Insomniacs-R-Us!

[Sagitta]

Hmmm...theer are soem serious IRUers over here. I wimped out at 2:30, but that was because I wanted to wake up at 8:00 this morning. That's my excuse. Nice night dancing...I'll report the detaills in the other threads so look for more info there. :wink: :)

[tsb]

part of it is the time zone difference, but getting up around noon is the result (in my case).

[chachachacat]

& going to the sky room in long beach tomorrow night.
OOOh, the Sky Room! So elegant, so retro! It's worth learning to dance just to go there.

[tsb]

& going to the sky room in long beach tomorrow night.
OOOh, the Sky Room! So elegant, so retro! It's worth learning to dance just to go there.

i'm quite looking forward to it. tacad & renee know who i'm taking, btw.

where do you go dancing? maybe we can do a roadtrip down to BisB, Atomic or Imperial someday if you go to any of those places.

[chachachacat]

I used to go to BiB, Avant Garde, South Coast Ballroom, which is now Atomic, DanScene (which is now B1/DanScene, B1 being BiB),& Imperial, which I don't really care for much.

I have not gone out dancing much in the past few years because of my heart condition, but I want to build up my stamina to do more. I NEED to dance.

I would like to meet the CA contingent of DF, but please be patient and kind. It's a little scary. Hard to understand for a young, healthy dancer, I'm sure.

[chachachacat]

Does anyone understand that I just took a risk and openend up here, and now I need some nice, comforting words, please?

[pygmalion]

I heard and understood. But I'm not sure what to say.

I started to tell you about my girlfriend whose heart condition was discovered when she was a child. The doctors said she'd never live to age twenty. Now she's in her early fifties with five healthy children. She's taken it easier than say, I'd have to. But she's lived.

Then I thought. Hmm. What if your situation is different and you have to take it even easier than she does? So I decided to say nothing.

So I'm still not sure what to say, except this. I feel you. Good luck with finding a balance. And I admire your courage in trying to take it on ... I mean life, and the dance ... despite very real physical limitations. Good luck. God bless.

Let me know how it goes. PM if you want. 8) :friend:

[Sagitta]

Does anyone understand that I just took a risk and openend up here, and now I need some nice, comforting words, please? :together: :friend:

Sometimes words are not necessary. :wink: :)

[Sagitta]

It is 12:30 over here. :?

[cocodrilo]

:lol: It's amusing watching you all fret over not being able to sleep when I'm halfway around the world and it's only 3:00pm here!

[tacad]

Sorry cat. That's rough. I've thought about not being able to dance. I enjoy it so much.

[SDsalsaguy]

Hard to understand for a young, healthy dancer, I'm sure.
Not entirely true CCCC. While it is different, I have a chroinic bad back. Most of the time with lots of stretching, regular chiropractic visits, and being careful, I manage jsut fine. When it has gone out, however, I've had trouble even walking for up to tw months. Right when it happens I can't even sleep because each little shift in body position is so agonizing. Fortunately I know how to take care of it and it rarely goes entirely out on me... but when it does I wonder if I'll ever be able to walk without pain again... let alone actually dance. As the years pass I also wonder if I'll be able to keep recovering each and every time since, even if not regular, they do add up. I know that when my back is out the frustarion of my inability to dance is only compounded by not knowing when (or, G-d forbid, even if) I'll be bale to dance again.

Just to be clear though, I'm not griping. I am blessed in so many ways. Just wanted to let you know that I, for one, can at least somewhat empathize. I *do* feel for you... and am always here to talk if you want or need. :friend:

[cocodrilo]

I think that's how a lot of us feel- we at DF had a lot of different experiences which have taken us away from dance, and we know the suffering that goes with it.(Maybe not all of us and not to the extent you have suffered) But we wish you the BEST! :D

[Sagitta]

5:45 AM EST!! (sshhh!)

[tsb]

& going to the sky room in long beach tomorrow night.
OOOh, the Sky Room! So elegant, so retro! It's worth learning to dance just to go there.

just got home.

given the current sentiment(s), i hesitate to mention how good a time i had... (although i did update my avatar with a pic from this evening)

ccc-cat - i trust that you got my PM this afternoon. i'm afraid i don't have much to add to that at this point.

[SDsalsaguy]

2:52am here... grading term papers... :?

[SDsalsaguy]

4:25am here now. Off to bed I go...

[Sagitta]

4:25am here now. Off to bed I go... Good boy! :P :)

[SDsalsaguy]

:eyebrow:

[chachachacat]

Thank so much, pygmalion, sag, tacad, sdsalsa, croc. and tsb for your kind sentiments! You make me feel better.
Last night I gave up and read a book, that's why I wasn't here to talk.
I appreciate your kind words. :kissme:

[chachachacat]

Sdsalsaguy, so sorry to hear about your back problem!

I hope we will ALL be dancing forever....

[tsb]

Thank so much, pygmalion, sag, tacad, sdsalsa, croc. and tsb for your kind sentiments! You make me feel better.
Last night I gave up and read a book, that's why I wasn't here to talk.
I appreciate your kind words. :kissme:

you're welcome & because you & tacad privately asked for more details: a fellow dance enthusiast reserved a table for some of us the sky room last night. the restaurant is at the top of a building near the long beach shoreline, affording a wonderful view. (yes, don, the cheapest entree was $25 - and i probably scored big pts. by having a gourmet dog biscuit for her beagle katie when i picked leigh up. she didn't even bark at me)

i brought someone who was a wonderful companion for the evening. (see avatar). and the live band was terrific - while the musicians were all of latin heritage & for all appearances looked like a typical latin band (granted, the accordian was unexpected), they exhibited pretty amazing versatility - yeah, the latin stuff was great, including a great rendition of "i need to know" but they also did some serious swing, & some great WCS music, even some elvis! right now, should i be able to afford them, they'd be my first choice for a live band for my wedding reception (which would include a fair number of serious dancers). and for those of you interested, the band is called "tino & his orchestra" http://www.tino-productions.com/ but the website seems to be down.

the only drawback was the limited amount of dance floor - and the surprising number of other dancers outside our party of 5 couples. (btw, don the WD & the partner with the look of abject terror were one of the 5 couples)

i've given this some thought; while i subscribe to & still give lip service to the basic idea of social dancing & dancing with a lot of different people, i can now see that over the last few years i've been moving towards preferring to dance primarily with a single (equally proficient) partner for the evening while occasionally dancing with good friends of varied proficiency. i suppose that might be hard to understand for those of you who concentrate on one style of dance.

