All that having been said, this weekend went amazingly well.  I tore my hair out every 5 minutes for one reason or another and I'd do it all again in a second for the sake of how well the event ended up.  We made out like bandits, being able to cover the extra expenses of the performers and our clubs back dues for other events.  We've even got some ( Read more... )

    So, Lucy Rowe, Will Stimpson and I take Daniel and Asa out to dinner at Elizabeth's Pizza.  The food is good and we get to make chit chat about dance.  Will tries to convince them to go to the Contra Dance at the Grange on Saturday (a secret dream of mine) and we bring up waltzing.  I tell them about Will's skill at waltz and his use of other ( Read more... )

      It's finally done!  Like, finished, finito, ended, passed.  Thank you God, for all the help, but did you have to make it such a trial.  I guess you didn't, really.  That was all on me.
     For those of you who are unfamiliar with the comings and goings of this past weekend, allow me to explain.  Since this summer, the dance club I run here at ( Read more... )

So I made a couple of decisions yesterday. I found out from Tim that History II will be offered in the Spring, contrary to what the tentative online schedule says. So I'm a Music concentrator now. Hurrah. Here's my schedule as it stands ( Read more... )

So, my mind was just blown. I read an article on CNN.com that was talking about these gay bikers that go around to military funerals to counter the anti-gay protests there. Confused? Here's how it breaks down: Fred Phelps (you all know him if you've seen the Laramie Project) has been organizing anti-gay protests at military funerals because he ( Read more... )

So, last night I discovered the wonderous sport of ice dancing. How the hell have I missed this for so long?! It was fabulous. It was dancing on ice skates. I owe Sarah Everett an apology for sunday night. We should totally have watched ice dancing instead of whatever crap we ended up seeing. I've decided that next year, fancy feet and ( Read more... )

Here's a bit of information that might come in handy when defending your home from zombie invasion:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzombiepower.html

(Can you tell that I should be writing a paper?)

I'm not usually one to go in for this sort of thing but, holy fuck, everyone needs to watch this!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p81I0l7GOE

Just wanted to show you I don't just make this stuff up...

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_218b.html

Seriously, read it and check out some of the other articles. It's really interesting stuff.

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