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Teni

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About Me

Where do I start?
Dancing is life, swing dancing is my passion.
I'm on the 4 time national champion Denver swing dance team 23 Skidoo!
I've been all over the world, and I can't wait to travel some more.
I want to be a physical therapist.
I'm L.A. born and bred.
I go to school in Denver.
I'm not a morning person, I consider getting up at 11 "early."
I sometimes get nostalgic for times past.
I have a tendancy of wanting what I can't have.
I speak Spanish fluently, and am learing French, but I also want to learn Italian, Arabic, and at least one other languauge.
I'm a passionate person; what I do I do with all my heart.
I trust very easily, which can be good and bad.
I wear my heart on my sleeve; if you want to know my current state of mind, listen to my current song.
I LOVE surprises. Seriously. Surprise me with something special and I'll remember it for a very long time afterwards.
I smile often and laugh even more.
I like cooking.
I love ethnic foods, especially Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Italian.
I worked at a zoo for four years.
I hate and fear the gym (as in the machine and weight lifting portion of it).
I'm very competitive.
I'm arachnophobic to the point that I can't kill a spider because it would require getting close to it; I've woken my mother up at 1 am because there was a spider on my bed that I was too afraid to kill...my weapon was a vacuum cleaner.
I'm very forgiving.
I hate to admit it, but I can't live without my cell phone.
I'm technologically retarded, and thus I hate computers.
I'm a flirt.
I'm a romantic.
I'm a jerk.
I'm a completely nerdy goofball.
I try very hard to be a good listener, and to be there for my friends when they need me.
I'm very loyal.
I'm also very open.
I talk a lot.
now I've run out of things to say. leave me a comment, I love those.
My heart: SYTYCD - Hide & Seek - fixed audio

Add to My Profile | More Videos Here's me and Kenny taking 3rd place at the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2006-we're the 5th couple-I'm wearing a white blouse and a black skirt. Hell Yeay!
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My Interests

Swing dancing. watching good movies. lindy hop. people watching. sweet rhythms. cooking. working with animals. aerials. talking to people. flirting. energy. procrastinating. reading good books. competing. reading Cosmo. shopping. 20's charleston. solo blues. life. going to the zoo. dance slump breakthroughs. knitting. watching dance performances. butterfly-inducing crushes. shoulder massages. drag blues. hanging with my friends. dance-gasms. ultimate frisbee. Swing dancing.

Here's 23 Skidoo! winning the team division at ULHS 2007 -Enjoy!

Here's 23 Skidoo! doing Diga Diga Doo for Frankie Manning (also performed for Camp Jitterbug's Jump Session Show)-Enjoy!

Here's 23 Skidoo! winning the team division at the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2006-Enjoy!

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Girl's night, having fun being WonderWoman!

I'd like to meet:

Orlando Bloom, people who make me laugh, people who lindy
If I don't know you, or if you're a band, chances are that I won't add you as my friend. Sorry.

Music:

I like pop...music that makes me happy...swing music...Phantom of the Opera music...The Cure...80's rock......Frou Frou...Disney music...music from musicals...a select few country songs...David Gray...Imogen Heap...Dinah Washington is a big fave...Sidney Bechet...John Mayer......Dido...James Blunt...Django Reinhart style jazz...vintage down-and-dirty blues is a *huge* fave...Nina Simone...music that makes me MOVE....

Hear Me Out Lyrics ..

Movies:

Anything Mel Brooks! Robin Hood Men in Tights is the BEST! I like almost any movie about dancing; I like the Lion King, Hercules, Aladdin, The Notebook, Airplane!, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Steel Magnolias, Spanglish, Mean Girls, Big Fish, Robin Williams Live on Broadway, Eddie Izzard Dressed To Kill ("Cake or Death?"), Pirates of the Caribbean, and many others.

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Closer, Grey's Anatomy

You are Once More With Feeling!
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Books:

Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" is the best book ever!! Also, everyone should read "Fast Food Nation"- it's a GREAT book! everything that i've read thus far by Isabelle Allande i've loved. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein rocks. I love Slaughterhouse Five. Memoirs of a Geisha is a wonderful book. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min is great. Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code were really good. i'm blanking on my other faves, but i love to read, so if you have any suggestions...

Heroes:

my mommy, daddy, my sister, and Buffy

My Blog

Dance Favorites

I've been meaning to write this for a long time; it's nothing extra special, I just wanted to share with the world some of my favorites when it comes to dancing, since it's such a huge passion of mine...
Posted by Teni on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:02:00 PST

Winning/Midwest Lindyfest/Thoughts on dance

Damn.This weekend was Midwest Lindyfest, also known as the Amatuer Lindy Hop Showdown; a competition where last year Tru and I got our asses served up fried on a big steaming platter after working our...
Posted by Teni on Mon, 07 May 2007 03:51:00 PST

23 Skidoo at Camp Hollywood '06

23 Skidoo at Camp Hollywood '06 winning 1st! (previously on my home page) http://www.slide.com/msnew?cid=7563738" target="_blank">..http://widget-da.slide.com/t/7563738/images/sl...
Posted by Teni on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST

The slideshow that used to be on my page...

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Posted by Teni on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:58:00 PST

Why I don't eat seafood

Here ya go, read all about it! Commercial Fishing is Evil
Posted by Teni on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:24:00 PST

The Denver Driving Rules

1. You must learn to pronounce the city name. It is: "den-ver" notDenvah.2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Denver has its own version of traffic rules...the cars/truck with the loudes...
Posted by Teni on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:34:00 PST

Signs seen around town...

On a Septic Tank Truck in Oregon: Yesterday's Meals on Wheels **************************On a truck stop station sign:"Eat here. Get Gas."************************** On a Septic Tank Truck sign: "We're...
Posted by Teni on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST

Some Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown pictures =)

Here's some sweet shots of Truman and me doing showcase, as well as some awesome shots of Skidoo!Leaving him... The showdown... The swingout! And now some Skidoo!Opening scene... hehe, in the words of...
Posted by Teni on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:57:00 PST

Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown!

Shit. I had just *almost* finished writing a huge blog about all the cool things from ULHS, and then I accidentally deleted it...man that pisses me off. here's the abbreviated version: So ULHS was ama...
Posted by Teni on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:20:00 PST

Today in Class...

So the lecture was about the first birds and how they had feathers but couldn't fly, and said "None of these fossils could fly." Me (to Patrice): "ya know, I think it's safe to say that no fossils can...
Posted by Teni on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:52:00 PST