I finally have time to dance this weekend! I already
finished my community paperwork on Thursday and I did most of my peds work
yesterday. All I had to do this morning
was the pathophysiology. I don’t have
too much studying to do because my test isn’t until Wednesday and it’s open
book, and I’m not incredibly worried about music, especially since my professor
told us not to be. Grandma is going out
today so once I get some studying in I’ll take a dance break.
Okay, so first off, I finally went to the orthopedist** on
Tuesday. They took some x-rays, but
everything must’ve been okay because they never said anything about them
again. The physician’s assistant came in
and touched my knees in different spots to see what hurt and where. He thinks it’s patellofemoral syndrome. He gave me a few sheets explaining the
syndrome and exercises for me to do to strengthen the surrounding areas. I’ve only been doing one so far because I
want to start off small and I’m afraid of really hurting my knees. He also gave me a pain reliever that’s used
for arthritis pain. So far I think it’s
been working, which is why I was so concerned that I woke up this morning with
my left knee really hurting, different than usual. It sort of started last night, and I really
felt it in the middle of the night when I got up to use the bathroom, but I
wasn’t too concerned until I got up this morning. It hurt every time I took a step so I started
walking with it bent. I really don’t
know what happened or where it came from since I’m now on pain medication
*shrug*. I was so upset at first because
I knew I was finally going to have time to dance this weekend and now my knee
is hurting. But luckily it went away
pretty quickly, so by 4 I was up and ready to dance!
I’ve been in an SNSD mood today, which is good because I’m
working on an SNSD dance! I was
listening to them when I was finishing up my paperwork this morning. I did Gee, Oh!, Genie, and Run Devil Run
before I worked more on Mr. Taxi. I
decided to use learnkpopdance.com for them too, since I didn’t feel like
bringing my laptop into the computer room to use my iTunes. It was helpful though, because I was able to
catch some things I’ve been messing up on, like a couple of turns in Genie, or
haven’t been able to see in the video I had used to learn the dance, like in
Run Devil Run (they had the video I used but it had been removed because of
copyright stuff). After Run Devil Run, I
moved onto Mr. Taxi.
Ooh boy, did it need a lot of work. I mean, it was to be expected, since I hadn’t
done it in two weeks now, but I had hoped that practicing pieces in the kitchen
and in my head would have helped, but nope.
I haven’t even been able to do it in my head lately! I watched it once then started practicing up
to where I left off with, and for the most part I was able to get it
again. For some reason though, I kept
having issues with the moves on all three “jeukshi jeukshi jeukshi” parts. For the first two, I know what to do but I
kept switching them around, which is what happened when I first started
learning it. And on the third “jeukshi
jeukshi jeukshi”, which is my favorite part of the whole dance, I kept doing
the wrong hips. And it wasn’t like once
or twice, it was almost every time I went through it! AAHHH!
Finally, by the time I was ready to finish for the day, I was doing it
right.
Once I worked all that out I was ready to continue! I went
up to 2:37, which is right in the middle of the slower part. I stopped there because the moves were slow
and simple, but after that the song and moves pick up just a bit, and there are
a lot of moves in there, so I figured let’s wait on that. I also didn’t want to get too into it and
have grandma come home while I was still going!
The dance break wasn’t too bad except for the very beginning. The part on the “Ow!” really got me. I was still confused by the arms, and then
watching Hyoyeon’s legs really had my head spinning. I finally got the arms, but I still don’t
really know what my legs are supposed to be doing *shakes head* I’ll get it
eventually! *determined face* After that
it’s really easy, just an arm swing backward, a kick ball change, then walking
forward while turning the wheel, then some popping, and finally, you guessed
it, stopping and posing! This dance has
too much of that, and Hyoyeon REALLY needs better dances. Come on SM, I know she’s not the best singer
in SNSD, but neither is Shindong in Super Junior, and he gets more screen time
and better dances! Give some screen time
to Hyo! And while you’re at it, give
them some more lines. Okay, rant over!
After that it’s still really easy. The little turn while walking to the side
messed me up at first, but then I realized I should really watch the next parts
I’m about to learn to know what I’m supposed to be doing instead of just
jumping into them right away. Once I
watched it I figured it out, and it was smooth sailing from there! As much as I complain about all the posing, I
really do like this dance a lot, and it’s really fun. I really can’t wait to finish it! I doubt I’ll have time tomorrow though,
because I don’t think grandma is going out anywhere, so I won’t have any
privacy, and I’m not sure about next weekend either, because I have a test next
Monday, and I need to squeeze in time for me to meet with Chelsea about the
SHINee contest. Doubt I’ll win, but I
still want to give it my all!
**To make this post even longer, I don't think I've mentioned the knee pain in previous posts, so I'll post here. My knees have been giving me trouble for a while. I hurt the right one last March and the left one in July, but I didn't do much to either of them. In September they were getting worse so I told my doctor and she referred me to an orthopedist. He first gave me medication that did more harm than good so at my next appointment he referred me for physical therapy. At first it seemed to be helping, but in the past few days they seemed really bad. I could barely get up and down stairs.
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