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You know, I never really understood the point of dances. They're loud, expensive, and they take away from doing more productive things.

I love dances. Helps that I'm a dancer to begin with...

The only thing I'm dreading is who I'm going to go with. But I'll def have my friends around so it'll end up fine.

What's the point of baseball or football or any sport to begin with? Dance is a sport, an art. It's a form of expression. It's everything. I've been dancing since I was 3. It's my destresser, its what I'm comfortable with. What's the point of doing anything?

xp Well think of it like that then. Everybody has something that gives them a release and makes them feel relaxed and happy. It doesn't need to make sense to other people. In the same way that one person wouldn't understand why cars would make you so happy, it's the same as not understanting why dancing makes some people happy. xd I suck at dancing....but I still like to do it.
A big form of release for me is video games. If I didn't play video games I'd be waaaay more stressed out all the time. They calm me down and allow me to focus on something fun for a little bit. If I can come home from a bad day at work and tidy up my town on Animal Crossing, my stress just melts away.... 4laugh

Yeah, see, I can dance and all, and I like music, but they rarely play anything worthwhile at dances, and I can ffind better places to dance. Where there's more light and less claustrophobia.

well, i think that's a pretty sweet dress and it looks beautiful on you ^^ nice job.

my prom wasn't too elaborate for me... biggrin i'm proud of that, actually.

most of the girls went out and bought new, often expensive dresses. i used a recycled one! the dress i wore was also the dress from gr. 8 graduation (only because i already had it) and it was also a bridesmaid dress before that. woot woot. all i had to buy was a matching mandarin shirt and i was set. also wore the same heeled sandals on all 3 occasions, haha.

the only extra expense was to get my hair done... because my hair is ridiculously hard to do and make it stay nice looking. it's like... the THING... it absorbs curling irons, moisture, it expands, it wraps itself around stuff... it's crazy. O_O so that needed to be professionally done (and surprise surprise... it didn't even last all night). but i did my nails and such myself, didn't carry a purse as far as i remember, and got a ride there from my mom, and my date's dad drove us back.

some of my friends had actual dates, some went stag... i brought a friend date ^^ it was pretty cool. he was just a buddy of mine who was free and didn't mind suiting up. he DID get weird and angry toward the end of the night because of a joke i made O_o but other than that it was fun. not quite sure WHEN it's best to ask your date, but at least do it before you have to put a deposit on the tickets and stuff.

we didn't go to a hotel or anything afterward either, so all the girls slept over at my house and we watched movies and had snacks in pajamas ^^

overall it was a pretty good, and non-expensive prom.

*in response to aretoo's post*
WTF? that's a bit extreme for some intolerance, isn't it? O_o

that's because, if given the choice, they would've voted yes on prop 8...

Course, 5 years ago, my high school was pretty much the same way. You couldn't bring a date of the same gender. Pissed off quite a bit of people.