Some people around me are questioning my intensity. I just want to tell people the reasons for my recent “get down to it” attitude.

All of my close family supports SpandyAndy, but they keep telling me to get a real job or a more stable job. They worry about my finances the most. My other friends think I am going too hard core and sound like a nut now. Let me tell you what thought processes are going on in Spandy’s mind.

Performing SpandyAndy is what I love to do. The feeling when dancing around and interacting with everyone gives me a rush. Making people laugh, dance, or even just shocking them and showing them what another human can do is so much fun!

I want to make SpandyAndy my career. I want to be a good enough performer that I can make a stable income and travel around spreading my message. Now, nothing in life comes easy, especially dancing for a living. That is definitely one of tougher job markets. So if I am going to make it I am going to have to give %110 of my mind/energy and effort into it.

It’s January, the new year. The weather is cold and the rain clouds are out. I am not going to be able to perform much SpandyAndy or really make anything from it. What I can do is train. I can work on my dance, strength and flexibility. When February comes and the Olympics arrive I KNOW I am performing everyday for 17 days straight trying to show the world SpandyAndy. If this is my dream and there is nothing else in the world I would rather do and the only way to make it would be to give it my all, why wouldn’t I? If you watch movies like “Planet B-boy” or any other dance shows you can see how much hard work it takes. You have to push your body to the limits and then some.

If you are a friend of mine and you keep calling to hangout or to talk please respect the fact that I am super dedicated to my goals and dreams. If I ever get famous or make it performing as a living I would love to bring you to my shows, but right now you have to respect all the work I am putting into this and try and understand this is my dream and one shot in life. If I don’t give it 110% now, I’ll never know if I could have made it.

Love you guys!
Spandy (passionate) Andy

I had an awesome birthday, thank you everyone for your birthday wishes, coming to the party, and the thoughtful gifts. Now back to business. I want to talk to you guys about distractions.

On my birthday I was driving my scooter home from Yoga when a truck decided not to look and go through a stop sign. This caused me to slam on my brakes and loose control of my scooter. I jumped off and rolled on my shoulder as my scooter slid on the pavement in front of the truck. I got up totally fine with only a scratch on my wrist and picked up my scooter. The side mirror was smashed, the body was chipped and there were several scratches. The driver and I talked and he then tried to tell me I was speeding. My scooter has a small electric motor that can’t go faster then 50km so I know that’s a lie. We exchanged phone numbers and I’m sure I can’t really do anything about it since the deductible will be close to the same as the damage, plus I have $0.

I got the scooter home and headed out for my birthday. Had an awesome night with everyone and was right back at it the next day. No excuse, no distractions, it was time to get to Yoga. Yoga hung over is a little more difficult, but you can still do it.

You wouldn’t believe what happened today though. I parked my scooter, went into Yoga and when I came out the front was smashed. Someone hit my scooter and then took off. No note, no one saw, nothing. I picked up the pink neon body and jammed what I could in my bag and road home.

Although all this stuff is happening to me and I can’t afford any of it, I have to continue to push forward and stick to my goals. In life you will always have a reason to not do something, but there is also always a reason to do it. Sometimes you are going to get “knocked down” in one form or another, but you need to dust your shoulders off and continue!

Tomorrow I will be doing Yoga at 10am. Dancing from 2pm-4pm and then Yoga at 6pm and 8pm. Flexibility is still one of my major goals and Hot Yoga is just the trick.

Keep staying FRESH and focused on yourself, NO DISTRACTIONS,
SpandyAndy

Hey everyone;
Just a quick update on the Spandy Training Schedule. Also want to talk to you about excuses.

Dec. 22nd – I completed Yoga, Dance Practice and my Performance.
Dec. 23rd – Not only did I complete 2 Yoga classes, practiced dance and studied Japanese, but I actually did 4 Bikram 90 min hot yoga classes!

