good morning try to have a good day after all its frrrrriday

Good morning! Happy friday! Are we so happy tis friday that there are two friday threads?

Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have work until 3pm soooo I get the day to lounge around. Hope you all have a great weekend! Anybody have plans this weekend? I will shop on Saturday for the trip and work on Sunday.

Jackie

Have A Good One

Where is everybody? WAKE UP!! Smell the coffee! JP and Sarah and the other west-coasters are probably still sleeping, they get a pass for a few hours. Where's the midwest and east-coast girls?

Jackie

Here I am!

WOOOT East-coaster in da house! Hey Jenn! What are you and Wadi doing this weekend?

I know Janine is going on a trip in February, who else? I know someone else is flying.

Jackie

I'm here! I braved the snow and made it..yay me!

i'm so confused. why are there two friday threads?

Because 2 people started them!

It is all in the timing!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate argueing with billing departments! My cable provider didn't cash a check for over 3 weeks. They suggested I put a stop payment on it and re-issue. So I did. Long story short, they attempted to cash the first check and since I paid $27 to stop it, it was returned and now they want a $25 fee! grrrrrrrrrrrr So them sitting on my check for 3 weeks cost me $52 and raised my blood pressure. (i am proud of my 103/96)

Jackie

well...there i sbetter food an ddrinks in teh other friday thread But i did want to drop back in and say good morning. I am off from work in just 1 hour an 10 minutes...home in another 20. Cant decide what to do first- start cleaning or take a nap

Ok well just in case people are hungry in here too here's some food to tide you over till lunch.

Wow doodle you outdid yourself! Yummy.

Jackie

OMG Yummy to doodle

how about us southern belles??? we slept in today... but are now present & accounted for!

yo!


That's d-to-the-oodle dawg!

I've been working my tushy off and here since 6 am. Was up coughing all night so moving a little bit slow today. Moh starts his job tomorrow. Otherwise, we have no specific plans for the weekend. Starting to gather our AOS stuff with the goal of sending it at the end of the month. Hope everyone is having a good Friday so far.

I think we have all of ours mostly together - will be double & triple checking everything this weekend and hope to mail out on Monday! ***fingers crossed***

Good morning! I thought I'd bring you some mint tea!



Enjoy!

Wow Jean you guys are moving right along! Congrats to Moh on the job.

Noura, good mornin ya'll.

Jackie
d to da oodle ......that is too funny. I want some of what amal was on. j-mag

Well they have belly dancers over there so I thought we should have some whirling dervishes.

k i'm outta here. just sneezed all over my monitor.

have a good one peeps

You rang?

Morning JP. What's your weekend plans? Awwwww doodle you sick? Whats a dervish?



Jackie

Sufis, also known as the Mevlevi Order.

I'm going to the SPA!

Nice pic JP.

Thanks Bosco, shows me that one is never to old to learn something new.

Jackie

I think that photo is from Turkey . . . i do believe I recognize that green tower . . . I have some photos from Turkey, when we went thru that area, Konya . . .

I went to see the tannoura dancers (similiar to dervishes) at The Citadel when I was in Cairo . . . that is a great show and it was free! I think they've moved to a different location since then. I wish I had a photo of that to post. I think I'll see if I can find one.

Happy Friday to all...I am half way done!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!

My first *real* interest in Islam was thru my sufi training w/ my sufi master Dunya (www.dancemeditation.org). I love whirling like a dervish - it's so freeing and meditative! I miss my sufi retreats!

Sufi Here's a link to a video of a tannoura dancer in Egypt

Noura, have you heard of the Bellydance Superstars?

I am trying to post a photo of the Sufi (tannoura dancer) here, but I guess the link will have to do: http://www.maat.com.au/2005/sufi/image/sufi16.jpg

Here you go....

gawd yes, sooo not impressed! It's, in theory, a wonderful thing that Miles Copeland has done by exposing average america to this beautiful artform, but his stipulations on hiring do not reflect that beauty of the "everywoman" of real raqs sharqi. You must weigh no more than 115 (I think) and it is a gruelling schedule of practice and performance. IMHO, while these ladies certainly have talent, what they really have mostly is crowd appeal and sex appeal. Sorry.... sore subject considering most of the revered women in dance in the *Middle East* are over 40 and do not have perfect figures weighing in at 115 lbs... It's mass marketed bellydance!

I actually saw them when they came to SF a couple years back, let me assure you that many of them were not 115. There was woman that was actually plus size. I took my parents too, my father used to play the Oud and knows many local dancers that he used to hire for his shows. They weren't impressed for the most part either, I think out of the 20 or so dancers they only thought that 2 or 3 were really good.

It actually used to be that bellydancers were more heavy set, had curves, something to shake. Over time, they have gotten very thin. If you watch LBC or MBC you will often see them performing on the Friday/Saturday night shows.

I saw them a few years ago too and I have to agree w/ your parents - 2 or 3 were very good - the others, not so much. But I have to say that I am spoiled in seeing some of the *real* superstars of dance so I'm a hard critic!

Yeah my mom compares them all to the classic dancers back home. They hated the Desert Roses.

I bought a bellydance DVD on ebay, put it in and shimmied around the living room. I think I will get it out and try it again. They lost me when they got on their toes and shimmied. I had a hard enough time using my whole foot!

Jackie

jackie... i find it actually easier to do this on my toes - besides, it's the egyptian style to be on your toes! btw, which dvd did you get?

I will have to wait to get home from work to get the name of it. It is an exercise DVD.

Jackie

Not sick. I just happened to sneeze the same time I was about to leave. I don't know what a dervish is really but I do know they dance and they have them in Egypt....even though that particular photo is of Turkey.

I have 2 of those at home. One from Nina and Wina or whatever her twin sisters name is, and I can't remember who the other one is for. I didn't care for either one, too slow!

Well I made the mistake of trying it in front of Mohammed. I thought he would fall off the couch laughing. I think I will try it again before the trip and suprise him with a little shimmy of my own.

Jackie

That's cute

LOL, the hubster can do a very good shimmy . . . and a Dina-butt-wiggle! I just about fell over when he did that . . . I told him "no fair!!!!" you can't shimmy better than me . . . LOL!!!

Neena and Veena suck, IMO! Bellydance superstars? well, like Noura said (and you too JP) a few are good . . . The one I was the most impressed with the time that I saw them, isn't really a bellydancer . . . she is more tribal fusiony . . . great dancer but not my favorite style. The trend has been for young and thin for awhile . . .