Zulu Update!

Some of you know that Zulu has been super ill again, so here's the scoop:

He got to come home yesterday and is definitely feeling better today, but we have to see whether the "reset" from surgery makes the difference, or if the infection just takes over again. If that happens....

We suspect that he had an external injury (cat bite?) that got infected, and instead of the infection opening outwards as a boil/abscess, it opened inwards.
Surgery on Friday removed almost a liter of puss & puss-globs from his chest cavity, as though an abscess had burst inward. Cell analysis did not find any cells that would normally be present in the gut, so we don't think it was something he swallowed that worked its way out of his stomach into the cavity.
Hopefully now that his abdominal cavity is less of a giant abscess, he'll be able to fight the infection. He's on two broad-spectrum antibiotics.

He had two IV's, so both of his front legs were shaved, and how he's got little fur-boots on.
His surgery wound is HUGE... it goes from the top of his scar from the last gut surgery (4 inches) up to his rib cage, and is probably over 6 inches long. He's eating & digesting properly, drinking lots of water and getting tons of love.

Send kitty magical wishes, please!!

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Amber's Classes on the Peninsula this Summer!

This Summer, I will be teaching at Half Moon Bay through College of San Mateo, and also at Skyline College.

These classes are extremely cheap; only the cost of about two studio classes for the entire semester!
If you're not sure about being able to make it to all of the classes, you can always enroll as "credit/no credit," and then drop-in at your leisure. Also, please note that the MWF classes go until mid-August, but the T/Th classes only go until July 30th.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday -- College of San Mateo's Half Moon Bay Recreation Center

http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/enroll/personal.asp
All of these classes take place in the Half Moon Bay Recreation Center, Room: HMB-C106
June 22nd - August 14th

54258 FITN 334 HAH YOGA MWF 7:00 - 8:05a Units: 0.5

54259 FITN 335 HAH PILATES MWF 8:30 - 9:35a Units: 0.5


Tuesdays & Thursdays -- Skyline College

http://www.skylinecollege.edu/rsc/inc/flipbooksummerschdule09.html
(That's my Pilates Class in the picture on the front cover!)
All of these classes take place in the (very nice) dance studio, Building 3, Room 3201
June 22nd - July 30th

53054 FITN 335 B6 PILATES TTh 12:50 - 2:55p Units: 0.5

52268 FITN 334 K6 YOGA TTh 5:30 - 7:10p Units: 0.5

54113 DANC 350 K6 CARDIO DANCE TTh 7:25 - 9:30p Units: 0.5

I will be teaching this class as a Jazz class with a cardio-based warm-up.
The level is usually Beginning, with a few Intermediate folks. Each class is adapted to challenge the students in attendance!
If you've danced a lot or a little, I will help you work hard, laugh and DANCE.
My class will combine the sexiness, thrill, edge and funky sass of Commercial, Street, Vegas, and Thrash jazz styles. Movement will range from hard, sharp attacks to sultry, sexy glides with a bit of hip-hop thrown in.
The class will begin with a warm-up of isolations, stretching, abdominals to make you proud, across-the-floor movement, and a LOT of time is spent learning the combinations. Each class will finish with a combination focusing on body awareness, line and performance. Class is a great workout, and super-sexy!
Some of my rehearsals and choreography: http://www.youtube.com/user/SteeleDanceCompany

Please do invite your friends, and I hope to see you all this Summer!

--
Amber Steele
Director & Choreographer
Living Dead Girlz
Adunct Faculty - Physical Education & Dance
San Mateo Community Colleges

Bio:

Founder of the nationally acclaimed zombie dance theater troupe,
LIVING DEAD GIRLZ, Amber Steele has been onstage as an actress, singer and dancer since the age of ten. She is currently working on multiple projects merging dance, film and performance art.

Steele graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Double Major in Dance and Comparative Literature and completed her Master of Fine Arts in Choreography at Mills College. Her research focuses on technology's impact on bodies and body image in our voyeuristic, commercialized modern culture.

Steele toured Germany and performed at the Cannes Film Festival as the featured dancer in TRIP - Remix Your Experience, a multimedia exhibition of film, live music and art. Steele has also performed as a featured dancer for RJ Reynolds (CAMEL) promotional events and managed the go-go dancers of "Poor Impulse Control," who perform frequently in San Francisco's industrial, alternative, and rock venues.

Steele Dance Company provides live entertainment for festivals, corporate and private events. Steele handles artistic direction, storyline creation, rehearsal facilitation and choreography as well as teaching the company's master classes. Steele has been teaching dance classes and private lessons since 1997.