D - Dance

Dance: activity

I went to two dances in High School (not counting the gym-required sock-hops, for which I was sometimes in the band). One was kind of a debacle, but only kind of. The other was Prom. I went with my good friend Emily. It took all of my courage to ask her (even to go just as friends). I rented a tux (voluntarily, which, at the time, was a huge deal), she had a very pretty light-blue dress. We got a limo, and ate at Red Lobster (I had jambalaya). The theme was "Moondance" (it snuck in just before the "Titanic" theme craze). Afterwards a few friends came to my house and we watched "Catch-22."

In college I went to mid-winter ball a few times, but just with friends. I also took "Social Dance" as a PE credit (though I had already gotten all of my PE credits, so it was just to become a better person). I quit after the humiliation of hearing girls arguing over who got to sit out the next dance (men were outnumbered) rather than have to dance with me (and one other guy who, with me, was always the last one picked). I decided not to waste my time with it, and the weather was nice, so I quit. It was one of the two classes I ever dropped in college.

I once danced in a cage at a club in Seattle, with no chemical impairment. (It's actually not as wild or crazy as it sounds).

Now the only dance I do is the Calculator. I learned it from the British, and I only do it when JV Field Hockey wins games (so not this year).

SEE ALSO: Gym class, Emily, Field Hockey, East