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jessicaem

A day in my life in my old hometown.

Apr 10, 2006 15:55

I got back to Hartford last night around midnight and back to Waterbury maybe an hour and a half later. I am pooped! Not just from getting back late and getting into work early (okay, not THAT early, but earlier than a person who got in late would like to). The poopedness also stems from the mad packedness of my trip.

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blindman738 April 10 2006, 20:54:38 UTC

You resemble your dad a lot. It looks like your sister looks a lot like you or vice versa. And I need a Hanah for my birthday (05/21. hint hint. ;))

jessicaem April 11 2006, 14:01:54 UTC

Hah! Well, this particular Hannah is very much in love with her "twinny," her boyfriend.

My sister and I used to get accused of being twins a lot when we were younger, which always kind of freaked me out because I was, like, 20, and she was 14.

ihatetoast April 10 2006, 23:19:51 UTC

I'm glad I didn't post about Carlos/Carl. Reading your re-telling of the night was fun. I will track him down and stalk him on the streets of Pace/Chumuckla/Milton/Allentown/what-have-you. It's best to observe such a creature in its natural habitat. You and I both know that habitat HAS to be in Santa Rosa county.

jessicaem April 11 2006, 14:03:44 UTC

You and I both know that habitat HAS to be in Santa Rosa county.

Oh, there's no doubt in MY mind!

There weren't any reports of fiery truck accidents the next day, were there?

I so NEED some of those swing shoes! anonymous April 11 2006, 01:48:53 UTC

Glad to hear you had a rockin fun time on your trip. I have some form of the plague, so I don't know if I'll show my sickly face tomorrow night. Don't forget to sing "Wind beneath my wings" for me :)
Christine
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(from Hat City Scissor Squad)

Re: I so NEED some of those swing shoes! jessicaem April 11 2006, 14:05:33 UTC

Yeah, I don't fancy contracting the plague from anyone. I haven't been sick in a while (knock on wood), even all winter, which is weird because I usually get sick every year, and stress is supposed to be bad for your immune system.

The shoes are Bleyers, and they used to be on sale at dancestore.com, but now that site sells a different brand of still-cute-but-not-the-same shoes.

toshfraggle April 11 2006, 13:35:32 UTC

I desperately want a place like that to swing dance around here.
Here there are some clubs, but they all meet in swanky clubs which means nobody wears clothes (I've never gone without seeing at least 3 girls with no underwear being dipped and about 10 nipples, usually one at a time). Better still, it's loud, the music tends to be spastic, and I still have to deal with parking downtown, creepy guys that do nothing but hang out at the club, and lots and lots of drunken club goers who don't know it's swing night and therefore get blasted and THEN decide to try and imitate what the swingers are doing and make fun of them.
And yet there's not a single venue that doesn't meet in a club or a bar that isn't a University club that doesn't accept outside people.
*sigh*

jessicaem April 11 2006, 14:07:44 UTC

Yeah, in the town where I live, there is no dance that I'm aware of, and I feel intimidated by the dancers in the surrounding towns because they all Lindy, and I'm not very good at Lindy. Back in Pensacola, I can do East Coast, which is the first kind of dance I learned. I'm working on my Lindy, but it's hard when there's no close dance to go to for practice.

What's your preferred dance? You made me laugh with the "10 nipples, usually one at a time."

toshfraggle April 11 2006, 14:15:26 UTC

I prefer east coast, even though with the right lead I love lindy.
Lindy guys really kind of terrify me. There's a couple that teaches a lot of workshops around these parts and they teach this form of "energy-less lead" which is supposed to be super effective. Problem is that I can't follow it, at all, unless they put a little oomf into it. I get all this "from the hips" and "leading from your center" business, I really do, but it just doesn't always work on me.
That and if some guy whispers some random break in my ear and then acts like I'm stupid cause I have no idea what it is I'm gonna scream. Balboa I just can't learn, at all, makes no sense at all to me. I desperately want to learn tandem charleston, but haven't had a chance to yet.
But East Coast I know. I learned it from my college's swing club. I can even lead. :)

jessicaem April 11 2006, 14:26:36 UTC

Oh my gosh, it's like you're taking the thoughts right out of my head. I have this issue where I can go to a class or a workshop, and I have the send-out NAILED, and then the second I start trying in the social dance, it all flies out of my head. I don't know if it's me or the lead or both. And I can't get a grip on "sometimes we'll dance eight counts and sometimes we'll dance six." And I am SO WITH YOU about the guys who say, like, "Fatty Catherine Cha-Cha WaterSlide Break!" and then just look down when I fail to follow it. Or else he tries to lead it and then tells me what it was after I fail. Then looks down.