The Completely Misguided Ramblings Of Me

Egads I haven't blogged in forever....  I keep doing all this fun stuff and wanting to write about it but then I'm tired or I procrastinate (and as you all know I’m the queen of procrastination) [/wining]

Soooo, last weekend I went to Tulsa, OK to a friends house party and for those of you who actually read this thing you'll know that this is the second house party that Chris has hosted and this was just as fun as the last.  The noobs he had recruited at the first house party have improved sooo much, I'm amazed.  There weren’t as many out of towners there as last time but that was ok...  we got more Chris time.  My fav class of the weekend had to be the tango blues class.... hmmmm, yummy.  I want my next dance addiction to be tango but you need a permenant lead/partner to really learn it.  So if anyone knows any guys who wanna learn tango send them my way *nods head*   Oh god and the biggest news of all is that in the last few hours of the trip (in just a random conversation with Chris) Liia, Jeff, and I have resurrected STLBX only not its STLuBX....  *scratches head* How did the out-of-towner, the noob, and rockabilly boy end up in charge of what used to be one of the largest blues exchanges in the country????  I'm still trying to figure out how I got myself into all this.  Well this year its going to be much smaller because we only have three weeks to plan it and its gonna be the weekend of Oct19-22... so come one come all registration will be up soon.  Oh well, the weekend ended fabulously because we had dinner at Raes place and her boy Austin cooked this AMAZING chicken for us and Sharon was there so YEAH FOR SHARON TIME! We basically sat around talking and watching Family Guy for a few hours, awesome!  Then came the drive back to town, 6/7hour drive so I didn't get home till about 4am...  Rock On!

This week has been one of the longest and tiredest(yes I know this isn't a word) of my life.  I've been coming in early and leaving late all week cause I’m in the middle of an experiment and I finally managed to catch up on sleep on wend say by sleeping through everything I was supposed to do that day... (both capoeira and swing practice) but I needed it.  So tonight I’m heading up to Chicago to dance at WCLX '06 and it’s gonna rock I know it.  The only way it will suck is if they don't do some blues at the last nights (5am is not the time for fast lindy *shakes head*)   But I promise to take lots of pictures and actually put them up in a timely manner (novel concept for me I know)

Went up to Chicago this last weekend again to party one last time with Mihai before he went back to CA.  Had a good time, good dances, and realized what it is that I need to do to become a better follow (now if I can actually get my body to do it that would be great!)  It was a great cuddle puddle weekend *sigh*  bliss... didn't really leave our friends appt, had GOOD food (thank you Joachim!!), and watched lot's of TV/movies... definitely have to do this again sometime.

So the last few weekends have been busy/fun/draining/trying, but sooo worth it.  My birthday weekend (7-9^th) was a rousing success, it was supposed to be me and three other people going up to Chicago to lets lose and play  tourist but it ended up being only me and liia (damn school is interfering in peoples social lives again *tut tut*).  It was awesome though, we stayed at John and April’s appt for the weekend and they were great hosts.  They let us tag along with them and their friends to dinner and then clubbing, had lots of fun and my feet were killing me at the end of the night which means the night was a success. 

Sat we played tourist, hit the pier, saw susical the musical (hilarious), and wondered about the city.  That night April took us up the Hancock tower to the bar and we had martini's and chocolate...  and April and Liia were sneaky they got the waiters to put a candle in my slice of cake and they even got me a card....  so nice of them *beaming smile* John and matt signed it too.  Then we went to matt's appt cause he has a great view of the city and navy pier and hung out for a bit... good night all around.
Then Sunday we decided that we must try the adventure that is Ikea and get some shopping done before leaving Chicago... (how could we go to Chicago and not shop)  John and April warned us that trying to find Ikea is and adventure in itself, and they were right.  So after we hit the mall (spent entirely too much money on sketchers, at H&M, and the Lego store) we went on the hunt to find Ikea.... even with directions we got lost, but then we found it and, ahhhhh....  I love Ikea!!  Bought this REALLY cool mirror and some artwork (finally!) ::claps hands excitedly::    I can't wait for one to be built here, its gonna be a 2 year wait... guess I’ll be visiting Chicago a lot ;D!!

