I have done something very silly.

About five weeks ago, I started learning how to swing dance. Six count, for those of you in the know. Word is getting around; I danced with the president of our community college while fixing her computer a bit back, and she's spreading the story. A week ago Monday, I went dancing with a coworker here. No, for those of you wondering, she's already taken by somebody else.

Earlier this week, the same coworker asked me if I would be her partner in the talent show that the college is having in a few weeks, and for some reason I said "yes" - probably the same insane streak that made me dance with our president. This Wednesday, I started the second class, which is Lindy Hop - an eight-count swing style that is much more active and flashy, with lots of spins and crazy stuff. Instead of left(slow), right(slow), left(quick), right(quick) in a six count, it's more like

left, right, left, right(quick), left(quick), right, left, right, left(quick), right(quick) - or something like that. Yeah, it's a head trip.

I found out today that my partner wants to do Lindy hop, and I've got three weeks to learn the routine she has in mind, and I'll be out of town one weekend. The fact that I didn't say "NO!" after figuring this out should speak volumes about the level of sanity I am experiencing at this time.

The fact that I am willing to admit that video may be made of this, and that I might even try to get it on teh intarweb for all y'all to make fun of me for, well...

I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Post #265,220 by inthane-chan 8/17/06 7:59:18 PM Reply	I have done something very silly. About five weeks ago, I started learning how to swing dance. Six count, for those of you in the know. Word is getting around; I danced with the president of our community college while fixing her computer a bit back, and she's spreading the story. A week ago Monday, I went dancing with a coworker here. No, for those of you wondering, she's already taken by somebody else. Earlier this week, the same coworker asked me if I would be her partner in the talent show that the college is having in a few weeks, and for some reason I said "yes" - probably the same insane streak that made me dance with our president. This Wednesday, I started the second class, which is Lindy Hop - an eight-count swing style that is much more active and flashy, with lots of spins and crazy stuff. Instead of left(slow), right(slow), left(quick), right(quick) in a six count, it's more like left, right, left, right(quick), left(quick), right, left, right, left(quick), right(quick) - or something like that. Yeah, it's a head trip. I found out today that my partner wants to do Lindy hop, and I've got three weeks to learn the routine she has in mind, and I'll be out of town one weekend. The fact that I didn't say "NO!" after figuring this out should speak volumes about the level of sanity I am experiencing at this time. The fact that I am willing to admit that video may be made of this, and that I might even try to get it on teh intarweb for all y'all to make fun of me for, well... I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Hurt me if you must, but let the duckie go!
Post #265,221 by broomberg 8/17/06 8:02:33 PM Reply	YouTube, here you come!
Post #265,227 by imqwerky 8/17/06 10:35:58 PM Reply	You are all that is Man! Sounds like a hell of a lot of fun to me. Dance On, Thane! Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #265,232 by a6l6e6x 8/17/06 11:12:01 PM Reply	Swinging! :) Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #265,245 by cforde 8/18/06 3:37:14 AM Reply	sounds risky and like great big fun. carp\ufffd dance partner, or something like that. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #265,251 by Silverlock 8/18/06 7:12:41 AM Reply	Get yourself a zoot suit you hepcat. ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
Post #265,269 by lincoln 8/18/06 11:05:50 AM Reply	ICLRPD (new thread) Created as new thread #265268 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=265268\|ICLRPD] lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #265,345 by Meerkat 8/18/06 7:00:32 PM Reply	Excellent! Sounds like fun. I did a bit of a YouTube search for Lindy Hop and found a kind of [link\|http://youtube.com/watch?v=aIrkp9x2kjQ\|Lindy Hop / hip-Hop crossover]. Very clever IMO! You go out and have fun, Thane, keep up the practice! :) Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #265,352 by inthane-chan 8/18/06 8:09:28 PM Reply	I'm planning on it. The dance halls I've been attending can only be described as a target rich environment. Hurt me if you must, but let the duckie go!
Post #265,425 by n3jja 8/19/06 7:36:39 PM Reply	I feel the need............ the need for speed! Ow!
Post #265,427 by inthane-chan 8/19/06 8:22:27 PM Reply	Don't need no speed... Just a good swing...
Post #265,433 by n3jja 8/19/06 10:25:58 PM 8/19/06 10:27:58 PM Reply	That would be a good SCHWING!!!!! And I'm not entirely sure you caught the Top Gun reference. Edited by n3jja Aug. 19, 2006, 10:27:58 PM EDT Expand All History

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