As Miles Copeland says "I do it for the feet!"

Last night was a special treat. mellifera and I joined kakita_shisumo. duendegrrl, arphaaxad, cherith, chade66 and some other people to see the Bellydance Superstars in concert. A lot of you probably don't know this about me, but I'm absolutely fascinated by bellydance as an art form (thanks in no small part to the influence ofduendegrrl, without whom I'd probably be as interested in it as I am in essays on ontological empiricism.) And the Superstars are pretty much the Rolling Stones of the professional bellydance world.

( If you're interested, then shimmy this way... )

We had an awesome time, but I think I'm paying for it. I thought I was going to sleep a lot this weekend, but as it was, Saturday night was the only full eight hours I got. We wound up missing dinner with the gang before the concert because I had to work at midnight and poor Mel had worked ten hours the previous night and had not been to bed yet. We took a three hour nap but it wasn't enough for either of us. My muscles feel achy and I'm a little out of it. And I've got a few hours of work yet to go. And tonight is the start of dress rehearsal week for me too! Ah well, I'm sure the bellydancers would agree with me when I say that's showbiz.