The Life & Miss-Adventures of Emme Rogers
Clearly news got out that Brie Mason and I were choreographing a dance number to take Europe by storm and this young vixen decided to beat us to the punch:
So what do you think Brie, do we put her in a timeout or do we contract her to draw in the crowds? She looks like a scrapper, but I think we can take her.
In case you hadn’t guessed it yet, I’ll admit it, I’m a closet nerd. Well I guess closet would imply that I don’t do anything uber embarrassing in public and the reality is most of what comes to me naturally and instinctively is uber embarrassing. Hell, my brother dines out every night on stories of, “You won’t believe what she’s done now….” I wouldn’t change that for the world, my friends. I love my uber geekiness and what I endearingly call my Emmisms. They are what makes me me.
Normally, these are what make me stick out like a sore thumb though. Or get my friends saying, “Oh dear God! What is she doing now?”. And this is exactly why I loved last nights Awesome 80s Prom so much!!!! Your inner geek was not only encouraged, it was celebrated!!!! Never have I felt so at home, as you can see from the photos:
Now I know, whether you admit it or not, that you secretly hide an inner geek too and would love to relive your Prom, where that inner geekiness was totally cool. So get out your Prom dress and call your old flame, because theres a second Prom tonight at the Alpen Club. And best of all, the night is a fundraiser for Fighting Chance Productions, so that they can continue to bring a little more ridiculousness into our life’s.
Love and smooches,
Emme xoxo
Feeling more than a little irritated by the number of people that are equating Miley Cyrus to a stripper, simply because she pole danced at The Teen Choice Awards. Okay I agree that Miley is a little young for aerobic pole dancing and The Teen Choice Awards are probably not the best spot for her to demo her moves, but pole dancing does NOT make Miley a stripper or a stripper-in-training. It’s simply a great form of exercise that is fun and empowering. And really people, have you not got something better to do with your time than criticize a teenager?!?
Pole dancing is great aerobic exercise and does NOT mean your learning to be a stripper. If your mature enough, aerobic pole dance is a great workout, liberating and empowering. It makes every woman feel like the sexy devil she should, no matter her age, shape or size. And I for one think that’s fantastic.
Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn’t be spending less time criticizing others choices, but rather taking a good hard look at ourselves. And this is definitely one area that thats the case. When I’m in my coaching sessions, Jennifer doesn’t fixate on how I can change and criticize the people around me, but rather on self exploration. If you equate every gal that pole dances with a stripper, then I query your worldly views on women. If you equate all pole dancing with stripping then I question if this is not how you look at women.
I for one do pole dance for exercise and for fun. Does that make me a stripper? Absolutely not. I am an educated woman and I know many other educated women that also enjoy pole dancing.
To be honest, its exhilarating. It takes part of me back to the monkey bars in the playground and the other part of me it helps to remind me of what beautiful and sexy creatures we women are. Very empowering!
Am I embarrassed to have taken aerobic pole dancing classes? Absolutely not. My parents know. They think its funny. I’ve even shown them a few dance moves and my Mom wrote about it in the family Christmas Card. And I can tell you I come from a highly educated family, where manners are paramount, so don’t even suggest its in poor taste.
So in future, before criticizing, might I suggest that you try what your passing judgment on first (unless of course, it’s illegal).
Emme
This video made me think wouldn’t this be a hoot to take a boom box out on to the streets or beaches this summer and start such a dance. Anyone game to join me? At the very least I need some stoichic male whose willing to gyrate his hips along side mine.
Do you dare?
Ah, the forbidden dance. Just the thing to put one in the mood for a bit of summer loving …..
