TV addictions, ballet, and the like.

I've started to take some classes at Arlington Center for Dance. It feels so good to be using my ballet technique that I haven't used for so long. I've just been going once a week - Tuesday nights. My first class was especially hard (of course); however, probably not as hard as I expected. After the class I told the teacher it had been 5 years since my last ballet class and she was shocked. She said she never would have guessed (I told her I do yoga. It'll keep anybody looking decent and ballerinas in somewhat good ballet shape too). It's been getting progressively better. I even pulled a very decent triple pirouette on Tuesday. It's just a drop in class, so there are new people every week, but I've definitely been one of the better people every week, so this feels great. I'm getting old though. I wonder how long I could continue to try and push my body to do what it used to do. In one combination, just this last Tuesday, I got so frustrated with myself because I knew exactly what my body needed to do, it just wasn't strong enough to do it. I remember getting really mad at myself back in my teenage years too, though. Ballet is just so incredibly hard. You aren't ever good enough.

I became addicted to the show "Mad Men" for a period. This period actually just ended this morning. I'm all caught up with the second season and there's nothing more for me to watch on DVD (third season hasn't begun yet). It is a huge waste of time, but of course thrilling and alluring. I don't have DVR and I don't try to schedule my life around shows, because I want to do what I want to do when I want to do it. I'm not going to plan to be home in order to watch something. This is why on Wednesday night I happen to have the tv on and I saw that "So You Think You Can Dance" was on. Do you know what I did? I didn't even turn to it. Do you know how much I love this show? Remember how obsessed I became in prior seasons? I don't even want to turn to it. I haven't been watching it/keeping up with it, and so I don't even want to see what's going on in the middle. It seems pointless to me. I want to know what prior pieces the contestants have performed/brought to the table. If I can't do this, I don't know if I can make an acurate judgement about their present performance. I realize I may be incorrect here, but I just haven't been following it, and I see no reason to start to do so now. And I don't like watching this show online. You can't rewind! And I don't think you can't watch full episodes online, so you have none of the judges or choreographer commentary.


"Mad Men" will start the third season sometime in August. I guess this will now be my second show (besides The Office) that I actually keep up with.

Are there any other shows I really should be watching?

Seriously what did we do before DVR? I guess I don't have DVR now, and I'm fine.