Reasons I love Colin:

- He and I have lots of discussions about folklore.  About things like the general misuse of the term 'authentic' and ideas about tradition.  (Just don't say authentic around me.  It makes me gag a little.)

- He sometimes talks in his sleep, but more often laughs.  Last night, he was laughing. :)

- He is competitive in games.  It makes things interesting.

- We read scriptures together every night.

- He is so handsome.

- He does the dishes all the time. 

- He hates baking.

- He wants me to be happy.  So whatever we end up doing in life, I know I will be happy with Colin.

Appalachian Clogging #2

Still working on this paper.  It's true.  It is currently sitting at 49 double spaced pages.  And I'm not done yet... There is just so much to write about!!

Including this group from Prague--

Introducing Caramella Cloggers!  I met a dancer while I was there this summer and talked with her about her TEN years dancing with this team.  I also have been emailing back and forth with the director for months now.  (I may or may not blog more about their awesome story later...)

I. Love. Them.  Favorite moments of this video-- anytime the guy with the ponytail gets dancing.  He is fantastic. 

(They also have other videos on Youtube.  Check them out.  Now.)

BYU Business

In honor of the BYU football season starting, I painted a pair of shoes-

Ok, so I actually painted them for my sister to give to her husband, who is a huge fan.

But here are other shoes recently finished- Ones that are not Disney's "Up" themed (since that is probably 90% of the orders I get...)

If you want a pair of your own- I do offer discounts to those who love me. :)

Cleanliness

I have vacuumed once since I got home from tour.  I dusted once too.  I did straighten up a couple times when the missionaries came over for dinner.  Counting all the little victories...

Since I started this paper, I haven't gotten a lot of things done.  Including this paper.  Hence, I am awake at 4:00 am trying to at least get a semblance of a paper ready to turn in as a draft.  That was due last week.

Slacker Amy.

However, I will be turning in a 24 page draft- SINGLE SPACED.  Although half of it is still in bullet points... I may have bitten off more than I can chew.

Which is why I am going to bed.  Without washing my face.

That's all.

Anniversaries

25 years ago today I was here:

 

How cute Emily and I were. :)

Appalachian Clogging

I am writing a paper.  Well, I'm blogging right now, but should be writing a paper.  It is about clogging.  I wrote one last term too, but this one is taking it a bit further.

See, there hasn't been anything written about clogging as it has developed in the last 30 years.  

THIRTY YEARS.  

A lot has happened to the dance form over the last 30 years.    People have written about clogging in that time, but they talk about clogging as it developed up until about the 1980's.  Nothing, according to published scholarship, has since happened to the dance form.  This is what is frustrating to me, but also presents the opportunity to write something that hasn't been said yet, which in academia is sometimes really hard to do...

Anyway, if anyone wants to check out one of the latest documentaries about flatfooting and buck dancing (or early forms of clogging if you wish)- go to this website- Talking Feet. Watch it.  It is awesome.  I love it. Watch it now.

And yes, I'm aware that the film was made in the late 80's early 90's.  And yes, I'm aware that that shouldn't be considered the most recent.  But it is...  This is why people like me and Gary Larsen and some guy named Andrew Howard are beginning to write stuff now.

That's all.

Alias

I love this show.  I watch it while I exercise.  It helps me not realize that I am doing something I hate to stay in relative shape.

When I'm done with Alias, I will watch 24.