Oh, The Glamourous Life!

Dear Constant Readers,

I just spent 30 days spending at least 30 minutes a day on burlesque-related matters. What did I accomplish? What did I learn?

Well, I discovered that I generally am doing about 30 minutes or more of burlesque related work a day. Often tedious, not very glamourous work. The BeauTease taking on a challenge that took about 30 minutes a day guaranteed that I’d make my quota.

I can’t say that I accomplished any big project. I started to make some improvements to The Faerie Queene — upgraded prop, costume piece, music, and choreography. Without the impetus of this challenge, I probably would have let it all slide into “someday”. Also, I read all of Goddess of Love Incarnate. I still have to write a review of it. And I blogged here every day…

I found this exercise was really more about mindfulness for me — being aware of how much and what burlesque-related things I did every day.

Would I do it again? Or course! Maybe even with pictures. : )

Dear Constant Reader,

The last day! I’ll be writing some thoughts on the whole experience later.

I did a lot of B.A.B.E. admin today. We’re less than a week from the start of a class series.

Then there was rehearsal. We all did our Challenge, but I didn’t run anything tonight. Pearl is making her debut at The Tuesday Club next week, so she got the floor for feedback on all her acts.

Kind of a quiet day for the last one.

Dear Constant Reader,

I did a little B.A.B.E. admin work and taught Burlesque Your Way. I also handed off my new Faerie Queene prop pieces to the lovely and talented Devastacia for the first round of painting. So excited to have a real artist doing the work instead of clumsy me.

Of course, I also did my Challenge.

I picked up Mama Rose's Turn: The True Story of America's Most Notorious Stage Mother for bedtime reading. I had abandoned it months ago as being kind of dull, but I want to give it another shot. Now that’s we’ve gotten into the Baby June years, it’s a little more interesting.

One more day…

Dear Constant Reader,

Let’s see, what did I do? I was interviewed over the phone for WERS. I made some paper mock-ups to start playing with the shape of a new headpiece. And, of course, I did my Challenge (19 days!) and a little B.A.B.E admin.

I don’t know what to do with my evenings now that I’ve finished reading Goddess of Love. I was hoping to stretch it out for the full 30 days, but it’s amazing I took as long as I did with it.

Dear Constant Reader,

Not too much to report. Sunday is BeauTease rehearsal day. We all did our Challenge and I ran The Faerie Queene a couple of times. I have to do something about the ties on my mask. It tends to slip.

And after deciding on a design for that new piece yesterday, I went back to the original plan.

Dear Constant Reader,

A pretty light day. I did my Challenge and I did some design work on a new costume piece. No sooner had I decided on a really good idea for the base shape, I saw a picture on Facebook that made me change my mind completely. Now I’ve got to figure out how to create it.

I was going to do some rhinestoning in the evening, but I had the rare opportunity to lie on the daybed and snuggle with Albert, so I took it. You don’t pass up moments like that.

Dear Constant Reader,

On Friday I post my Friday Tip and send out the B.A.B.E. newsletter and this Friday was no different. There was a little B.A.B.E admin too.

I also did my Challenge and starting looking through the endnotes in Goddess of Love. A typical day, really. Nothing special.