I Shame anybody who says they haven't been updating their journal enough...
And I don't really have an excuse either, except that I haven't done much other than going to dances, and other day-to-day self-improvement stuff. It's amazing, going to dances has become a regular activity...wish it was always like that. I make lots of good friends, some of whom I really click with, but a lot who I'll probably never meet again, unfortunately. Like that British couple I met last Sunday; the girl never danced swing before, but I feel like I was connecting with her a lot more than with some of the more experienced dancers. But that's cool, because I'm getting the opportunity to talk to lots of different kinds of people, without getting too attached to anybody.
I'm getting frustrated with my primary swing teacher, Maria, though, because I feel like I'm getting too confined by the way she wants me to dance. I've studied under several different teachers this summer, and each of them has a different way of dancing, and different points that they like to emphasize. And she keeps on pressing on me what kind of form looks good, and tries making me do things the opposite of what my other teachers say, and what I like. I think from now on, I'm going to just take group lessons and work with teachers on the dance floor. A regular dance partner, who I could learn together with. Will I find such a partner back at Earlham? *nudge* I also resolve not to explain things over and over all at once, and instead devote more time to practicing, because some teachers spend too much time talking and not enough time letting us practice the moves...
I'll be going to Boston with a friend this Saturday, so I may update on that when the time comes. Maybe I'll update on the cool people I meet too; I have met a lot of good people, some who remind me of Earlham again.
There are some people who I have not spoken to once since the spring semester, because they are never on AIM. You know who you are...
I'm getting frustrated with my primary swing teacher, Maria, though, because I feel like I'm getting too confined by the way she wants me to dance. I've studied under several different teachers this summer, and each of them has a different way of dancing, and different points that they like to emphasize. And she keeps on pressing on me what kind of form looks good, and tries making me do things the opposite of what my other teachers say, and what I like. I think from now on, I'm going to just take group lessons and work with teachers on the dance floor. A regular dance partner, who I could learn together with. Will I find such a partner back at Earlham? *nudge* I also resolve not to explain things over and over all at once, and instead devote more time to practicing, because some teachers spend too much time talking and not enough time letting us practice the moves...
I'll be going to Boston with a friend this Saturday, so I may update on that when the time comes. Maybe I'll update on the cool people I meet too; I have met a lot of good people, some who remind me of Earlham again.
There are some people who I have not spoken to once since the spring semester, because they are never on AIM. You know who you are...