conferences

Great weekend was followed by two day conference – in and of itself nothing exciting. However, a chance to catch up with those living all over the ken (prefecture) and for me, the chance to spend two nights playing with poi and getting inspiration from Ches and Todd (new alt – good as Blair with poi). Fantastic. First time trying out with my MP3 player. Need to get more music. Looking for tribal earthy stuff, similar to bellydancing *glances in kowari and Nat’s directions* Drumming, with winding rhythm so I can follow the beat or the flesh of the music. Still, it was really good and I feel like I’m slowly getting closer to firedancing. Still some techniques which I really need to learn. I know as soon as I learn them it will open whole new levels of expression.

Conference also meant people crashing at mine for two nights, always fun. Yet tonight I feel flat, like I want to turn the world off for a bit. No matter how much fun is had catching up with people at these things, always by the end I’m over people and just want to be alone in my own space for a while.

One of the sessions I went to was run by Stu, about multiple intelligences. We had a worksheet where we checked which statements applied to us in eight categories (eight forms of intelligences – though Ches and I both felt there should be a ninth, spiritual intelligence). My highest number of checks was in the intrapersonal – knowing self, happy to be by self, being a loner etc. Obviously a lot more involved but I can only be bothered skimming the gist right now. I found the result interesting, especially coming at the end of a very social weekend, yet it fits me too. I’m rarely lonely when on my own and I need my space. Coming home tonight and realising how over being social I am right now, it seemed very appropriate that my strongest intelligence is that one . Yet another way in which I am contradictary and unboxable – I’m a social loner! A social loner and a gypsycat who likes to nest. Bring on the contradictions, baby.
I also think my goal of responding to everyone’s emails within a day or two was overly optomistic. I can do it, but it means I do nothing else, and then I reach a point where I skim my emails but then just want to turn off the computer and retreat into my own little world.

I haven’t read either emails or lj since friday. Emails I’ll catch up with tomorrow, lj I probably won’t. Tonight I’m going to get something yummy to eat, a glass of wine, watch some more angel, then have a bath. I love having people to stay, and even more I love the feeling of having my place all to myself again after they’ve gone. The rest of this week shall be dedicated to serious mooching and me time, and then my social batteries will be all charged ready for flamenco performance and toga party on the weekend.

18 days til I go to Vietnam! 18 days until I have a summer break! Hooray!

Oh and do let me know when the teleportation device is ready and I’ll have Dee send me Ophelia. I get socialed out, but never Opheliad out and right now I’d love her purring company.