Then this last weekend (14-16th) we had people come into town (Mihai and Joachim)cause India Arie and Kim Massie were playing at live on the levy (for free) so there was much blues dancing.  After the concert Charles had a house party and there were a lot of people there I had never seen before, which is really weird cause STL has a relatively small scene so I know almost everyone.  But the night was still great fun =D lots of dancing.  The next morning we had a mini blues lessons that Mihai and Joachim taught and it was awesome I learned SOOO much.  They answered a lot of questions I had had (stupid niggly little questions that only I would obsess over).  I really wish that some of our leads had made it to this because.... because.   After that we were all starving so we hit the loop for some Thai food and just hung out.  Mihai, Joachim, and Patrick are really great guys it was great to actually talk and interact with, not just dance.  Same goes for Jen and Liia, so nice to actually get to know these people instead of just seeing them at dances where actually where talking is hard to do.

So *hmm randomly hearing farm animals from my roomies room*

So the world is brighter because I finally had a hermit day (and there was much rejoicing, yeah!)...  Sunday my roommate finally left the appt and stayed at her parents house over night so I had he appt ALL TO MYSELF.  It was wonderful, I hit the bookstore and bought all my new books, veg'd on the couch, and sunned myself on a rock.  Basically I had no human contact for 24hrs and it was great.  Unfortunately I had to miss the alterna-4th of July party but guys seriously, I NEEDED this.  I was getting to be so bitchy for no reason, it sucked.  But all is better now. 

On Monday I had a half day at work, made a shit-ton of DNA, then came back home to sleep. Then went to flo town and had dinner with friends that I haven't seen in awhile (excellent mexican food).  We then hit my parents house and set off some fireworks of our own.  We were  going to hit the hottub but then it started raining, and raining, and raining.  SO I came home and slept some more.

Tuesday (4th of july) I slept till 11 then went shopping with my mom for awhile.  Then I had Ted drew's with Kristy, Tim, Liia, Drew, and drew's gf, excellent because it was a really hot day.  Then we went to Kristy's & Tim's to play uno and rummy (funfunfun).  Then we went to watch fireworks but it rained (again) so we watched a movie at drew's house instead (so long and thanks for all the fish) ::silly grin:: Came home and slept some more.

Wednesday I went to work bright and early (8am) had to turn in my parking pass and prep for the med student we have coming to the lab.  Her name is sujata and she's very nice so far.  Today she just shadowed me because were waiting for our ERG machine to get fixed (again) so she really can't start on her project yet.  It went well, it was slightly creepy (not because of her) but because it's just creepy to me to have someone follow me round all day.  (can you tell I don't like to be the center of attention)  But it went well, got out early, came home and I've been online ever since.  And Jeff, wonderful person he, was able to find me some songs I've been searching for forever and IM them to me ::excited dancing::

Now I'm listening to music, watching my torrents, and trying to plan what to pack for the fun trip to Chicago planned this weekend

So yeah for my first swing traveling experience...  it turned out great.  Met many new people who I adore already (you know who you are people) and improved my follow tech greatly.  And I’m very proud of myself, I danced with every lead no matter how good they were and how badly I thought I would be.  The drive down wasn't that bad... liia, jeff, and I were all wide awake and we stopped at the Russell Stover outlet store (mmmm, bulk chocolate cheap = heaven) and at the worlds largest McDonalds.    Then I danced all weekend and had fun, no details to protect the  innocent  I mean... yeah, what happens at la casa stays at la casa. *lol* And no I’m not talking about me unfortunately.  I was introduced to a new card game this weekend, Munchkin Fu, seriously funny guys.  Think DnD in card format without all the pesky die rolling, hilarious, I almost fell off the couch a few times *hehe*   On Sunday morning chris cooked us all breakfast, french toast with an orange glaze, eggs, sausage, and strawberries.  It was great, and hilarious because once again it was the guys doing all the cooking while the women laughed at their antics.  And at some point in time this weekend it was decided that we needed a girls night/weekend out so me, liia, maria, and rosanna are gonna head up to Chicago the weekend of the July 8th and kick it up ::excited jumping up and down::  The travel bug has sooo hit me, how do I know this.... because at 1:30am I’m looking at my bank account deciding what I can live without so that  I can afford to travel to more exchanges ::shakes head in shame:: I’m so addicted  :D


Oh and pictures from this weekend are finally up online...  I’ve decided to use shutterbug for all my swing pics...  I like how it’s set up, album wise, because I foresee lots of dance pictures ahead.  BUt don't worry i'm still gonna use buzznet for all my other pics.

Hmm, yeah so I suck at posting.  Life has been interesting of late fun stuff planned for the future and weird things form the past.  Maybe one of these days I will actually right a post about it all *shrugs* but for now ehh. 

I’m headed to Tulsa this weekend (yes Tulsa, OK) for another fun weekend of nonstop dancing.  See ya’all later.