How I Spent Thanksgiving

It was a cold morning, with clouds scattered here and there amongst the beautiful blue sky. It's a day to be thankful of everything and stuff your face with turkey & cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes & gravy, and all the other food that goes well for the festive holiday. It's also a day where most people have the day off. Luckily, I was one of them and thank the Lord because I would not be a happy camper if I were stuck @ The Home Depot selling faucet fixtures and sprinkler parts, and to the people that went if we were open, I wouldn't even offer my services. And I know I have been saying this for quite sometime, but I really really need a new job. I feel like I should be doing something that I enjoy doing, and a job that I have been contemplating about sometime is selling shoes. And I definitely would not mind selling shoes to women. And I definitely can perceive this irresistible persuasiveness if I wanted to.

But that's a different story to talk about. Besides all that, the day consisted of dance rehearsal practice from 9AM-12PM, originally practice was till 5PM, which honestly once I think about it, I would not have minded. I know, I know...dance rehearsal...you're probably thinking "Julius dances?" And honestly I don't, but I have done choreography before. And this was for a good cause. It was for a very popular, internationally televised globally, Filipino game show. Take a guess...if you guessed WoWoWee then you guessed right. If you asked me how I got into it, it's kind of a long story, and since I haven't blogged in quite sometime, I shall explain.

I offered to drive my girlfriend and my home girl to try-outs as dancers for WoWoWee held in National City by the Jolibee there. So I take a seat why they fill out paperwork. As soon as they enter, the person at the desk--I forgot what his name was--asked me to try out because they were in desperate need of male dancers. Originally, I had plans to hit up Plaza Bonita for some NBA socks because like what Sir Charles Barkley said, "I need them for my footsies." But I didn't go shopping and instead, in the spur of the moment, I tried out. And I was wearing my white Evisu skinny jeans and my army green Sperry's. And guess what, I made it and worked that dance floor.

At first, I was very uncomfortable because I didn't really know anyone, but I opened up and met extraordinary people, talented people, down-to-earth people, people that are now my friends. It was such a good experience, It made me what to take dance classes to excel in what little skills I have. My girl thinks it's silly, but I think It's just liberating from stress and pain and everything else. The dancers we're so talented and the girls were very beautiful. It was surely an experience of a lifetime. My girl wouldn't do it again, but I would. Maybe because I didn't do much, but if I learn a couple more moves, I could be involved in the show fully.

After practice was done, we raced to CVS back in Mira Mesa to grab some snacks and energy drinks for the show. After that, I picked up my clothes and we headed back to Jaina's house since she had food there. I took a shower there before heading down to LA with her family to celebrate Thanksgiving. I had to say, that that was one of the most stressful Thanksgiving I have ever had because we had practice early the next morning. It was, what I thought a waste of time and excruciatingly stressful and really uncomfortable traveling back and forth. The food was alright, and I stuffed my face because that's what your supposed to do on Thanksgiving. We didn't return home till 1AM and honestly I was so exhausted the next morning.

Friday was a mandatory rehearsal, and we finally got to perform on stage, but not after 3 hours of doing absolutely nothing --what a waste of time.-- We then had to travel back to the Sheraton to practice because the stage wasn't even set up yet. Then we traveled back to the Cox Arena to again do nothing for about 2 hours, and finally getting to perform on stage for about 2 hours. But all-in-all, it was an experience of a lifetime. Who can say that they performed for a internationally televised game show? And say they got pictures with Luningning & Marielle? Don't forget the other beautiful dancers that were there.

I didn't even get to do some Black Friday shopping. Not like I wanted to. And I'm glad that I didn't work that Friday either. Thank the Lord. There's nothing better than a couple of days off from work, but only to get more work (dancing).

To all my fellow dancers, y'all did your thang and keep doing what you love. Dancing is an incredible skill that people have, and truthfully speaking, I used to make fun of them. To me, it's an intricate flow of body movement that is just incredible to watch. If you have TFC, watch it December 13. Record it, remember it, talk about it.

It's WoWoReffic!