I should be getting ready for bed right about now, but I’m not tired. But I also don’t have enough energy to write a substantive blog post. That annoys me.
Topics that I want to blog about at (relative) length soon:
- Legalization of prostitution, and how it’s only one piece of the puzzle wrt the stigma associated w/ sex work
- Via Ren’s suggestion:
Can we have a female “just say no” to sexual shame week? Get some folk to talk about why some things make them feel shameful and why? What pressures put upon women lead to bad sex, and what things make for good sex? Can we bust out of the moral ball and chain and just get freaky?
I wouldn’t say I have much of a problem with a “moral ball and chain,” but nonetheless, talking about sex and breaking down the SHAME SHAME SHAME message is always a useful topic to pursue.
So maybe I’ll get to that stuff later this week.
GodDAMN I want a pole in our apartment! I’m trying not to be too impatient, because I know we’ll have one soon. But I am just itching for my very own pole, so I can practice more than once a week. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t help but dance in place when I’m listening to my iPod at work (as much as is possible while sitting in an office chair).
Anyone who says pole dancing is ALL ABOUT TEH MENZ!!1!1 can suck my boots. More and more, I’m discovering that this is an amazing, new, liberating form of self-expression for me. I never in a million years would’ve thought I would be sitting here saying I express myself through dance, and yet here I am! Monday night in class (we’re doing an 8-week “level 3.5″) I felt so inspired and happy watching everyone dance… I thought, “Damn, we all look so GOOD!” Everyone’s gotten to the point now where we’re really starting to go with the flow and improv, and do what we feel, and really put our own signature onto it. Everyone in class is unique, expressive, and beautiful.
10 selections of stripper music I’m liking lately (in no particular order):
- The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson
- Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry (of course; it’s everyone’s perennial favorite)
- London Bridge - Fergie
- Voodoo - Godsmack
- Touch - Amerie
- Early Mornin’ - Britney Spears
- Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera) - Pitbull
- You Can Do It - Ice Cube
- Sin - Nine Inch Nails
- Glory Box - Portishead
Not an effective stripper song, but my new favorite song in general, thanks to Steve Eley, is “First of May” by Johnathan Coulton. That’s funny shit.
Okay. I should really try to go to bed now, before I get too carried away with excessive capitalization and italics.
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5 Responses to "Instead of sleeping, I’ll write this"
I completely agree with you on the whole “wow, I can’t believe I’m expressing myself in dance” thing. And yeah, you’re completely right - we all did look awesome this week. Fabulous and beautiful and energetic and sensual and sexy and, most importantly, HAPPY.
If I haven’t told you enough already, thanks for dragging me to the workshop last summer!
Another to put on your list of potential songs:
Muse - “Supermassive Black Hole”
i should send ya a copy of my cd…or at least put up a play list or something
Yes please!
WOuld you ever consider dancing to Ravel’s “Bolero”? That seems apropos, given the driving beat and building tension.
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