I pulled out the schedule and tried to figure out how much time I spent dancing/listening to music each day.  Rough estimates are ( Read more... )

...and I keep thinking about ecstasy and Apollonian and Dionysian expressions thereof, but first:

Someone in a Metafilter thread posted the classical version of the Hippocratic Oath, and I almost fell out my chair.  It's, um...worth a read.  And kind of horrifying, until I tracked down the modern version.  (Which redacts the "I swear by Apollo ( Read more... )

I often feel like I post here mostly when I'm depressed, or need to vent.  So, let this be a post for when I'm absolutely happy and content with life.  The dance last night was magnificent, and it appears I have a new band to love -- Atlantic Crossing.  They do sea shanties too!  The caller was truly excellent;  I really hope he'll be at Falcon ( Read more... )

I kind of feel like the Queen of Awesome, living in an un-air-conditioned apartment in the middle of Philly.  In a heatwave.  (Although even sleeping in the fo'c'sle on Friday night was quite comfy, and I was under a wool blanket at one point.)

Starbucks double-shot on ice might be helping.  I really really really do try to buy coffee from the ( Read more... )

So, at Emily's request -- Contra dance!  It is awesome!  You should go!  (But not if you live in the UK, because what you call contra dance has changed so much from what it is over here, that it's not nearly the same thing.  Also, the changes basically kill everything I love best about contra dancing.  And I get angry, and none of us want to hear ( Read more... )