[ReneeJoan]

Danced HARD until 11:45 pm, managed to get home without falling asleep (too many times) on the 605, in bed by 1:00 am. Had a hard time sleeping because of the cramps in my feet that I couldn't stretch out. Kept me awake most of the night.

Dear CCC Cat:

"I have not gone out dancing much in the past few years because of my heart condition, but I want to build up my stamina to do more. I NEED to dance.

"I would like to meet the CA contingent of DF, but please be patient and kind. It's a little scary. Hard to understand for a young, healthy dancer, I'm sure."

"Building up" is the key to increasing stamina. A little bit everyday adds up. When I started dancing, I weighed almost 200 pounds. I was not in very good health, and I could feel it in my knees and in my heart. I'd get all out of breath and sweated up just doing the exercises in class, every mind the milonga afterwards! But little by little, day after day, week after week, the weight has slowly been coming off, and my cardiovascular health has improved. Maybe start by going to a milonga and doing must one of the slow, romantic tangos. Then rest for a while. Or just leave it at that for the first time. See you you feel. The next time, maybe you'll feel up to doing two slow tangos, if you rest a while in between. And of course, talk to your physician, and listen to his guidance. If you go someplace where you have friends, at least you'll have people you can talk to while you're not dancing.

And I'm not all that young -- as old as Jack Benny, I'm afraid -- and I know how you feel. When I'm in ballet class, and I watch all those young limber little girls, AUGH! I feel so fat, and stiff, and old. But then, sometimes during the center work, when we're doing a simple port de bras or adagio exercise (that I can actually DO), and I see myself in the mirror, I realize that none of that matters. I really have become a DANCER.

Yes, sometimes you've got to work twice or even five times as hard to reach your goal as somebody else. But trust me, the victory will be twice or five times as sweet.

If you have the desire to dance again, you will make it happen. Imagine if you had three magic genie wishes. Now, let me tell you a secret -- PASSION IS YOUR GENIE!!

Renee

[chachachacat]

:kissme:
Renee, you are such a sweetheart! :)
That is the way, you are right, and I will do it, slowly. Maybe next time Felix is down here, I could come by.

[chachachacat]

Back to the usual IRU in progress...

It's 12:43 am, let the night owls talk... :)

[tsb]

time for my 2am check in. i don't know why i bother to stay up this late on sunday nights..

[SDsalsaguy]

Ummm, why not? :wink:

[tsb]

Ummm, why not? :wink:

i don't trade on sunday nights; the market tends to move erratically until NY opens.

[SDsalsaguy]

Ummm, why not? :wink:

i don't trade on sunday nights; the market tends to move erratically until NY opens.
And that';s the only reason to be up? :shock:

[tsb]

Ummm, why not? :wink:

i don't trade on sunday nights; the market tends to move erratically until NY opens.
And that';s the only reason to be up? :shock:

it's not like i'm entertaining chickens.

actually, staying up late on sunday makes it easier to stay up late for the rest of the week.

[SDsalsaguy]

it's not like i'm entertaining chickens.
...why not? :lol:

[tsb]

i could. i just choose not to.

[SDsalsaguy]

Fair enough... but does that mean that stocks and chickens the only reasons to keep IRU hours? :shock:

And here I thought it was just "cool" 8)

:lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Hmmm, think I'll try going to bed soon... (2:53am at the moment)

[tsb]

Fair enough... but does that mean that stocks and chickens the only reasons to keep IRU hours? :shock:

And here I thought it was just "cool" 8)

:lol:

if you have to get work done, it's great because there are a lot fewer distractions. the thing is that i get to bed late but also get up late. so i'm more a night owl than an insomniac.

[tsb]

and checking in befoe i go to bed - got some sort of sinus infection...

[SDsalsaguy]

Feel better tsb! :(

2:34am here at the moment... working on an essay that needs to be submitted by noon. :?

[chachachacat]

Hello, it's early on the West Coast, but, hello, where is everybody?????

[SDsalsaguy]

I'm around, but I'll be going to bed early, probably around midnight. I'd only had 3 hours of sleep in over 48 hours before sneaking a quick hour of nap time in my office around 8 hours ago. :shock:

[chachachacat]

Wow, you have a tough schedule! What's on your mind?

Just want someone to talk to...
You probably need to go to sleep, though. :?:

[SDsalsaguy]

Sorry CCCC, but I really do need to get some sleep at this point. As far as what was "on my mind," it was an essay being submitted for a scholarship contest. Because of everything else I've had going on I hadn't been able to get working on it until 2 nights ago and it was due by noon earlier today. My lack of sleep was all essay realted...

Again, sorry that I won't be arond to chat. Although given how fuzzy my brain seems to be at the moment, it might be for the best as is... :oops:

[tsb]

been napping on & off all day hoping to deal with this sinus thing. back to bed i guess.

[cocodrilo]

OK, i'm an insomniac tonight! Had band practice(boy do we have a long way to go and we've got another gig on the 20th!) and finished after midnight! It's 2:00 now...Still gotta get up before 7:00 if I want to have time for a workout before work! :shock:

[chachachacat]

OK, i'm an insomniac tonight! Had band practice(boy do we have a long way to go and we've got another gig on the 20th!) and finished after midnight! It's 2:00 now...Still gotta get up before 7:00 if I want to have time for a workout before work! :shock:
Cool, what do you play?

[chachachacat]

Sorry CCCC, but I really do need to get some sleep at this point. As far as what was "on my mind," it was an essay being submitted for a scholarship contest. Because of everything else I've had going on I hadn't been able to get working on it until 2 nights ago and it was due by noon earlier today. My lack of sleep was all essay realted...

Again, sorry that I won't be arond to chat. Although given how fuzzy my brain seems to be at the moment, it might be for the best as is... :oops:
'S okay, g'night. :kitty:

[tacad]

12:45am Off to bed.

[tsb]

going to laura's dance saturday? why not come over for dinner first?

did mayflower again tonight - leigh & ivonne are going to the granada sunday.

[cocodrilo]

OK, i'm an insomniac tonight! Had band practice(boy do we have a long way to go and we've got another gig on the 20th!) and finished after midnight! It's 2:00 now...Still gotta get up before 7:00 if I want to have time for a workout before work! :shock:
Cool, what do you play?
I play the odd percussion instrument, but mostly I am the vocalist!

