On Saturday, I went to the Hi-Dive with Rande, David, Scott, Jessi and Amber to see Bishop Allen and Miniature Tigers play. It was a pretty kickin’ show to say the least. Afterwards, after seeing that Sputnik was too crammed, we went to the Skylark and played shuffleboard at Rande’s suggestion.
I had never played shuffleboard [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Dreaming of… shuffleboard?
March 30th, 2009
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Changes to my website and blog
March 24th, 2009
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I decided to take it upon myself to finally upload WordPress 2.7.1 (or whatever it is right now) onto my own space. It’s only changed just a little; it’s technically at http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog instead of http://blog.jennifermnewell.com/, although I have it redirecting both from http://jennyjenjen.wordpress.com/ (my pre-domain-ownership address) and http://blog.jennifermnewell.com/ to the new address. So basically, everything’s [...]
I’m in love with the Lindy Hop
March 18th, 2009
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I think I love the Lindy Hop.
I must admit that when I first tried the Lindy Hop, I wasn’t very good at it. This was in high school. I didn’t like it at all, actually, and I did it wrong.
But after getting going with swing again here again, I’ve become quite fond of the Lindy [...]
The Wrestler, “Choose Death,” and the Construction of Nostalgia
March 13th, 2009
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Warning: this post contains spoilers about The Wrestler! Oh, and this post is really, really long. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Main Entry: nos·tal·gia
Pronunciation:
\nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-\
Function: noun
Etymology:
New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan [...]
Swing Dance Class, Weeks 4-6
March 13th, 2009
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I must admit, I didn’t have all that much to write about swing dancing during the last half of the class.
Part of this is because I missed weeks 4 and 5 due to illness and prior commitments (like Ignite Boulder 3!). But during the last class, on week 6, I felt like I was able [...]
