Carnival Week: Flashback Friday

Can I be honest with you all? I think I can. So I'm going to tell you - I didn't feel like blogging today. I'm in the midst of making some big changes around here, plus discovering all sorts of bloggy and Twitter goodness (thanks to Blissdom) - and I just don't know if I can bring the funny today. So, please, people, just bear with me as I regale you with a tale from the past for Flashback Friday.

Thirteen years ago, I dragged Smitty to prom. To be more specific, Mark and I dragged her and her date, along with a few other couples, to prom. She will probably say that it was not fun. But based on the 2 1/2 pictures I was able to find last night, I can tell you one thing: that girl looked beautiful.

And that's the same as fun, right?

Well, maybe not, but I can't say I looked quite as hot. Actually, my hair looked quite ridiculous. It involved a banana clip, and that's all I'm saying about that.

Coerced or not, I do believe Smitty had a good time, despite what she'll tell you today. And you wanna know why? Because of my sweet dance moves.

That's right, friends. I busted a move that Saturday night.

I'd like to think it was similar to Baby's final performance with Johnny. Or something equally dramatic and impressive.

More likely, it was like watching Ben Stiller try to salsa with Jennifer Aniston. (Is there anything funnier than Ben Stiller's bad dancing? Oh, I'm sure, but it's cracking me up this morning!)

Here's an infamous exchange from that night:

Smitty: Um, hey, where'd you learn to dance like that?
Mary: What? That? It's nothing.
Smitty: I've just never seen you dance like that.
Mary: Yeah, I've been practicing. In the mirror.

Insert hysterical, though supportive and loving, laughter here. What are friends for if they can't mock you mercilessly?

Not to worry. I showed HER just three years later. When I busted a move again, this time thanks to a last-minute dance lesson.

At my wedding reception, my quiet, laidback dad and I did the rumba to Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole singing, "Unforgettable." The normal rumba, people, not the sexy kind you see on Dancing with the Stars!

We're not from that kind of small town.

Anyway. Here are a couple pictures from that dance. To say that we surprised a few people would be an understatement. I'm pretty sure the whole place was shocked to see Shy Tom and Uptight Mary twirling around the floor.

It was good stuff.




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