Dancing

Nobody dances in this country - I mean, really dances. And when they do, it's always about something else - something else besides the pure notion of enjoying and moving your body to the music.

There's the awkward, "ironic" dancing, which many people do either because they want to make fun of the music or contain some belief that letting loose breaks their "cool" somehow. Most of the SAIC parties I attend consist of this kind of dancing, if any dancing occurs at all. Even then, it only seems to be a brief segment during the party, after which most of the attendees continue on drinking and chain-smoking.

That, and the ever-so-popular "grinding." All attention to the beat or the rhthym of the music is thrown out the window, all in exchange to see how long two people can rub up against each other fully clothed before the guy gets a boner. Basically, it's dry-humping in public, but with music in the background. It's not much of an annoyance after high school, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are people who still "grind" well into their 20's.

Lately, I've noticed that, when the rare occasion arises and people actually do begin dancing, I'll often try to dance for real along with them. However, since they're not into it, I always end up looking and feeling incredibly awkward and uncomfortable. So then that makes me an "ironic" dancer, which kind of, indeed, annoys me.

Bleh Week

I have to re-do my Barbie doll clothes dress like, MAJORLY. I went to Joann Fabrics yesterday to get a pattern that hopefully turns out to be easy to make. The lady who cut my fabric was telling me that the Project Runway patterns (the one I got) tend to be confusing to read. I read through it a few times and so far it seems OK, since I'm only making a strapless dress. Then the lady (who was a bit older, by the way) apologized for talking to me so much because, "they hadn't given her any drugs." It's kinda hard yet easy to believe that the employees at Joann Fabrics have to be on drugs.

This week hasn't been too interesting. I started to re-do the subtitles of the first episode of "Física o Química", which I did back in November and December. They went a little too quickly the first time around, plus I can't find the file anymore, so I figured it'd be best to start over.

I'm thinking about having an (ironic) slumber party when I finally settle into my new apartment and showcasing it then. I'm thinking about having a lot of parties in my new apartment, actually...

I uploaded my "Please Don't Talk to Me I Fall in Love So Easily" video onto Vimeo:


Please Don't Talk to Me I Fall in Love So Easily from Kimberly P on Vimeo