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You know you're a belly dancer when.......

topic posted Sun, April 13, 2008 - 7:58 PM by 
in your internet wanderings you come across phrases like "pimp your hookah"

you have (as bellatrix pointed out to me yesterday) random cowrie shells on your bedroom floor (some people have dust bunnies-i have cowries)

you're in OLD NAVY (of all places) and while looking a purse think to yourself 'i could totally take that apart and make it a bra'.

your children know who Tarkan is



anyone else want to jump in? i'm sure i'll think of more, these were just recent ones.....
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  • Anyanka
    Anyanka
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    Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

    Mon, April 14, 2008 - 10:27 PM
    Your costumes have taken over your walk-in closet & your regular street clothes are forced to take shelter elsewhere.

    Or, you find yourself zilling while driving in the car while NOT wearing zills.

    OR... you completely forget where you are driving to because a new choreography has just popped into your head. Then you pop back to reality & say,"Sh*t, where the hell was I going?" or "How the f*ck did I get here?"
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    • Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

      Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:12 PM
      yeah, mine are housed along one wall of my walk in closet AND on several of the shelves in bins......

      (i remember when i moved in w/my husband and he gave me the bigger of the two walk in closets in our master bedroom....i said "i'll NEVER use all that space. did i mention SOME of my gear is in the cedar closet downstairs? poor husband)
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  • Faedra
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    Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

    Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:48 AM
    -When you go to lay down for bed you wiggle on your mattress in time to the choreography you're working on while muttering "1, 2, hipfigureeight and five six, wrist circle, and 1,2, lev-el change, and three four, chest lift drop..."

    -You rearrange you're entire living room (much to your spouses annoyance) to give you more room to dance (see Post: people.tribe.net/530d7941-...393c42cd20 )

    -You do glute squeezes during meetings and don't even realize it

    -You find yourself doing hip drops in time to the copier

    -Your highly nervous Siamese doesn't even flinch anymore when you traipse by with your loudest hip scarf on

    -You catch yourself right before you zhagareet at a concert

    -You look at people in confusion when you mention your " shiny new kuchi" and they burst into laughter
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    • Bell...
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      Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

      Tue, April 15, 2008 - 10:10 AM
      >>You catch yourself right before you zhagareet at a concert

      Xira did that last Thursday when we were out karaoke-ing.

      >>You look at people in confusion when you mention your " shiny new kuchi" and they burst into laughter

      roflmao, Faedra!!!
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      • Jade
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        Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

        Tue, April 15, 2008 - 10:43 AM
        -You husband proclaims himself a belly dance widower. And you have to concede he's right.

        -You go to a Billy Joel concert with a good friend who asks you if you are in fact belly dancing to Billy Joel songs (and you are).

        -You do tummy rolls in the tanning bed.

        -You find yourself attrached to anything that sparkles (and never were before) and try to figure out how it could be used as is, or taken apart.

        -You never just watch tv anymore, you "watch" tv while sewing your newest bra/belt/skirt/choli.

        -Your mp3 player/cd collection has more middle eastern music than pop music of any flavor

        -You find yourself trying to bellydance to Tori Amos, AT THE OFFICE

        -You poop out in class because you spent all day at work doing belly flutters to a song I'm not admitting to, and you were doing them UNCONCIOUSLY

        -You scour second hand shops for vintage elephant vests to be taken apart and pieced into your new belt, bra, whatever (my troupe-mates do this, I have yet to).
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        • Faedra
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          Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

          Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:49 AM

          "You never just watch tv anymore, you "watch" tv while sewing your newest bra/belt/skirt/choli. "

          Oh man, I am SO guilty of that one...and when I'm nto working on a specific costume I'm thinking "what fabric do I have that I can do something with?"
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          • Jade
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            Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

            Tue, April 15, 2008 - 1:57 PM
            Yeah, I haven't just "watched" tv in so long. I can't abide just sitting there doing nothing, so I have been "watching" tv while knitting or sewing or embroidering for a very long time now. It's generally knitting from about July on through January. But by January/February it's time to start work on my new costume for the year (don't ask me how I ended up making a new costume a year, but I would imagine that's going to be a lot if I continue to dance for a many years) Ah well, will give me an excuse to sell my old stuff in our troupe "garage" sale of lightly used bellydance items.
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        • Melissa
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          Re: You know you're a belly dancer when.......

          Fri, April 25, 2008 - 8:53 AM
          "-You find yourself attrached to anything that sparkles (and never were before) and try to figure out how it could be used as is, or taken apart. "

          The SigO was just teasing me about that a few weeks ago. I used to avoid most things sparkley like the plague. I believe the exact words were "And when did you turn into a Magpie?"
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