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So, as a counter to my mopey "wah, misogyny!" post from yesterday, here are two things that are not sexist and making me happy right now.

First off was Squares on Tuesday. Tech Squares does very difficult variations on the mainstream/plus level of square dancing, and so if you are not quick-witted and quick on your feet, it's easy to get very overwhelmed and lost if you learned to dance with a different club. This week, we had multiple visitors in town.

I wound up in a square with two pairs of out of towners, and three other tech squares members. Our caller was showing off everything he's got (apparently at other clubs, the caller is not the enemy? Who knew.) and our square was, um, flailing. To put it mildly.

I don't have the intrinsic brain for squares like many dancers I know do, I can't hear a call and know where everyone is supposed to be at the end of it. But I am one sweet hell of a dancer, and as bossy as any oldest child ought to be. I was not going to put up with my square falling to pieces all over the floor.

And so I did my level best to keep us moving and everyone approximately where they were supposed to be. And after the dancing was all done, majordomo comes up to me and grabs me by the shoulders.

"I love your brain!" he says, and hugs me, and I damn near break with glee 'cause that's all I ever want to hear from folk and I don't get it near often as I'd like.

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So, I had to go off to a warehouse today, and while we're there, I get to see an *amazing* forklift in action. We're talking a "lift 8' x 8' x 8' crates 10' off the ground and drive around like that" amazing. I haven't wanted a piece of construction equipment so bad since I got to drive a backhoe.

(As a complete aside, y'all do know I once got to drive a backhoe around, right? BEST EXPERIENCE OF FOREVER YEP)

And the guy driving it around gets out, and notices me eyeballing it something fierce, and no thought or pause launches into an explanation of how rad it is, using technical terms and showing me all the bits. He didn't let me drive it (but then again, liability), but he in no way dumbed himself down for the silly girl(apparent).

(nor, when I was helping move boxes later, did anyone give me a "here sweetie, let me help you with that." This sounds so insignificant and common fucking decency, but I wouldn't have to be astonished by it if the opposite didn't happen so damn often.)

So yeah. Plus one for TOTALLY EXCELLENT warehouse guys. Also for amazing forklifts.

And that's all she wrote.

~Sor
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Firstfirstfirst, slaversbane and jestingly_yours have COMBINED FORCES to create the single greatest comment thread ever. Seriously you two, I kept giggling every time I saw one of you had added another line to it.

Secondly, Kate (Who I have unofficially dubbed Kate Monster, but not actually told her yet) is letting me borrow Maus I&II. Eeee! Plus, we were hanging out at the poster sale that's going on on the quad, and looking at movie posters and stuff and SHE'S HEARD OF SPACED! (She was SO jealous of you, mom, when I told her your Simon Pegg story) She's actually seen more Spaced then I have, but she hasn't heard of Black Books, so I don't have to feel COMPLETELY inadequete.

Thirdly, Dave is amazing because he and Diane took me out to dinner (Hot dogs!), let me do my laundry at their place (instead of having to pay 2.50 a load over here. :P) and helped me to get all of my music onto Seren. So I HAS MUSICS! I can now do things like make playlists with BOTH Assassins albums and stuff.

Fourthly, Keira is awesome because we've actually figured out a way to chat, and she seems to have designated herself my bad influence. So yay!

Fifthly, Veronica is awesome because she has declared herself Squeaky. And she like, did it right and got Assassins out of the library and watched bits of it on YouTube and stuff. So all I have to do is teach her some of the fanon (Of course Czolgosz's handkerchief has posies on it! And you do know that Booth has a TARDIS, right?) and she will become one of ussss. *hisses evilly and smirks*

'course, that's really the sort of thing that belongs over on DeviantArt, as that's where the crazy Assassins fans lurk. Yeeeah. I kinda wandered back in and have been doing things again, and it's all very entertaining.

Sixthly...Well, I'm awesome. But you all knew that. And, by extention, my clone is awesome.

Seventhly, Ksatyr is awesome because he's picking me up from the airport when I come home on Friday.

OH! And eighthly, Dave is awesome, again, because he's letting me borrow the V for Vendetta comic, which I hadn't actually read. So yay!

Ninthly, Tho is awesome because he's willing to let me be all "Rannt!" and he goes all "Advice". So that's good stuff.

Tenthly, Aly is awesome because she JUST TOTALLY IS, OHMAN! Also, Aly? I have secret messages to give you to pass to...

waitaminute.

*the Sorcy has gotten an idea. A horrible, terrible idea. *grinchgrin!*

Annnnnnnnd I'm out. [/mini-egoboost]

~Sor
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