a night out
I feel so, so much better. ![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dar suggested going out somewhere with loud music, and chebe provided the venue! Apparently we are all possessed of unforeseen amounts of spontaneity, as chebe suggested this after 8pm, and we were all there in town by about 10.30. In my experience, that's a ridiculously fast turnaround *g* I went out with the honest aims of dancing hard, hearing some good music, and getting my attractiveness validated by strangers. I succeeded in each! Regarding the strangers bit, the quota was fulfilled pretty simply: just a comment ("I wanted to tell you, you're beautiful!" as I was leaving the club) and some general (mostly respectful) attention. Left me a lot more calmed and sated than meeting some nice random and, I don't know, fingering her in the bathroom would have, and without the emotional/mental issues that would likely follow /that/. Even if that would have been interesting. It's not something especially likely to happen for me in a straight club in Dublin.
I really do enjoy nights out dancing, despite how rarely I go out. I'm not a great fan of the usually-unavoidable trip to the pub beforehand, since I see it as a formality slowing the dancing (I don't drink - that might explain it). The major obstacle is that I don't have a group of nightclub-fond friends like the little gang in Mayo. Or don't think of myself as having-- Cherylann mentioned a gay night with indie music on at the same time Saturdays as this particular club night, which she and her boyfriend want to go to sometime, and I'm now wild to go. Dancing! Good music! The chance of meeting someone lovely! (I'm usually not too bothered about the third, but I'm craving being wanted right now.) And it occurs to me how few companions you need to enjoy a night out. Or maybe I'll even go dancing by myself - I've done everything else alone and do rarely need people accompanying, but nightclubs have always struck me as such necessarily social places.
dar suggested going out somewhere with loud music, and chebe provided the venue! Apparently we are all possessed of unforeseen amounts of spontaneity, as chebe suggested this after 8pm, and we were all there in town by about 10.30. In my experience, that's a ridiculously fast turnaround *g* I went out with the honest aims of dancing hard, hearing some good music, and getting my attractiveness validated by strangers. I succeeded in each! Regarding the strangers bit, the quota was fulfilled pretty simply: just a comment ("I wanted to tell you, you're beautiful!" as I was leaving the club) and some general (mostly respectful) attention. Left me a lot more calmed and sated than meeting some nice random and, I don't know, fingering her in the bathroom would have, and without the emotional/mental issues that would likely follow /that/. Even if that would have been interesting. It's not something especially likely to happen for me in a straight club in Dublin. I really do enjoy nights out dancing, despite how rarely I go out. I'm not a great fan of the usually-unavoidable trip to the pub beforehand, since I see it as a formality slowing the dancing (I don't drink - that might explain it). The major obstacle is that I don't have a group of nightclub-fond friends like the little gang in Mayo. Or don't think of myself as having-- Cherylann mentioned a gay night with indie music on at the same time Saturdays as this particular club night, which she and her boyfriend want to go to sometime, and I'm now wild to go. Dancing! Good music! The chance of meeting someone lovely! (I'm usually not too bothered about the third, but I'm craving being wanted right now.) And it occurs to me how few companions you need to enjoy a night out. Or maybe I'll even go dancing by myself - I've done everything else alone and do rarely need people accompanying, but nightclubs have always struck me as such necessarily social places.