May. 13th, 2019

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Accomplishments:

...will *not* be including going to bed at a remotely reasonable hour, christ Sorcy, what is *wrong* with you you ADHD fuckass oh right.

(This feels extra funny to me hot on the heels of a post where I talk explicitly about how important positive self-talk is. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT, BRAIN.)

Anywho, here we go:

Work:
*None, it's a weekend.
*Although SCD-coworker did get a picture of the two of us at the ball and sent it round the department email and a couple people left nice comments. That's sweet!

Social:
*Went to the brunch! Yay brunch!
*Spent most of my brunch-time hanging out with E, the 10 year old daughter of one of my dancefriends. That was, of course, awesome since the pre-teens of Scottish Dancing prove to be ridiculously talented and cool people, and E is no exception.
*Studiously Did Not Have A Talk with a friend with whom I maybe sometime need to have A Talk. Granted, this was because friend drew a good boundary of "hey, I know you suggested we could talk today but I'm really not feeling up to it right now" and I respected that boundary. Good boundaries > good talks!
*Chatted on the fellytone with Dragon, getting to meet some of his new family. That was wonderful!
*Also chatted on the fellytone with Mama and Alys, to wish the former a happy mother's day! Yay for good moms! Share mine if you need one!

Sex:
*Made two sex-filter posts, one of which is a great and kinky piece of writing, the other of which is a fanfic recommendation.
*Being as this is not sexfilter-posted, I am never going to say anything else accomplishment-wise in this category. Tell me if you're into it and wanna be on (or off) that particular filter.

Personal:
*Ugh.
*Day 156 of writing my words. Yeah!
*Seriously though, ugh.
*I mean, I did read over a quarter-million words of fic. I AM VERY FAST AT READING, OKAY?! (Also it was the better part of seven straight hours.)

GOODNIGHT TIME TO GO TO WORK AND STUDY FOR FINALS WHEEEEEE!

~Sor
MOOP!
sorcyress: Drawing of me as a pirate, standing in front of the Boston Citgo sign (Default)
[crossposted with facebook]

HI FRIENDS!

Do you love me? Do you love dancing? Do you want to try to learn Scottish Country Dance for FREE!? Do you want to support a local folk institution in training and certificating new teachers?

If the answer to at least one of those questions is "yes!" and you're reasonably Boston (technically Salem) local, please read on! Otherwise, I promise this post is not entertaining.

((The below invitation is not written by me. The footnotes are.))

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Once more, we would love to have you join us. We are nearing the end of the Candidate Class1 season with a few changes to the routine. This coming weekend, May 18-19, MaryEllen Scannell and Jen Schoonover will take the reins. On Saturday, we will run a mock exam, with MaryEllen and Jen acting as examiners, so we would love to have two full sets of dancers on the floor. Some of these will be focused on Basic dance teaching and some on Intermediate to Advanced. On Sunday, Jen will teach a technique class open to all level of dancers.

Then, the next class after that will be June 1 and will be the final Candidate Class. That will run 4:30 - 8:30 Saturday. We hope you can join us for that last class.

Finally, if you are an Intermediate to Advanced level dancer2 who can participate on June 8 and 9 for the examinations for some of Saturday afternoon or times on Sunday, please contact MaryEllen Scannell (scannell at dslextreme dot com), as she will be organizing the volunteers to make sure we have enough people for all the necessary time slots. Because this will take careful scheduling, all participants should contact MaryEllen directly in order to make sure we have full coverage of volunteers as required by the RSCDS. Please do not just show up.3

Details (All events will be at 211 Bridge St. Salem, where the Salem class meets):

May 18, 1- 5pm (Basic and Intermediate classes)
May 19, 10am - 2pm (Scottish Technique for All)
June 1, 4:30 - 8:30pm (Basic and Intermediate classes)

Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, Excaminations (contact MaryEllen for scheduling)

With any questions other than about the Examinations, please contact me, Karen ((A/N: I can give you her email if needed))


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So yeah! This is a pretty big deal in my life and my ambitions --more about that in a post I didn't promise people could skip. If you're able and willing to help out I'd love to have you!

~Kat
MOOP!

1: Candidate Class is how you become a Real Official Scottish Country Dance teacher. There are two levels of it --I passed my first level in 2015, and have been quietly puttering and practicing since then to hopefully pass my second level.

2: If you are familiar with contra or mwsd and have a relatively steady sense of rhythm, you probably qualify! You do not already have to be perfect at the footwork.

3: But please please please do email and show up. We *need* to have three full sets (24 dancers) for our exam, for classroom management reasons and to make sure our prepared lessons and exercises work. Please if you can, this is the time that would be incredibly helpful.

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