Posts Tagged ‘Dance’

Everything à la Mode

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

I have open, weeping sores on my feet, but I am getting it. Slowly the dancing is creeping into my body. It’s not easy, but I am feeling better and less sore than I was. Last week was incredible. I couldn’t even move my legs. it was straight from rehearsal to bed and back and forth. My muscles were so sore they would radiate heat that forced me to kick the covers off the bed. It is not as bad as it was. I am also really starting to love the process. Even though I had a day off of dancing yesterday, I spent the whole time texting Louis. We are dancing when we are not even dancing. It’s super fun.



So far I have only seen Jennifer and Derek and Rick and Cheryl at rehearsals. Derek was totally eating the same Freshology meals that I have been eating! It’s weird how they just appear at your door – it’s like the protein and vegetable fairy. I have to say I have been supplementing my meals with red wine and Ben & Jerry’s. It just tastes better that way! I have lot of strings in my teeth from the vegetables. The food is delicious especially when it has ice cream on it. I will have everything a’la mode. I feel lucky because I don’t have to lose weight – I get to eat more! Yay!



I wonder where everyone else is. I am making the rehearsal studio my second home. There is all kinds of my food and drinks in the refrigerator. I have sat on that toilet so many times. Its got my DNA all over it. My body is changing really fast too, because of all the activity. Normally I am really sedentary and still – so everything is in shock. Louis’ choreography is really pushing me. I spent Sunday trying to enjoy what it feels like being on one leg instead of two. I wish I had more legs. This would be a good time if I only had three legs. I would be more stable and have my weight spread out more. 8 legs would be good too. Like real octopus/little mermaid style.



Email From My Dad

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Email from my dad after telling him I was on DWTS – he is so cute – lots of love and works indeed:



DO YOU KNOW THAT DANCING WITH THE STARS IS THE ONLY TV PROGRAM WE WATCH. WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH YOUR APEARING ON THAT SHOW. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD !!!



SO EXCITING !!!
LOTS OF GOOD LUCK & WORKS !!!



DAD WITH LOVE …OF COURSE WE WILL BE THERE.



I Love Louis!

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

I have the best partner on “Dancing with the Stars” – Louis van Amstel! He’s an incredible dancer – a world champion many times over, he’s gorgeous, he’s hilariously funny, he’s a great teacher, he’s gay (which I love love love love love love – girl – he is FAMILY)! I couldn’t ask for a better person to pair up with. And what is really cool is he is a fan of mine too!



We have been rehearsing daily for hours, and I am so fortunate because he explains things so well, he makes it fun, he really makes me sweat and I am loving every second of it. His body is so perfect. The way he moves is truly inspiring. And he is helping me move! I wish I could show you the small routines he has taught me now – because I cannot believe I am doing them myself. Even two steps together feels like a miracle to me. When we are in sync and dancing together, it feels like we are flying. I have never felt graceful or elegant, but under Louis’ strict teaching, I feel like my body is changing, even after just a few days. My body is starting to seem like it knows where to go. We are starting to build momentum – something is happening. At first, I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t do it, and then suddenly, I can. He repeats the movement until it gets under my skin, and doesn’t judge when I fuck it up. When I fall, he picks me up and we start again and then I don’t fall. I spin. I turn. It makes me feel alive. It makes me feel like my body is here. It’s 41 years old, and it’s fucking fantastic.



It’s wild to discover new things about yourself at this age. I thought I knew all about what I can do. I really am finding so much out, with these sweaty, sore hours spent in the dance studio. I don’t really think about the fact that this is all a competition, I am just so happy I have made a new friend. I am glad that I am lucky enough to have someone show me the beautiful movement I have inside. I cannot wait to dance with him for the world. Thank you so much Louis!!! I am so in love already!!



Margaret and Louis



Break a Leg

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

I met Kate Gosselin the other night and she was pretty with her new hair. It’s blonde and long and flat-ironed. I liked the other hair too but she is very glamorous these days. She asked me how I will deal with the criticism I might get from being on “Dancing With The Stars” and I said “I don’t care about it!” and I really don’t. Why does anyone care what anyone says about them? And also about whether you can dance or not, if you are not known to be a dancer? Especially when it’s people who don’t know you and don’t know what you are about? Everyone who knows me knows I am NOT a ballroom dancer and would probably be better off on “Dancing With The Whores” which is a spin off of yesterday’s pilot for “Dancing With The Stoners.”



I told Kate that she shouldn’t listen to the mean things people say about her and she said she wouldn’t. That made her smile a lot, which I think is nice. She has a nice smile, which is a special secret. I don’t know much about her, except that she seems to be a soft spoken lady with a lot of children and an Asian Adjacent ex-husband. She also says she was not a good dancer but I think that if anyone can get through a moment of the “Dancing With The Stars” experience – they’ve got to have some rhythm somewhere. She did not fall – which I have done several times already!! I feel like if I fall a bunch now, I won’t fall later. It’s like if you have a bad rehearsal you have a great performance!! That is how it has been in my experience. You should always shoot to have a terrible rehearsal so that the show shines. It’s kind of like the ‘break a leg’ thing. You don’t want to actually break a leg, but you want to ‘break a leg.’ This whole thing is so different from anything I have done, and I am looking forward to bringing my stripper moves to it, as well as busting my humps.



The paparazzi seem to weirdly care about me today, but I think it is because no one else is at the dance studio rehearsing as early as I am there and they are bored. They asked me, kind of in a shitty way, if I was learning anything – as in “how to dance” and I said “yes” all confident and then immediately tripped on a parking divider. It was real stupid. I feel bad for them because it’s hot in that real ‘Hollywood concrete and asphalt’ way and really pee smelling in the alley they are waiting in and I hope they are drinking enough water. That has to suck – waiting around in deep Hollywood to take pictures of people. I wouldn’t want to do it, just like I don’t think anyone wants to come inside and do abs with me!



I cannot wait to ask The Situation if I am a grenade or a landmine. I hope that the rest of The Jersey Shore cast comes and cheers him on because I have a crush on Snooki. I think she looks exactly like Elizabeth Taylor from Cleopatra – really gorgeous.



Margaret’s on Dancing With the Stars!

Monday, August 30th, 2010

I’m so excited to be doing Dancing With The Stars, but I’ve got a lot to learn. I’ve got some mean stripper moves and I can pick up a dollar with my butt, however the Viennese Waltz is all new for me! I’ve been training with my partner for three days now and I can’t believe how much my body hurts! I’m trying to embrace the pain.



Queen Harish

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Anyone lucky enough to be in the LA area next weekend should check this show out!



Queen Harish!



Doggy Dance

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Here is gorgeous Lucas from The Cliks doing a poignant doggy dance with a very cute partner!!



Lover Boys