Thursday, September 06, 2007

Today, I am angry.

and I choose to believe that I'm rightly so. If there was an award for the Unluckiest Club, that would be Kinetics Lindy Hop. Denied air-conditioning, denied dance studios, virtually no available new leads, minimal establishment of Lindy basics after a year, virtually no real relationship with JS, last minute change of instructor, denied use of shoes, denied use of tap shoes, and more to come, I'm so sure. One day, everyone decided to go against us. It was a Lindy-fied version of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

(Before I continue, perhaps I should provide a caution, that this post is most likely biased and purely-out-of-fury. But hell hath no fury like a woman's wrath. So this post will be here for at least awhile, until one day I regret writing this whole bit.)

So tell me, how can one mistake black-shoe-sole stains on a parquet floor, for chewing gum stains? I WONDER. Even if chewing gum stains could be purely black, and I mean purely, doesn't that have to take at least a million people walking over it before it turns completely black? And it's a flat stain, non-sticky. I really wonder. Assuming that no other anonymous fool sneaked into the dance room and spat chewing gum all over, there are two possibilties. Either the accuser is a utpsdi fool, or he.. no wait, he would be a ptidus fool.

Either way, fine. We might have caused the shoe stains anyway. But he'd still be one dstipu fool, because he decided that footwear shall be restricted from the dance room. The shiny, pristine parquet floor should be scratch-free, stain-free, shoe-free. See how much we maintain the conditions of the facilities! Oh but please don't step on it. I guess, 'dance studio' no longer holds any meaning, except for the 11 alphabets it is made up of.

And we wonder why art is not so established in our school. The school management, in general, has virtually no awareness, whatsoever, of art forms. Perhaps, art only means, paintings and sculptures. "So, purchase some of those and place them in the offices; that'd be art."
But back to the topic.
I'm also wondering, if people, in general, have anything against swing, dance and music and all. Perhaps because jazz or swing, breaks away from the norm? I admit, I have barely any awareness of trends and society's preferences, but from what I see, swing, at least, is hardly popular. But.. why? And I'm talking about the real swing, not jive or any modified forms. The savoy and all. Lindy Hop, Charlestons, Tap etc. Don't tell me they are related to pagan origins (*gasp!*).
On a further off-tangent, off-topic note, I have always wondered, if it was wrong or inappropriate, as a Christian, to do partner dance, specifically Lindy Hop. I do know, for sure, that some people might frown at the physical closeness, but.. Just, but! I have never really reached an answer.

Back to where I was.. It's not just the school management. I don't really trust in the ex-co either. I do not see much passion for the arts. Mainly obligations to their individual duties.

To be even more side-tracked, I'll say that people nowadays are more inclined to burying their faces in books and computers, than invest time in other activities.

So. I am still irked, by the outright disregard for a decent, reasonable resolution to the problem. What happened to students' welfare? And now it freaks me out, that there is a possibility that when I enter that phase of working life, I'm going to be like them, being unable to withstand students' or 'young people's ' recklessness. eww. NOT a good prospect. But but, this incident is really too ridiculous. Blatantly!

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