Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*'s Reviews > The Camelot Shadow

That guy really looks nothing like me. For the record.

Of course he doesn't :P, I just love the show!

Is it bad that I don't have the faintest idea what show that is?

It's called 'Arthur' it's a show based on Merlin and Arthur pendragon.

Ah, so very apropos! Well played, madam, well played. ;)

I try to be en pointe, even if ballet and I can't be anything but very distant friends.

I feel your pain--you should see how flat my feet are... ;)

*snickers*

Mine aren't flat but clumsy -> not better. To make up for it, I've been to see Swan Lake and The Nutcracker a couple of times, does that count?

Oh my feet are very clumsy too.

It totally counts ;) I've never been to the ballet, I've only watched movies and shows.

My grandparents half raised me and thought it would be good for me to have "a classic education" (whatever the hell that is). So my grandmother took me to the ballet and theatre and I found out that I like both although I enjoy plays more. I went to a dancing school too, but only for 2 classes (after that you had to bring your won partner and I didn't have one). It's cool and all but I don't like to make a fool of myself.

I've been to the theatre a bit (and was in plays in high school) and I REALLY love it.

I wanted to do dance as a child but my mom said I was too clumsy and I didn't do it. I also have no idea what a "classical education" is lol

*lol* To me, that was their take on things. I also had to go and learn horseback riding. At first it was cool because I was in my little-girl-loves-horses-phase but it didn't last - especially after I got thrown off and was told "not to be a crybaby". So I guess "classical" simply means old-fashioned.

Ahhhhh, I have been on horses with less disastrous results a couple times and I loved it.

As if you wouldn't cry being thrown off a FUCKING HORSE, that would be terrifying.

Yup. I really want to know how to ride a horse but my first teacher was a drunk and thus never explained anything but only yelled. The second wanted us to be relentlessly competitive. After being thrown off AND called a crybaby, I had enough and was finally able to convince my mother / grandfather not to force me to go back.

Trish wrote: "My grandparents half raised me and thought it would be good for me to have "a classic education" (whatever the hell that is). So my grandmother took me to the ballet and theatre and I found out tha..."

I thought a classical education was learning Latin and reading the old lit canon.

I never fell off a horse but one did bite me once. The scar lasted for years!

Well, school education includes Latin and sometimes Old Greek, but I mean the private upbringing.

Oh, like girls doing ballet and piano? I definitely did not get that kind of upbringing of ladylike refinement. I don't even know the proper order for the silverware.

I do. Had to learn it. Can't say it's enriching your life. ;)

Pfffft. Only fancy people use silverware.

Try telling that to my grandparents. At a certain point in time, I even ate french fried with a fork. That was when my mom officially gave up on me (I was 3).

If you call them pommes frites it seems a little less odd to use a fork.

Oh right! I still need to read this! Thanks for the reminder!

Miriam wrote: "If you call them pommes frites it seems a little less odd to use a fork."

Bwahahahaha. True. In French, most insults sounds like a romantic proposal too. ;P

Yes, it is funny how accent makes a difference to perceived tone.
Must be hard to woo in Deutsch. "Komm, wir brennen zusammen durch, Mein Schneckchen!"