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Facebook has become my online social networking site of choice lately, for better or worse, so I’m seldom to be found on the ol’ LJ. Therefore, some of you may not be aware of what’s up lately in the life of Aron.

I’m still working at the same place as last year, which is nice. It’s the longest I’ve worked full time in a single IT position, and I’m very happy to be there. My boss is still amazing, and I’m keeping challenged. My main project as of the past couple/few months has been to integrate our GPS infrastructure backend with our ERP/accounting system and it continues to be fun. I’ve been using Ruby and Ruby on Rails lately and have been rediscovering a love for programming that was soured by PHP for some time. I’ve also been doing a bit of contract work on the side.

I miss school somewhat, but I don’t miss having a student budget. I’m still in debt, but slowly whittling it down while living reasonably well. It’s been a refreshing change to be able to buy what I want and give gifts without worrying about how I’m going to afford to feed myself. I’m pretty sure I’m not ready for that to end yet.

I’m in the white fedora.

Since the end of January, I’ve been learning to Lindy Hop with the U of C Swing Dance club and attending weekly dances with Swing Dance Calgary. Previously, I had never been very taken with or good at any particular styles of dance, but after just one class and one dance I was completely sold on Lindy. Having only learned some basic East Coast Swing in junior high school, I didn’t have any idea that there were different types of swing or that what we were learning at the time was really a regulated ballroom version of often far more entertaining classic swing styles.

The classes at the University consist of an hour or so of class followed by social dancing at The Den (which is where I can be found after 9PM every Tuesday). Since one can never get enough extra instruction, I signed on for a second beginners’ course with Swing Dance Calgary (I’ve had 2 lessons so far of that one) and next weekend I’m going to the Prairie Lindy EXchange (PLEX) in Edmonton which will be a weekend of dance events, activities and live music.

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