Dream Fragments Part 1

I wanna say how I record my dreams: I've tried several methods. I've tried keeping a pen and a paper by the side of my bed and then taking time in the morning to try and remember them. I've tried telling other people. For example, this winter when I was home I had Maia come into my room before she left for school every morning to wake me up and ask me about my dreams. But she would forget them too by the time she came home. So, since I'm a faster typer than I am at handwriting, and I always fall asleep with my computer in my bed (watching 30 Rock), I just have a running draft in my email that is called "dreams" and it has fragmented bits of whatever I type when I'm half asleep. Whenever I'm lucid enough to open my computer and I remember my dreams I type whatever I can before I fall back asleep.  I think the fragments are sometimes the best, but generally for re-telling it's more intelligible if I complete the sentences and such. But, I don't plan on painting them all, so I thought I'd share a couple fragments (not to be analyzed too deeply please haha).

All in one night I had the dream about the man who said it would all go to hell, the dream about the raining rainbow pepper, and two others. They all took place in a setting kind of inspired by all the Downton Abby I was watching at the time, but it was generally much dirtier and involving the street market. All four are in my drafts, but here are the two fragments (unedited) that I haven't painted: 

"I was a servant in an english home and I was leaving to go on a trip and I barged into a room after no one answered my knocks, even though i knew someone was in there, because I'd forgotten my birth control and pocket book. I got in huge trouble with the snooty woman, who was having sex with her husband whom she hated. Then I talked back and she shouted for help and I yanked a lump of skin between the husband's legs and he helped in pain and then we joke about how weird and lumpy he was, but then she told me to run or i'd get sacked. I was running around the house trying to avoid the mom, and then she caught me and walked me around the house and garden, making me tell her how beautiful it was. Then I climbed out the window and as I was walking down the street I decided i really wanted to drive, but i had no car. I ran into a friendly woman who asked me if i would like to come for dinner. i said yes. I saw a fat baby by the side of the road and went to play with it, then i thought it was giving me flees. I wanted to take it with us, b/c who leaves a baby by the side of the road, but the parents came back right as we were leaving."

and 

"bad talking other butler and little sister the size of a baby and we were overheard"

I have more fragments I'll post later... lots of them are quite funny, also embarrassing  but I think these ones are interesting because that night was so fruitful with dreams, but also there was a certain consistency to them.

Before It Happens Again! (Part 1)

So, the Winter Concert is going to happen next weekend. Maia and Dad are coming which is really exciting! Now, I would say 100% of my followers have seen me dance before, but for the billions of viewers who don't follow this blog, and haven't seen me dance, here is a little re-cap. Now, I don't feel bad posting a bunch of pics of just myself in the same way I would on facebook.  These pictures are from last Spring Concert, and I'm going to point out some themes:

This little sequence is one I'd like to call "Simone Falls Down for a lot of the Piece":

Center stage. 

(click on these to see the fun things my face does)

 (soo uncomfortable)

You guys keep dancing, I'm good down here.

Now here are two great action shots where you can tell I'm really trying to get some place:

What grace.

So, hold on tight, because there's a Part 2 (which is my personal favorite), and Part 3 (which is my least favorite, but obviously still really good.) And I just had a GREAT idea, which is, to do a true flashback series from some past dance performances... here's a sneak preview (but not THAT sneaky because it's also on facebook):

My Day

I'll keep it "brief." I'm bored out of my mind but I don't actually have anything to say. Unlike my other blog posts?

 I've been in bed most of the day. I woke up at 7, thrilled to be going to down to portland, only to see 2 inches of snow outside, tree's blowing wildly in the wind, and my sister singing a song about how school was delayed two hours. Going to Portland has been delayed until tomorrow. My mom's in L.A. right now. She'll be visiting me in Portland on Friday. The only reason I didn't go with her to LA was that I originally thought I was going back to Portland last Sunday.  Now I wish I'd taken the opportunity to soak up the sun while I had the chance. Plus, a drive from L.A. to Portland = lots of good food and chit chat time with my mom (AKA bliss.)  I was in a bad mood this morning, but I've softened up with half a dozen episodes of "The IT Crowd."



I've spent all day in bed. Right now I'm eating pretzels dipped in cream cheese and drinking a beer (Full Sail Pale Ale- which makes me feel sooooo mature.) I've eaten tasty food today. A breakfast of apple crisp, a lunch of a delicious grilled sandwich, now this. I've decided to use my blog to talk about food a lot- which I'll start more when I get back to Portland and can upload all the pictures of food from my camera.

meanwhile.... Maia and I have been having daily photobooth photo shoots.  It's really fun and we laugh constantly.