It doesn't matter if I've exercised the day before, or will exercise later in the day. I must remember that my muse is an endorphin junkie, and the easiest way to feed it so that I can hit my daily word count is by exercising in the morning before writing. It wakes me up, gets my brain firing, and carries me through the day ( Read more... )

Last night was the Axis of Evil Steampunk Tea Party, and while I vassilated on whether to go (since I teach on Wednesdays), I decided to hit prosewitch's pre-party and decide from there if I was going to the main event.

My outfit for the evening was dress shirt/vest/tie/suitcoat up top, and the Magic Pants I recently received as a generous gift from lapis_lorelei as my ( Read more... )

And novel-writing is no exception. Far from it ( Read more... )

I went to my first IU Tango club practica last night, including my first time seeing shadesofearth since my return to Bloomington. The class on Monday was good, but last night was really my first time to let loose and get my tango on in town. The community here is still new, so the priorities and arrangement of practica is different than what I'm used to -- ( Read more... )

Tonight my tango band had a surprise encore gig at the Tango Center. The head-honcho who runs The Tango Center non-profit really liked us on Sunday, so he invited us to play at the Saturday milonga ( Read more... )

W00t! I am full of endorphins from performing, and I cannot go to bed just yet, despite the fact that I have class in eight hours ( Read more... )

I think I've found my happy equilibrium with tango -- not stasis, but equilibrium. The place where I'm learning quickly without having it consume most of my waking thoughts. The not stressing about tango so much seems to be making my dancing better, in accordance with the Dao of Dude It's Okay. I'm still tangoing more than writing in any given ( Read more... )

My tango band finally has a name! We are Los Banditos del Tango--as of last night, when the name slipped from someone's lips and caught on immediately ( Read more... )

Thanks to Elizabeth Bear's LJ, I present to you Barenaked Ladies -- In The Bathroom ( Read more... )

Today I should be productive, but it hasn't happened yet. I bought some new Tango music for waay cheap (Borders personal shopping day + Holiday Account + Gift Card = t3h Cheap) and now I'm gonna hopefully get to some transcription, some reading, and minor revisions so I can give my prospectus to the rest of my thesis committee ( Read more... )