There have been some crazy feats of strength and magic happening lately: feats with feets and feats with hands and feats with hearts and lungs. Throats and wrists.

I have had a headache for 4 days. It comes and goes. Thursday was the worst day. Janet came to visit me, wearing new pants. She bought them to take on tour with her and it’s a good thing: she looks totally hot in her new pants. Somehow I made it through the day, though I did almost throw up in class. Fun!

Inspired by Janet’s success in the arena of pants and feeling a bit better, I went shopping for some new pants of my own on Friday. All of my pants are too big, so: new pants! It was a successful endeavor, perhaps too much so: I now have five new pairs of pants. That’s a lot of new pants. The headache returned. Malls stress me out. I laid on my stomach on the floor. I thought about the ways in which I am manipulative. I considered the ways in which I isolate myself. I felt my heart beating and my hands grew lighter, floating.

I tried to sleep in on Saturday, but my neighbors decided that fun with hammers and circular saws was in order. The headache returned. Lisa came over in the evening and we ate fancy cheeses. The neighbors were still banging and sawing. She noted that it was loud. “Yes,” I said. “They’ve been at it all day.”

Today they didn’t hammer and saw. But I couldn’t sleep in as I had rehearsal. We’ve been working on some double dutch, and let me tell you: that shit is hard. It’s quite a work out. Bradley and Ali are going to have killer delts by the end of the run and Michelle will have the fastest feets in the West.

Michelle discovered the best double dutch music video ever made:

What?!? Magic! Give me a “HO” if you’ve got your funky bus fare! Watching this video made my head hurt a little bit less.

At some point in rehearsal this week we decided that we all needed our horoscopes and in the process, discovered that nobody in the room had the same sign. I found this fact both amazing and somewhat unsettling. Here’s the breakdown:

Michelle = Virgo | Bradley = Scorpio | Mark = Sagittarius | Chanel = Taurus | Ali = Cancer | Niki = Libra | Anja = Pisces | Maddie = Leo | Emily = Gemini

We just need an Aries, a Capricorn, and an Aquarius to have a complete astrological package! This would be overwhelming, though, I feel.

The card of the day:

Manifestation. The power is within. All will be revealed, all is possible.

Feats are only possible with determination, hard work, dedication, faith.