I was an awkward teenager. I wish I had some pictures to post, but it's probably best that I don't. I did not know what to do with my long limbs and I was a good foot taller than all the boys at the middle school dances, with the exception of Tom Martin, god bless him, who'd been in love with me since elementary school. (Katie Pfeiffer fever hits early...)
I don't specifically remember the first middle school dance I attended, but it was some time in seventh grade. I went over to Erin Sloup's house after school, along with a few other middle school friends. I specifically remember being instructed where to put arms and feet during slow dances, and Erin showed off a move or two. All dancing was done in a circle. It pretty much stayed that way throughout my years in Seward, NE.
When I went to college, I became friends with a guy I hadn't known well in high school. I went to some concerts with him and some of his other friends. Derek valued dancing highly, at least in part due to the indie band of the day the Dismemberment Plan's admonishment of non-dancers at their shows in the song "Do the Standing Still". He was a great dancer. I generally just tried to do what he did.
Then, sometime in my third year of college, I met Mona. Please see Figure 1, below. Mona was a walking, talking dance party. Where Mona went, a dance party spontaneously broke out around here. She was no hipster; maybe she is now, I don't know, but she wasn't back then. She liked the crazy indie music, yeah, but mostly she just liked to wear crazy clothes and dance like a maniac. Shit, I wish I had a video. She's a pretty talented artist these days, too.
Anyway, if anyone sees me dance all crazy, know that this is where it came from. From Derek and Mona I learned that dancing isn't about doing it right, it's about doing it.
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