[tacad]

going to laura's dance saturday? why not come over for dinner first?
Sounds good. What time?

did mayflower again tonight - leigh & ivonne are going to the granada sunday.
sigh Leigh is so much better than me. I feel so clumsy dancing with her.

[tsb]

going to laura's dance saturday? why not come over for dinner first?
Sounds good. What time?



how 'bout 6:30 -7-ish, depending on whether you want to go to laura's lesson at 7:30?


did mayflower again tonight - leigh & ivonne are going to the granada sunday.
sigh Leigh is so much better than me. I feel so clumsy dancing with her.

being 6', slender & taking yoga to boot gives one a good head start on looking elegant to be sure.

[tacad]

going to laura's dance saturday? why not come over for dinner first?
Sounds good. What time?

how 'bout 6:30 -7-ish, depending on whether you want to go to laura's lesson at 7:30?
I'll be going to the lesson. 6:30 will be fine. See you at your place!

[Sagitta]

1:40 am EST here. :wink: :)

[tacad]

12:23am Lindy'd tonight. It was ok. I had a few nice dances including one who could not keep time for the life of her but we had the connection and it was fun. Works for me!

[SDsalsaguy]

Night-night DF!

[tsb]

non farm payroll 8:30 EST tomorrow morning.

[Sagitta]

non farm payroll 8:30 EST tomorrow morning. I see...

Up still at 12:26am EST.

[tsb]

non farm payroll 8:30 EST tomorrow morning. I see...

Up still at 12:26am EST.

anybody who bought cable (british pound) before the announcement at least doubled or almost tripled their rmoney this morning.

just got home from dancing with the "babe" (as named by dancepoet). tacad was there too.

[tacad]

That was a lot of fun last night! Great venue.

[Sagitta]

Lot of fun tonight and so I cannot lie down... I'm too hyper. :oops: What's happening? :? Aarghh!! :)

[tacad]

1:47am. And another good night of dancing.

[tsb]

1:47am. And another good night of dancing.

i gave karl the chicken & mushroom leftovers. he just went home.

[SDsalsaguy]

2:20am...

Saw a really good show by Bob & Julia and James & Janna earlier tonight, then went out for a bight to eat with my GF and some old team members.

Night-night DF!

[tsb]

where was everybody tonight? i saw tacad & reneejoan tonight & danced with the babe (again).

and i don't have to go to jury duty tomorrow!

and apparently ZICAM (nasal gel) works; i used it today & i can breathe normally again w/no headache. good stuff.

[tsb]

and i don't have to go to jury duty tomorrow.

where is everybody?

[SDsalsaguy]

I'd guess that I'm somewhere about. Let me go look...

[tsb]

find out where you were last night while you're at it!

[SDsalsaguy]

found out where you were last night while you're at it!
Really? Where was I? :shock:

[tsb]

found out where you were last night while you're at it!
Really? Where was I? :shock:

dunno. but as i appear to be the only person who posted in IRU last night, your absence was noticeable.

EDIT: ah. noticed that i used the wrong tense. i meant 'find'. which has been corrected in my previous post.

[SDsalsaguy]

And here I though you had a really well developed intelligence network! :shock:

Truth be told, my back had a minor flair up on Friday morning so I hadn't really been able to sit down except sporadicly prior to this afternoon... and hence my noted absence. :?

[tsb]

And here I though you had a really well developed intelligence network! :shock:

Truth be told, my back had a minor flair up on Friday morning so I hadn't really been able to sit down except sporadicly prior to this afternoon... and hence my noted absence. :?

i trust that you're feeling better now.

is it muscular or skeletal?

[SDsalsaguy]

Skeletal unfortunately... thank goodness I have a very good chiropractor quite close by!

[chachachacat]

Jonathon, I hope you are feeling better!

[SDsalsaguy]

I am CCCC, but thanks for the concern. The timing is interesting as I realized that it is exactly this week that my back seems to go out on me every other year! :shock:

Seriosuly though, this was probably the most minor flair up I can remember having, so there's really not much to complain about aside from not having been able to either dance or sit down at my computer to get any work done over the weekend.

[chachachacat]

tsb - cool avatar!

[tsb]

tsb - cool avatar!

the original version of "shall we dance" got mentioned in another recent post, which reminded me that i have these vidcaps available:

http://www.geocities.com/thebear_2/swd-toyoko-avatar.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/thebear_2/swd-Sugiyama-mai1-avatar.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/thebear_2/swd-dance-avatar.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/thebear_2/swd-atwork-avatar.JPG

which i'll probably rotate through as it suits me.

truth be told, when i first saw the film i identified more with tanaka (with the horn rimmed glasses) than with sugiyama.

[SDsalsaguy]

truth be told, when i first saw the film i identified more with tanaka (with the horn rimmed glasses) than with sugiyama.
Ahh, a Latin dancer at heart then? :wink:

[tsb]

truth be told, when i first saw the film i identified more with tanaka (with the horn rimmed glasses) than with sugiyama.
Ahh, a Latin dancer at heart then? :wink:

that's aoki! if anything rumba & bolero are my weakest dances. but i definitely preferred to imagine me as someone else back then. no, both i & the character i identified with sweat profusely.

[SDsalsaguy]

Ooops, my bad! :oops: :oops: :oops:

(You'd really think I'd know that too! :oops: )

***********

So, who's in the IRU "house" tonight? 8)

[Sagitta]

Ooops, my bad! :oops: :oops: :oops:

(You'd really think I'd know that too! :oops: )

***********

So, who's in the IRU "house" tonight? 8)

I was up until 1:00, but meditating so no pc time.

[SDsalsaguy]

1:11am here...

[tsb]

voir dire is done, gotta be back in court at 9am tomorrow.

[SDsalsaguy]

3:52am... about ready to head for bed. Night-night DF! :kitty:

[Pacion]

:lol: good night SD. Don't let the bedbugs bite :wink:

[Sagitta]

:lol: good night SD. Don't let the bedbugs bite :wink:
Ditto! nite nite. sleep tight. :wink: :)

[cocodrilo]

Just got back from a college graduation abnquet- lotsa great food, drinks and nice to see my students for the last time before they make their way into the workforce! Not late here(still 11:00) but I've got a wine tasting tomorrow so I should get some sleep & give the liver a rest 8) ...
'night all............................................... .............

