OM and I went to sokkie at the main student building on campus. I already explained sokkie, but for the few that refuse to go back and read my old postings it is essentially a fantastic form of dancing done to terribly hilarious Afrikaans music (ie. anything Kurt Darren) with some random rock thrown in for good measure.
When we arrived there was no one there…well there were three couples and us, so for all intents and purposes no one. We had fun jumping around and practicing our air guitar knee slides to the music, while the couples tried to dodge us. Then my friends showed up and OM had her first sokkie experience! Oh the excitement! We were all dancing and changing partners, as is pretty standard for a sokkie, and then the boy-who-is-soon-to-be-my-new-best-friend-little-does-he-know (or just “my new bff” for short) found out that I like to be spun, possibly from the look of shear joy that passed over my face every time he spun me. This resulted in a fantastically convoluted dance move, where I was constantly spinning and he basically flung me around at an increasingly fast pace. It got to the point where even he lost control and I went flying across the room. Sokkie is honestly a viable motive for me to move here permanently or at least for longer than a year!
Just before my new bff left, he introduced me to one of his friends who is one of the regulars at sokkie night. I had been dancing with him for a while and when we took a break he was telling his friend about a new dance move he had just learned and asked if I would mind demonstrating. He had been dipping me to gain my trust, so I consented to this “new move”. So this move consists of standing at a right angle to the guy on his right hand side. Then you wrap your left leg in front of his body and around his waist, when he takes a step back to jump up with your other leg and cross it, then slowly lets you down until you’re essentially vertical…but upside down. I’m not saying we aced it, but it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done dancing and thus must be practiced!
But now I’m tired, sweaty and I think I might have a mild case of whip lash, so it’s time for a shower and bed. Night!
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Ok so I spent last night reading ALL your journals because for some reason I hadn't been reading them at all. And my god girl, I love how you write, I was laughing and crying and felt all nostalgic. It sounds like you're having so much fuuun, and I was promised pictures! WHERE ARE MY pictures?! And I'm seriously jealous of all your trivia nights!!! You need me there to back you up!!! And your labels/tags at the end of your journals make me feel mushy inside! Miss you lots love~!!!
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Awww you're so sweet! Thanks a bunch :) I'm having tons of fun, but I didn't bring the battery charger for my camera, so there isn't much photographic evidence. Also, for a while my computer didn't let me upload pictures...I don't know what the case is now, but maybe I'll go back and try to add pictures later today. I definitely need you at trivia, my only fear is that we would know the same stuff :S
ReplyDeleteLove and rockets!!!! Miss you tons, too!