{"id":1025,"date":"2012-03-30T11:26:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T05:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2013-06-17T18:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T18:54:23","slug":"encounters-of-the-artistic-kind-at-sea-03252012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"Encounters of the Artistic Kind \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [03\/25\/2012]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/reheresali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1026\" title=\"ReheresalI\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/reheresali.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>A random moment of amusement.<\/p>\n<p>I was standing in the breakfast line-up this morning (a very rare occurrence for me I will admit), waiting patiently for my order, when suddenly I look \u2018round and see these two, perfectly proportioned,\u00a0 cocoa-skinned young women standing in line next to me. One of whom proceeds to order <em>one<\/em> hard-boiled egg, the other one English muffin with peanut butter.<\/p>\n<p>Which makes me look down at my plate of chocolate chip pancakes and bacon with a slight twinge of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Huston&#8230;the Dancers have landed.<\/p>\n<p>A strange breed, Dancers. I should know, I was one for nearly 20 years. A large part of me is one still.\u00a0 They put out more calories in a few hours than most people do in an entire day, and yet they don\u2019t seem to intake nearly enough to maintain such an output&#8230; I remember looking at the senior students in my dance studio and wondering what on earth they <em>ate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I\u2019ve never been a dancer with the capital \u201cD\u201d&#8230;I\u2019ve never done the calorie counting, weight-watching, dessert-avoiding regime that I\u2019ve seen so many Dancers do. I\u2019ve never purposely poured iced-tea on my ice cream so that I didn\u2019t eat it (and yes I\u2019ve seen many a Dancer do just that if not worse). Deep down I think always knew my strength was my voice, and for my voice to be healthy <em>I<\/em> had to be healthy. Back when I was in studio dancing, I remember sitting in the back seat of the car on the way back from class devouring store-prepared hot roast chicken because I was starving, that said, it was also because I had to eat something before heading to piano class&#8230;I may have been a <em>wee<\/em> bit over-involved in lessons as a child. But that\u2019s beside the point. I have got a dancer\u2019s metabolism though, which is why I drop weight so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s what I tell myself&#8230;so that I can keep enjoying chocolate chip pancakes.<\/p>\n<p>With extra syrup.<\/p>\n<p>So there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A random moment of amusement. 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