Journal Monica's Journal: Dance Peace Blog 3
So this weekend, instead of going to the huge anti-war protest in NYC and all over the world, i went dancing. i was glad to hear that NYC had over half a million protesters. more than that, i enjoyed that the news today included quotes from marchers and explanations of reason why the world is skeptical of war.
i organized a contradance club trip to the Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, NY. we got there around 11am Saturday and danced until 11pm. It was exhilirating. i learned zydeco and the texas two-step, both of which i've mostly forgotten. i'm not sure if the day was worth $58, but it was a really good time. (I'll post pictures.)
i had called a local comfort inn last week to reserve a room for me and two other contradance club members. although it seemed to work out at the time, i think i kind of mixed up the receptionist when, upon a request for my credit card number, i told her i'd call her right back on a land line instead of my cellphone. consequently, our reservation never made its way into the comfort inn computer. so we show up last night at midnight with no reservation and no vacancy. i had the name of the confused receptionist that i had talked to and the confirmation number she had given me. the attendant told me my confirmation number was for a reservation two months ago under a different name. using skills i either inheirated or observed from my mom, i demanded he find me another room in the area and pay the difference in price.
so we lucked out. off interstate 87, exit 9E, in clifton park, ny, there is not only a comfort inn, but also a comfort suites hotel. the dude called up comfort suites, and it just so happened that their best suite, normally $215 per night, was empty. we had a kitchen, a living room, two tvs, and a jacuzzi in our bedroom. and we paid the comfort inn cheap rate. too bad we were worn out from dancing and didn't have time to enjoy the place.
the other problem is that february is flu season. adam and adrianne were very close to sick at the start of the trip, and they didn't end up dancing much. folk dancing involves holding hands with a lot of different people, and there's not much time in between tunes for sanitizing. so now i'm not feeling so good either and will proably be in bed a good part of the next few days. but the trip was fun enough.
in other news, i have decided to switch from my long-beloved slashdot journal to a domain i will share with todd and tony. i have mixed feelings about becoming a "blog", mostly because it's so stupidly trendy. but if i gauge the amount of support for online personal info by how much positive feedback i've gotten about my cuba picutres being online, even though it was mostly from my family and others who shared the experience with me, i think "blogging" might just be ok. especially now that google's buying blogger.
plus, now i have a digital camera and want to put pictures in posts. and i want comments to be easier. and i'm gonna have a pretty layout. maybe pastels.
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