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(Hello, arianhwyvar!..)

I haven't updated in a long time. Since then, there were many things.

- English country dancing for the first time, in Harvard Square, at a dance my sister goes to and recommended to me. It was super fun! Everyone was very friendly. I like English Country better than contra because it's like contra crossed with ballroom -- it's more dancy, in a way more precise, and I was thrilled by the places a little bit of waltzing came in, mostly because I can (at least somewhat) do that now. The teaching was very good -- a good progression of additional steps through the 2 hours. I'm going back tonight.

- Foamies nomination judging. Now I understand how cludgy the producing of the final nominees list is. But I got to hear many excellent stories, and that is, after all, much of the point.

- ProCon! ProCon was excellent. I wore costumes, ballroom danced, belly danced, went to the recycling center for the first time with xeph and noradannan, saw people I don't see nearly enough, and ate tasty food. The Battle Royale daytime larp was surprisingly awesome -- hated the movie, quite enjoyed the larp. Especially the end, even though I was but audience. Spontaneous applause from all around the room as darkwhimsy and hilariarex ended their last scene.

- Caribouuuuu, a strange and neat one-shot run by iralith.

- more socialness.

- lots of work. Not enough sleep. Back and neck getting out of line again. But as of two days ago, I got back on the wagon. I followed my chiropractor's orders and took a long epsom salts soak, and it was like having my own spa. I should do that when I'm crazy stressed.

- BPAL. I have imps now! I bought a bunch from people at the BPAL forums, received them really fast, and have been trying one or two a day. Still haven't found anything that's exactly what I'm looking for, but I've only had one that completely didn't work on me, and many that I want to try again.

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we should try to get together to try on imps! I haven't yet tried a bunch of the ones I have, but i'd be happy to swap some.

We really should, or at least do some rounds of lending ones we've already tried. I will post a big list of what I have or have coming, so if we don't have time to actually hang out and try them in person (and I'm discovering it works better to try just one or two at once), we can hand off ones the other person wants to test.

I have a few imps by way of Mendoza that don't work on me either that need new homes, if either of you are interested...

Absolutely! What do you have? (My list posted in a separate post.)

The only one I have right now that absolutely doesn't work on me is 'Fire of Love' (ok, now I know -- be afraid of patchouli), but I've only tried about half a dozen so far, so there will presumably be more.

Realistically, the chances of me finding the time to go through my box-o-imps and type them up is slim, and I haven't entirely firured out which I want to keep and which need new homes yet (need second pass on some of them)... off the top of my head/from memory, here are many of the ones I have, though I'll be keeping most of these, but you'd be welcome to try them to see if you like them enough to get them yourself, and some of them I'll certainly want to pass on:

Shub-Niggurath
Kitsune-Tsuki
Ogun
Silk Road
Milk Moon
Fenris Wolf
Red Devil
Intrigue
Maiden
Alice
Eve
Dragon's Bone
Hellcat
Black Hellebore
Pannychys

And, um, a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting. I just pawned off Hesperides on Hilariarex, because it smells like ASS on me.

You're welcome to come by sometime and try stuff, if you like. I do need to do my second pass before I decide what I'm keeping, which could take a while.

There are definitely several of those that I'd like to try. I'll see if we can find an evening which is convenient for both of us -- what is your schedule like Tues/Wed/Thurs?

If there are ones of mine you want to try, just let me know and I will bring them.

Well, I've just decided that Intrigue smells like an armpit on me, so THAT one's all yours if you want it...

Thurs I'm busy, but I could theoretically do Tues or Wed, & am happy to pick you up at the train, of course! Next week is also good.

Probably Wed is margianlly better than tomorrow, only in that I need to dig out from under a pile of work.

My normal Thurs game is on Wed this week -- maybe Wednesday next week?

Wed next week is good!

Let's do that, then! Is your place remotely walkable from the commuter rail, or is there a time that would be convenient for you for a pickup?

Yay, seeing people!

My place is REMOTELY walkable, but picking you up makes a lot more sense, since it's probably about a mile or two. I don't know the train schedule or when you get out of work...when's good for you?

Hm - I have realized I'm seeing the chiropractor at 5, so the earliest train I could hope to take gets to Sharon at 7:23. If I happen to miss that train, I can give you a call, and we can decide whether it would be better for me to take the next one (which gets to Sharon at 8:47, giving us about an hour before I'd have to catch the last train north), or delay until another time.

Would that work?

That sounds fine, though if you missed the 7:23 train we'd probably just want to reschedule... or we can pick another day when you'll have more time, if you'd like. Either way!

Well, let's give it a try, since getting to sharon at 7:23 I think would be fine. If something goes wrong with that plan, though, I can call you right away and we can reschedule.

English country dancing sounds fun! I'd love to try it sometime.

You should! It is delightful. It is every other Friday, basically in Harvard Sq. I can send you the details for the next one.

English country dancing? That sounds really cool!

Should I forward you the info for the next one? The people are very pleasant, and there are many experienced folks and several new ones basically every time, it seems.

That would be awesome, yes!

(sorry for the rather late reply-- school is eating me alive. Again.)

english country dancing sounds awesome.

Enough people sound interested that I think I will put out an LJ note when the next one is happening.

::poke:: You should put out a note, 'cause there's one tonight. This is the official page.

Ack, doh, I suck. I forgot, 'cause I'm going to be out of town and can't make it tonight. But that doesn't mean other people can't.