Friday, May 6, 2005

Somebody stop me!!!
...and what a lovely banquet it was.

I woke up around 3:00pm and took a nice long hot shower...

..Okay. Off topic but whatever. You know when you set up the perfect temperature for a shower with the faucet, but when you switch it to shower mode, the first water that hits you in bloody cold? That happens to me all the time. I'm afraid to admit it but I occasionally screech like a banshee when I get hit with cold water. *ahem* Moving on.

So now that I was feelin' so fresh and so clean, I walked to my wardrobe to chooseth a sharp-lookin' suit to wear. Gotta be formal. I decided to wear all black except for my purple & black diamond-checked tie. I started to feel a bit over-dressed but I thought, "Hey. I'll just look better than everyone. HA!". A little splash of cologne, a quick brush through my hair (Which I didn't braid up and was just as good.) and my sunshades on, I was out the door.

I was picked up by a car filled with three girls. My friends of course. One of them, Veronica, looked absolutely gorgeous. I usually just see her in jeans and a t-shirt but last night she was stunning. I joked, "The sun called. He said stop with the hotness because he's jealous." Hah, I'm a loser. Anyway, we were off.

More than 40 people who knew ME but had positively NO clue whatsoever of who they were greeted me. Well, some of them I knew but most of them I couldn't remember. Hugs, kisses, the whole lot. People took a buncha of group and single pictures of me too. It was nice even though I was clueless and lost. So I sat down at my table that, fortunately for me, was filled with people I knew and close friends. I was one of two guys at my table. It was nice. Yeeeah..

Dinner started at exactly 7:00pm and we had some pretty damn good chicken. I was expecting some wacky veal or something of the sort but man, was this good. During dinner, I kept to myself for most of the time. Only speaking when spoken to kinda thing. I joked here and there but overall was unusually quiet.

Then a presentation started and we watched a few video about stuff. I don't really remember what because this girl from another table visited and started talking to me for the whole thing. I admit she was more interesting.

The presentation ended and the DJ took the floor with a mic, calling everyone out. The DJ is a close friend of mine as well. I felt like some sort of dance demon he summoned. But before I could get up, the girl I was talking to snagged my hand and dragged me to the center.

I danced...

..and danced..

.. and bloody danced...

Now there were just over 400 people there, I believed I got around to dancing with 76% of them. You know how it is. Groups of people dancing in little circle groups with space in the center. Now I'm no professional but people thought I was. I'm not trying to be cocky or anything. I had a dance for everything. Dance, salsa, disco, hip-hop, rock n' roll, reggae. The whole lot. There I was in the center of the crowd. Either dancing on my own or dancing off against someone I didn't know. It was good fun.

So picture a sorta tall guy, ponytail tied up, wearing full black with a silky purple & black tie, salsa-ing with alternating partners. I'm a man-whore... *laughs*

But seriously, I created myself a little space in the center and girls took turns with me. Every now and then, I went to the bar to get a glass of icy cold water because man, was I hot (No pun intended). Oh, I have to mentions that I did not have any alcohol that night even though I had plenty of opportunities to. I think the music made me drunk enough.

I also was pulled on stage along with some friends to help lead those group dances. YMCA, Hey Baby, Macarena, and a buncha other easy group dance songs. Now that I think about it, I used my hips alot. Boy, was I feisty. *laughs*

So the dance went on and on and I was basically unstoppable. I got really tired near the end. Fortunately, the DJ played a nice slow song for some slow dancing. Rest time! Before walking off the dancefloor, I was asked to dance with 4 girls. I declined because I was tired. Which I was but I also didn't feel like slow dancing with people I've just met. I thirsted for water, not women. I sat and chatted with about 12 other tired dancers until the last song was played. Semisonic's "Closing Time". Just for kicks, I got up, untied my hair and rocked out with an air guitar to the chorus. It was great.

The night ended well. Hugs and kisses again. I put on my long coat and my friend said "Dodge!". He threw a fork at me so I did the matrix inverted dodgy thing. Again, good times.

Before I left, I was talking to a bunch of girls who liked my dancing and loved my hair. They untied my hair and started to stroke it and pet me. NOW I didn't wanna leave. Hah. It's been awhile since I've been called Joshie-Woshie. However, this time they were people I've only known for about 5 hours. The same bunch of of girls started signing my banquet program with their names and numbers. "Keep in touch", they said. It'd be cool to meet up with them again. However, I'd prefer something less active. Like a meal or sleepover. *laughs*

I admit, alot of the girls last night were beautiful. Really really. It was like some kinda escape into a dream. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Sure. Like I said, life is a bit "double-you, tee, eff" and all but a nice like last night was just what I needed.

This has been quite the week actually. A musical (Evita), jammage with the bandboys and completion of our first song, and then there was last night. Dancing and girls to dance with. *sigh* I'm in the greatest mood.

I'm going to sleep in my bed. The hardwood floor is comfy but probably isn't good for my aching muscles. Yes, dancing does come with a price. Luckily for me, I've nothing to do today(Friday) I'm sleeping in!

Damn. That was fun...

Have a great night and sweetest dreams (of dancing!) everyone!

Cheers.

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