Dance Fever
Holy crap! I danced for 5 hours at Oilcan's last night. Blisters might be forming on my feet. I ran into a few people that I had seen before, and made some friends. Several people received many odd text messages from me.
Earlier that I night I met up with some coworkers at Dave & Busters for a happy hour thing. One of them joined me on the Pump It Up dancing game, where we showed off our mad skilz - or something. I'm not anywhere close to the guys you see in the DDR competitions, but to the ordinary guy I look pretty damn good. They cheered us on, and I got a big ego boost.
While chatting at D&B, I sort of came out to several more people at work. I say "sort of" because I'm not in the closet; I just haven't felt the need to say, "Hey, I need to talk to you about this database table -- oh, and by the way, I'm queer." A couple of the guys at different times asked me which clubs I went to. I listed Oilcans as one of them. That didn't seem to phase them, and it turns out they had been there too (but they're straight). That was cool. I guess I've been sort of a mystery to some of the people there, and they got to see a different side of me. A girlfriend of one said, "I LOVE that place!" and turning to her man added, "We should introduce him to [some girl's name]." I locked eyes with the guy and smiled, mumbling, "you need to clue her in." I don't think she understood I went there for more reasons than just the music.
Overall, I had a great time last night. I'm not sure if I feel like going out again tonight or not. Either way I want to do something. Right now that something is laundry, and prior to that it was cleaning the bathroom, but hopeful it will change to something more entertaining later.
Earlier that I night I met up with some coworkers at Dave & Busters for a happy hour thing. One of them joined me on the Pump It Up dancing game, where we showed off our mad skilz - or something. I'm not anywhere close to the guys you see in the DDR competitions, but to the ordinary guy I look pretty damn good. They cheered us on, and I got a big ego boost.
While chatting at D&B, I sort of came out to several more people at work. I say "sort of" because I'm not in the closet; I just haven't felt the need to say, "Hey, I need to talk to you about this database table -- oh, and by the way, I'm queer." A couple of the guys at different times asked me which clubs I went to. I listed Oilcans as one of them. That didn't seem to phase them, and it turns out they had been there too (but they're straight). That was cool. I guess I've been sort of a mystery to some of the people there, and they got to see a different side of me. A girlfriend of one said, "I LOVE that place!" and turning to her man added, "We should introduce him to [some girl's name]." I locked eyes with the guy and smiled, mumbling, "you need to clue her in." I don't think she understood I went there for more reasons than just the music.
Overall, I had a great time last night. I'm not sure if I feel like going out again tonight or not. Either way I want to do something. Right now that something is laundry, and prior to that it was cleaning the bathroom, but hopeful it will change to something more entertaining later.