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Its been a nice weekend. We've been spending more time laying around the house in our pajamas and exploring the old hometown, taking pictures of things before they are torn down (or rather, until they won't be everyday sites for us anymore). I'm excited to be moving and to be making a new home for B and I - but I'm really going to miss it here too (heh, B keeps saying we'll probably be here more for shopping, visits, restaurants and the theater more than we did as residents). Once we're done with our photo adventures I'll post links and descriptions here.
We went to the http://www.teamtsuru.org/ benefit in Arlington last night and had a great time; B even won a plushie Ctulu in the raffle (which, was the main reason that he wanted to go). I danced harder than I have in a while - or rather, I haven't gone out dancing IN a while so I'm a bit creaky this morning from the shock to my body. Its just working different areas than are targeted in the gym. I really miss taking dance classes - I'm thinking (again) that once we move I may drop the gym membership since we own a weight machine and all and are planning on getting a treadmill. I'd rather take that money each month and take dance classes . . .
B and I discussed last night's event and the social dynamics of "the scene" that always creep up at non club nights (mostly parties and get-togethers like this one). I hate how such a small scene is so segmented and cliquey - it reminds me a bit of my high school where you had a lunch table in the cafeteria for each group: the headbanger boys, the headbanger girls, the punks, the cheerleaders, the jocks, the mexicans, the Puerto Ricans, the Asians, the Indians, the "nerds", etc. Its a reminder that we're really not as grown up as we THINK we all are. *Sigh*, what ever happened to just being social with PEOPLE? Its really not that different from how I felt in high school actually - I had many different interests and had friends in many different groups. I'm sad now as I was then that the groups don't overlap as much as they could; there would be many cool people that could meet each other and share ideas. I'm happy for the ones that don't care about those labels and limit themselves to their social circle identity . . .
As I grow older I find more comfort in friends and less in "the scene". Its a more quiet and much less exciting existence but it makes me more relaxed and happy. I'm looking forward to lots of small-scale entertaining once B and I move.
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Oh yeah, and I did get a 4% raise. That's the most you can get at the company actually unless you're getting a promotion (though last year they made an acception and needed approval from the VP of our division to give me 10%). It was what I was expecting, the comments we made were what we were all expecting. And I'm looking forward to next year to grow further :)
We went to the http://www.teamtsuru.org/ benefit in Arlington last night and had a great time; B even won a plushie Ctulu in the raffle (which, was the main reason that he wanted to go). I danced harder than I have in a while - or rather, I haven't gone out dancing IN a while so I'm a bit creaky this morning from the shock to my body. Its just working different areas than are targeted in the gym. I really miss taking dance classes - I'm thinking (again) that once we move I may drop the gym membership since we own a weight machine and all and are planning on getting a treadmill. I'd rather take that money each month and take dance classes . . .
B and I discussed last night's event and the social dynamics of "the scene" that always creep up at non club nights (mostly parties and get-togethers like this one). I hate how such a small scene is so segmented and cliquey - it reminds me a bit of my high school where you had a lunch table in the cafeteria for each group: the headbanger boys, the headbanger girls, the punks, the cheerleaders, the jocks, the mexicans, the Puerto Ricans, the Asians, the Indians, the "nerds", etc. Its a reminder that we're really not as grown up as we THINK we all are. *Sigh*, what ever happened to just being social with PEOPLE? Its really not that different from how I felt in high school actually - I had many different interests and had friends in many different groups. I'm sad now as I was then that the groups don't overlap as much as they could; there would be many cool people that could meet each other and share ideas. I'm happy for the ones that don't care about those labels and limit themselves to their social circle identity . . .
As I grow older I find more comfort in friends and less in "the scene". Its a more quiet and much less exciting existence but it makes me more relaxed and happy. I'm looking forward to lots of small-scale entertaining once B and I move.
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Oh yeah, and I did get a 4% raise. That's the most you can get at the company actually unless you're getting a promotion (though last year they made an acception and needed approval from the VP of our division to give me 10%). It was what I was expecting, the comments we made were what we were all expecting. And I'm looking forward to next year to grow further :)
