Thursday, December 10, 2009

A Momentary Break for Some Culture

So . . . I went to see the New York City ballet perform the Nutcracker last night. How lovely! However, I was slightly distracted by two things:

A) The muscles on the Sugar Plum Fairy
You could literally see the definition through her tutu. Something new to aspire to . . . if I was a professional dancer . . . or queen of all the confections in the land.

B) The head candy cane was jumproping through his hula hoop
If you can really call it jumping rope without a rope. Dancing, dancing, dancing . . . HOLY CRAP! Did he just jump through his hoop? I felt shamed for my poor morning workout performance. How come I trip on my big toe and he sails through a hoop and keeps right on dancing—in a peppermint-striped clown costume?

Anywho, there's no video evidence to do the trick justice . . . but I did find this:


Almost the same, no?

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