Trail-In Dance, coasters

We spent the afternoon at Great America riding five coasters. It was a good time for it, but hot and sunny, and the high school kids were out in force. Waits were short. Whle I love coasters, it has been 6 years since I've been on one, and it turns out my brain now gets knocked about by some of the rougher ones, so I ended up with a headache which lasted for the rest of the day and made me less sociable.

After a two-hour escape to the Golds gym in Santa Clara, we ate dinner at Baja Fresh and returned to the convention. Between bits of work we got in a tip at the trail-in dance (featuring fuzzygruf). It was nice to hear Andy's (otterpop58) calling again, though I doubt if he'll have any time to talk since he's a staff caller. Also good seeing Randy, his ex, who reports he has a new bf. Saw most of the old faces from Canada and previous conventions; Brian Jarvis grabbed me and we ended up sucking face in the hall in front of everybody. How embarrassing, but if somebody starts massaging my neck, I generally lose all inhibitions.

I'd actually planned a longer post about how I'm suffering anomie and feeling alienated from everyone lately, but maybe its just because my head hurt all evening and I got little sleep last night after reinjuring my shoulder doing dumbbell work yesterday. I'm really happiest talking to one person, and crowds tend to leave me feeling more alone.