[ReneeJoan]

Augh! I am so wasted this morning. I stayed at El Adoquin last night til 1:15, and they were still playing music, but I was starting to fall asleep sitting up. It took me over half an hour to get home, and while I didn't fall asleep while driving (for once), thanks to some coffee one of my friends forced into me, I simply could not keep my car in my own lane. I was all over the freeway. Fortunately, the 605 is big, straight, and pretty empty at 1:30 in the morning. But the time I brushed my teeth and hit the sack, I think it was 2:00 am or thereabouts.

But man!! I think I defended by doctoral dissertation in tango last night -- I danced with FOUR top level professionals, including a man who dances with Forever Tango, and a professional ballet dancer visiting from Marseilles. Talk about the doorway to paradise. I was ready to take that ballet dancer home and hide him in the closet to keep the INS from throwing him out of the country ("Oh, mommy, he's so cute, can I keep him?").

I gotta do ballet this afternoon, including the advance professional class, and Stefan is real tense and nervous lately because he's got three concerts coming up, including a premiere of a brand new ballet he choreographed. So, he gets extra tough when he's all nervous like this. I think I'm going to die.

Renee

[SDsalsaguy]

1:40am here... any other IRU peaople up and about tonight?

[tsb]

no.

[SDsalsaguy]

no.
:lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

1:37am here now. Have to be up early though ( :evil: ) so think I'll try and get to bed shortly. Night-night DF...

[Sagitta]

1:37am here now. Have to be up early though ( :evil: ) so think I'll try and get to bed shortly. Night-night DF...

Joining the ERC club? :P :) WElcome. :) 6:15 am EST here. :car:

[SDsalsaguy]

1:37am here now. Have to be up early though ( :evil: ) so think I'll try and get to bed shortly. Night-night DF...

Joining the ERC club? :P :) WElcome. :) 6:15 am EST here. :car:
6:42am here... :shock: :evil:

Oh well, guess I better go post in the ERC too... :cry:

[SDsalsaguy]

1:10am... and I've still got a lot of work to do tonight! :shock:

[cocodrilo]

1:10am... and I've still got a lot of work to do tonight! :shock:
You need some coffee! 8)

[SDsalsaguy]

1:10am... and I've still got a lot of work to do tonight! :shock:
You need some coffee! 8)
:lol:

Nope... although I did have a cup of green tea! :wink:

(Now 3:01am...)

[Sagitta]

Went to be around 1:30...out dancing...

[tsb]

we reached a verdict in jury duty. i don't what it is, but i was so tired i went to bed at 7pm last night & am just getting up now.

[pygmalion]

Jury duty can be emotionally exhausting. I'm glad you're done. 8)

[tsb]

since the trial is now over, i can go into more of the details:

2nd degree murder, love triangle involving two felons, defendant (already guilty of parole violations prior to the shooting) apprehended in another state living with the woman in question, claiming victim had a banana in his pocket pretending it was a weapon so as to claim self-defense. even if we'd found him guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter, it was the defendant's third felony conviction, so with the 3 strikes law here in california, he was going to go away for a long time as long as he was found guilty.

[pygmalion]

Yeah. The last I made it to a jury, the three strikes rule was involved, as well. According to the juror's guidelines, that shouldn't make any difference. Either you're convinced beyond a reasonable doubt or you're not.

But it sure is hard to even think about sending someone away for twenty-five years to life. Ugh!

I'm not surprised you needed some rest. I went home and wept, after we convicted the guy. I knew he did it, but voting for a conviction was very hard on me. :?

[tsb]

Yeah. The last I made it to a jury, the three strikes rule was involved, as well. According to the juror's guidelines, that shouldn't make any difference. Either you're convinced beyond a reasonable doubt or you're not.


he admitted shooting the guy & the details of his account, combined with the fact that he initially denied even being there & other factors tended to detract from his credibility in general.


But it sure is hard to even think about sending someone away for twenty-five years to life. Ugh!

I'm not surprised you needed some rest. I went home and wept, after we convicted the guy. I knew he did it, but voting for a conviction was very hard on me. :?

one of my fellow jurors was crying for the same reason as we left the courthouse. i tend to process these kind of things a lot more slowly, so i expect there to be an aftermath, so i'm making it a point to pamper myself for the rest of the week.

then i'm having another house party & going to stress over the details this weekend!

[squirrel]

Romanian Law system doesn't imply jury... just a council (I'm sure it's another word for it, but...) of judges... like 3 or 5... and they make the final decision... no jurors...

[chachachacat]

Hello out there, all you dance fans. It's after midnight, and time for tonight's installment of...



Insomniacs-R-Us!


Starring the ever-popular * SDsalsaguy!*


[applause]

[SDsalsaguy]

:lol:

Thanks CCCC

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:

[SDsalsaguy]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :?

[Sagitta]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :? Final exams in March? WHat's up with that? So it is teh end of teh year for these kids?

[cocodrilo]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :? Final exams in March? WHat's up with that? So it is teh end of teh year for these kids?
Over here, we have final exams in February and the due date for grades is this week! I have only one make-up test to grade(heh heh, already finished the other 400!... 8)

[pygmalion]

Romanian Law system doesn't imply jury... just a council (I'm sure it's another word for it, but...) of judges... like 3 or 5... and they make the final decision... no jurors...

The US system is a mix. In some cases, such as family court or traffic court, there's just a judge. In the criminal cases that make it that far, there's usually a "jury of your peers." It's an expensive system and I'm not sure it works as intended. The original intent was, I think, to make the process more fair to the accused and create the presumption of innocence. Not sure that always happens, especially in these days of omni-present media coverage ... :?

[tsb]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :?

two words: multiple choice

[SDsalsaguy]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :? Final exams in March? WHat's up with that? So it is teh end of teh year for these kids?
Nope, we're on a quarter system here so this is the end of their winter quarter, they have a week off, and classes for their spring quarter start up on March 28th.

[SDsalsaguy]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :?

two words: multiple choice
Believe me, I know! :lol:

Seriously though, the class I TA doesn't lend itself to that too well... although 20% of their exam was, in fact, multiple choice.

[Sagitta]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :?

two words: multiple choice
Believe me, I know! :lol:

Seriously though, the class I TA doesn't lend itself to that too well... although 20% of their exam was, in fact, multiple choice.

