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Today my iliopsoas are killing me, but that's good, it means I was accessing them and not trying to make other muscles do the work in yoga class on Sunday. And really they're not so much killing me as just seriously bitching me out every time I move them. Must repeat some of those poses tonight to reinforce the muscle memory.

Tonight I meet with

nepenthe01 to start work on new choreography, and if I have the energy for it I'll do yoga when I get home. Tomorrow I must work on the music that I'm presenting in class on Thursday. I'm presenting once again a piece that I did earlier in the year because I have been striving not to be too busy with it; the first time around I tended to match the velocity of the rhythm with my feet, which led to much frenetic movement and not enough hipwork. It was suggested back then that I should present it again later in the year, so that's what I'm doing. Plus I have no time to work on something new, and I can use it along with a drum solo and finale on Sunday night at the Middle East.

Just got a gorgeous pair of double semi-circular veils from A'kai--they are purple at the top (the straight edge) and fade out to pale lavendar at the bottom. We will be doing double veil at some point this semester in Amira Jamal's class, which is how I justified the purchase, plus I can use a veil individually as an entrance veil for Egyptian pieces. Double veil is pretty firmly American Cabaret (and I guess German Cabaret, if that's a separate school which I think perhaps it is) but it is so wonderfully purty. I'll have to put an instructional dvd on my wish list. The veils themselves are just gorgeous, I couldn't help swishing around the apartment oohing and ahing at them when they arrived.

Anybody have any recommendations with regard to little mini folding (or otherwise travel-friendly) speakers for mp3 players? I think I may end up getting some from Radio Shack since that's what's convenient for me (and I'd like them today, so online won't really work), but if they are yucky I may return them and get something else.

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do you ever do pilates? i know that that is good for my hips, though we're all different

I've done some pilates, but I think right now I'm liking the flow aspect of yoga more, I suppose because it's more like dancing.

Newbury Comics has this tripod-looking speaker thingy for pods. I don't know if it's just for iPods, until I get to work later.