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Everything I Ever Needed To Know, I Learned From Dance Movies.

To add to the recent movie nostalgia, I’m posting this rerun from a couple of years ago.

  1. If you’re naturally good at something, you’ll break your foot and never be able to do it again. But if you work really hard at something - you will get to take the crippled talented girl’s part.
  2. Always dance like the man you love is secretly watching from the back of the theater. Because he is.
  3. Anyone can learn to dance, if they are motivated enough by sexual tension.
  4. If someone tells you you can’t do something, go practice in a trainyard or abandoned building until you can prove them wrong.
  5. Black dudes just want to love you and show you how to fuse hip-hop and ballet.
  6. Your father will never understand your need to dance.
  7. Just because someone dies, gets raped, or suffers through a back-alley abortion, doesn’t mean you should give up your dream.
  8. You have to fail once to make it mean something when you win in the end.
  9. The move you are most afraid of will get you the most applause.
  10. If anyone ever asks you to carry a watermelon - DO IT.

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7 Responses to “Everything I Ever Needed To Know, I Learned From Dance Movies.”

  1. Ben Says:
    October 9th, 2006 at 1:58 pm

    Surely there must be at #10! Something about “People will eventually accept you into their community regardless of your race, background, or creed as long as you know how to dance. Dance can overcome any adversity.”

  2. Justin Says:
    October 10th, 2006 at 11:41 pm

    WHY WON’T YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME?!

  3. Anne Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 5:59 pm

    I WORSHIPPED Flashdance. I thought taking off your bra through your sweatshirt sleeve was the epitome of what every guy lusted over. And that picture you posted hung on my bedroom wall for my entire junior and senior year.

  4. Emily Says:
    October 24th, 2006 at 4:50 am

    You.Make.Me.PEE.

  5. Evan Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    The more I read of you, the more I feel like you should be writing a novel. Just a thought. Or an essay collection!

  6. Mica Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 11:27 am

    What a feelin’, I’m gonna live forever - it’s ELECTRIC!
    http://publicaddress.typepad.com/hello/files/tapdance.mov

  7. Jon Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    ***Sigh***

    I am madly in love with you.

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