I loathe multiple choice!! :x

[tsb]

Actually 1:25am here now... and I'm in the middle of grading my students' final exams... :? :roll:
Finished grading about half of them but, seeing as it is now 4:05am, I think I'll go get some sleep before finishing the other half... :?

two words: multiple choice
Believe me, I know! :lol:

Seriously though, the class I TA doesn't lend itself to that too well... although 20% of their exam was, in fact, multiple choice.

I loathe multiple choice!! :x


as i tend to kick butt on standardized tests i naturally favor mulitple choice. the advantages are of course that they're easier to grade plus either you're right or you're wrong - although in one p chem class the test was multiple choice - but you had to choose the answer closest to the correct choice AND correct it to the proper answer. no partial credit. median was 10 (out of 100). THAT was brutal.

i do acknowledge that multiple choice tends to favor those with the best multiple choice test taking strategies as much as those who know the material. but as long as it's not timed there isn't much advantage
since the innate reasoning ability would only allow one to reach a conclusion more quickly given the known facts.

[pygmalion]

There's a flow to multiple choice standardized tests, too. If you can get with the flow, you win. If not? :x Some people do really well with those kinds of exams, some people fail them outright (maybe because they're intimidated?) and some people do not nearly as well as they should, because they second-guess themselves and overthink.

All in all, I prefer a good essay exam, but I do well on both. (because I'm an insanely hyper student. Only an A will do. :oops: :lol: )

[Sagitta]

Back from salsa dancing. :banana:

[chachachacat]

I love multiple choice! And you can have other people help you grade them! I used to help my mom grade papers when I was a kid!

[Sagitta]

I love multiple choice! And you can have other people help you grade them! I used to help my mom grade papers when I was a kid! What!! :shock:

Actually I used to help my mom graded worded math problems and even taught a math class or too. :wink: :)

[chachachacat]

I love multiple choice! And you can have other people help you grade them! I used to help my mom grade papers when I was a kid! What!! :shock:

Actually I used to help my mom graded worded math problems and even taught a math class or too. :wink: :)

Oh, by the way, that would be the number - TWO! :shock: :)

[chachachacat]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?

[tsb]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?

danced with "TB" & also saw tacad tonight. i'm having a dance party in my home in pasadena tomorrow night if you want to come up.

[Sagitta]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?

I actually was at my gfs place, or maybe buying kids tylenol for her sick little one... A good night...though...

[pygmalion]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?

Friday nights are sometimes slow. :?

[SDsalsaguy]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?
Yup, I was. Didn't really "feel" it tonight though... :(

[chachachacat]

It's after 1:30. Where are the night people lately?

[tsb]

i just ushered the last guest out of the house. great party.

[Sagitta]

Hello? 12:30 here.
Is everyone out dancing?
Yup, I was. Didn't really "feel" it tonight though... :(

Pole sana. :friend:

[pygmalion]

It's after 1:30. Where are the night people lately?

LOL. Last night? Sleeping off my champagne and bubble bath. :roll: :lol: Happy birthday to me. :wink:

[cocodrilo]

1:30 here- went out for ramen & beer after our gig! WHAT A BLAST! 50 people hanging out around a bonfire listening to live music! The band that went on before us was a Beatles copy band and we danced(twist, rockabilly) so hard we were breathless! It was pretty cold but we were sweating from all that dancing before we went on, so no one ended up getting frostbite! 8)

[Rosa]

Haven't checked in here for a while... I've been sleeping most nights... but suddenly it's 3.45am and I'm wide awake. I'm sitting in a room alone enjoying the quietness and stillness, and thinking I'll try ballroom next term instead of salsa... I need something new, different...

Funny how night-time's so good for ideas.

Rosa :)

[SDsalsaguy]

Funny how night-time's so good for ideas.
Yup, and that's why I end up doing the majority of my productive writing at night! :wink:

[pygmalion]

2:47 AM CST. I wonder how my computer's clock matches reality ... or if it does. :roll: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Only 12:51am here... but I think that I might call it an early night! :shock:

[Sagitta]

hmmm... I went to bed around the same time, after doing 3/4 loads of laundry...

[pygmalion]

Hmm. How does one do 0.75 loads of laundry, one wonders? :roll: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Hmm. How does one do 0.75 loads of laundry, one wonders? :roll: :lol:
Leave out one sock from every two pairs?

[Sagitta]

Hmm. How does one do 0.75 loads of laundry, one wonders? :roll: :lol:
Leave out one sock from every two pairs?

You measure the washer and see what will be full capacity with a medium stuffing load and ten do 3/4s of it. :P :) Simple. :)

12:44am EST. Off to shower and then eat something. Reggaeton started at the dance place and my made my graceful exit. Oh, yes... I also showed acouple people how to dance in a small square as they were hesitating to come next week (Live band and so packed, you see. )

[pygmalion]

Hmm. How does one do 0.75 loads of laundry, one wonders? :roll: :lol:
Leave out one sock from every two pairs?

You measure the washer and see what will be full capacity with a medium stuffing load and ten do 3/4s of it. :P :) Simple. :)



I liked the three out of four socks idea better. :roll: :lol:

[cocodrilo]

Just wait till ya get a full load! Sheesh, time is $!

[tsb]

not practical if one has a limited supply of any type of garment.

[pygmalion]

Yeah. And I don't worry about the time spent doing laundry. I just toss a load in as I walk by the washer or dryer if there are dirty clothes around (on my way into or out of the garage.) The only time spent is that folding and putting away. I guess that's because I have the luxury of constant access to a washer and dryer for my personal use. :?

[Sagitta]

1:45 am EST...back from dancing...

[SDsalsaguy]

1:38am here and I think I'll be heading off to bed in not too long...

[salsachinita]

Been up since 4.30am this morning :shock: .......

.......I'm pretty sure my body is trying to tell me something, like: "Give me more SALSA...!"

Now it's 6.30am, no point in trying to sleep......I got a class at 9.30 :roll: .

[pygmalion]

What day/time is it where you are? I get confused. Especially since this is a Friday holiday here. I have no idea which end is up. :oops: :roll: :lol:

[salsachinita]

It's now 7.30am, Sat morning, Easter Saturday.

I will be teaching in a couple of hours. Normally I don't have classes over Easter (as people go away), but since I've been away in NZ fro two weeks (meeting the parents :shock: 8) ), it works out to be a good time for all to schedule a class :wink: .........

