practicing sunday sites
@ extra practice

today i am a host. one thing i know i'm working on is giving context. i'm not really sure how to introduce an event — i also didn't really introduce extra practice and html.energy at the beginning, haha. maybe i'll do that at show and tell. it's hard to introduce an event like susi because it feels quite up to the visitors interpretation.
i'm glad a nice group of people showed up, and it's nice to see what sort of kind souls susi attracts. susi is special to me in that a lot of the gathering is spent in your own individual focus zone. i think it makes such a social setting feel less draining... we can be quiet! and we can also talk whenever we want to.
i want to do more irl crafty gatherings, susi or otherwise. while meeting new people can be a little spooky, ultimately it adds so much goodness to my life. i am lucky to be me — someone who often has uplifting people around.

stefa has a nice jacket and does cool volunteer work.

ben types with 2 fingers only.

emma taught me how to use the coffee maker thing.

i helped ceola learn the basics of HTML and she is a natural.

kirsten was excited when i offered her some apple slices and grapes.

gijs told me he was off to a slow start.

jack told me about a book called ways of seeing things which sounds familiar but now i have truly been called to read it.

elliott came with no ideas for his site, anything could happen!

nami and camilo both found out about susi from an old professor of theirs, menetta berends! how nice.

pablo lives in france!!! but he came to rotterdam just for this! how special.

chae has some really cool visuals going on so far. i'm excited to see her site...

jonah came a bit later and i was in a bit of a daze and offered him a chair but it was in an awkward spot and i didn't notice until ben commented, hah. all sorted now, phew.

michelle came a bit later so i wonder what she might make with less time! maybe she will make a site or maybe she will just lift our spirits with her presence.

in reflection... i liked that this event felt more like a hang out than anything. it was nice to just make something based off a prompt together, and to see what each of our unique minds came up with. since many of us are new friends who just met at this event, it was nice to learn a little bit about each other from how each person crafted their site. everyones sites were so heartfelt, truly made with love and care even though we only had about two hours to make the sites. i'm excited to keep in touch with everyone who came out to xp on this beautiful february day.