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Nov. 27th, 2007
The Wrong Kind of Overachievement
Nov. 27th, 2007 08:55 amLast night, Washington DC had its 170th murder of the year, matching the combined total of 2006.
Now may we please plow the entire damn mess into the Potomac and start again from scratch?
Now may we please plow the entire damn mess into the Potomac and start again from scratch?
On Our Own
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cuyahogarvr returned to Cleveland this morning for a previously scheduled dental appointment, as well as misc other personal business; he's just called to say he's arrived there safely.God, I have to do my own laundry again for the next two days. Ick. Maybe I have enough clean clothes to last until he returns...
On Our Own
Nov. 27th, 2007 10:35 amcuyahogarvr returned to Cleveland this morning for a previously scheduled dental appointment, as well as misc other personal business; he's just called to say he's arrived there safely.God, I have to do my own laundry again for the next two days. Ick. Maybe I have enough clean clothes to last until he returns...
New Glasses!
Nov. 27th, 2007 11:31 pmMy new glasses arrived today! Yay!
My prescription changed by only the smallest of margins so I'm not perceiving much difference in the quality of my vision, but I like the newer style of frames.
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My prescription changed by only the smallest of margins so I'm not perceiving much difference in the quality of my vision, but I like the newer style of frames.
Baltimore Club Night
Nov. 27th, 2007 11:32 pmTonight's calling gig for the Chesapeake Squares was fun and a little different. I was in particularly good shape tonight, having had a quick nap at home in the late afternoon and warming up in the car during the drive to Baltimore. A last minute blast of sugar & caffeine probably didn't hurt either.
We had only eight dancers so we kept the tips relatively short and let the breaks run a few minutes longer than usual to let everyone socialize and rest as desired.
Nearly everyone was an A2 dancer or higher but one of our happy crowd danced Plus only so we kept to that level most of the night. Just for fun, a couple of people suggested I teach a couple of C1 calls. I was on a roll and our Plus dancer thought it would be fun too so I selected two calls during a break which would be easy extensions of Plus: "chase your neighbor" and "follow through."
As expected, the Plus/A2 crowd absorbed these easily and we used them extensively during the tip. All went smoothly; my only regret is that I wasn't quite on-the-ball enough to incorporate the calls into the singer following.
The group opted to finish the evening a little early, by about 20 minutes but I'm declaring it a successful evening in full.
We had only eight dancers so we kept the tips relatively short and let the breaks run a few minutes longer than usual to let everyone socialize and rest as desired.
Nearly everyone was an A2 dancer or higher but one of our happy crowd danced Plus only so we kept to that level most of the night. Just for fun, a couple of people suggested I teach a couple of C1 calls. I was on a roll and our Plus dancer thought it would be fun too so I selected two calls during a break which would be easy extensions of Plus: "chase your neighbor" and "follow through."
As expected, the Plus/A2 crowd absorbed these easily and we used them extensively during the tip. All went smoothly; my only regret is that I wasn't quite on-the-ball enough to incorporate the calls into the singer following.
The group opted to finish the evening a little early, by about 20 minutes but I'm declaring it a successful evening in full.
Baltimore Club Night
Nov. 27th, 2007 11:32 pmTonight's calling gig for the Chesapeake Squares was fun and a little different. I was in particularly good shape tonight, having had a quick nap at home in the late afternoon and warming up in the car during the drive to Baltimore. A last minute blast of sugar & caffeine probably didn't hurt either.
We had only eight dancers so we kept the tips relatively short and let the breaks run a few minutes longer than usual to let everyone socialize and rest as desired.
Nearly everyone was an A2 dancer or higher but one of our happy crowd danced Plus only so we kept to that level most of the night. Just for fun, a couple of people suggested I teach a couple of C1 calls. I was on a roll and our Plus dancer thought it would be fun too so I selected two calls during a break which would be easy extensions of Plus: "chase your neighbor" and "follow through."
As expected, the Plus/A2 crowd absorbed these easily and we used them extensively during the tip. All went smoothly; my only regret is that I wasn't quite on-the-ball enough to incorporate the calls into the singer following.
The group opted to finish the evening a little early, by about 20 minutes but I'm declaring it a successful evening in full.
We had only eight dancers so we kept the tips relatively short and let the breaks run a few minutes longer than usual to let everyone socialize and rest as desired.
Nearly everyone was an A2 dancer or higher but one of our happy crowd danced Plus only so we kept to that level most of the night. Just for fun, a couple of people suggested I teach a couple of C1 calls. I was on a roll and our Plus dancer thought it would be fun too so I selected two calls during a break which would be easy extensions of Plus: "chase your neighbor" and "follow through."
As expected, the Plus/A2 crowd absorbed these easily and we used them extensively during the tip. All went smoothly; my only regret is that I wasn't quite on-the-ball enough to incorporate the calls into the singer following.
The group opted to finish the evening a little early, by about 20 minutes but I'm declaring it a successful evening in full.