Dancing is an intense release -- sublime.
I have studied, purely at the amateur level, ballroom, ballet, and bellydance. Ballet holds a special place in my heart, but bellydance is one of the sexiest, more primal art forms ever imagined. When I lived in New Orleans, I would go to the Dungeon, my favorite goth/heavy metal club, and dance like a maniac. But by far the best dancing I've ever done is in my own room, for myself.
I love expressing that eroticism inside, and dancing is the best way to do that (besides the 'other' kind of dancing you do in bed!). I got over most of my concern over dancing in public when I realized that no one is thinking about how bad a dancer you are, because they're all too worried that someone is judging them for THEIR dancing.
My current favorite booty-shaking song is Marilyn Manson's "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World".
It does not make me feel.
I have tried to dance once about 10 years ago. But I have realized/comfirmed to myself that dancing is not my thing. Plus I never had the need to dance. So there is no contradictory feelings in me about this.
i remain skeptical. really? ok. here's a test of how truly immune to the power of song you may or may not be. please report back which of these SURE FIRE BOOTY SHAKERS (emotional wringers, them all!) you respond to the most:
this one will at least have you reaching for your teddy bear:
finger wagging in the air as i listen to this one!
i remain skeptical. really? ok. here's a test of how truly immune to the power of song you may or may not be. please report back which of these SURE FIRE BOOTY SHAKERS (emotional wringers, them all!) you respond to the most:
i remain skeptical. really? ok. here's a test of how truly immune to the power of song you may or may not be. please report back which of these SURE FIRE BOOTY SHAKERS (emotional wringers, them all!) you respond to the most:
I struggle to think of any social activity as acutely unpleasant.
Hmm. I would appreciate the sentiment behind that, because I do think that extroverts mean well when they try to pull us out of ourselves. But at the same time I can't help but think (assuming I didn't just meet her) that it also means she doesn't know me so well. I know this isn't necessarily fair, because not everyone understands how really introverted people work (especially ones who are also shy). But the gut reaction is "why are you doing this to me?" instead of "thank you for trying to help me".
The worst part is that INxx types aren't really known for being types to crowd the dancefloor to begin with, so when you DO get us dancing, everybody makes a big freaking deal out of it, which makes us want to crawl in the world's deepest hole. If you're going to encourage us to dance, for pete's sake don't call attention to it once we do. Be cool.