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Hoorah!Yesterday, we finally booked a hotel for our stay in Chicago, and it's within our budget (via Travelocity!)We looked at a few pictures of our hotel, The Palmer House Hilton, and I must admit, it looks beautiful!
While over at Karen's planning and eating sinigang (yay!), we were consequentially late to our first belly dancing lesson. And when I say late, I mean 20 minutes late. And when I say 20 minutes late, I mean 20 minutes late for a 1 hour class. >_< But we took a deep breath, and waltzed into the room late and tried to blend in. . . although we were the only ones without the jingly hip scarves. . . talk about obvious!
Aside from that, the class went well. Since it's a beginner class, it was good to see that we were practically all at the same level. It was funny though, when Karen and I tried to follow instructions and realized that our hips were popping oddly (kind of like an abrupt move when your hip pops into place?). . . Anyways, our class has 19 people enrolled, and it seems like the majority of the students are in their 20s with a couple of exceptions. Regardless, it does make me feel a bit self-conscious, especially when she had each row switch places until the back row finally made it to the front >_<. Please don't watch me! Haha!
Currently, I'm sitting at work by myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm working, I promise! I'm working on making stimuli videos for our research lab, and when I export videos it takes a while to render the media, so tada, a blog post (well, in between many stimuli exports, haha)! Actually, I have a fairly good system set up (and my boss has seen this one). I arrange the stimuli and blah blah, and while I wait for them to individually export, I read. Right now, I'm reading The Complete Guide to Game Audio. I forgot mine came with a CD, and it ultimately broke. Too bad! Anyways, Aaron Marks does a nice job of bringing common concerns with game audio (be it creation, inspiration, tools, demo reels, what to expect, etc.) to light. It also helps would-be composers and developers to understand the importance of sound design and music as entities to enhance games. I'll probably post a postmortem after I finish the book.
Speaking of games, hopefully I'll hear back today about my possible internship?
2 comments:
I've always wanted to try belly dancing but I think I've got too much of a belly for it.. haha..
The hotel you are going to looks beautiful. It reminds me of the Omni William Penn Hotel my husband and I stayed at in Pittsburgh PA last year. Gorgeous!
Colleen, you should try it! We had people of all heights, sizes, and dance expertise in our class.
It definitely seems fun, and I wouldn't worry about the belly, silly! If anything, pick up a few videos, who knows, you might have a knack for it! :)
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