and the truth shall set you free...

The other night I was exceedingly tired and felt that I was dying a little. My heart needed a jumpstart...what to do? I clicked on youtube.com to watch my all time favorite video, REM with the Muppets singing "Furry Happy Monsters" (a retake on Shiny Happy People). I was in bed and naked and jumped up and started dancing...only to discover that dancing naked on my bed to REM and the Muppets was even better than just dancing on my bed to them...which is pretty darn good. I texted my friend K- that she had to try it. I couldn't' convince her...until the next night. We did it, each in our own rooms, connected by the internet. "Ready, set...dance!!" we hit play at the same time. At the end of the song we both collapsed laughing, "That was unbelievably freeing!" she exclaimed through msn messenger.

Tonight she came over- we were going to watch the end of the second season of Lost together, but the day got away from us, she came over later and later and I still hadn't cleaned yet. My room was a wreck from a week barely remembered when every second in my room was either part of a 6 minute panic to get out the door to work or I was sleeping. Unfortunately, neither of those moments lasted very long and my room looked like twisters had come into my room repeatedly.

We talked about love and life and the beauty of being in our 30's and how grand life is now, and how surprising that was. Once things were back in proper order, we danced on the bed to the B52's, Loveshack, then laughing went into the kitchen to prepare a curry for dinner. After a dinner of a vegetarian curry over brown basmati rice eaten with our hands (that's the best way), we finished with her home baked oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies (heavenly- the next time she's going to put chopped up cayenne in them...I can't imagine how gorgeous they'll be).

A little more wine in the glasses and we got mischievous looks on our faces. "Do you want to?" ...."Do you?" Our gazes locked, and as one we rose.
We went to my room, found the video, lit some candles and stripped during the first bit then danced naked and happy as little kids in sprinklers in the summer time. It was unbelievably freeing and joyful to share. We laughed and laughed. I can't say that I'd ever imagined doing such a thing before...but we think we'll make a habit of it: we firmly believe it's good for our mental health.
...in fact, you, reading this- I know you secretly want to. Don't tell yourself why not, no excuses. Close the door. Click on the title (it's the link). Take off your clothes and dance. Dance like no one is watching (no one is). Dance like you were 5 years old again without a care in the world. Shake your arms around, throw your head back with your mouth open like a muppet...shout out the words...they're easy enough to pick up on even if you don't know them. "We don't have to be sad! We can be happy!! Furry happy monsters feeling glaaaaaaaaaaad...."