Also today I saw Shall We Dance. You know the Richard Gere/Jennifer Lopez/Susan Sarandon thing? Yeah, that. Only I saw the Japanese version, which came first. And which, I'm told, was better. (Having never seen the American version, I can't say for sure.)
I liked it. It was cute, romantic (but not really a romance) and funny.
It reminded me, too, of a conversation I had with Marc years and years ago, when we were still at Syracuse. We were in Kimmel, late at night, and the whole "dance" thing came up. For those not in the know: I don't dance. At all. Ever. Marc? Marc dances all the time, and he dances very, very well. He's damn good at it. Marc and I also tend to lead similar lives. To the point where Marc unconsciously started to adopt my mannerisms. It was creepy; a little too S/W/F for me.
Anyway, Marc and I were in Kimmel, talking about dance, and he said to me "I've never figured out why you don't dance. I mean, I can't really see you as the type who would, but you strike me as the type of guy who'd know how and who'd be really, really good, but would never actually dance. Except maybe once, just to impress a girl or something."
I was thinking about that today as I was watching the movie. I was thinking "huh, maybe I should learn how to dance." But I don't want to put all that time and effort in just because Marc's idea sounded pretty cool and a lot like me. I mean, I may be the type, but I'm also lazy.
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I feel as though I should comment here, but I really have nothing to say.
So, pretned that I said something witty. Discuss.
Posted by Marc | December 7, 2004 8:27 PM
Posted on December 7, 2004 20:27
Dang it! Edit!
Posted by Marc | December 7, 2004 8:27 PM
Posted on December 7, 2004 20:27
LOL - I may not know you well, but yep, that certainly SEEMS like something that would fit you!
Posted by Meg | December 8, 2004 5:22 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 05:22
I like to dance because its fun for me.
but i do know several people who dont like to dance or who cant dance if they life depended on it :)
Posted by gus | December 8, 2004 7:21 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 07:21
Does every university on the planet have a student center named Kimmel?
I didn't know Jimmy Kimmel was such a philanthropist.
And Jase... you should learn to dance because one day those damn T-birds might try to start something and you're gonna have to show 'em who's boss.
Posted by Steeve | December 8, 2004 9:19 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 09:19
That Jimmy Kimmel. I wish he'd given us a student center. But no, he only gave Syracuse a cruddy food court. It was a small collection of fast-food chains with food worse than the typical example of their kind. But it was open late and very close to my dorm, which made it ideal.
Posted by Jason | December 8, 2004 10:40 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 10:40
Oh, also: my days of running with gangs are over. Even since the Jets and the Sharks made peace with each other, it just hasn't been the same...
Posted by Jason | December 8, 2004 10:41 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 10:41
only a food court? He gave us a whole building...
http://www.nyu.edu/kimmel.center/images/outside-big.jpg
Jealous?
Posted by Steeve | December 8, 2004 11:54 AM
Posted on December 8, 2004 11:54
About time you saw it; it is quite good.
Posted by Ogre | December 8, 2004 1:51 PM
Posted on December 8, 2004 13:51
I am jealous, Steeve. That's a cool looking building.
Also: Ogre, I totally did not know that this was a Japanese movie to begin with. Except that you probably told me and, as usual, I forgot.
Posted by Jason | December 8, 2004 5:19 PM
Posted on December 8, 2004 17:19
Yes, we talked about it extensively 2 months ago, and I told you you needed to see it. Why is it you only check things out when OTHER people tell you and my suggestions slide off like water?
Posted by Ogre | December 8, 2004 7:12 PM
Posted on December 8, 2004 19:12
There's plenty of stuff other people recommend to me that I never check out...
Which is a poor excuse.
Posted by Jason | December 9, 2004 10:04 AM
Posted on December 9, 2004 10:04
It's just that the frequency of events in which you come to tell me something you've newly discovered is cool, a long time AFTER I had previously tried to introduce it to you, is startling high.
Posted by Ogre | December 9, 2004 10:57 AM
Posted on December 9, 2004 10:57
Uhm... You recommend a startling high number of different things to me?
Uhm... I got nothing, other than laziness and a poor memory.
Sorry.
Posted by Jason | December 9, 2004 11:19 PM
Posted on December 9, 2004 23:19
Yah, books, music, movies, websites. Admittedly many of them have stuck.
Posted by Ogre | December 10, 2004 11:45 AM
Posted on December 10, 2004 11:45