[pygmalion]

I was trying to figure out what day it is, where you are. Off for the holiday, and I get SO confused about what day it is. Add in a major time difference, and I'm hopeless. :oops: :lol:

[Twilight_Elena]

It's now 7.30am, Sat morning, Easter Saturday.

I will be teaching in a couple of hours. Normally I don't have classes over Easter (as people go away), but since I've been away in NZ fro two weeks (meeting the parents :shock: 8) ), it works out to be a good time for all to schedule a class :wink: .........

Oooh, my dance teacher does that sometimes! She stays up late at Friday night ballroom parties and then Saturday morning (our classes together) she's got dark circles under her eyes. Bad habit, I keep telling her. She's only 18, of course, so it's not like I can tell her anything. :P

Twilight Elena

P.s. I'm totally insomniac, but right now it's only 11.05 here. Who would have thought?
P.p.s. But will definitely stay up late tonight. Got studying.

[pygmalion]

(meeting the parents :shock: 8) )

Oooh! I missed that! Meeting the parents. Meeting the parents. Wow. 8) :D

[SDsalsaguy]

(meeting the parents :shock: 8) )

Oooh! I missed that! Meeting the parents. Meeting the parents. Wow. 8) :D
Yup! THE parents! :wink:

[pygmalion]

Two weeks. Sounds serious. 8) :)

[SDsalsaguy]

2:56am here now...

[Sagitta]

(meeting the parents :shock: 8) )

Oooh! I missed that! Meeting the parents. Meeting the parents. Wow. 8) :D
Yup! THE parents! :wink:

Any interesting tales to share? :wink: :)

Congrats on taking the next step. :cheers: :)

[salsachinita]

(meeting the parents :shock: 8) )

Oooh! I missed that! Meeting the parents. Meeting the parents. Wow. 8) :D
Yup! THE parents! :wink:

Well, firstly I was doing my very best not to break anything :lol: , as I'm on the clumsy side :oops: ........

They are really nice & relaxed. Put me at ease right away. the only issue (and it's a tiny one) is that my cooking is too exotic for Dad & Aunty :wink: (well, I performed my usual 'tastebud profiling' and managed to impress Dad with my toned-down potato salad, and Aunty with my garlic-free salsa 8) )............

.....I think they survived me :lol: :lol: :lol: !

[SDsalsaguy]

Well, glad to hear that *everyone* survived SC! :wink:

Anyway, it's now 142 a.m. here and I am t-i-r-e-d! Was several hours short on sleep last night and then didn't get my regular pre-salsa nap in this afternoon either. :?

[SDsalsaguy]

2:05 a.m. here now...

Spring classes start in the morning so I think I'll be going to bed shortly. :?

[Sagitta]

(meeting the parents :shock: 8) )

Oooh! I missed that! Meeting the parents. Meeting the parents. Wow. 8) :D
Yup! THE parents! :wink:

Well, firstly I was doing my very best not to break anything :lol: , as I'm on the clumsy side :oops: ........

They are really nice & relaxed. Put me at ease right away. the only issue (and it's a tiny one) is that my cooking is too exotic for Dad & Aunty :wink: (well, I performed my usual 'tastebud profiling' and managed to impress Dad with my toned-down potato salad, and Aunty with my garlic-free salsa 8) )............

.....I think they survived me :lol: :lol: :lol: !

Yup...my lady friend can handle spicy, but her parents....it is a tough life...

[Sagitta]

12:11 AM EST.....yawn...

[chachachacat]

12:11 am PST... contagious yawn!

[SDsalsaguy]

1:03am at the moment...

[tsb]

i'm turning in..

[salsachinita]

Almost 1am....checking in.......

[tsb]

7:39am. i lied. i stayed up and read a novel. i'll probably try and catch a few hours & ge up for lunch...

[cocodrilo]

1:30am, just back from an uneventful band practice! :?

[tsb]

i lied again. i made breakfast, hoping it would prompt food coma.

[cocodrilo]

I just ate my breakfast! 8)

[DancingMommy]

Well, I'm still up......

Does going to be at 1:30 AM, getting up at 2AM, getting up at 3 AM, getting up at 4 AM and finally getting up for the day at 6AM count?

[tsb]

still wide awake but very tense in the shoulders. a good massage would do the trick i think - but then i'd fall asleep on the drive home.

[cocodrilo]

I've had rock-hard shoulders since noon todya. Just too much going on. I think I'll give myself a massage...

[Sagitta]

2:20 am EST. Fantastic night dancing...many strangers...

[SDsalsaguy]

2:52am here now. First day with my spring quarter students later this morning so setting up my materials... :?

[cocodrilo]

2:52am here now. First day with my spring quarter students later this morning so setting up my materials... :?
I've been doing that this past week, but I get all my paperwork done in the daytime. My first classes start next Monday, the day after a party. :shock:

[tsb]

i've got to get my sleep schedule back on rhythm... DR appt in 5.5 hours.

[Sagitta]

3:03am EST. Night night df. :)

[chachachacat]

It's after midnight on the West Coast,
and time for...
Night Time Stories.

Cheek to cheek, in the night,
they did flow.
Their interest was starting to grow,
"Oversway," said he,
"Contra check," said she.
And the moonlight diminshed its glow.




cec 2005

[macha]

When Day is gone,
Til Night Comes on
Until the dark,
what do I do?

I grasp your hand,
and wander through slumber-land

Dream dancing
with you

we dance between
sky so blue
and fields of green
sparkling with dew

It's just sublime
whenever I spend my time
dreamdancing with you

NOW, would someone PLEASE tell me who did that? It's not on the Dance with Me soundtrack, but that's where I first heard (saw) it. I LOVE that. So very Dino- but Dino.

But then, the *****cat Dolls aren't Dino either- and they perform Dino.

(*kindly relinquishes thread to rightful topic :oops: )

[SDsalsaguy]

4:00am and I *finally* finished posting The 2004 DF Awards (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=143654#143654) :oops:

[SDsalsaguy]

OK, coming up on 4:30am... off to bed I go... :?

