Since it's a gorgeous evening (at least here in rural Pennsylvania) and since i'm in a listless, lonesome mood, I have decided to organize an impromptu gathering of Hatrackers from every corner of the globe...have a little shin-dig outside. Dance a jig. Twirl and spin. Kick your knees up, step in time! If it's not of the night persuasion in your neck of the woods, or stars aren't easy to come by, just make-believe here in your very own, custom-made DutS thread!
It would make my night
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[ August 10, 2003, 10:43 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Leonide, are you sure you are not a member of the Church of Universal Love and Music? It is, after all, in Pennsylvania.
It is a beautiful night for sure.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*twirls*
*stomps*
*goes to check laundry*
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(Goes to see if it's a beautiful night around here...)
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
It's a beautiful night here, too. The moon is full and bright and the sky is clear. I think I shall indulge in a little nostalgia and go outside to enjoy the moonlight. And dance, of course. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(It is)
(does a little dancing)
(comes back inside)
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ryuko, I do not believe you actually went ouside to dance. I think you sat right there in your computer chair and typed "(does a little dancing)."
I would like photographic proof from all of you.
That smilie dance icon does not count, either.
The Church of Universal Love and Music does not accept its members lightly. They must dance the dance.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
;_; I did, though... (sad)
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
*grooves to music under the stars* Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
You must have the proper music:
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin' underneath the starry sky? How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'? Just the moon and you and I. Mmm, just the moon and you and I. Moonlight dancin', mmm, moonlight dancin'.
Bette Midler - Moonlight Dancing (a very good song)
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*puts on some nice samba music*
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I went to look for the moon. I couldn't find it. I did a dance anyway. It was the best dance ever.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
I'm too sad to dance - I just read the Lost Boys. Someone do a dance for me, please?
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*tosses rose to Shan*
*stomps, twirls and beckons*
[ August 11, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]
Posted by meltingsnowman (Member # 4559) on :
Its too bad the moons going to be full during the peak of ther Perseid meteor shower. (still worth looking outside the 12th and 13th for all of you who dont keep up on this sort of thing)
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
For me?
*Tucks rose in hair behind ear, gathers skirts and whirls out into the beautiful night, joining the merry revelers around her*
(Edited to ad: would you still have given me a rose, filleted, if you had already known I just stole the last post from you? )
[ August 11, 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
(((Shan)))
It's not bad here tonight. The clouds have cleared up, so I can actually see the stars. It's hot and humid, but that's nothing new.
So...
*goes outside and dances*
~Jane~
[ August 11, 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: JaneX ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*plucks rose from passing dancer and sticks it behind his own ear*
"what did you say?"
*clasps shan's skirt-flumbling hands and holds them aloft*
"Do you lead? or shall I?"
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Oh, by all means, let's be traditional - you lead -
*laughs with pleasure and sends a final farewell to all the lost boys*
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*carries Shan (and skirts) into the midst of the revelers*
whispered aside, "be light, miss. the knees aren't what they used to be."
*sets Shan down in the center of the dancers as the last song somes to a close*
"what's next?"
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Goodnight, moon.
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
?
leonide?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
Leonide said this was a dance.
Leonide, is the band still playing? (I can hum a tune, but not all that well)
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
I can sing. Or, I could pull out my trusty baroque recorder and some lovely renaissancy-type music could nicely compliment the stars and moon . . . ?
*spelling - grrrr - must really be time for *
[ August 11, 2003, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
Flish draws the rose from behind his ear, touches the tip of shan's dozing nose with it and asks,
"evening, dear?"
flish casts an eye about.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
The northern lights are supposed to be out tonight...
*wants to dance, but there's no one to dance with up here*
...and if T_Smith makes some innuendo about "dancing" with myself I'll spontaneously combust. Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*tosses rose onto the summer clay*
"You haven't really danced with me all day?"
(urrr.. yeah, this was meant for the drowsy damsel in the skirts. mind taking those flashlights someplace else?)
[ August 11, 2003, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*Stretches slowly, smiles at flish, shakes off the snoozies and daringly inquires*
"Ready for a good old-fashioned Irish reel?"
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*quivers at the thought*
of fishing jokes.
