Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Kissing Wayne Gretzky



When I was little, when we went to visit my grandma back in the motherland of Canada, sometimes we'd go to her church. Which sounds all quaint and everything. And it was, in a way. Except that my grandma went to a Hungarian church. So the whole hour long service was in, you guessed it, Hungarian. And guess who doesn't know a word of Hungarian. Nekem. Which is of course Hungarian for me. Thank you google translate.

So in between sitting, kneeling and standing at the appropriate part of the service, which I would cue in on by watching what everyone else did, I found ways of entertaining myself. Specifically, I day dreamed. Or dreamt. Whichever is more grammatically appropriate. That's what I did. Oh, did I mention the priest looked like Balki from the tv show Perfect Strangers. And this was in the Dark Ages when it was still on tv, not bad cable repeats. So, I would create little stories in my head about Balki and Larry, among other weird things, to pass the time. This may actually explain a lot of my personality both then and now.

Because now, I find myself doing the same thing. Especially in belly dance class where they speak both French and Arabic. Which of course I do not. And that is totally fine with me. I just do the same thing I've always done. I watch people to figure out the social cues of when to sit, kneel and stand. Or omi, roll and shimmy, as the case may be. Then I just fill in the blanks I don't know by simply making up the rest. Which is a significant portion mind you. Until yesterday, I didn't realize I did this. Then, I was going through a belly dance cd my teacher burned for me and all of the songs are written on disc in Arabic. So, in order to find the song I want, I need to listen to them. Again, no biggie. But in flipping through the songs, I realized that I had made my own titles to the songs.

So this my friends is the song I refer to as Kissing Wayne Gretzky.




He said Wayne Gretzky. You heard it right? Ok and so I forgot how most of the dance goes. Whatever. That wasn't the point. Nor is it the point that I'm singing along, talking to myself and making ridiculous faces. And I would just like to add, thank god this song wasn't about kissing Balki. Cause that just would have been gross. Did I mention Wayne is also...Canadian.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some day dreaming to attend to.

10 comments:

Hajra said...

All I can say is... four kids and such a flat tummy! I am so jealous ;)

And yes, the facial expressions are getting better! :)

Anonymous said...

So funny...I sing so many dsongs with words I've made up as Ii don't know the real lyrics....I prefer your lyrics! :-)

Cerebrations.biz said...

Glad to see you've got you omi down pat!
And, I think most kids "invent" their own words to the songs they hear. I know my generation swore they knew the words to "Louie, Louie"... yeah, right...(and that was supposedly in English.)
BTW- What's Craig's take on this day dream? I don't see his comment here, marie...

Muriel said...

You look great! And the song is definitively in arabic because I don't understand a thing...So, when are you giving performances?

Sine said...

Your belly dance posts are to me what my traffic cop posts are to you...Or was it you? I'm glad I clicked on it as I wasn't readily making the connection from Wayne Gretzky to belly dancing.

TexaGermaFinlaNadian said...

Hahaha, how great is that?? I would love to take a class like that. But, have to admit, I don't hear Wayne Gretzky at all, haha. You are too funny.

A Brilliant Life said...

That's great, I love how you mouth Wayne Gretzki. your belly dancing moves are getting better and better. I admire that you give your time to it make it a priority to continue and get better. I am sure there are many benefits. And yes, I agree with you, I actually think the Hungarian church experience could have significantly shaped your personality...wander lust and adaptability to name a few characteristics!

Lalia said...

It makes perfect sense to me! lol. Nice moves by the way =)

Zafira said...

That's so funny, there is a song called "Jamilah" that I've heard some of my students swear is "Jammy love". I did hear Gretsky in there, sort of. :)
Rak on.

Joy Page Manuel said...

Great moves, very graceful! Btw, are you sure you've given birth???? ;-))

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