{"id":248,"date":"2014-06-17T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T09:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-06-17T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T09:33:43","slug":"thinkers-guide-dancing-new-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/thinkers-guide-dancing-new-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Over-thinker\u2019s Guide to Dancing With New Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You know the score: a few late night drinks with some new friends and somebody suggests you all hit a club. Before you know it, you\u2019ve been coerced onto the dance floor, when all you really want to do is order one of those ludicrous pitchers filled with phosphorescent alcohol. Then from out of nowhere, one of those throwback eighties tracks booms over the loudspeaker &#8211; or worse, something superficially modern &#8211; and now you\u2019ve got to strut your stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At first, it starts off fine; you\u2019ve joined your friends in a safe little mini circle, and everybody\u2019s laughing and joking as they put their arms around each other in some palsied rendition of the <em>H<\/em>o<i>key Cokey<\/i>. You continue through your repertoire of dance moves &#8211; \u201cPlaying Snooker\u201d, \u201cStacking the Shelves\u201d, and the ever reliable \u201cHula Hoop Around the Neck\u201d &#8211; when all of a sudden you can\u2019t think of what to do anymore. Now you\u2019ve got to think, quite literally, on your feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So with that being said, here\u2019s 3 over-thinker&#8217;s thoughts when it comes to finding yourself in that awkward dancing situation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. <b>\u201cMaybe more drink will make my dancing better\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erm, absolutely. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-252\" alt=\"Carlton\" src=\"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carlton.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m moving my arms enough\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yep, if your dancing is lacking anything (other than choreography) it\u2019s definitely arm moving. Pretend like you\u2019re the girl at the beginning of Jaws. The more thrashing, the cooler you look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249\" alt=\"beyonce1\" src=\"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/beyonce1.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>3. \u201cShould I break away from the group?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quite a tough one, this. Straying from the safety of your mates is a bit like prancing off into no-man\u2019s land. You could end up looking like a hero, or a complete and total t*t if you\u2019re not careful. Remember, fortune favours only the brave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-251\" alt=\"Brent\" src=\"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Brent.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the score: a few late night drinks with some new friends and somebody suggests you all hit a club. Before you know it, you\u2019ve been coerced onto the dance floor, when all you really want to do is order one of those ludicrous pitchers filled with phosphorescent alcohol. Then from out of nowhere, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-advice","tag-new-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}