[pygmalion]

4:00am and I *finally* finished posting The 2004 DF Awards (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=143654#143654) :oops:

Sometimes life gets that way, SD. Every once in a while, there's just too much on the plate. Just too much. It's okay. We still love you. :friend:

[SDsalsaguy]

4:00am and I *finally* finished posting The 2004 DF Awards (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=143654#143654) :oops:

Sometimes life gets that way, SD. Every once in a while, there's just too much on the plate. Just too much. It's okay. We still love you. :friend:
Thanks Jenn. On the positive side things have been, by and large, good... but still quite hectic! :wink:

[Sagitta]

4:00am and I *finally* finished posting The 2004 DF Awards (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=143654#143654) :oops:

Sometimes life gets that way, SD. Every once in a while, there's just too much on the plate. Just too much. It's okay. We still love you. :friend:
Thanks Jenn. On the positive side things have been, by and large, good... but still quite hectic! :wink:

Good to hear SD. Good to hear. :D

[Sagitta]

1:27 AM EST. Thursday night not so hot... Had a good rueda practice, though. :D

[tacad]

And good night DF, whoever the heck you nameless, faceless people are. :wink:

The time is now 12:14am.

[tsb]

argh!!! i can't sleep & i need to get up at 5:30am for the 1st friday of the month non farm payroll data announcement.

[SDsalsaguy]

Almsot 1:30am here and I think I'll be heading to bed shortly...

[tsb]

never did go to sleep.

the pound/USD shot from 1.888 up to 1.896 & back down to 1.888 in about an hour.

[tacad]

12:20am

[Laura]

Or 1:20 if you've already switched your clocks :)

I just finished stoning the dress I'm going to wear tomorrow, so now I'm going to round up the cats and get some shut-eye.

[pygmalion]

2:22 here. Time for some more sleep.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. Best of luck. 8)

Edit: Actually, it was 3:22. I set my clocks forward this morning. :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Good luck Laura! :D

[tsb]

12:20am

you got home. i stayed until the bitter end, helped clean up, then went to in-n-out w/karl & hung out 'til just now.

3:33am.

[Sagitta]

Went to bed after 3:00...was too tired to say g'night in df.....sleepy sleepy sleepy...must figure out ho wto catch up on the hour that I lost. :(

[tacad]

12:09 am. Truly insomnia as I went to bed a couple of hours ago.

[SDsalsaguy]

1:10am and trying to work on some overly-procrastinated writing... :?

[chachachacat]

Midnight on the West Coast.
All is quiet on the DF front.
Who goes there?

[SDsalsaguy]

Hark! I think it be I!

[tsb]

watching the british pound is channel between 1.8735 & 1.8750. expect it to eventually break downward towards 1.87

[SDsalsaguy]

1:28am here... time to go read for a bit and then get some sleep I think.

tsb, any guess where the pound will be at the end of May?

[tsb]

ah, you'd be asking for the exchange rate while you're at blackpool.

the USD has taken a beating since 9/11; since then we've gone from about $1.45 up to as high as $1.95. the overall trend is still up but i'd be surprised if GBP/USD was significantly more than $1.90 by memorial day as we're in a brief downtrend. but this is not a prediction - i wait for the big dogs to move, climb on & get off, so i have no vested interest in which way the market moves, only that it does.

[tsb]

still in that stupid channel, though it did hit reach a low of 1.8729 before shooting up to 1.8760 & back down to 1.8742 right now.

break, %$#@ it!

[SDsalsaguy]

ah, you'd be asking for the exchange rate while you're at blackpool.
Don't you know it!

Still, the weakened $ has really hurt me the last couple fo times I've been traveling... :?

[cocodrilo]

The yen is up to 107 to the dollar, jayzus! :shock: Hurts me when I convert to $ to send to the states. :?

[tsb]

actually, it's at 108.60, a 5.5 month low. there's a key barrier at 109, if that goes you could break 1.10 pretty easily. if the government can stabilize things you might drop back down to about 108.30, maybe even 107.70.

i got zapped by a rise in the pound back up to 1.874. but i should have anticipated the possibility given the channel it was doing.

[cocodrilo]

If I send money back, there's a service charge so the rate I end up with presently is 107.

[pygmalion]

Yeah. I've had the same experience with exchange rates in a west african country I deal with, cocodrilo. The rate differs depending on the direction ... and the day or even hour. :lol: :lol:

[chachachacat]

(Stern governess voice) :wink:
Now, what are you children doing here at this hour?
This room is for people who cannot sleep.
Are you supposed to be sleeping now? Hmm?
And how is anyone going to sleep with all this talk of a mark, a yen a buck or a pound?
Ha! Especially since I just put that racous song in your head! HA! Raucous - Joel Grey would love it, no? :lol:

[cocodrilo]

Well it's just approaching 3:00 in the afternoon over here! Gonna finish up a bit of work and then start th' party! 8)

[Sagitta]

Hit the sack at 2:15 last night. Had a pretty good night dancing...to Grupo Fantasma...live band from Texas. :)

[tsb]

the pound dropped 150 pips (100 pips = $.01) earlier today & now in another tight channel between 1.87 & 1.8680... if i'm smart i'll set alerts for when the price breaks & take a nap...

& for cocodrilo, the yen has been channelling between 108.60 & 108.70. but that's to be expected since your market just closed a few hours ago. if they're reallly giving you a rate of only 107.6 you really don't want to know how much money they're making on the exchange...

[pygmalion]

Slept like a log! :D

And tsb, don't the forex bureaus always play around with the exchange rate? I've always thought that's how they make a profit. :?

[Sagitta]

Slept like a log! :D

And tsb, don't the forex bureaus always play around with the excahnge rate? I've always thought that's how they make a profit. :?

Lucky!! Went to bed after midnight and woke up at 6:00!! Too much to do by noon today!!

[pygmalion]

Good luck with your exam. 8) :D

[tsb]

Slept like a log! :D

And tsb, don't the forex bureaus always play around with the exchange rate? I've always thought that's how they make a profit. :?

for trading purposes, 1/100th of a cent is significant, & with leveraging is worth approx. $10 for every $1000. most trading houses charge a spread ranging from 3-10 pips depending on the currency pair, so they make $30-$100 per 1000 units of the base currency of the trading pair. with the numbers cocodrilo was telling me, she's getting charged a full cent in the exchange rate, they make approx. $1000 each time they exchange 1000 units of the base currency...

and the pound just shot back up $1.4 cents in the last 3 hours or so. anybody who caught thus HUGE move just made about a 75% return - in three hours. of course, people who shorted the dollar at the original rate are going to either take a loss or hold waiting for the rate to break back downward. but my take is that the pound is done for the day as the exchange closes for the weekend in about 4 hours.

