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juldea ([personal profile] juldea) wrote2008-10-15 10:50 pm
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SCA dance practice / Wednesday nights / miscellanea

Tonight I went to SCA dance practice for the first time in about three years. While I had a good time, I don't see myself going back regularly. Due to the nature of the beast, it's still the same dances taught at the lowest-common-denominator level, and that doesn't capture my interest. The social aspect is good, but doesn't make up for the lack of interest otherwise. I did see some very nice people I hadn't seen in a very long time, though, and got some hugs and scratches and rubs in good ways. Yay people.

This leaves the option now of what to do with my Wednesday nights. [livejournal.com profile] jmspencer will not be running another D&D game, and AFAIK neither will londo. SCA dance isn't enough to be my regular commitment. So what could be? I do feel like I want something regularly social on my one free weeknight.

Things I'm interested in:
  • Gaming - finding another tabletop group maybe?
  • Dancing - either finding a bellydance class that meets Wed nights, or even some other form of dance, given the ability to scale the teaching to my level
  • Music making - joining a band/orchestra/choir
  • Crafting - a knitting circle, sewing class, etc
  • Flying - but I don't have the money now to take lessons, so that's moot
  • Learning - take some form of community/adult learning course?

    Any ideas? Alternately it may be possible to rework my schedule at work to make another night my early night, OR I could just scrap the idea of an early weeknight entirely and work the entire week 12-8. So, options. Many options. And probably I shouldn't be making any decisions right now anyway. But still, thinking!

    In other news, I have finally read The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks, [livejournal.com profile] alexx_kay!
  • [identity profile] slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com 2008-10-17 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    1. Hi! It's Kelly. I go by Kylie on the Internet. But it's Kelly.
    2. My journal is, as I have realized in rereading it just now, pretty awful, at least at the moment. Somehow I don't seem to have posted about anything in the last month besides politics and Desperate Housewives (no, really... sadly...). I used to post about the toys that came out of Burger King kids' meals, at least. I'm not sure why I think that was any better, but I do.
    3. I totally love your journal title because I've come across that line ("baring soles/souls") in a couple books by Irvin Yalom, only he thinks it's a piece of incredibly meaningful symbolism, instead of a silly joke.
    4. I too am interested in finding a D&D game to play. I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons: Tiny Adventures on Facebook a lot, but that doesn't seem to be the same thing.

    [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com 2008-10-18 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
    The journal title comes from the song "Fly" by Moxy Fruvous, but I bet several witty andor insightful people have thought of that particular pun. I really like it, though. :)

    I am starting a bi-weekly Sunday afternoon D&D game with a friend of mine in Cambridge. Should I ask if there is an extra slot for you? The DM was also the DM for the first D&D campaign I ever joined a couple years back, so he's fine with newbies. And I've never played 4th Ed at all so I'll be clueless often.

    [identity profile] slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com 2008-10-19 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    If you wanted to see if there's an extra slot in the game, I'd love that! No worries if there isn't, of course, but that would be lovely if there is. I posted messages once or twice to the Boston D&D boards on meetup.com or somewhere, but nothing seemed to work out, and it's a shame, because I've been excited to try D&D for awhile. Yay!

    [identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com 2008-10-19 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
    I will ask then! I'll also give the advice that joining a random group is probably going to be bad news, just because the majority of D&D gamers are socially retarded. You wanna hook up with cool people, like me. >_>