Some one made comment in my LJ last month saying that Lady Ga Ga does not have an attractive body. I beg to differ...

This Sunday January 10th is the NO pants light rail ride from 12:00 to 3:00pm. It is sponsored by Emerald City Improv but everyone is welcome to participate if you are willing to ride the light rail without pants on and keep a straight face as if you're not doing anything unusual. To participate, meet at the plaza at 4th Ave and Pine St, across from Westlake Center, at noon.

This is event is based on the No Pants Subway Ride that has been going on in New York for years:

I started a TEFL certification program. It's kicking my ass. 5hours per unit they said, 20 units. No problem I think. I'll be done with this thing in 50 hours, 75tops. The first few are supposed to be easier and shorter. ...>8hours into the 3rd one after spending ~3 on the first and ~5 on the second. Yeah, this is going well. After being forced to really think about english and how it works I don't even want to teach our ridiculous, messy language to anyone anymore.

ReadD 3D > IMAX 3D
I experienced a horrendous amount of jitter watching Avatar at PacSci IMAX. Especially, it seemed, whenever i would turn or tilt my head (which I was doing constantly because of the jitter making it hard to focus). My glasses might have been dysfunctional. I think they use microshuttering tech. but I'm not sure. I don't remember having that problem when I watched Space Station 3D at the same theatre but the glasses were different. Went and saw Avatar again in ReadD 3D (who's glasses are much less comfortable as there is a sharp edge to the nose bridge, I'm bringing something to pad it next time) at Northgate and didn't have any of those problems. I think RealD 3D uses image polarization tech. Their glasses are definitely NOT microshuttering. They a just little plastic things. Tempted to go watch IMAX 3D again to double check but don't want to watch Avatar again. Has anyone else seen both?

OMG!!!! $300 on Etsy, marked down from $400 because it has been worn in runway shows. Please tell me not to buy it! Please tell me I have bills and expenses and am expanding my studio and need to invest in that and not something I would wear maybe two or three times in my life. Please stop me please please please!

Unhappy customer. She booked a pole party for 15 women but only showed up with 7 women. When you book a party for more than 10 women, the flat rate does not apply and we instead charge just $35 per person. But when she showed up with only 7 women, she insisted we still give her the party at $35 per person even though that would make the price far below the flat rate we charge for 10 or less women. She also said that while everyone had fun at the party, she thought their instructor was rude. This would probably be because they arrived for their party more than 30 minutes early and walked right into the studio (ignoring the sign on the door that said we would be back in 30 minutes) and walked right into some one's private lesson and the instructor asked them to leave and come back no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the start time of their party. The instructor also would not drop the price for them when they asked for a discount because some of their girls didn't show up. So it's no wonder they didn't like her much. I think it's unlikely the instructor was rude. But she is a no nonsense woman that worked her way through college tending a college bar. She's used to handling drunk and belligerent men and putting them in their place. So it's possible that while she was not rude, she was certainly firm enough to be interpreted that way because she is accustomed to having to put people in their place when they misbehave.

I handled this in two ways, one very professional and one not so professional. Because she thought their instructor was rude, I offered the party organizer a free 1-hour lap dance and striptease lesson in my studio at her convenience for herself and any 6 of her friends. This is a $210 value -- for free!

But I also explained to her that I wasn't going to give her the refund she was requesting for two reasons, one being that the flat rate price for 10 or less women was clearly posted on our website. And the second basically said she wasn't likely to find any business that gives refunds for no-shows. This is a partial quote from the e-mail I sent her: ( clicky for customer being chewed out )

I know this may have been less that professional. But she is getting a $210 lesson for free. So hopefully she can stand being put in her place a bit to get something for free that I have never ever given to anyone for free before.

"My prediction is that in another ten years we will look back on this decade with 2020 hindsight."

Remember how I said I filled out an inquiry form at Teatro Zinanni's website? Well the reply came from one of my students that works there! She told me how it works and apparently I just pick the date and everyone who wants to go with us has a set amount of time to buy a ticket at the discounted rate. I'm thinking of waiting until February before I make that happen as I suspect folks may need a month or so to recover financially from the holidays before making a big entertainment purchase.

Is there a dancing cage at club Vogue now? And why the hell did no one tell me!? Dancing in a cage is only my favorite activity on the planet ever! Hello! That's why my name is Cage Kitten!!