[pygmalion]

Ah. In other words yes, that's how they make a profit. They're just making a heck of a lot more profit than I thought. Eh. :? Is there a way around that for someone who makes relatively small, infrequent exchanges? Or do you basically just have to pay the exhorbitant rates in exchange for the convenience? :x

[tsb]

Ah. In other words yes, that's how they make a profit. They're just making a heck of a lot more profit than I thought. Eh. :? Is there a way around that for someone who makes relatively small, infrequent exchanges? Or do you basically just have to pay the exhorbitant rates in exchange for the convenience? :x

at least in the US the only thing i can recommend is to exchange at banks as much as possible - but even they make $a$$, but the markup is usually much less than a full cent.

[cocodrilo]

the pound dropped 150 pips (100 pips = $.01) earlier today & now in another tight channel between 1.87 & 1.8680... if i'm smart i'll set alerts for when the price breaks & take a nap...

& for cocodrilo, the yen has been channelling between 108.60 & 108.70. but that's to be expected since your market just closed a few hours ago. if they're reallly giving you a rate of only 107.6 you really don't want to know how much money they're making on the exchange...
Oh, I am totally aware of how much yen they are making off my exchanges. It's called getting hosed. Happens every day here. If I want to have a bank draft a check, it costs $30. If I want to cash a check from abroad, it costs over $60. The yen is currently at 109. Sigh.

[tsb]

i see a close at 108.24-108.27 depending on whether you're selling or buying.

why am i still up? the market closed at 2:30pm PST!

[Sagitta]

Watched "Honey" yesterday night...and went to bed after 1:00.

[SDsalsaguy]

1:13 a.m. here now... not sure when I'll be getting to bed tonight.

[tsb]

big trading day & i took the day off. the party is definitely over this evening & i am outta here.

[pygmalion]

I hope all's well, tsb. 8) :)

[tsb]

I hope all's well, tsb. 8) :)

thank you. actually, i spent a good portion of the day posting in DF.

it's nice to be able to watch the rates move and not feel compelled to make a trade.

[SDsalsaguy]

A bit past 3:00 a.m. now. Think I'll try getting to sleep by 4...

[tsb]

i started posting again.

[chachachacat]

Me, too! I actually took a whole day off from DF yesterday!
My name is Cha Cha and I'm a Dance Forumsaholic.
I had one day without it, but then, I had to get back to see what was going on.
I mean, will Temptress Too get married or not?
Will SDSalsaGuy work himself to death?
Will Genisius Redux ever come back?
Will the cleavage thread ever die? I miss one day, and I missed a crucial name change or something! I need to be in the know.
So let us take up our keyboards, and type!


:lol:
2:00 am

[tsb]

up cleaning the house for my monthly party. the kitchen is done & i'm going to do the living room before calling it a night. but of course i took an email break.

[chachachacat]

Hello, tsb!
I was reading, but now I'm here and having fun, mostly by myself.


But you are awake, too! I can't believe it's so late.

[cocodrilo]

You guys are so funny! :lol:
I was cleaning bigtime today, getting ready for a big party here on the 3rd of next month. Crammed all my appointments into Sunday(tomorrow) so that will hurt, although I got all the troublesome tasks taken care of today! 8)

[tsb]

Hello, tsb!
I was reading, but now I'm here and having fun, mostly by myself.


But you are awake, too! I can't believe it's so late.

another email break. maybe i'll vacuum since i drank a liter of mountain dew & i'll be wired still for a while.

[SDsalsaguy]

3:14 a.m. here... think I'll try heading for bed before 4 a.m.

Anyone else in the IRU house tonight?

[Sagitta]

3:14 a.m. here... think I'll try heading for bed before 4 a.m.

Anyone else in the IRU house tonight? Nope...I was falling asleep and was put to bed. :wink: :)

[tsb]

i was in bed by 1am.

[SDsalsaguy]

1:38 a.m. here...

[tsb]

the pound has dropped to $1.9145 (from almost 1.92) in the last two hours.

[Sagitta]

Fell asleep, woke up at 1:00 and went to bed. :oops: Missed Latin dance. :cry:

[SDsalsaguy]

the pound has dropped to $1.9145 (from almost 1.92) in the last two hours.
I hope it comes down (a lot! :lol:) at the end of next month... just a one to two week trough would be fine! :wink: :lol:

[chachachacat]

Hello? Is anybody here?

[tsb]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!

[tsb]

26.5 hours later...

[pygmalion]

I guess it's safe to post by now. :wink: :lol:

[chachachacat]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!
I waited until Midnight!
Then I had to go to sleep, sorry! Zzzzzzzz

[tsb]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!
I waited until Midnight!
Then I had to go to sleep, sorry! Zzzzzzzz

ahem, that means you're not an insomniac.

if you can get out there's a salsa/swing soiree hosted by the USC dance club at imperial tomorrow (saturday) night. it's free but they request semi-formal attire. starts around 8:30.

EVITE info is here:

http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=RWMGEXHUSJBELKMRHSTI&inviteId=JEXOWCOUCJTJMEQPLUXA&showPreview=false&x=874783988

[SDsalsaguy]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!
I waited until Midnight!
Then I had to go to sleep, sorry! Zzzzzzzz
Yup, "official" IRU check-ins start at midnight! :wink:

[chachachacat]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!
I waited until Midnight!
Then I had to go to sleep, sorry! Zzzzzzzz
Yup, "official" IRU check-ins start at midnight! :wink:
:tongue:
See, tsb, the boss says midnight is the magic hour! :tongue:
:lol:

[Vince A]

Man . . . everyone is sleeping!

[chachachacat]

:kitty:

[Vince A]

TIME FOR ME TO GO TOO!








Age?

[chachachacat]

It's midnight on the Dance Forums, and this is Johnny Fever comin' at ya from WKRP...

[tsb]

too early to start posting in this particular thread. check back in a couple of hours!
I waited until Midnight!
Then I had to go to sleep, sorry! Zzzzzzzz
Yup, "official" IRU check-ins start at midnight! :wink:
:tongue:
See, tsb, the boss says midnight is the magic hour! :tongue:
:lol:

yes, but if you go to sleep you are not an insomniac.

tacad should be checking in in about an hour having just left here after devouring a double-double sans cheese.

[chachachacat]

In-N-Out Double Double?

[chachachacat]

Yipes! 24 posts today!