Viva la Verve

Today, rain forced us to dance indoors. I am extremely grateful that Flissy and I have been honing our improv skillz-- not only was our entire set improv, but we had to improv to a 360 degree audience instead of having the audience face us. This was totally new to me! A good challenge, though... not only did the leader have to distinctly pick a new "front" from time to time, but the follower had to then recognize that cue, and position herself accordingly. Since we're not a threesome +, we don't tend to do a whole lot of circle-oriented moves that work well in this sort of crowd setup. But! The set went well, and there were many smiles, and Flissy and I are a good team. Plus, you so should have seen her tribal 60's hair. It was a thing o'beauty. And I got to see Kallisti do some swordwork, and Makeda Maysa is totally freakin' shimmylicious. Good stuff.

Went out to dinner with my dad and my two sibs. My gosh, my baby brother has a myspace. My little sis, Melissa, is like, totally into the bellydance thing after watching vids with me, and so she's going to come along with me to some area events soon.

Am now collapsed on the couch, where I will likely fall asleep tonight. It's so comfy! But I have a roaring headache, so I'm going to pop some ibuprofen and read some smut fic until my pitifully-early bedtime. Tomorrow: nice long bath, laundry, hanging out with Julie.