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Todays moves were
Figure 8
Sway-caress
Catapult-turn-Man-Half-nelson-Lady-Comb.

And there were about a dozen of us.  No absolute beginners so there was some more intimate stuff including some style tips.  Which is pretty useful because I've always been a bit woolly on the footwork for armjive.

First-Move-elbow-spin,
Wulitzer-shoulderwrap (I think),
Basket-Mambo-unwrap.

And there was hardly anyone there.  Gets a bit dull dancing with the same people several times in a night so I went home.

Yoyo-Block-Comb, Pretzel, First-Move Open.

Easy routine.  Or I'm getting better.  Whatever...  I had a good time and actually picked up some intermediate moves.  And someone complimented my dancing. 

Going to Ceroc on Sunday meant I got to go for free on Wednesday. 

Moves were Catapult-turn, Short Neckbreak and Hatchback-1.3-litre-Ford-Fiesta-Sway. 

Or something. 

Can never remember the name of these more complex moves. 

TV Stuff:
Ashes to Ashes:  Not convinced yet.  Will have an opinion next week.
Reaper: I'm enjoying this series.  It's so stupid!
Torchwood: Hmm...  Still not sure I quite see the point of the series.  Still don;t care about the characters nearly as uch as the rest of my flist.
Lost/Heroes:

DVD Stuff:
I have 5 new HDDVDs winging their way to me!  Yay!  Wonder when Blu Ray will fall in price.  I so want Fifth Element in HD. 

Costuming stuff:
What does a prince wear?

Dance Stuff:
Someone at work mentioned Salsa classes.  Trying to work out if I'm interested. 

Computer Stuff:
Seem to have abandoned my last game idea having spent too long not working on it.  Need a new idea.  Thinking about a Carrier Command type game so I can play with water effects, but then a space/stratefy game with funky particle effects sounds fun too.

So, went to Ceroc again.

Suddenly I can remember more of the intermediate moves.  Which is kinda unexpected. 

Helps to almost remember the names.  Armjive block and spin, neckbreak, comb something or other, Mambo-something else...  But I managed to remember how the sway works too. 

It's been a dull weekend. Didn't go out on Friday. Received a new PC to plug into my TV on Saturday. Cleaned my flat. Watched Bourne Supremacy. Tried to do some coding. Went dancing

Thoughts: Need to get out more. Not easy when in a depressed apathetic asocial mood. Nice to have a media PC even if it is that little bit too slow for some files (Maybe a new graphics card would help). I feel like Sisyphus. Enjoyable enough but I find it very hard to feel for any of the characters. Actually spent most of the time dithering - DX9 or OpenGL?

Ceroc people seemed to all disappear a little early. Still a bit inept at the intermediate. Knowing left from right is hard. And I can rarely remember what the moves are called. Still - it's fun. And I'm able to do some of the intermediate moves in freestyle now. Really need to chat to more people there though. Or find additional hobbies. Maybe it's time to think about some New Year resolutions.

We had people at Brighton B&B7. And I really need to think of a decent name for the event. tictactoepony , masterofapath ,
squirrel_dreams , emperor_zhark, hybridartifacts, and a couple of other geeks who may not be on LJ came. 

tictactoepony , masterofapath  and squirrel_dreams  went back to my place and we played Singstar.

We went to sleep.

We woke up and had a fry-up.

Went to Brighton.

Went to the beach.

Had fish and chips.

Went home. 

Had dinner.  Yakitori chicken.  Tends to works well. 

Sunday I started making the probably inauthentic but delightfully purple shirt I wanted to make for Eddie (Larp character).  Maybe I should have added some frilliness. 

Went to Ceroc.  Wasn't really in the mood for dancing though.  Felt I ought to go though since it's not on next week and I'm Conventioning and Larping the following two weeks.  It's getting a bit frustrating.  I don't have the coordination to learn 4 intermediate moves in one go. 

Funny thing.  Every single week I have to force myself to go to Ceroc.  I know if I go I'll have a lot of fun and be happy all through the following day but convincing my psyche of this is difficult*.  Then I eventually drag myself there, have a lot of fun, but will my psyche listen next time?  Of course not.

So, anyway, turns out either intermediate Ceroc is getting easier or I'm getting better.

Beginners moves were Armjive, Manspin, Cerocspin, Octopus.  As a sequence of beginners' moves, this is a lot of fun.  Looks good, and quite easy to pick up.  It's also going to confuse you Leroc peeps because apparently Cerocspin and Octopus both have different names there.  (Cerocspin is a right-handed, man grabs wrist with left hand and spins the lady.  Octopus is left hand over right, lady turns, then man turns then lady turns).  Also good because Octopus was the one beginners move I really needed a refresher on. 

Intermediate was Manspin catapult, Backhander, Some swizzle variant, and something isanely complex that looks great when done well and awful when I do it.  Probably called the V8 twin overhead cam or something. 

*My psyche wants to do this.  Not an unpleasant way  to spend the evening by any means, but dancing is better. 

Decided beginners was getting a little tedious (armjive pushspin, Shoulder drop, stepacross and side to side for those keeping track), and I've got refreshed enough to go to intermediate again.  Turns out it wasn't as hard as last time I went that far.