Dec. 23rd was an eye opening day for me. I was super worried about the 2nd yoga class. I told myself, it’s okay, just go to class, try your best, you don’t have to do all the poses, just make it to the 2nd class. Well once I was in the 2nd class and super focused I couldn’t believe how easy it was! By the end of class I seriously was more energized then ever. I asked the instructor and decided to stay right through to the next class.

After the 3rd class I was even MORE pumped. I could now touch my toes, something I have never been able to do. I left the 3rd class to meet up with WackyJacky to visit and get a copy of the English Bay Documentary he shot for me. I invited him out to the last class of yoga for the night and he accepted. If I could do it 4 times, he could do it once. The first time is the toughest by far so I’m super stoked that WackyJacky made it through.

Leading me into the key point to this blog post. No excuses. If you continue to complain about the same thing over and over in life, ie. weight, confidence, anything; it’s time to take action. I don’t care if your leg hurts, you have asthma, what ever your excuse is ask yourself one thing, are you happy with your life right now? If you don’t complain about anything, then don’t worry. If you complain about anything, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

New Years Resolutions are pointless. Start from NOW and remember the feeling you have when you get super excited about something in life. The drive will go away at times, but if you remember that feeling of excitement and passion you had when you thought of it, strive to achieve your goals!

Okay, that’s all. I just finished morning yoga and now I am going to dance it out on the streets somewhere since the dance studio is closed. Make it happen, no matter what! Then I have yoga at 4pm and a relaxing evening.

Here is a new video posted on facebook from my performance on the street last week. Thanks for posting Tamara!
Video Link – http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=244613465188

Picture from Xmas party I performed at. It was for DreamDanceStudio and it was super fun! More pics and blog here.

I just want to share my training plan for the rest of the week. I thought if I share it and I don’t make it to one of my scheduled training sessions you guys could get mad at me and it would force me to work even harder.

Tomorrow (Dec. 22nd)
10:00am – Yoga
01:00pm – Dance Practice
08:00pm – Spandy Xmas Performance

Wednesday (Dec. 23rd)
10:00am – Yoga
01:00pm – Dance Practice
06:00pm – Yoga
10:00pm – Study Japanese

Thursday (Dec. 24th)
10:00am – Yoga
01:00pm – Try and rent dance studio, if not, dance in my room.
04:00pm – Yoga
09:00pm – Study Japanese

Friday (Dec. 25th)
10:00am – Yoga
01:00pm – Study Japanese
10:00pm – Go out dancing, prob Roxy.

I know there is a lot of Yoga, but I really want to work on my flexibility right now. Here is a video from today at dance practice. Just a random free style clip I wanted to share to show myself and others how I am improving and what my level was at the end of 2009.

Stay TIGHT,
SpandyAndy

Just want to share an article that was written about SpandyAndy in the Kwantlen Chronicle titled “Olympics a tight squeeze for Spandy – http://cornermesh.blogspot.com/2009/12/spandy-andy.html“.

We finished shooting the documentary titled “Tight, Bright and Fearless”. It was so much fun working with the crew from VFS. Can’t wait to see the final product. Looking at around Sept. 2010.

Also ended up out on Robson and Granville dancing on Saturday. It turned out to be a great day. Hope to get a few more sunny days this winter.
Spandy

Hello FRESH friends!

Time for a quick recap of the last few days. Over the weekend I was out auditioning, I headed home to see old friends, and then had a Happy Hanukkah with the fam!

I signed a contract at the auditions stating I would not say anything about them. I could be sued for up to 5 million dollars in damages. Sorry!!

During my time in Red Deer I met up with Ronnie Robena Photography and his brother Randy of EvMagazine. Ronnie got some awesome photos I can’t wait to show you guys and Randy is going to put together some funky fresh videos of Spandy doing interviews and joking around.

Then it was off to Calgary to visit my Grandpa in the hospital and have a Hanukkah dinner with the family. Now I’m back in Van and meeting up with the VFS Film crew in the morning for the first day of documentary filming.

Wish everyone happy holidays and remember to keep dancing!
SpandyAndy