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Somewhat frustrating practice session last night, but I think I needed to work through "stuff I know I will not want to do" to be more sure of what I do want to do.  I swear every cane move I have ever learned completely fled my brain when my cane music started for the first time, but by the time I left it was going better.  Another practice session booked for tonight.  I think I have a good mental map for my music now--not a choreography per se, but just a feeling of security about which parts come after what.  I'm using music that I know pretty well, but edited in some cases heavily, so I had a false sense of security about knowing the music.

I'm afraid that I'm getting ill as all my joints ache.  Illness is not allowed until 4pm on Sunday.  Make a note of that in your calendar, illness.  The most important thing will be making sure that I get enough sleep the next couple of nights.  Really sucks that the hot weather is rolling back in when it is.

in memoriam

I was all saudade last night thinking about how Cully had passed away on August 22, 2000--I can't say sad exactly, because enough time has gone by that I can easily think of the happy things as well as my grief over losing him.  When I went to bed, Seti climbed up into the bed and curled up next to me in his little sleep sack (yes, he has a bed on our bed).  I'm sure he could sense something.  Ferrets are often good like that.  It was extra fitting as he looked so much like Cully as a kit--he was the reason I bought pet store ferrets rather than adopting, I couldn't pass by this little guy and think of him going to anything less than a perfect home.

( Who Cully was )

still more zar!

Very cool PRI broadcast about a zar club in Cairo.  You can just read the text, but you get to hear the music as well if you play the audio file.