KARMA CHAMELEON

galen says i'll be reeling from this euphoria for the next few days.

i so feel it.

the rueda community descended upon downtown east to try to break the record for the biggest rueda circle.


danielle, amy, me and uh...caliente student

unfortunately, the community isn't big enough to break the record of 173 couples...so jackson held a crash workshop for anyone who wanted to learn it just before the attempt.

at the start of the count, we really only had 153 couples.

we were short of 20.

we were told there were girls waiting outside to join as follows, but not enough leads to accommodate that.

justin thought the girls (who knew how to salsa, but knew nuts about rueda) hanging around...and came to me and asked if i wanted to lead.

HELL YEAH!

i had offered earlier but was told there weren't enough follows to exchange for one lead.

so here's the t-shirt i got as a follow...


follow

and here's the one webster passed to me when i offered to be a lead...and the deejay was cheeky enough to say "ooh...and she's changing right in front of us!"


lead

so i'm glad to announce we're finally in the guiness book of records for the biggest rueda circle with 176 couples!

my follow and i were couple 173!

i'm so proud of justin. =)

and i'm proud of finally putting my leading skills to good use!

serene's a happy camper. =)

good dances all night long (except for when i got extremely worn and tired towards the end).

by good dances, i really just mean us having a fun time dancing together, in spite of either of us misreading each others' signals. =)

and if the LA congress is much better than this, man...i simply can't wait!

many revelations arose from these two nights. =)

i'll mull over them for a while before posting them.