Random Thought #386: “Slow” Movement

I got really frustrated yesterday, hence…

I had Ceili practice, which is what group dancing in Irish Dance is called. I’m a part of an adult Irish dancing class, though I’m one of the few who actually danced as a child, so the difference in skill is..

[Ok, whatever]

The main reason I joined is because my Sister is one of the teachers, and my mom is also in the class, so it’s a bit of scheduled family time that really does help me, even if it feels like a bother to get there sometimes…

Well, back to where I started, my frustration; though, now that I think about it, I’ll provide a little bit more background, though more clearly related to the point.

The Ceili group is a smaller subset of people who are actually wanting to compete. I’ve never cared for competition; I’m already a National Champion anyways. It’s not as impressive as it sounds, at least not to me. It was with previous Ceili group I was a part of; same school, just like 8 or 9 years ago, so a completely different set of people. I was still the best by far, though that group was good enough to win, though competition was slim…

Either way, both times, I was basically the “ringer” for the team. Me just being there, even with no practice, I’d improve their scores significantly, even as an individual in a group dance. That being said, that’s only so much 1 man can do in a group of …whatever.

I’ll mention that my sister is actually a part of this group this time. She’s even better than me, and yet, we’re so much more shitty.

The type of dance we’re doing really isn’t that hard; honestly, it’s easy, meant for little 8 year olds to learn.

It’s just so frustrating

…

I’ve gotten really off topic, touching on a lot of points that are relevant, though Not really going deep enough into any of them to get my point across.

I just kinda feel like a prick.

What’s frustrating is i don’t care how good we are. I’m there for the ride. I’ve already achieved what I didn’t really care to in the first place, so the second time is even less enticing.

Yet, not all of them, though an embarrassing amount, are trying to find some self-value in achieving at dance, but the thing is, they just suck.

There’s no amount of practice that will make them improve until they learn how to actually move.

…

The thing that really triggered me today, or rather lit the fuse before a late release set me off, was probably the worst dancer in the group being incapable of

You know what, its not important

I’m just lucky my arm wasn’t ripped out of my socket so to the inability of my “partners”…