What's that I hear in the distance? where are we?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
C'mon, boy - let's dance - you got me out here, I'm wide awake, let's go!
I promise no more hook, line and sinker jabs - truly
*Carefully removes stunning necklace of handmade flies attached to fishing line and lays it on the ground at flish's feet - see! all gone!* Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
I would say, an Irish Reel...I am a quarter Irish. Would ye say nay to a dance with me, lassie?
*grins and bows*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
"T'would be a honor, sir, thankee kindly"
*Curtsies prettily to the bowing Human*
[ August 11, 2003, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*oops*
Last line connected to your outermost skirt.
*left hand in the air*
"Where did that DJ go? I feel like I"m dancing to my own drummer here out on the lawn."
*never mind*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
It's a good thing Irish lasses wear multiple skirts, then, eh? Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*Watches as Human and Shan dance past him*
*elevates boot slightly to connect with Human's rear end.. in passing*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Hmmmm - how about a square dance, filleted and Human? Everyone can play then, right? Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*grits rose in his teeth*
"good thing human wears a helmet wherever he goes."
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Curtsies to Human at the end of the dance, then turns suddenly to flish and quickly on the cheek before dashing off to home and bed.
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*chases off after shan*
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*reaches sidewalk of shan's apt building*
*spits out rose and dons work-pants and white tee*
*jingle jingle (of the trolley)*
*close-up of flish's gills working overtime*
"SHANNON?*
*SHANNON!!!!!!*
[ August 11, 2003, 01:31 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Beatiful night here, and I went to a lovely wedding today--a friend from high school got married and now I feel old. Spinning beneath the stars might make me feel normal (well, normal for me, anyway).
[edit: I was going to correct the spelling error in the first word. But "beatiful" works, if I'm dancing. ]
[ August 11, 2003, 03:08 AM: Message edited by: Ophelia ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
beautiful.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Leo - Stop being so stinking cute.
Lusti - See, if you're going to dance under the stars to music, it MUST be to Van Morrison.
Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I'm trying to please to the calling Of your heart-strings that play soft and low And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
I actually prefer King Harvest...
Everybody here is outta' sight they don't bark and don't bite they keep things loose, they keep things alight everybody was dancin' in the moonlight
Dancin' in the moonlight everybody feelin' warm, and right it's such a fine and natural sight everybody's dancin' in the moonlight
-- "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Posted by tonguetied&twisted (Member # 5159) on :
Ohhh it's finally dark so I can dance under the stars and everyone's gone to bed already!
I guess I can just lie on the lawn and look at the stars all by myself then... Man, it sure is beautiful up there. Posted by Shy Violet (Member # 5241) on :
It's lovely out tonight (this morning really) But is the beauty of dancing under the stars worth the mosquito bite welts I'd get all over my body?
Think about it people. That's deep stuff right there...
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
*scratches shy violet's bites and applies ointment*
*rest easy*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*Meadowlarks greet the day as the sun slides up the old brick building, momentarily offering Midas' touch to the ivy clinging so precariously to the brick building. With a resentful groan, the window slides up the runners and Shan leans out the window. She gazes thoughtfully over at the meadows where so many had danced together, laughing, singing - under the benevolent gaze of moon and stars.
Or was it all just a dream?*
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"But is the beauty of dancing under the stars worth the mosquito bite welts I'd get all over my body? Think about it people. That's deep stuff right there..."
If you were a member of the Church of Universal Love and Music, there would be no question. You are giving a blood offering to the Universe, and the universe returns the favor by providing a beautiful place to dance.
Speaking of beauty, has everyone ever heard a hermit thrush in the woods at 4 AM?
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I was wondering when someone was going to bring up the Moondance.
In other news, I think someone needs to take away from Ralphie. It's getting out of hand.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Bob the Lawyer, Ralphie has already been put in time out at the Church of Universal Love and Music. She is grounded from smilies for one day.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
THIS is the greatest smilie of all time.
I'm firmly of the opinion that if I do not take very opportunity to use it, I will most assuredly lose it.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Bob the Lawyer, I put her in time out, but i just can't make her stay there. Sorry.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
<Sings a song to Elbereth and dances amid the trees.>
[ August 11, 2003, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: ak ]
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