Hula Hooping

Hula hooping. Probably not something you've thought about since you were 7. In fact, you were probably a rock star hula hooper when you were 7, but didn't care in the least.

Fast forward a couple decades and try picking up a hula hoop. You may find that not only are you no longer in the rock star category, but you're in the heart of the sucks-so-bad-I-don't-know-why-I'm-even-trying category.

Pan over to E, the hula hooping goddess. Big hula hoops, little hula hoops, around her arm, neck, middle, and knees.....I'm convinced she's in the running for a gold medal. I spent an hour at her house trying to get the technique down, and eventually I was able to keep the thing from hitting the ground every 4 seconds.

I will give you an insider secret though.......the bigger and heavier the hula hoop, the easier it is to do. Sounds backwards, I know, but I'm telling you the truth. E actually MADE me my own hula hoop. She went to the hardware store, bought the stuff, and later that night I was trying to fit the gargantuan hoop in my car. What a good friend.

Now that I have finally joined the ranks of the "cool kids" with my hooping skills, its time to move the furniture out of the way and reclaim rockstar status.

One more warning. Tequila and hula hooping is not advisable to do together. Just in case you were wondering.....

Rockin the MOJO

MOJO. It's a popular topic of conversations these days. What's your MOJO? Do you have that twinkle in your eye that drives the men crazy? Do you have that sexy swagger that makes the girls scream?

Word has been goin around that I have MOJO. Of course I'm flattered, who wouldn't be? But it begs the question....what IS my MOJO? I don't have a cute little chuckle. No. I have a deep, Santa Clause-ish belly laugh. I'm a little roley poley, so there goes my Hollywood Chic theory. Whatever my MOJO is, I decided it was worth taking a look around to see what kind of MOJO other folks are rockin.

I recently went out with a couple girlfriends of mine. After a little coaching and a few drinks, my friend E still was too shy to work it. E has very long hair, and one of our friends said, "E, all you have to do is flip that hair of yours and you'll have every guy in this room after you." In a moment of sarcasm and humor, E flipped her hair around like she was on an Herbal Essence commercial and smacked the guy behind her in the face! He whirled around half blind, eyes watering, wondering what the F#%@ was that??!

I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard!

E couldn't peel this man off her the rest of the night.

When it comes right down to it, MOJO is nothing more than knowing you are the coolest, sexiest person alive, and you'd have a rockin good time whether anyone was there with you or not. So forget overused tactics, pointers, or whatever your friends want you to do. We each have our own style of MOJO, and what works for some won't necessarily work for others.

Sheer Chaos

Today is the first day I've felt human in over a month, despite my messy house, messy bank account, and the cold I feel coming on.

This past weekend was my first performance with the Vox Femina choir. It was an incredible success! There was dancing, shuffling around, costumes....all sorts of exciting moments. We had a guest star singing with us, Broadway singer Rachel York. She was a last minute replacement for Tony Award nominee Susan Egan, but she rocked it and took the house DOWN. Gloria Allred attended the performance....a fierce attorney who takes on high profile cases. Just turn on CNN and you'll know exactly who she is. I'm happy to say she filed a lawsuit against the state of California due to the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 (law nullifying same sex marriage). Rock on sister! Here I am with the choir....... (I'm on the left side)




I'm also rehearsing for Pirates of Penzance. STILL. I feel like I've been rehearsing for five years! The show is the first weekend of December, and even though its been fun....I can't wait for it to be done. I'm over it. Only women can attend the show...I'm not sure why, but that's the story.


I also started a new job four weeks ago. I work at a hotel that is still under construction and our opening date is next week. We are learning body treatments in a meeting room with fire alarms going off for maybe 10+ minutes at a time, maybe 20 times a day....drills, saws, paint fumes, boxes everywhere, construction guys always trying to catch a peek as we lie naked on massage tables. Yeah, its a ZOO. I'm inclined to believe I'm getting a cold after the stress I've been going through....but it could just as easily be construction dust, paint fumes....all that fun stuff to give me congestion and free radical damage. As annoying as these things can be, once this place is up and running and more gorgeous than any place I've ever been, I'll be proud to say I've been through all this.

I haven't even seen the entire spa yet, but based on what I HAVE seen, it's the most beautiful spa I've ever been to. We offer stuff no one in town offers, and we'll be rockin busy. Award season....bring it on. (translation of award season = Oscar, Emmy, Grammy awards)

Here are some shots from training......






I work with some amazing, talented therapists! And it's great to make some friends along the way.

So all of this has been going on simultaneously, as well as some personal hardships that I'm working through. Now that the concert is over and the hotel is about to open, I'm expecting life to regain some kind of normalcy. I haven't worked out more than a handful of times in the past two MONTHS. It's only by the grace of God I haven't gained 400 pounds. I'll get to clean my house, return some calls. When I was doing a lot of nothing before all this started, I felt bad about being so lazy. Now I know it was making up for NOW.

Balance will be a beautiful thing!!

PS........YAY OBAMA!!!!!

Happy Voting 2008