Alicia - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm an old soul...I feel like things are always changing too fast.

I teach and perform Belly Dance (Middle Eastern Dance), American Cabaret style in the Chicago area. My classes are based in the suburbs.

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My day job is programming websites. I mostly work with Java, JSPs, HTML, XML, and SQL. I have experience using CSS, Oracle, and AS400s. I like what I do, but I don't always like the corporate environment I work in. I'm trying to learn Groovy, Ruby, and some scripting.

Want to know more? Feel free to send me a message.

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You are a very calm and contemplative person. Others are drawn to your peaceful, nurturing nature.
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Too much time spent on youtube! This makes me laugh every time

My Interests

Belly Dancing, Lego, Cooking, Off-Roading, Music, Working on my website, Reading, Art, Taking pictures, Hanging out in Chicago.

I'd like to meet:

People I know in real life, other dancers, people from Ren Faire. Pretty much anyone who is not creepy.

Music:

Pretty much everything, but mostly European power metal...Edguy, Nightwish, Avantasia, Masterplan, Queensryche, Sonata Arctica, Thunderstone, Iron Maiden, Jorn Lande, Ark, Symphony X, Nightwish, Galloglass, Stratovarius, Angra, Ed Guy, Amr Diab, Hakim, Tarkan (yes, Tarkan), Bruce Hornsby, The Freddy Jones Band, The Gufs, The Outfield, Pretty Maids, Seven Nations

Movies:

Old movies from the 30s and 40s :) and John Wayne films...Top 5: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Casablanca, the Blues Brothers, Lilo & Stitch, sex, lies and videotape...also the Thin Man series.

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, My Big Redneck Weddin', Gilmore Girls, Sex & the City, the L-Word

Books:

Hitchhiker's Guide, Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, the Deed of Paksenarrion, Snake Hips, The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club, any books about Chicago Architecture or Impressionist Art.

Heroes:

My mom...I miss her and wish I'd known her better :(

My Blog

What state I should live in :)

You Should Live in AlaskaIf you don't want to live in Alaska, you might also consider:ArkansasKansasNebraskaNorth CarolinaOklahomaWhat State Should You Live In?...
Posted by Alicia on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:16:00 PST

After 12 years of Catholic school...

Guess I need to start studying the Bible again too Rich!You know the Bible 75%! Wow! You are truly a student of the Bible! Some of the questions were difficult, but they didn't slow you down! You ...
Posted by Alicia on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:00:00 PST

The good (class), bad (zils), and ugly (work)

The veil choreography I'm teaching is going well and class is going better. The section we learned last night was kind of difficult - the tempo changes and gets really fast in the song, so the movemen...
Posted by Alicia on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

building confidence and rapport

Whew - getting back into normal life after the holiday weekend was rough. Tough to focus at work, and my body felt all stiff from not working out for a few days. I made sure to put a lot of warm up a...
Posted by Alicia on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:31:00 PST

Ooh a perfection quiz!

Bobbo and I had the same answers :)Your Life is 88% PerfectYou truly have the perfect life. And you probably feel like the luckiest person in the world.You have a great career, family, and personal li...
Posted by Alicia on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:05:00 PST

Classes starting soon!

The next session of classes are starting up Monday, October 23. Adult classes are 6:15 to 7:15 (Teens are 5:00 to 6:00). This is a long session, 11 weeks, running till January 15 (no class Dec 25 or...
Posted by Alicia on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:38:00 PST

Do goth pirates even use riding crops?

Tomorrow is the day I debut my gothy belly dancer side. I'm not sure how it will go over. I'm kind of a goth pirate in costume, and the whole performance is supposed to be tongue in cheek. Sometimes...
Posted by Alicia on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:50:00 PST

Class Stealing (long and repost from bhuz)

So, I have a friend who works for the city hall of a suburb here. She had an idea for the city's park district to hold a belly dance class that she and her friends were planning on taking. She knew I ...
Posted by Alicia on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:14:00 PST

My class was a success

Last Monday, I threw a mini-class "hafla" for my students to celebrate the end of the 10 week session and to thank them for being part of the class and putting up with a brand new teacher. I brought e...
Posted by Alicia on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:41:00 PST

A new dilemma

I got a call today as I was leaving work from a recruiter to tell me I'd gotten a job offer from within my company. It was a job I'd had two interviews for. It's a lateral move, but...it's a "fast tr...
Posted by Alicia on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:19:00 PST