After finding the top button on my jeans a WEE bit tight after my fast food extravaganza trip, I decided to get on the treadmill. Mom has an old one in her home office that still works nicely, so I decided to give it a go. The treadmill also happens to face a mirror.
It was warm in the house and I didn’t feel like putting my workout gear on, so I wore my nightie and added tube socks and running shoes. Quite goofy fetching, I’m sure. I then added a hair scrunchie, my iPod and headphones to this oh-so-attractive ensemble. I began to exercise and slowly built momentum. I was about 30 minutes in, endorphins pumping away, when one of my favorite songs from my gym playlist started up. Yes folks, “Y.M.C.A.” courtesy of The Village People, started cranking through my headphones. And I started bopping! The worst part of all? I caught sight of myself in the mirror doing the “Y.M.C.A.” dance. You know how you form all the individual letters with your arms and body? Well, I was doing it. While still walking on the treadmill. With a smile on my face.
I’m not sure which is worse, that I did the “Y.M.C.A.” dance or that I actually knew it.
There goes my cool card.
I thought that knowing the YMCA dance was now part of people’s genetic coding — something that we’re all now born knowing.
I sometimes leave the gym early because everyone is working out with a face that makes it look like they are close to killing someone and hiding the body. And that can get distracting (and a really good excuse for someone who is lazy like me, to leave!) At least you found a way to really enjoy it. Good for you!
10 years ago, my cousin’s wedding, me – teaching all 200 guests the Macerana, it’s on video
I lost that cool card AGES ago
hey, at least you had fun, right??
Isn’t that the whole point of dancing or working out by yourself? So that you can be as goofy and silly as you want without any fear of recrimination? Personally, I sometimes do this Jim Carrey-esque rubber faced dance thing when I’m by myself. It’s fun.
That’s about the only dance I can actually do. But when I get drunk I don’t spell so well.
Just catching up. I just spent a week with a bunch we sent back to Texas last night. Horror show in the Dallas airport. I haven’t heard yet if they made it home and if things are dry yet. So glad you’re having such a good time. YMCA–you’ve been to too many weddings, girl.
Remember – we learned that dance in, like, first through third grade, tops.
Doing YMCA is like being able to pop your cheek or doing Bernadette’s Zoom arms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJDBKih688) … It’s kid admission into every club.
Quite a visual, LisaB! You were lookin’ right hott, weren’t you?
But like my peers said… who cares if it’s just you! Way to rock out your own YMCA-inspired groove. (And for exercising on vacation!!!)
I think that the worst part was that you told us.
Don’t worry, I catch myself smiling to myself like an idiot and bopping around at the gym.
Girl,
The “cool card” expired when you dressed that way to excersize. Though, I will admit, that sounds a lot like a “wife” look first thing in the morning. I know my wife stopped trying to impress me many years ago. Not that she don’t look sexy in a nightgown and tube socks, mind you.
I’m gonna bribe your mom to shoot video of this so we can all enjoy!
Hmmmmm….YMCA? Technically if no one saw you, it never happened.
OK jury’s still out on that question…
And ehm… you make a note to yourself to never invite ME to your home??? I think we can safely say that you win this time, chickie! LOL
I was going to say you can’t attend weddings around here without knowing it but going by the other comments, it’s a national thing. My compliments to your sense of balance since you didn’t mention falling off the treadmill at all.
The picture you gave was why they created YouTube, you know.
YMCA was one of my favorites for the elliptical machine… along with “It’s Raining Men!”
You get to keep your cool card, but the fact that you wrote this out qualifies you as a pr0nographer for Quakers (that whole dancin’ in the nightie and socks thing, ya know), so you lose that purity pin.
you go girl.
It’s a coin toss.. but… if you didn’t have a flower pot upside down on your head then maybe… MAYBE… we can let you slide. But not the Electric Slide mind you! Now the getup however, makes you sound a wee bit too much like Popeye’s Miss Olive Oil ;-D
omg, I’m cringing….lol! that’s one of my least favorite songs of all time!! I remember listening to it on repeat in 4th grade when they made us do the dance as part of our phys. ed. class. the torture!!! LOL
Don’t worry, you can reclaim your cool card in the future. Do like the celebs do, just go to disco rehab or maybe claim you were drunk at the time it happened and your fans will forgive you
I concur with Se7en’s opinion… however, I think you’d be more trendy if you blamed it all on tranquilizers.
It’s all about the prescription pills, bay-bee…
Doing the M is very hard when doing the YMCA. I usally do a sqiggly S shape instead.
I hate to say it, but I think you lost your cool card as soon as the thought of using the treadmill in your nightie crossed your mind…
No, what’s really cool is that you did 30 minutes on a treadmill and still felt like dancing!
But you had a smile on your face. That’s cool!
Knowing the YMCA dance will allow you to join the Yankees Ground Crew. They dance around like a minstrel show to that song between innings.
I think when it comes to that song, we all get a free pass. It’s just ingrained at this point.
Oh stop. When I get on the treadmill I have to hold onto the bar to keep from being bucked off. And here you are doing widgets and hula hoops. Young people, I swear……
Endorphins can do some pretty crazy things to you
Heh – let those “Y” arms fly, LIsa! No shame my friend!
look, at least you can do a treadmill.
my first time on one, i started it up (what, ME read directions?) hopped on…
….and promptly flew off the back end of it.
so, as soon as i figure out how to pass on the pink thing, you get one.
Lisa: Now of course I can’t get that song out of my head and I’m LMAO at your description of the letter-making!!!!!
Lisa, the Village people just performed here in Marin for the county fair … and 1,000 people were doing the YMCA dance!!! There’s nothing wrong with you; you’re just living on the wrong coast!!!
Or that you did it in the proper outfit…
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