I found myself dancing around the house to the tunes of Lou Bega today, and realized how much I miss dancing, really dancing. In the past few months I've been country dancing a few times and I've been out clubbing about as many times. Those are fun, but they don't really take any skill and work. I miss putting on my dancing shoes and walking out onto a ballroom and really dancing. I find myself mentally doing heel turns whenever I hear a foxtrot or the cucaracha when I hear a rumba. I miss the exhilaration of dancing the paso doble to strong Spanish music. Or the elegance of the waltz. And don't get me started on the tango or cha cha. I miss having a man take me in his arms and lead me across a dance floor. At this point, I even miss getting my toenail ripped off by a bad partner or the bloody blisters that appear on the back of my ankles.
My dancing shoes have spent enough time collecting dust! It's time to pull them out and go dancing!
Alcarinque posted on Oct 02, 2006
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silverwhisper said on Oct 02, 2006....
so wait, you can do real dancing to lou bega?
[is confuzzled]
ed
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Alcarinque said on Oct 02, 2006....
It's called a mambo! Which, I coincidentally never learned how to do. So I just put in a few cha cha and samba moves to the beat and it works out all right. There's also a really great salsa song at the end of the album.
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silverwhisper said on Oct 02, 2006....
OK, i totally should have realized that...
[sigh]
ed
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Alcarinque said on Oct 02, 2006....
Are you undercaffeinated?
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silverwhisper said on Oct 02, 2006....
nah, sleep deprived, sadly.
ed
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Alcarinque said on Oct 02, 2006....
Aren't weekends for catching up on sleep? And go drink a Code Red, it'll wake you up and then you can be just like me!
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silverwhisper said on Oct 02, 2006....
normally, yes. but then again, weekends are also for drinking. i can't really complain. "you pays your money, you takes your chances" as the old saying goes. :>
ed
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quidnunc said on Oct 02, 2006....
go dance to your heart's content, Al. i love lou bega, too. but i can't dance as good as you do. i wish i could...
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secretlife said on Oct 02, 2006....
One of these days, I'm going to learn how to dance!
I want to be able to do the cha cha and Samba and mambo and tango!!!!
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Alcarinque said on Oct 02, 2006....
secretlife: You should totally go out and learn. There's nothing more fun and to be honest, I feel more like a woman out on that dancefloor than I ever do off of it. You're graceful, elegant, sassy, and all female. You get to dress up and wear long flowing skirts for the waltz, or short sexy ones for the latin dances. And you get to be held by a man, melding your bodies together, as if you were one being, gliding across the floor on a cloud. And seriously, what guy doesn't look good in a penguin suit with tails? Or latin pants. Latin pants are hot.
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