thene: Happy Ponyo looking up from the seabed (Default)
thene ([personal profile] thene) wrote2009-11-08 03:17 am

shiny adventures

I spent the evening out with Dani and a friend of hers, and it was an interesting exercise in mutual social anxieties. It was for a sweet, free, surprisingly dressy swing dance event at her university, and there were many people in lovely costumes and I felt bad for not being in a position to try, and there was tasty free food and people trying to teach me to dance properly. Aw.

It was a sudden thing that Dani only called me about this afternoon, and I was worryingly deer-in-headlights about it; glad I went along anyway. It was Dani who seized up - too many people and no alcohol, you know? While I felt badly-dressed and awkward, but okay. Crowds don't bother me, dancing badly doesn't bother me. The anxieties I've developed lately are more about handling individuals.

But I liked it and wished I could get more dancing in, and then had that moment when I realised a) that asking hot, splendidly dolled-up women to dance with me would be great, b) that I couldn't do that there, and c) that I don't know whether to hate America or The Heteros for that. mehhhh. If I'd had both time/money to plan for something like that and an ounce of sense, I would probably have crossdressed just in the name of passing as non-passing. (And while I would love to dress as Fujimoto from Ponyo for a convention sometime, I am really, really, not built for crossplay. ffff. Should stick with hating America, I guess.)

We had a lovely evening back at her place afterwards, so yay. <3 You have no idea how much I adore her cats. They're called Isis, Osiris, Ra and Set.

Subtle, not.

Post a comment in response:

If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

If you are unable to use this captcha for any reason, please contact us by email at support@dreamwidth.org