Home Sweet Home.

Long time no speak?

I just arrived home from my aunt's house. I had a lot of fun, but I must say that it's nice to be back home. After all, as they say, "home is where the heart is".

Because this past vacation was more of a "chill and finish a book or two" vacation, I don't really have much to blog about. I guess I could begin to tell you about my day, after returning home.

I went to dance approximately an hour after I arrived home. It was a dreary, rainy day so it was tiring doing ballet barre work and adagio combinations. Because summer classes are open classes (for all levels), there are a few 12 and 13 year olds who have yet to reach the pinnacle of their puberty and, therefore, haven't matured much from a 6 year old (no offense to current 12 and 13 year olds, this is just a reference to the girls in my class at the moment). They snicker and sneer at young beginner ballet dancers (6 and 7 year olds) who have not really had much ballet training. It's pathetic that they play "Miss Popularity" of the ballet class when they're not exactly prima ballerinas. Far from it, actually, they've been taking ballet for about a year. I had yet to encounter insecure, immature girls as the girls mentioned until now. Many of the nicer girls are around 7th and 8th graders and act like they're in high school (because of their maturity level). They even look like they're in high school. I actually look like I'm the youngest of the group.

Anyway, they even snickered and whispered about me because I was facing the opposite way from them on the bar. I would think that girls taking a year of ballet would, if anything, know that you begin the exercise with your left hand on the barre. After several snickers, I decided to politely say, "You begin all barre combinations with your left hand on the barre."

One of them sarcastically replies, "Oh, really? Look, [enter sidekick's name here], looks like we're supposed to face the barre with the left hand." They giggled.

The instructor returns to the studio and goes, "Oh, and ladies at the side bar? I see that there's a bit of confusion. You begin with your left hand on the barre."

And there was that beautiful look of humiliation that every pacifist-revenge-seeker loves.

Unfortunately, they decided that they were still top notch. They continued to giggle at simple mistakes other students made. Then they took it to the next level.

As I was watching a friend of mine practice her fouette turn (quite nicely, if I may add), I began to say "How did you do that?" because my fouette turns are nowhere near as clear and developed as hers.

I hear from the back of the studio, "How did you do that?", followed by giggles.

Who was it? Well, none other than the 'star prima ballerinas' of course.

Two can play at that came. xD

After one of them blurted out their obnoxious laugh, me, being pretty good at impersonations, decided to mock her laugh. It was a pretty darn good impersonation. My friend abruptly stopped her fouettes and began to laugh.

"Who said that?" one of them whispered.

I smiled and continued practicing my turns. That was the end of their jeers. For today.

Unfortunately I take class with them on Thursday as well. We'll see what happens.

I know you're not supposed to stoop to the opposer's level, but it's just so fun!

The rest of my day consisted of eating popcorn, eating apples with peanut butter, and researching some eyeglass stores in my area. I have my eye on a particular pair. :)

After finding a website that sold this particular pair (I actually was just looking for a picture of it and stumbled across the website), I found out that it was a SCAM website that takes your money and that few buyers have a pleasant transaction with this website. The stories I heard about the man that runs this "company" and his disgusting scams was heartbreaking (especially knowing that it's hard for many in this economy, hence the reason they are looking for discounted designer glasses. Who said you can't be a frugal fashionista?).

Check out this website to learn more about it. Read it thoroughly if you're thinking about purchasing from this buyer. Google any unknown online retailer that you are planning on buying from (search: [enterwebsite name here] scam, legit, valid, real, fake, fraud trust, etc) to make sure that they are a legitimate company that will not steal your money and provide you with what they promised.

I'm off to watch some MSNBC politcs since my mother just started yelling because of something a politician said. This should be quite interesting. :)