SOS for those who were feeling it

October 22, 2006

Considering how late I stayed up (or regardless of it or perhaps even because of it), I was feeling pretty energetic throughout the afternoon. So even though Sergio and Mimi both eventually decided against SOS tonight, I headed there in high spirits by myself by train knowing only Liam will arrive later in the evening. I didn’t get in touch with everyone I might have wanted to, but then again I was in something of going alone (or at least not invite a big group) kind of mood.

SOS was in excellent form tonight, not feeling any aftereffects of Scala as far as I can tell. Some of the people I saw at Scala were here again (e.g. Adam L, Joe D., Martina). By the way, Cyrille apparently thought many people from SOS were at Scala last night, but I didn't think so. Even though I enjoyed dancing at Scala (perhaps in some ways more than at SOS tonight), I think the general level is almost always higher at SOS compared to any place else in London.

My dancing was good – arguably best at the very beginning and at the very end. The middle part was quite up and down.

I saw “Diane” again as well. I didn’t dance with her – just made some conversation here and there in between. I probably won’t see or hear from her in person for a while – maybe a month or perhaps longer. I’m a little bummed about this of course.

The DJ tonight was Amir, Helen’s boyfriend. He was one of the big draws for me wanting to go to SOS tonight (Liam told me couple of days ago that Amir was the DJ tonight). I must say that his selections were somewhat up-and-down and certainly not as provocative as the first time I heard him play. However, a good DJ cannot play the same best songs all the time lest they are made stale (as even Liam admitted). I did ask Amir about and received information on one interesting song – Traicion by Roberto Roena.

Liam accompanied me on the way back. He danced a lot more than usual – about 15 songs (and he sometimes dances as few as 3 times at SOS). The conversation was almost exclusively about music and dance – no surprise there.

Quote of the day – “I feel like I have become good only recently. Umm. Let me take that back. It’s all relative.”

It’s true! Just like the words like “Intermediate” and “Advanced” when describing things like Salsa classes should be taken with a big grain of salt.

Exchange of the day – “It sounds like you might want to go there with a tape recorder.” “Or a video recorder.”

It was about taking private lessons with Frankie Martinez (written with a wink for you-know-who-you-are).