Back in the saddle. And soon to be very sore.

That's right, I'm back in Capoeira classes! Run by one of my buddies from the UD Capoeira class, I'm now stretching, kicking, and doing all sorts of interesting and mildly painful exercises! Fortunately, what with the solid wooden floors, my feet weren't torn to shreds with this class, and since we're usually working in a gym, they won't be nearly as bad to break back in. However, solid surfaces provide new forms of pain, such as lowering from a standing position into a slow controlled somersault into a leg stretch. Not my favorite thing in the world. But this feeling, the nearly dead, hard to walk, totally going to be in agony tomorrow feeling is... Indescribably awesome. That exhaustion I can only get from that kind of work out, that sense of satisfaction of kicking my ass and getting through it, that joy of music and kicking and dancing... I missed this so much. And now it's back! I may get those beach abs yet!

My Job, II: The Omen

More weird job news. Apparently I'm a consultant now. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Best case scenario I just got a little raise. More likely scenario, my paychecks are bigger but my taxes are worse enough to make up for that increase. Worst case scenario, smaller paychecks and increased taxes. Most likely scenario, however, is that nothing changes at all and I just have a new meaningless job title to go with my other meaningless job title. However, you know the luck I've had with this sort of thing, so hedge your bets.

My job

For those of you wondering about my whole job situation, this is what I know: I have a job. Yes, that's all the information I have. However, there are no rumors of doom and gloom. There are almost no rumors at all, actually, which is weird. I've heard people say we might be in good shape, that it looks like the new parent company is just going to leave well enough alone for a while, which is good I guess, but there's no proof to back those statements up, so they're conjecture and little more. Back to waiting, etc. The upside is there's not immediate threat obvious, so if I do lose my job, at least it will be a surprise? That sounded better in my head.

Girlish excitement

August 25th 2009. Important date. Why? Imogen Heap's new album, Ellipse, is coming out. Based on the two songs released on the Internet so far, it's going to be on par with Speak for Yourself if not better. I'm so excited.

God, I am such a girl sometimes.

Dating! Success may vary.

So I met someone on OkCupid recently, and we decided to go on a couple dates. That whole city phobia I had once upon a time seems to have dissolved. I say this because the young woman who caught my eye lives in Philly at the moment, and going to the city was way second place to meeting her, so go me for getting better.

We went on a grand total of two dates. I really liked her. She didn't feel the spark, however, so the whole dating thing didn't work. However, I don't feel that bad about how things went. I enjoyed our dates, I got into Philly, further crushing my stupid phobia, and I definitely didn't mind spending my time looking at this girl. Wow, she was gorgeous.

I'll admit I'm mildly depressed that she didn't find me up to par, but whatever. Such is life. Dating is finding the people where the spark is there. I'm off to find someone appropriately sparkly. (Not a vampire.)