Programming

Mom, (Dad- he sat around and guarded the computer and pushed buttons mostly- his back is still bothering him), Leng (another woman from our session) and I ran dancing tonight. So, besides a couple of dances early on, I danced pretty much straight through, minus the ends of a couple dances so I could program. We mostly had a pre-selected list of dances to pick from set up before hand, but once again, I pretty much decided what got played when. This is similar to DJing, I guess, but based mostly on tempo/dance style and difficulty, perhaps more than what song sounds good after another, although the idea is to manage that as well- really good programmers do it spotlessly. Me- I just started, but it's quite fun, and gratifying to boot. Added to that, I taught Reiach Menta this evening, once most of the beginners left. Yossi wasn't there either so it was a small crowd, but they seemed to like it. It's a dance I genuinely Like, and I'm always glad to introduce those: Yossi's taste runs to Gadi-fluff. We did the latest Gadi-fluff (Im Tirtzi) too, but for what it is, it isn't too bad.

Still on the subject of dancing- my folks are still deciding if we're going to the Rochester Marathon. I'd like to go- it would be good to see some folks whom I don't see often, although I should be seeing at least one of them at Hora Keff at the end of the summer too- don't know when I'll see the others. It'll be a much smaller crowd of my friends and contemporaries this year, but still... I guess the question is could I arrange to go even if my folks don't, and if so, would it be worth it. They still need to figure out if they can take that Monday off, and if they even want to go, because the dancefloor there (if you can even call it that) is lousy. I have someplace to stay for Shabbos, so that isn't a worry, but...

Other than that, today was a remarkably lazy day- I was seriously lackign in productivity. Tomorrow I have an interview in the morning- the only question is When in the morning: that wasn't clarified. I'd like to know- it takes me a bit to get downtown, since I have to take the bus. So wish me luck.

I'm reading a book of essays by Ellen Goodman (Close to Home), and she keeps talking about how people nowadays (well- then: these are essays from the late 70s) seem to specialize in the double-opinion. Her example is usually something like "well, I want my wife to work, but I also want the kids clean and taken care of" (not her phrasing- but similar) and "I think there should be support for people who are out of work- but I want people to get themselves off the dole... It's an interesting thing to read, because it's a repeating theme in a long series of 2ish paged essays. ALso because drawing those lines so that I can figure out a cogent opinion that isn't self-contradictory is plenty hard for me, and I usually work at it and still don't quite formulate one position on any issue- it's so much easier to be ambivalent.

Programming

Mom, (Dad- he sat around and guarded the computer and pushed buttons mostly- his back is still bothering him), Leng (another woman from our session) and I ran dancing tonight. So, besides a couple of dances early on, I danced pretty much straight through, minus the ends of a couple dances so I could program. We mostly had a pre-selected list of dances to pick from set up before hand, but once again, I pretty much decided what got played when. This is similar to DJing, I guess, but based mostly on tempo/dance style and difficulty, perhaps more than what song sounds good after another, although the idea is to manage that as well- really good programmers do it spotlessly. Me- I just started, but it's quite fun, and gratifying to boot. Added to that, I taught Reiach Menta this evening, once most of the beginners left. Yossi wasn't there either so it was a small crowd, but they seemed to like it. It's a dance I genuinely Like, and I'm always glad to introduce those: Yossi's taste runs to Gadi-fluff. We did the latest Gadi-fluff (Im Tirtzi) too, but for what it is, it isn't too bad.

Still on the subject of dancing- my folks are still deciding if we're going to the Rochester Marathon. I'd like to go- it would be good to see some folks whom I don't see often, although I should be seeing at least one of them at Hora Keff at the end of the summer too- don't know when I'll see the others. It'll be a much smaller crowd of my friends and contemporaries this year, but still... I guess the question is could I arrange to go even if my folks don't, and if so, would it be worth it. They still need to figure out if they can take that Monday off, and if they even want to go, because the dancefloor there (if you can even call it that) is lousy. I have someplace to stay for Shabbos, so that isn't a worry, but...

Other than that, today was a remarkably lazy day- I was seriously lackign in productivity. Tomorrow I have an interview in the morning- the only question is When in the morning: that wasn't clarified. I'd like to know- it takes me a bit to get downtown, since I have to take the bus. So wish me luck.

I'm reading a book of essays by Ellen Goodman (Close to Home), and she keeps talking about how people nowadays (well- then: these are essays from the late 70s) seem to specialize in the double-opinion. Her example is usually something like "well, I want my wife to work, but I also want the kids clean and taken care of" (not her phrasing- but similar) and "I think there should be support for people who are out of work- but I want people to get themselves off the dole... It's an interesting thing to read, because it's a repeating theme in a long series of 2ish paged essays. ALso because drawing those lines so that I can figure out a cogent opinion that isn't self-contradictory is plenty hard for me, and I usually work at it and still don't quite formulate one position on any issue- it's so much easier to be ambivalent.