice light effects, resulting in quite some stress; we had to improvise the dance) and the exercise. That, plus the fact that my fake suede skirt didn't fit well and I just don't like the look of myself in the mirror, motivated me to go find me some sports again.

I'm quitting taekwondo. I lost the motivation. The teacher wasn't all that great and I have no ambition to train another three years to get the black belt. (As far as skill goes I'll be ready soon enough, but you have to be a World Taekwondo Federation member for at least three years before you can do your black belt exam.) I do want to continue belly dancing. I'm good (enough) at it and it is fun. It also confronts me with a huge mirror every week, which will keep me motivated to do something about the 'accumulating blubber' (whahaha! so dramatic).

However, I'm looking into martial arts once again. I have found a school that is almost half an hour (by bike) away from my home and has lessons of 1,5 hour. I hate 1 hour lessons: when you're finally warmed up the hour is almost gone. It is kung fu / karate / kempo /tai chi and promises to have lots in common with shaolin kempo which I've done for 9 years (black belt). Matthijs says he'll join me for a try out lesson, if there are such lessons.

This week I'll also try to participate in some try out lessons of 'freeform jazz' and streetdance. Belly dance, however fun, does not do enough for my stamina. Something more powerful like jazz or streetdance is more demanding (no, I won't try Zumba...). So, after trying out those dance classes and the new martial arts I'll have to choose which I will continue. Belly dance on Monday (quite late, 20:30-21:30), martial arts on Wednesday and Friday (20:00-21:30), freestyle jazz on Thursday (20:30-21:30) or streetdance on Friday (18:45-19:45).

Let's see if I can work off some kilos.