Sunday, September 5, 2010

Things to do if you can't dance. For the broke and the injured.

Broke as a joke, I am sitting at home and desperately trying to remember what it was exactly that I used to fill my time with before I started dancing Salsa. I am also really feeling it for all the injured out there who can't go out. My phone is silent, but I don't blame my friends. It's labor day tomorrow, and they are all at See Sound Lounge having a marvelous time without the hindering burden of having to wake up early on Monday morning. So, here is a list of the things that I've came up with so far:

1. Attend a friend's wedding where no Salsa dancers are present. It will snap you back into reality and make you realize that there is other life out there. The experience will feel alien and uncomfortable, but it will shape you into a better, more understanding, more open-minded person.

2. Watch TV. (TV is that black box in your living room that has lots of dust on it. You can stick a silver disk into another box under your TV and it will play a movie!)

3. Speaking of dust... consider cleaning. It may not be as entertaining as dancing, but you will find that your cave is actually a house!

4. Reconnect with anyone left in your life who doesn't dance Salsa and is still willing to talk to you after you've ditched them for years.

5. Light the candles. Pour the wine. Take a bubble bath.

6. Take a walk. Rollerblade. Do yoga. Perform some other exercise that you used to do before you started dancing that is free or doesn't require you to move the part of the body that's injured.

7. Read.

8. Write.

9. Sing.

10. Pray

11. Play an instrument.

12. Cook. Then eat. Repeat as needed. (Warning: Since you can't dance right now, the amount of food you intake may change the shape of your body in an undesirable way. Use this alternative sparingly.)

13. Sleep. You have probably forgotten what this is. It's a magnificent experience that will turn you into a different person!

14. Remember you used to have a hobby? See if it's still a hobby.

15. Check your e-mail. Actually respond to people.

16. Listen to music. Look for music. Download music. Install i-tunes on your new (two year old) laptop.

17. Think. Right now is a good time in particular to think of how to make money or come up with ways to stay away from situations that lead to injuries.