The Comfy Corner

My friend Anthony and I were headed home after rehearsal and we were about to board the red line train headed towards Cambridge. The red line station at park street is set up so that you can board the train from both sides. Anthony and I were positioned across the tracks from this fiery redhead who was wearing a knee-length, red, fur lined leather coat (keep in mind that it is pretty toasty in the T station) and black stockings. She was listening to her iPod and she was full out irish step dancing with her eyes closed. She was not dancing for money, just for herself, and she was holding nothing back - elaborate kicks and turns with intricate arm and hand movements as well. She was sweating profusely. Anthony and I just stared at her in amazement (and made some discreet videos). Then the train arrived and she picked up her bag and prepared to get on the train as if nothing strange had happened at all. She was just waiting like everyone else.

As the train pulled in I turned to Anthony and said, "Man, I wish we were all so uninhibited that we could just full out dance at the train station." And then this girl comes up to me and says (with an attitude) "THAT'S VERY OBSERVANT OF YOU!" and boards the train. So there we were on the train now sitting across from this fiery red head dancer and this other random girl that basically yelled at me and...wait for it - they were both dancing in their seats. Both of them had their eyes closed, headphones in, working it out. We thought it was some sort of a flash mob or something, but only two women arrived. So I looked at Anthony. Anthony looked at me. We shrugged our shoulders and Anthony pulled out his headphones, we put on some Beyonce and we joined them.

After all, why shouldn't we be able to just dance to our heart's content whenever, wherever we want to? At least it's not as obtrusive as singing (poorly). The other people on the train were more confused than ever. The women across from us were flat out dieing of laughter. It's official, dancing can bring about nothing but happiness.