Okay, so I haven't written a post in about 8 days. But I can explain. I have this short list of things I've been wanting to write about, but haven't had time. You see, last Sunday, I took a bunch of friends to experience "beginner's" salsa classes with me at Jim Chow's Belltown Dance Studio salsa class. And by "bunch", I mean Jim, Annie, Jeff, Greg, Tin, Cheryle, Michelle, and myself (and hopefully Leah, Mitch, and Bethany this upcoming week). But what ended up happening was that a "bunch" of other people showed up as well. I think we're going to have at least 50 people in a class that's used to seeing maybe 20 to 25 students.
But that's not the only thing that happened. Over that same weekend, I also went "clubbing" for the first time in about 3 years. Pioneer Square of all places. But it turned out to be a ton of fun. Who knew I could dance like such an idiot, for hours, without any alcohol in me. A friend of mine was drinking some Coke, it looked good so I went up to the bar and asked for a regular Coke for myself. He actually didn't charge me for it. It made me think, "Okay, a Coke is free, but add some rum in there, and all of a sudden it's $7 plus tip."
Oh, here's one thing I noticed at the clubs. Dark room, lots of lights, good looking people everywhere, loud music playing. You look up to the front of the dance floor and there's a station where the DJ is doing his thing. But you can't see the DJ, nor anything else. All you can see is a glowing, Apple icon on a Powerbook laptop. Talk about free marketing.
Besides that. I also saw a movie in the theater for the first time in a long time. Of all movies, I saw Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. But here's the real surprise, I actually really enjoyed it!! (But must warn you, not everyone in our group enjoyed it) It was such a different experience at a movie theater. The pace of the movie was slower, but the style of the movie, scenery, cinematography, colors and costumes used in the movie were so beautiful and unique that I thought it of more as a "theater show" than a typical "movie." Now, I've read about some historical inaccuracies in this movie and so on, but hey, this wasn't the History Channel. It was Hollywood.
And so far this week, it's been the same pattern of working all day and hanging out with friends, acquaintances, and clients all evening. At least I'm not worn out yet.
