Bharatanatya Arangetram

Dancing
Originally uploaded by puma1.

No, no, I didn't accidently lean my elbows on the keyboard; it's the name of the performance one of my friends completed yesterday.
It was this tremendously complex dance routine that lasted three hours. THREE HOURS. With only a ten minute intermission for Priya to change clothes. I honestly expected it to be boring and that I'd fall asleep...y'know, since I've recently fallen asleep reading, watching TV, blogging, and once on the phone with my parents. But it was so great. I could not believe the intricacies of her routine and that she could actually remember three hours worth of moves. I struggled this morning to remember the name of that new chris rock sitcom (Everybody Hates Chris). Verdict: I'm retarded, she's the opposite. And to top it all off, it was in a huge auditorium full of a couple hundred people. It was so great. I'm so proud of her...which is weird to say about a colleague, but there it is.
Anyway, I took a bunch of pictures; mostly to distract me from the breath of the guy sitting next to me. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to properly use my new nikon dSLR and make the ISO settings mean anything. It doesn't help that I have baseline tremors making it look like we're located on the San Andreas (no disrespect to the people affected by the recent earthquake...unlike dairy queen here). Anyway, apparently i'm into long posts today, so I'll cut myself off right here.