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Dancing: actually thinking about technique

Last night was less physically challenging in terms of dancing, but definitely more mentally challenging. I'm not sure if my focus was off or just different now that I'm a little more comfortable. Related posts:Um… jazz hands? Dancing: exactly what I wanted Three fun things on dance-day

Dancing: exactly what I wanted

Second week of belly dance and hip-hop classes: fucking amazing. We had a sub for the belly dancing class: instead of Nayna, it was her assistant, and she worked us pretty hard. We got through what felt like a big chunk of routine, learning 4 or 5 new moves and ...

The journey to becoming a cyborg

Warning: this post involves my vagina and uterus and a bit of blood. If vaginas squick you, or uteri make you blush, go away. Go now. Related posts:Savin’ the bacon. Existentialist… but then, we knew that. Pain, or suffering?

James Spader’s Secretary

I just finished watching Secretary, a movie starring James Spader (of Stargate and Boston Legal fame) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (of Dark Knight fame). The movie is incredibly awkward -- I spent a good bit of the movie curled up in a seat, eyes partially covered. It's full of ...

Movement: always forward

After my rather pathetic posting in the wee hours of Saturday morning, I had to regroup. I just can't be all down and out and a mess without fixing my broken crap. Related posts:Working together vs. being friends Poly? But not -sci. Self-identity and identity blogging

“Stealth” posted

"Stealth"--Chapter 11 of Witches--is up! "Actually," Darnell said as Hardi's hand moved toward the comm, "I don't think we're going to solve anything over a comm. I want to meet in person." Hardi hesitated, then said slowly, "I'll... talk it over with the folks here." "Hardi!" hissed Robert through the doorway. ...

Weekly linkage

Just a few: Passive voice is killing your design documents - " I would argue that if the goal is to communicate clearly, actually stating and explaining the uncertainties is going to be much more helpful to readers." The Size Of Our World - Bad graphical quality, but cool comparison. 6174 (number) - ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...