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I suppose it's been a sufficiently long time since I last blogged! Let's seeeeee.

My month of rest and relaxation (kinda) ended two weeks back. I've since started up at Linmark again - two new girls this round, and two from before (Soccorsa stayed on as a permanent, and Val's back for the temp job as well). I'm no longer the youngest gal in the place - one of the new temps is a year younger than me. Not a shegeek, though, more's the pity. They're both nice enough, though. The job itself is going well so far, although we're not quite back up to the same speed that we were at last year, but that's kind of to be expected. I got graduated to doing the calendar finals though, hehe.

Saw the personal trainer lady, and now I have a nice shiny gym workout to do. It's been going okay, and last week it even stopped hurting the morning after. Yay! Belly dancing has been a lot more fun, though, although I suspect my abs will hurt tomorrow, since we did undulations today.
I've also been going up to campus on Tuesdays to go do swing dancing lessons with Trav. That's also been going okay, although he's been having some problems with the basic/triple step. All the other steps are fine, after some experimentation, but I think it's the beat he's having problems with. I've already got an internal metronome, from years of piano playing and DDR, but. It'll just require practice.
I tell ya, though, being whirled around by the other dudes - they've all got a ton more experience - is a little intimidating. I just kind of do my best to follow along, which is the point, I guess? I'm not really much for being touched by people I don't know, either, which is a bit of a downer, since that's what I end up doing during the lessony bits and when I'm not either helping Trav find his beat or hiding from the dance floor.

Not really much else has happened of late... Although I do find myself impatient for Brawl to come out. Pity it was pushed back 'til February.
( Final Fantasy Ranting )

In essence, you stopped being final at least fifteen games ago.

I have also been pondering about how fandom - of all types - scares me. I don't get it. I get being a fan of something. I'm a fan of things. I critique (see above) and discuss and will mention to people if they're talking about a subject "Oh yeah, I liked that, that was neat". However, I don't have a favorite actor/game/band/author. (I do have a favorite book and movie, but they're both The Princess Bride, because that piece of work is clearly unparalleled.)
What I don't get is the kind of people who talk about harming other people because they don't agree with one's chosen pairing, or Big Name Fans, or people who swear they're going to marry/are married to Sephiroth, or emo kids hiding under blankets screaming about Britney Spears or people who hang onto the lives of celebrities in general - I swear, those celeb magazines and shows like Entertainment Tonight make your brain into a pile of mush. Why do they care so damn much about these pieces of fiction? Yes, even the real-world celebs are fiction, don't fool yerselves.
Are our own lives just that unfulfilling?
I dunno. Imagine the power you could wield if you could harness all of fandom, though. Alas, it could never happen - they're too busy tearing each other to pieces at any one time to ever co-operate on any matter. What a waste.
Kinda like religion, isn't it?

'Kay, that's more than enough rambling to make up for a month, yeesh.