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Dancing
"Dancing is...is..is...losing yourself to the music.
It's as if you're not conscious of anything else.
It's as if you become the only one in the room."
~ Ally McBeal (Ally McBeal)
I want to go dancing.
I miss dancing.
I miss loud music and skimpy outfits. I miss doing shots with funky names until I'm completely wasted. I miss standing next to the woofers blasting out bass strong enough to shake the grounds and feeling like each beat is hitting so hard on my heart that my heart is going to stop.
Did I ever tell you that I love trance and techno?
(And yes, the infamous Melbourne Shuffle. Naturally.)
It's the loneliest music in the world.
It makes you feel completely isolated even when you're surrounded by a crazy crowd, as if you are the only person on the dance floor.
Or the whole world.
Even when you're rubbing shoulders with a dozen of sweaty strangers next to you, even when the laser light show is blinding your eyes, even when the club reeks of alcohol and cigarettes, all you have to do is to close your eye, and the room is completely empty.
All the noises are blocked out, including those of your own.
Like the little voice in your head that is always telling you to do the right things or act the right way, like the voices of people and yourself asking you what are you planning to do with your life, like the questions you have been asking yourself ten thousand times a day and still don't have an answer for.
All of a sudden, the world is on a standstill, and there is nothing else left besides the music.
Only you, the loud bass, and your heartbeats.
It's defeating silence. It's complete solitary. It's absolute freedom.
It's liberating.
So yes, I miss dancing.
And I miss being young.
It's as if you're not conscious of anything else.
It's as if you become the only one in the room."
~ Ally McBeal (Ally McBeal)
I want to go dancing.
I miss dancing.
I miss loud music and skimpy outfits. I miss doing shots with funky names until I'm completely wasted. I miss standing next to the woofers blasting out bass strong enough to shake the grounds and feeling like each beat is hitting so hard on my heart that my heart is going to stop.
Did I ever tell you that I love trance and techno?
(And yes, the infamous Melbourne Shuffle. Naturally.)
It's the loneliest music in the world.
It makes you feel completely isolated even when you're surrounded by a crazy crowd, as if you are the only person on the dance floor.
Or the whole world.
Even when you're rubbing shoulders with a dozen of sweaty strangers next to you, even when the laser light show is blinding your eyes, even when the club reeks of alcohol and cigarettes, all you have to do is to close your eye, and the room is completely empty.
All the noises are blocked out, including those of your own.
Like the little voice in your head that is always telling you to do the right things or act the right way, like the voices of people and yourself asking you what are you planning to do with your life, like the questions you have been asking yourself ten thousand times a day and still don't have an answer for.
All of a sudden, the world is on a standstill, and there is nothing else left besides the music.
Only you, the loud bass, and your heartbeats.
It's defeating silence. It's complete solitary. It's absolute freedom.
It's liberating.
So yes, I miss dancing.
And I miss being young.
