3-26-10; 1:40 PM
FIRST DANCE LESSON WILL BE TODAY! My goodness, I can hardly wait. I'm so excited! But I'm also sure that my adrenaline levels are going to *skyrocket* when I get there, and actually get my shoes on… Just thinking about it, I'm already having a little bit of "fight or flight" hit me. Ha ha.
On the bright side, seeing as how we just had our excursion to Soyuzmul'tfil'm, now I actually have something to try to talk to my trainer about, besides dance or my schooling… =^__^= '' Can't go wrong with chatting about cartoons, right? (Until you hit the part where I don't know most of the *names* of their famous cartoons… Oh boy!)
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Obviously, I just got back from the excursion a little while ago, and it was pretty interesting. When we walked in, most of us who knew at least a few animations got all excited to see some of the big designs of some of our favorite characters up on the wall. Most of the classics were there -- the Rabbit from "Nu, Pogadi!" [ Ну, Погади! ]; Piglet and Winnie The Pooh, from the Russian version, "Winni-Poo" [ Винни Пу (? -- I'll have to check up on this later) ]; and of course, Cheburashka [ Чебурашка ] !!!!
Unfortunately, it was a bit crowded, because somehow or other, we wound up getting put together with a group of 15 or so little kids -- so sometimes, we didn't quite get around to seeing everything in a room, due to trying to let the little kids see everything. Still, we got to see lots of cell shots, some compiled sketch sheets (Think, parts of some big "flip books."), a few sets, lots of models, and at the end, we got to watch four of their cartoons! The cartoons were nifty, because they were apparently well-known (but older) ones, although I believe they were new for all of us Americans in the room. Most of us liked the first two the best. The very first one was about two dogs -- one a house dog, and the other a street dog -- who wind up hanging out for a day (and causing a mess in the house dog's home) [I think that the word, "Bobki" was in the title somewhere…] ; and the second was a story, again with dogs, featuring an old, "grandfather" Great Dane telling his grandchildren about an adventure he had with Sherlock Holmes! (Great music. XD ) It was a fun little film, and the puppies were just adorable, I really do have to say….
I'm caught up on my journals thus far -- so I'm going to get a bit of a nap! I didn't sleep well last night…
Plans for the night? Go get my butt kicked by a Russian, for real, for an hour; practice myself for another two; and then go visit with Pete and put new journals up online!
And the best part? I get to do the same thing tomorrow evening, too!! Whoo-hoo!!
I'll be back to report after the lesson…
Love, Apprehensively (In the best of ways!),
Moscow Kitty; 1:51 PM
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