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Skating forward
Nov. 20th, 2003 12:58 amDaytime, today: lots of dull meetings, argued with Pat over the costs and timing of hosting a skating outing, and interviewed a couple of possible student interns. Rather than the usual undergrads willing to work half-time for $15K/yr, given the state of the economy I'm seeing people with bachelors' degrees in EE -- even one with an M.S. -- and work experience. I guess that it's better than working in a furniture store or flipping burgers if one is trying to stay employed in a technical field, but I still feel vaguely exploitative.
Lunch today was a reunion of sorts, seeing an old friend RA that I hadn't spent time with since last winter. It wasn't stressful, and we tacitly left certain topics undiscussed. Conversation otherwise flowed as easily and pleasantly as ever. :-). It was good to see zir, and good to let go of some of the silly armed-camp social attitude.
Tonight I went ice skating, as usual for Wednesday evenings... I was on tonight. All of my maneuvers came easily, with no falls. Lots of nice endorphins, after 20 minutes and onward. And sometimes I'd dance on the ice to the background music, solo. Given some saccharine or over-dramatic background piece, plus swooshing down the ice, and a just a simple, baby jump at the right moment... and it's kind of strangely cool. Moving on the ice with the music has a slightly trance-like effect on me.
Afterward, on an impulse I went by the Wednesday after-poly-dinner coffee in Palo Alto. Despite the probability of people being there with whom I've been at odds, and going in alone... what the heck. It had been nearly a year. As it turned out, there were only a handful of the poly-dinner folks remaining, so I hung out and drank coffee with people I knew in the neighboring bdsm social. And I'm also glad I went because the cafe (La Dolce Vita) is closing next week, so this was my last visit there.
Tomorrow is James's birthday, turning 13... I need to go to Krispy Kreme now, as per his breakfast request for doughnuts.
Lunch today was a reunion of sorts, seeing an old friend RA that I hadn't spent time with since last winter. It wasn't stressful, and we tacitly left certain topics undiscussed. Conversation otherwise flowed as easily and pleasantly as ever. :-). It was good to see zir, and good to let go of some of the silly armed-camp social attitude.
Tonight I went ice skating, as usual for Wednesday evenings... I was on tonight. All of my maneuvers came easily, with no falls. Lots of nice endorphins, after 20 minutes and onward. And sometimes I'd dance on the ice to the background music, solo. Given some saccharine or over-dramatic background piece, plus swooshing down the ice, and a just a simple, baby jump at the right moment... and it's kind of strangely cool. Moving on the ice with the music has a slightly trance-like effect on me.
Afterward, on an impulse I went by the Wednesday after-poly-dinner coffee in Palo Alto. Despite the probability of people being there with whom I've been at odds, and going in alone... what the heck. It had been nearly a year. As it turned out, there were only a handful of the poly-dinner folks remaining, so I hung out and drank coffee with people I knew in the neighboring bdsm social. And I'm also glad I went because the cafe (La Dolce Vita) is closing next week, so this was my last visit there.
Tomorrow is James's birthday, turning 13... I need to go to Krispy Kreme now, as per his breakfast request for doughnuts.
