I went swing dancing last night, by myself. I'd never really gone by myself before. Always went with friends. So I never actually danced with other people. Well, once in awhile. But hardly. Why you ask? Well, for this one reason only. Because I'm a chicken.

I fear going up to a complete stranger and asking her to dance. It's damn scary, let me tell you. Well, to me it is anyways. All these questions run through your head. What if she's really good? I suck don't I? What if she rejects me? What if her boyfriend comes back at the very moment that I'm asking her? What if I have bad breath? What if I step on her feet? What if......the list goes on and on. It's a very long list. Trust me. You think of new ones every time. I don't usually consider myself that shy. I mean, I'm not what you would call the gregarious sort. But I'm not really that shy. But this has been sort of a stumbling block for me, ever since I started swing dancing.

So, it took the shim sham for me to get into it. Sing Sing Sing almost got to me. I was that close. That song really makes you want to dance, you ever notice that? Anyways, Tuxedo Junction. I couldn't resist doing the shim sham, and I did find a partner in the dancing part....and after that, I didn't stop dancing for half an hour. I had such a great time, it was awesome. Nobody rejected me, I didn't step on anybody's feet (that's a relief because one of the girls wasn't wearing any shoes!). And there were some who were better than me....but it was still fun! I never danced with so many partners before. Anyways, that's all I wanted to say.

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