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Dinner and Diesel and phone call (in that order, even) on Friday evening were all very good. Got to see many people at dinner who I don't see very much of, which was neat. Also got to see some people who I'd not expected to be able to see for a while (

ladytabitha!). Need to make sure to find time to visit with/do reiki on

nex0s. Also need to fix my pronunciation of reiki, as it confuses people. :)

Saturday morning I was awake at 9. But I refused to get up, and dozed until noon. That felt *amazing*, not listening to my brain's annoying insistance that I always need to be *doing* something. Dinner previous to massage party was good, although there was much exhaustion and it was *cold* out. Stupid cold weather.

Massage party was lovely, although I'd not considered that the time of year was wrong for me to be hugely social, even in the way that massage is social. But it was ok, because I still got some good massages and some useful pointers on new techniques. And got to notice, again, how *many* people in this area I know now. And got lots of cuddling with people I like but don't see enough of. I'm still amused by the fact that I didn't notice how odd it was that I effectively ordered someone to give me a massage until sometime during the massage. Didn't end up being a problem, but I'm not usually that... pushy! Starting to wonder if I *should* be, though. :)

Have been seeing a hell of a lot of

volta lately, which has been neat, although kinda odd, since most of it has *not* been me scheduling time to see him, which is the normal state of things. We don't usually have a whole lot of social activity overlap. Was quite cool. And it was thoroughly nifty that we got to have lots and lots and lots of time to chat about all sorts of stuff. I did miss that, and am glad that we appear to be back at a reasonable state for such; possibly even more reasonable than ever used to be true, because of the amount of growing up and learning about myself I've done in the last year and a half or so.

Weee! Self-learning!

For those who've met me in the last year or so, which is most of you, I'm *way* more sure of what I want, and who I am, than I used to be. This makes conversations of all sorts quite a bit more pleasant, probably for everyone involved.

Still investigating myself, of course, but it's a much less painful process for other people (and for me) to deal with. And still working on some of my relationship-destroying habits, but at least I'm *aware* of them, and *can* work on them. And have seen progress. I've most certainly been more willing to *say* the things in my head that I was worried about saying or afraid of than I used to be. Both offline and on. And being able to say things in person is by far the most impressive thing from my perspective.

Of course, having people who reinforce the good behavior of not letting things fester in my head always helps, as does having people to talk to about stuff. So, yay, for my friends! *is pleased*

Today, I get (if that's the right word) to visit my parents and my oldest sibling's family. Previous plans for the day ended up not happening, so I figured I'd be a good daughter and take them up on their invitation. Should be... interesting.

Just hope my sister-in-law doesn't ask me why I don't visit more often. In the state of mind I'm in today, I might just answer the question, rather than dodge it. (in short, she drives me batty - even more batty than my mom used to do.)

OK. Must go find clothing and wander off to visit some of my family now. Oh, joy.

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Hmmmm I've been good with massage, and have learned some new techniques from my friend who graduated from < ahref="http://www.mtiweb.edu/">Muscular Therapy Institute and also the professional clinic there, but do seem to be socially tertiary from the group that hosts this event.

Do you find that there is a differant is the environment to have multiple massage sessions in the same space as opposed to private one on one massages?

Um. There's an additional difference here - the multiple massage sessions in the same space are, for the most part, not professional massages and are not being paid. The private space ones I've tended to get are professional and are being paid.

So yeah, there's a difference, but it's difficult to say the reason. Certainly, the multiple in the same location have distraction aspects to them...

Since moving away from NOLA, my college friends often allude to doing a Roman baths massage session like in Ben Hur (http://www.filmsite.org/benh2.html), but that would seem to be a little out of the league and stipulations of professional massage therapists.

I have done quite a bit of work on friends, but it has been informal, using what skills and techniques I have learned over the years.

The idea that a group of people were comforatbale enough to get together and do this as a group is what peaked my interest, as it is differant than what I have been accustomed to, though it does sound like an appealing idea if the other folks are known to you and are skilled enough to provide good work.

I've been meaning to "friend" for quite some time.

Hope you don't mind! - and friend back if you wish :-)

No minding. I feel like I ought to know who you are, though. Were you one of the people I met in Orlando?

No - but I do live in the Atlanta area. So if you decide to visit this area I'd like to meet ya.

Well, the massage party DID seem to grow to fill the expanded space available for it. Fortunately, the ratio of general socializing to massage seemed to hold up to that of previous parties. I got totally involved in giving massage to the needy, until my arms and hands demanded a break. That was very satisfying, so much so that it seemed to be the shortest massage party yet (this was my 7th).

It's not surprising that you know so many people - I recall meeting you at our housewarming party about a year ago, and commenting that you seemed to be talking with every single person there, at some point or other. That impressed me, because I've tried to do that at a few social events, and always managed to get sufficiently involved in some conversations that there was never enough time to meet everyone.

I'm adding you to my friends list, and I'll add that I'm interested in hearing about energy work.

-I am having a *hell* of a time figuring out who you are, although at least I can reduce the possible people, since you mentioned housewarming party and I already know the LJ names of most of the people who lived there at the housewarming party in question. Who are you?

-I didn't expect to know anyone at your housewarming party, so went with the expectation of needing to talk to people in order to actually have it be a pleasant experience. It's true that I ended up finding out that I knew a couple people, but none terribly well. Also - your housewarming party was about the point when I started to actively attempt to get involved with the various Boston groups I am sorta part of now (suspects, poly boston, etc). I'd previously spent a *little* time in the poly boston crowd, but not a whole lot. So it's only been about a year. Thus my surprise. :)

-If I can figure out who you are, I'll add you back and add you to the filter in question. You don't appear to post much?

I guess it's not so strange you don't remember talking to me there - I don't think we've run into each other since then. Since my SO hosts the massage parties & CA, I may be overshadowed by her radiance. :)
Given the number of people you likely met for the first time the last time we met, perhaps a face is more useful than a name?

In truth, faces and names are *both* difficult for me, unless it's someone I interacted with enough.

Had I noticed the comment about the hosting of stuff by your SO, I might have figured out who you were without the email. But! Email worked. :)

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