Moscow Kitty - Dancing In Red Square (Studying When Possible): Journal 98

Journal 98

Thursday - 12-2-10

Hooray for hanging out with Mulzoff!!!!! I had missed him so much!!

We wound up watching, "City of Angels," [Well… Most of it… I had to go to practice. :( ], which was a really good movie -- but there were more than a few occasions where we repeated, "That's not creepy at all…" Ha ha ha ha ha!

It was really good to get to see my best friend here. =^__^=

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I left for practice, which turned out to be quite the jovial, present-filled time!

First, I was happy, because I was wearing one of my favorite pairs of legwarmers. I love legwarmers. Probably more than I should. *laughs*

The pair in question is a thigh-high pair, which are black, save for three white stripes up at the top. I'm not sure why, but they always seem to evoke a reaction of laughter from people when they see them. I don't really think that they are so extreme -- but I also don't mind seeing people get a kick out of seeing them.

As Roma and I practiced, he called attention to them, and I joked that I should get a garter belt to hold them up better. (Naturally, they slip some as I dance.)

Roma replied, "That'd almost be like "boudoir!" (e.g. - burlesque)

Laughing, I countered, "Hah, I'd just need a corset! ... Way sexy...!"

I was surprised to hear Roma answer, "At that point, it wouldn't be sexy"

"How could that not be sexy!?" I looked at him, shocked.

Roma grinned and said, "It would be "Erotic!" Much more than sexy!"

I pretty much all but collapsed into a fit of giggles at that point.

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As far as presents go, the first happened when Elya (Nikita's partner) came up to me, and caught my attention. She handed me a box of Ferrero-Rocher hazelnut chocolates, and told me that it was to say thank you for finding and returning her phone to her! I was actually so surprised that she got me a present for that, that I almost couldn't even say thank you! [Of course, I did! -- But it was also said between trying to say, 'You didn't have to get me a present for that!' Maybe that's just my, 'I'm an American! We like to help!' nature?]

The second present also came as a complete shock to me. Roma was going to head out before me, and he came back to discuss something -- either the next time we were going to work together, or something about lessons. He had a small bundle of cloth in his hands, which I didn't really pay too much attention to, until he put it into my hands, and said, "This is for you."

"Wha--?" I was confused, trying to figure out what on earth the bundle was. When I unravelled it some, I saw that it was a beautiful scarf!!! "Oh my goodness!!" I said. "Thank you so much!!"

Apparently, he had been at some opening/exhibition of an Italian art/goods store, as they were showing a new collection, not yet in production. At the end, they told everyone that they could take an item, and Roma brought the scarf to me!!! It was so kind of him!!!

Later in the evening, after I'd posted to a friend on Facebook about it, that he had gotten me a present for no reason, he said that he *did* have reasons, and shared them with me. They were very kind, and very sweet. I was really touched.

[Update from 12-22-10: Ever since that night, I have used that scarf *every* single day. Ha ha ha! I love it!]

Here is the scarf: