Double Fisting

[Dancing]
Last night I went to Century Ballroom on a saturday night and it didn't suck. Partly because I told myself I was going to have a good time and not dwell on anything negative, and partly because I went straight from the coat check to the bar (where some bitch cut me off, but I made myself forget it) and got two captain and cokes. I think that's the key. Once barely gets me buzzed, but double fisting them makes me friendly. I was so friendly it didn't even bother me when I asked girls to dance and they said no. I even danced with frowny face girl, despite knowing she probably wouldn't enjoy it for some reason I still can't fathom.

I also danced with this cute girl who looked like the chick in that Harry Potter movie. A lot like her. In fact...she said her name was Kate, lets look up IMDB....oh, no the actors name is Emma. Well, she looked like her. And she was a sexy dancer. And when I left, planning to ask if she wanted to go get a drink, I couldn't find her. Ce la vie.

The girl assistant/teacher person from the dance studio has a serious case of pretending I don't exist. I know this because she ignored me at the water fountain, and unless your facial recognition is broken there is no way to pretend you didnt' notice someone when they are in front of you looking right at you. That reminds me, I might have to go to a new studio. My teacher seems convinced that because I am capable of learning the moves without flailing around awkwardly the whole class that this means I'm "advanced" and I should be in the advanced class. Maybe its just his teaching style. I prefer the classes where you are pretty much dancing the whole time, except for the few minutes they spend showing a new move, or what can go wrong with it. Either way, I'm not advanced, so maybe this is the impetus I need to actually find another dance studio. I am seriously going to miss walking across the street though. Maybe I'll still go there for practice. My attempts to find good salsa partners have so far failed. I have like 3 or 4 beginners that told me they want to come but are always busy.

I feel pretty good, though, now that I've come up with this double fisting trick. Rum has some serious capability for taking a sucky situation and making it pleasant. I think I'm going to keep going and trying to dance with new people until enough people recognize me that I won't be standing on the edge of the dance floor most of the time. And until that happens, I'll have the captain to keep me company.

[Flying]
Flew to Bremerton again today, this time with Sabrina. My first attempt at landing sucked so bad I actually had to go around, which was depressing. The next one wasn't so bad, but all of my landings start with sloppy approaches. I'm going to have to work on them. Coming home to boeing, they told me to do a ...something I can't even remember. Long story short, I had to shorten up the pattern and flew right over the aviation museum, then I had to turn real sharp and set her down in time to get off the runway but intersection A9 like they told me. I think they were hurrying me up so someone else could land. My landing didn't suck, at least. Over the whole day, though, I landed directly on the nose wheel (very bad idea) and oversped the flaps (just a tiny bit).

I think the next destination will be Hoqium, on the actual coast. This will require a bit more planning, but it should be pretty cool. They have a diner there too.

Also, I am considering joining the Civil Air Patrol. They aren't one of the armed forces, and get negative respect from everyone, but they allegedly do search and rescue, which would be awesome. It is probably the closest I can get to being in an air force without worrying about some jackass president getting us in another war. Unfortunately they require 200 hours of pilot-in-command time. That's a lot.


[Alaska]
Also, I want to go to Alaska. During whenever the sun never sets. I think that will be awesome.

[TODO]
If I'm going to shamelessly link to amazon anyway, maybe I should be a total sell out: http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/12/blogger-integrates-with-amazon.html