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• Eleanor Tate (51)
  Curiosity spoken here.
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  Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
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  The daily news.
• Livejournal - Rainsdance (320)
  LiveJournal is a simple-to-use (but extremely powerful and customizable) personal publishing ("blogging") tool, built on open source software. Joining the site is free. Users can choose to upgrade their accounts for extra features.
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• S O L A R (447)
  SOLAR is a fantasy Live-Action Role-Playing game (often referred to as a LARP). Within the constraints of the campaign environment, you create a character concept for a fantasy story and actually play the character. It is much like improvisational theater--you have a framework created by the props and supporting characters and must develop your part as you progress through the storyline. Your character's attitudes, ambitions, and history are yours to define.

Dance

• Aaron Sandler (401)
  I live in Durham, North Carolina, with my wife Allison. I like to travel and take pictures.
• American Dance Festival (402)
  In July 1934, the small town of Bennington, Vermont, became the unexpected scene of another American revolution. It was a revolution that managed to change irreversibly the face of American art.
• CCCC 2005 - Top 20 Pictures (499)
  This is the third year I've photographed Choreo Collective, a local modern dance company, during a dress rehearsal
  as they prepare for their big annual show. Once again, it was a lot of fun and I got to see some beautiful dance.
  
  If you're in the Chapel Hill, NC, area, the concerts will be on March 19 and 20.
  I'll also be projecting some photos there, so come on down and join the fun!
  
  Check out www.choreocollective.org for more details. Otherwise, relax and enjoy my top 20 pix:
• Choreo Collective (374)
  Formed in 1997, Choreo Collective is a collective of local modern dancers and choreographers committed to exploring the creative process and increasing the presence of the performing arts in the community. At the heart of Choreo Collective's mission is a weekly forum for participants to experiment with movement ideas, explore the process of making dance, and develop ways to involve and communicate with the audience. The members of Choreo Collective also work together to stage performances throughout the Triangle area featuring work by individual members and guest artists, collaborative choreography, and structured improvisations.
• Professional Dancers Network (463)
  Welcome to the Professional Dancers Network! Come post your audition information, your dreams for your company or as a struggling dancer, your reviews of performances or your recipe for a healthy snack. This site is designed by dancers for dancers, keeping the professional dancer's needs in mind.
• University of Southern Mississippi Dance (124)
  The mission of the dance program at The University of Southern Mississippi is to prepare students for both professional and scholastic careers in the arts. The program is based on the philosophy that dance is more than a physical act--it is a state of mind-an attitude in which body and mind is balanced. The diversity of ideas, visual images and formal techniques that have evolved through the historical development of dance are the ingredients that make up the whole of dance as a performing art. It is to these ingredients that the dance program addresses its courses and activities in order to guide the student toward a balanced understanding of the art.

Freelance Consultant

• 10 Absolute "Nos!" for Freelancers (245)
  My guy in Colorado sent me this link earlier today (26 nov 2007) and I realized that I'm in dire violation of a lot of these edicts. So I've read this article:
  
  "When I first started freelancing as a college student, I was eager to do any website and would say "Yes" to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I quickly found myself working all the time, eating Ramen noodles, and not getting anywhere in terms of paying off my wonderful college debt...."
  
  Memorized it and am reading (and memorizing) the rest of the site (http://www.wakeuplater.com/) as well. Good stuff.
• Contemporary Tapestry Weaving (267)
  Contemporary Tapestry Weaving specializes in custom-designed and hand-woven tapestries for corporate offices, public buildings, hospitals, religious environments and private collectors. The studio is owned and operated by fiber artist Ulrika Leander. The tapestries designed and woven by Ulrika and have become well-known here and abroad for their sophisticated designs and outstanding, high-quality craftsmanship.

The Best Medicine

• Goblins Comic (182)
  This comic sometimes contains scenes of extreme violence. It is not suitable for younger readers.
• Nukees (441)
  Online comic strip about some Berkley grad students. Okay, really it's about the evil overlord, Gavin.
• Order of the Stick (271)
  Fantasy role playing oriented strip - includes cast of characters and some game design articles.
• Penny Arcade (349)
  Old school gamer geeks. Damn right.
• Sinfest (127)
  I've been downhearted, baby, ever since the day we met.
• Sore Thumbs (248)
  Political Gaming Manga Type Comic. (Their description, not mine.)
• Wapsi Square (161)
  Wapsi Square follows the day to day stories and relationships between a group of five post college friends and a school teacher turned bartender. Amanda is a motherly professional photographer who is convinced the intelligence of the world is dropping but still remains optimistic. Monica is the diminutive museum curator that has yet to realize how cute she is. Jaquline, Shelly, and Owen are the members of the punk band Fermented Banana and good friends of Monica and Amanda.
  
  Various story lines deal with grade school crushes, blind dates, the perceptions of others, and the Aztec god of alcohol.
• Zebra Girl (251)
  Love. Hate. Spontaneous combustion.