Next UFC Reality Tuff...

Check out this Video of my Capoeira instructor Lelo and Vinicios at the UFC reality show try outs in LA...

Thrill the World 2009...

I've always wanted to get a group of friends to dress up as zombies for Halloween and perform the Thriller dance. That of course would require more planning time and Halloween enthusiastic friends than I have (the friends that are into dressing up believe that costumes must be sexy, Zombies aren't sexy). Lucky for me someone beat me to it... Thrill the World has been performing the Thriller dance simultaneously with groups around the world since 2006 and Vancouver has had a zombie crew participating since 2008. My sister and I joined in the festivities this year and had a blast. Well minus making a small child cry and the 4 hour rehearsal prior. But hey now I know the dance so next year I can spend the extra rehearsal time getting zombied up!

Just got an email update and there were 242 zombies in Vancouver at the roundhouse, and over 23,000 zombies participating worldwide.

Loved the guy with the stop sign...

At Home By Myself With You...

Saw a great movie last night at the Vancouver International film Festival. And turns out it was made for something like $41,989. Odd number but they funded it by asking people to donate their pocket change. The result was movie that was written knowing it would be very low budget but it didn't feel like it. Probably because the acting (and the writing) was awesome... from the kooky old lady neighbour to the main characters it just had a great pace and balance of comedic timing, chemistry and emotion when needed (love a movie that can keep you laughing 80% of the time and then throw in a fun turned serious moment that made me pretend I had something in my eye).

Not sure if they started with the intent to use extreme examples (fear of going outside) to illustrate how we can let little fears guide, control and shape our lives... or did they happen into that due to budget constraints meaning the entire movie had to be filmed in one location? Either way the story is so timely right now as we become more connected with handhelds, social media and the Internet and at the same time less connected, in our own created world and removed from people (How much do people use their phones to actually talk to another person?). Intentional or not it made me think :}

GO See It!

Wooo hooo....

So I get to dance in the 2010 Olympic Ceremonies!! It'll be great but the rehearsal schedule means I won't be able to take my 3 week trip to Argentina. Oh well it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, especially at my age ; ) What's kind of funny is that the ceremonies will be at BC Place stadium and I remember performing at the opening of BC place Stadium WAY back in the day and a few years later at the opening of Expo 86 (that's the picture). Oh dear :/


124 days to the Olympics!!!!