Except for the Alien Invasion in 2012, of course. We've spent millennia planning for that and nothing you Earthlings can do will stop us. Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!
*ahem*
So, anyway, I've been keeping busy outside of work lately and am having fun with my suddenly expanding circle of friends and acquaintances with whom I share an interest, D&D being a prime example thereof. Don't worry, I'm still the plain and boring gal you know and love - this just means that I've found other plain and boring types to hang out with.
One thing that I've always wanted to do since I was a wee child was ballet. Lo and behold, there's a dance academy here in town offering classes for adults! So when enrolment opens later this month, I'm signing up! Reading between the lines, I think it's hilarious that the adult classes start at "Level 0". I've never known non-computer scientists to zero-index prior to this but reading between the lines suggested why they're doing so - there are adults who may not be able to dance at the requisite level for ballet. This...makes me nervous as I may fall into that category. Still, I'm going to give it a shot and see what happens. For those of you with overactive imaginations, no, they don't outfit us adults with tutus - just plain leotards, I'm afraid.
Which brought up an interesting remark lately: "Gee, I guess you're into performance art now, huh?"
You know, a few years ago, I would have reacted poorly to that comment. Me? A Handmaiden of Science involving myself in....Art? Goodness gracious, let me introduce you to my legal team who handles slander!
Trying ballet out doesn't constitute being interested in performance art. But combined with the sheer joy I feel when teaching kids, presenting and training at work along with other similar interests...maybe.
I guess in that respect I have definitely changed in that my self-confidence has increased significantly in the past couple of years or so (ignore the corresponding increase in neurotic behaviour, it isn't relevant here).
Wow. Me, into Art. Who would have thunk it?
2 comments:
The term performance art implies something else entirely, but dance has always been considered another branch of the arts. So yes Dearie, you have had an interest in the arts for quite a while now. :) But don't worry, your secret is safe with us!
Yes, I know that dance is considered as performing arts as opposed to performance art. I'm working on another hobby that constitute the latter, but as the key value of it requires anonymity of its performers, I can't talk about it. :)
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