fun few nights!

Well, I had one date on Thursday night. I thought I was actually going to have a lot in common with this guy, and, on the surface, that was true. Both of German extraction, both classically trained musicians (drop-outs of that scene, as well), both kinda anti-corporate. But, I found him to be a little too dishonest with himself. Someone who goes to Burning the Man for 5+ years, and then claims he's not a Burner, uh, yeh? Someone who works in the liquor industry (retail), and is not drinking currently, but claims not to be a big drinker, although many of his stories are about drinking, uh, yeh? Anyway, he wasn't a bad guy, just not my type.
Friday, on the other hand, with the dancing civil engineer (kinda like the "Dancing Cavalier", from "Singin' in the Rain"), was a BLAST! Now I know that I have to practice, so if any of y'all know of a good swing CD (not too fast--KWIM?) that would be appreciated! The teacher had us doing a slightly nasty ("trashy", she said) move, and it had both of us giggling and blushing. Naturally, we had to work on it, A LOT.
Also had dinner with DCE, and a drink. I was afraid that he was going to be too mainstream for me, but I discovered 1)he has a wicked, dry sense of humor, 2)his brother's queer and 3) he's a DIY kind of guy. And he's still cute. And I have 5 more weeks of this to look forward to!
But, the topper was last night. The DDs and I had dinner with some old friends (like, one of the kids went to preschool with DD15). There were 6 kids and 7 grown-ups. It was a potluck, conversation was great, and we all played Apples to Apples together. Gosh, it was soooo nice to look around the table at all of these beautiful, wonderful (multi-ethnic, straight and gay, some US born, some immigrants, some native English speakers, some not, some grown-ups did not have kids, and some of the kids were there without their parents, might I add) people, kids and grown-ups, having a great time together!! I hope we can do that again!