Restarting? my journal
Dec. 1st, 2019 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bethlakshmiOK, so it's been 5 years since my last post. If you weren't a part of my non-blog life, a quick catchup:
And I moved to dreamwidth - enough of my friends are here, and I heard enough strange stuff about Live Journal's new owners, that I moved.
I am currently in India on what appears to be my every 10 year visit. Each time I come, I've journaled and both I and any of my audience seem to really enjoy... so here goes.
- I've changed jobs at least once since I've been regularly journaling, probably twice. I did a stint in quasi-govt. digital security much closer to IT & operations - I learned a lot (a big thing I learned - I hate that work). Now I work in high tech in Kendall Square at a typically frantic pace developing some of the software that runs the Internet.
- My dad died. I know I didn't blog much about that - didn't want to.
- My mom's had some health stuff, but she's still upbeat and determined to get into mischief (in a good way) and who has a husband who loves her and takes good care of her.
- I did my Arangetram in April 2016 - (i.e. Rangapravesham in Kannada terms) - it's the formal debut of a Bharata Natyam dancer. It was a big deal and I was really proud to have done it.
- I was on a grand jury for 3 months in 2018 - it taught me a lot and really took a toll on my psyche.
- We moved our Burlesque studio ... twice... once to Cambridge and now to Boston. Don't ask, it's been tough.
- My teachers are still my teachers - but they tend to move around the world. Alot. I generally see them 1-2 times per year - at least once I travel to them, and generally they make it to Boston once a year. We still do class 2X a week, both Bharata Natyam and Kalaripayattu
- I haven't been all that active in the SCA. I make it to 1-3 events a year, and don't put the time in to be heavily involved.
- I've been steadily remodeling my house - new bathroom, better kitchen, awesome living room, and hopefully soon a redone tiling of my shower.
- I did capoeira for 1.5 years. Still trying to get back to it
And I moved to dreamwidth - enough of my friends are here, and I heard enough strange stuff about Live Journal's new owners, that I moved.
I am currently in India on what appears to be my every 10 year visit. Each time I come, I've journaled and both I and any of my audience seem to really enjoy... so here goes.
