Returning to the celebration last night I set up a single monolight off in the corner to be my “flash” during the presentation and father-daughter dance. It worked well, however I am quite sick of that song “Butterfly Kisses” and its use at an event other than a wedding. Whatever; I got some great shots of the little chick cryiing so, woo-hoo.
Asthe night went on I noticed a woman dancing by herself. I would look over and make eye contact with her a few times as she smiled back. Eventually she sat down to rest and we continued to eye each other. When she got up again she grabbed me by the arm and pulled me to the dance floor.
“Let’s dance,” she said. And dance we did, camera sheathed below my arm as I led her across the dance floor.
“Are you married,” she asked.
“No. Are you?”
“I’m divorced. Two years.”
It turns out she’s 36, her 15 year old daughter and the birthday girl are best friends and that’s how she wound up being at the event. When I started making her dizzy with all the spinning I confessed I didn’t do a lot of dancing at social occasions. She said I was getting better. By the end of the night my camera gear was back in my car and I was on the dance floor with her for three more songs. She likes the booming, rapping, gettin’ jiggy wit it music. And I was more than fine with her gettin’ jiggy wit me. Before we went our separate ways I got her phone number and formally introduced myself to her.
Her name is Cindy and I think I’ll give her a call sometime.
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April 29th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
This totally reminds me of Will Smith’s one hit wonder, “Getting Jiggy With It.” What “it” is, I don’t know. It did make me smile though.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am
I called Cindy twice: once on Monday and again on Thursday and she never called me back so I’ve dropped her…like it’s hot. Besides, GTA IV has my undivided attention right now.