Portable Dance Pads Are the Future, and I'm Ready

I can't wait for the day most dance gamers have their own high-quality travel pads/portable setups. Imagine:

-We could still opt to get together at tournaments and other dance game events, but those could take place just about anywhere (Hawaii? cabin in the woods?).

-Adjusting to pads and offset would mostly be a thing of the past. An hour of pad modding per player, or whatever is typically allotted at events like Stamina Con, or simply having to make do and address issues as they arise would no longer be a huge obstacle standing in the way of tournament efficiency.

-In general, dance gaming would be far more accessible, including to people in tiny apartments who live nowhere near an arcade or don't have the free time to travel to one. Even if your steps are somehow still too loud for the neighbors, you have the option of quickly relocating the setup any time because of its portability. City dwellers could probably take it to a laundromat during off-peak hours if they really wanted to or had no better options.

Maybe I'm doing a bit of wishful thinking, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see things go this direction, and I'm hoping to still be around for it if and when that time comes. :) 

Conviction from Confidence, Confidence from Exposure

A huge percentage of my failures have been due to a lack of conviction which stemmed from a lack of confidence. More times than not, that lack of confidence was the product of inexperience of one kind or another. Some people muster conviction and confidence and find success without experience in a particular situation for various reasons I won't dive into now, but it mostly boils down to how other dicey scenarios have played out for them (or others they've observed and can relate to) and the fact that getting out of your comfort zone and exposing yourself to things does greatly increase your odds of success in most senses of the word, even when for no other reason than giving you the confidence to commit to your next uncomfortable leap.

Respect Limitations, and Don't Expect What You Won’t Give

https://www.insidehook.com/article/sex-and-dating/perfectly-fine-men-not-want-go-down-women?eid=f3e0ee4d6f2e51f067024759e7666dd8&utm_source=InsideHook&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nation

As this article mentions, life's too short not to have your sexual needs met. That said, you can't demand that any particular person be willing to meet those needs, and you've got to be honest with yourself and your partner(s) about exactly what those needs are. Beyond that, respect people's limitations, don't expect what you're not willing to give, and be really freakin grateful if you wind up with someone who decides to be generous with you anyway. For example, if she's okay with you passing on the roast beef sandwich, you can at least demonstrate your appreciation of her flesh flute-playing skills with a big ass thank you 🙏 and by lending her a hand with *whatever* she might need.

Arrogance =/= Confidence. Eww

Confidence can be attractive, but few things turn me off a person faster than arrogance. 🤮

I'll Make Us Blush

Embarrassing myself is one of my hobbies — just a PSA for anyone at risk of hanging out with me in public.

Dream: Getting My Head Smashed In and Worrying About My Face

Dream last night: I was home alone when a serial killer broke in and started smashing my head in with a hammer. I could tell that my skull and face were getting pulverized, but I was fighting back with a vengeance. When I called desperately for a time out, my attacker was absolutely shocked but conceded, and I proceeded to ask whether my face was already so far gone and fucked up that even the best plastic surgeon would be unable to fix me (because I would stop fighting and just let her finish the job if that were the case). She was speechless for a sec and then told me that if I somehow survived my injuries, someone could probably just about fix my face. Like any sensible person would, I started fighting again then and taking more blows from the hammer til my head was just about mush and I woke up.

Edit: Oh, by last night, I mean yesterday morning. Just trying to get this brain dump posted before I go to bed today (yes, at 7:42am) and have the memory erased by brand new nightmares. 😆