From June 21 Onward

Dance Party GUMY

November 20, 2002

         Well, I just got back from the craziest, most fun
dance I've been to. Sponsored by my youth group
(Goddard United Methodist Youth = GUMY). Better
than any school dance I've ever seen, and with really
good DJ's that played good stuff.
         We tore up the dance floor. That is, the tile floor
of the basement. Nonetheless, it was awesome. None
of that distasteful rap crap about sex and violence (and
sometimes both at the same time), and none of the "sex
with clothes on while standing up" dances. It was fun.
We had some techno stuff going on, and it mixed up
with some nice punk and hard rock, and a few slow
ones. The result is toes that look and feel like squeaky
toys from the calices and blisters, and a neck that's
more sore than ever before.
         Yeah, I headbanged during EVERY rock song,
air guitar and vocals going as well as I could. And this
isn't any of that wussy Night at the Roxbury head
bobbing. This is headbanging with a 5-foot arc in my
motion. Ouch now. It was fun at the time.
         I danced to everything I could find a rhythm for.
Meanwhile a friend of mine just kinda watched and hit
me when I went by. Well, I know I had more fun.
         Long story short, these guys need to DJ at our
school. They'd blow GHS away.
         What else happened today? Oh yeah, I'm sick
as a dog. And who came up with that? Are all dogs
just really sick or something? Anyways, I felt like crap
every second leading up to the dance. Headache, one
nostril stuffed, the other one runny (and taking turns a
lot), cough, sneeze, fatigue, and lack of will to do
anything, or even think. That led me at school to just
stare wide-eyed at inanimate objects, lacking strength
to bend down and get my pencil and book out.
Needless to say, I got NOTHING productive done today.
         But it was fun, and I have all my life to be
"productive". I'll treasure my youth while I can.
         Recommended listening: It's A Fine Day by
ATB. I felt like getting some electronica in there, in spirit
of the dance. And it's a song they didn't have that I
requested. No hard feelings, the DJs were awesome
indeed.

~ Dris ~