Today I met a girl named Tilly from Boston. We met on the corner of 19th and Florida in San Francisco. We commented on all the "no parking on such and such a day from such and such a time due to street cleaning" signs and how despite it all, the streets didn't actually seem that clean. Together we are two tenths of a volunteer team specifically created to admit tango students into their classes and to provide gender balance by assuming the necessary role of lead or follower in any given situation when faced with gender/role imbalance. There are four specifically designed teams of ten members as well as four team captains and ten understudies. Day one of Antipanico in SF. I'm exhausted. On tuesday morning I woke in Seattle after dancing all day and night for 5 days and drove 8 hours to ashland where I stayed a night and woke up to drive another 7 hours to SF (I know, it's only a 6 hour drive but at 8:30PM on a wednesday I hit traffic that set me back an hour). I think I'm a bit burnt out. So much dancing and not enough balance. Gotta find a balance. My desire to improve as a dancer battles with my sore body and my cravings for down time. When I'm down I crave tango, but if i dance too much and too frequently (10-12 hours a day for weeks straight) I crave down time. Tonight the cops shut us down. The DJ, Ney Melo had just finished announcing that instead or going untill 2AM we were going to go until 3AM. And then the cops came. He said "last song" and played la cumparsita. The officers made him play it at an excruciatingly low volume. I heard through the grapevine that a nearby resident complained about the noise. Perhaps "violin" sounds to much like "violent". I had no idea that classic tango music was held to the same  standards for noise restrictions  as other music. Wonder what's gonna happen tomorrow as our milonga goes until 5AM. When i left to get back on the road I saw that I'd received a parking ticket. I had moved my car a few times that day and the finale time I parked I'd neglected to see the street cleaning sign. "No parking 12:01 am until 6 am." I got to my car at 2 am and now owe the city $55. hmm, I wonder how loud those street cleaners are and if they ever get called in for noise complaints. Tomorrow, I'll wake up and do it all again, hopefully, minus the ticket.