This weekend I was reminded of a story I heard this summer in an interview. The fellow in the story happened to be in Buenos Aires, and decided to go into a dance studio. After all, in the Tango capital of the world, what better place to learn?

He continues by stating that his dance partner was one of the instructors, a fine latina woman. When the class instructor ordered him to grab her, he did. Well, she complained that American men don't grab women like they really mean it. He wasn't aggressive enough.

Well, I had the same lesson in dance on Friday night. My partner and I were getting our signals confused, so our instructor had me lead her through the routine.

She said that I need to be more aggressive. She could tell what I could do, but I need to make my signals clearer. In dance, the man leads... and must learn to lead.

It never fails to astonish me how much this is coming up from day to day. Am I learning anything yet?

Sometimes I wonder. I can't believe how long it takes to unlearn everything that's been drilled into me since birth. I can only hope it doesn't take as many years as it did to learn it!

I have a friend who used to talk about people and that Atkins' diet craze. He was boggled because people always look for the quick weight loss solution. His argument was that it took them months/years/decades to get as fat as they are... and they expect all of that fat to just melt in days/weeks/months? Plus, they have all of those bad habits to unlearn as well.

So, anyway... I've had this cheer stuck in my head all weekend. To be honest, I haven't tried to fight it... it makes a good mantra! =^)

Otherwise, it was a pretty uneventful weekend. I drew up a new budget for the rest of the year, re-outlined some goals to work on in that timeframe, built a list of the remaining requirements for my courses, and managed to get some reading and writing done for my classes.

Finally, last night I grabbed a bottle of water, my script and my nano and hit the gym. It felt good to actually get a workout in for a change. I'll have to make sure I fit time in for that over the next few days/weeks/months.

Besides, I had almost forgotten about the cuties at the gym... and now in lieu of clubbing, that may be the place to meet women!

Last night, there was a cute li'l brunette... we'll have to see how that goes!

What i'm listening to:

The Way I Are
Timbaland
Shock Value

Quote of the day:

The clocks gave me an extra hour of sleep. The clocks are therefore awesome and can stay.