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Hey everyone

It's been ages since i've posted a new journal but i have something i want to share with you guys. I'm really excited because my bellydance troupe has had a really sad and not-so-pretty website for a long time. So about 5 months ago i started to convince the director of the troupe (and my instructor/mentor) to let myself and Jeremy (my fiance) revamp the site. She finally gave us the go ahead and we've been working on it ever since. Well, we finished it around mid-December and yesterday i got to go over to her house and actually get this baby online. I spent 10 hours getting everything sorted and working on it yesterday and i have to say i'm pretty happy with the finished product. It may not look super-fancy but, i gotta tell ya, the original site was really not-so-pretty.

So anyway, the point is, i'd love it if you guys would visit and have a look see this is it: Aalim Bellydance
Jeremy created the graphics and the design. I did all the grunt work (sorting out and creating thumbnails for all the photos, creating the photo-page buttons, putting all the info in and making it pretty, etc.).

In other news has tagged me. So you guys get to hear six MORE silly things about me

1. I'm phone-phobic. If i can accomplish a task or find out information simply by going to a webpage or sending an email rather than calling someone i will certainly do so. I also refuse to tell people important or potentially hurtful things over the phone.
2. I never take showers in the mornings - always at night. I think it might be because i never blow-dry my hair and it takes too long to dry in the morning. Or because i'd rather stay up late than wake up early.
3. I rarely wear perfume or other smelly stuffs because i have a fear of becoming that woman who walks by and chokes everyone with her cloud of perfume.
4. My current dayplanner has a Gil Elvgren vintage pinup girl for each week and a lot of my male colleagues (and my supervisor) get really embarrassed when they see it.
5. When i was a little girl i used to swing on the swingset, letting my long red hair trail out behind me and singing "Part of Your World" so that i could pretend i was Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
6. Whan i was 12 years old and reading Lord of the Rings for the first time i quickly fell completely in love with Strider and have had a thing for him ever since. I think Strider/Aragorn has been my ideal man from that moment on.

So there you have it...i won't tag anyone but i would love it if you guys could reply to this journal with one or more silly or fun facts about yourself And let me know what you think of the Aalim website!

Des

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