| Lifestyle
|
| 1. |
More than
50% of the clothes in your wardrobe are dance-related. |
(1 point) |
| 2. |
When you
are debating whether or not to buy a new article of clothing,
a chief factor in the decision is whether or not you can wear
it dancing.
Give yourself an extra point if you also dance in the outfit to
ensure that everything stays in place before you buy it. |
(2 points) |
| 3. |
You
own a pair of suede-soled dance shoes -- Give yourself an extra
point if you also own
1. Dance Sneakers
2. Fancy Ballroom Shoes for Performances (i.e. glitter/spats) |
(1 point)
(1 point)
(1 point)
|
| 4. |
You
have to explain at least once a week that you missed a TV program,
a business function or social event because it conflicted with
your salsa dancing. |
(1 point) |
| 5. |
What you
eat for dinner depends on whether you're going dancing afterwards
(nothing too heavy, no garlic or onions). |
(1 point) |
| 6. |
Even though
you are an advanced dancer, you drop in on the beginner/intermediate
class at least once a month just in case they are doing a move
you've never learned or to improve your basics. |
(1 point) |
| 8. |
You
convince yourself you can get by on less than 6-8 hours of sleep
per night. |
(1 point) |
| 9. |
You
take naps during lunch or breaks because you went dancing last
night. |
(1 point) |
| 10. |
You don't
know the last name of at least five dancers, but refer to them
descriptively instead as something like "You know the guy -- the
one with the big grin on his face whenever he dances" or "The
girl that always has long hair down to her waist and high heels" |
(1 point) |
| 11. |
Your voice
message has background salsa music. |
(1 point) |
| 12. |
The bouncer
at the club knows you by name. |
(1 point) |
| 13. |
You
vividly remember how you got addiced to salsa. |
(1 point) |
| 14. |
You have
considered quitting your day job to have a full-time career related
to salsa. Give yourself an extra point if you are considering
that right now! |
(1 point)
(+1)
|
| Friends
|
| 7. |
When you
come back from work or school you start making and receiving phone
calls regarding who's going to which club tonight. Give yourself
another point if, when you find out none of your friends are going
dancing, you go anyway. |
(1 point) |
| 15. |
You go
to non-dance-related social functions with other dancers, but
you cannot carry on a conversation for longer than 15 minutes
without talking about salsa. (This includes gossiping about people
at dance class or club!) |
(2 points) |
| 16. |
Your salsa
friends out number your non-salsa friends 3 to 1. |
(1 point) |
| 17. |
To meet
your non-salsa friends, you try to influence them to come to the
salsa club. |
(1 point) |
| Travel
|
| 18. |
You have,
at least once in the past year, spent more time driving to a salsa
club than you knew you would actually spend dancing, i.e. one
hour each way commuting to dance less than two hours. |
(1 point) |
| 19. |
You listen
to salsa at times when you cannot possibly dance - i.e. on your
car stereo, with headphones while taking public transportation,
on airplanes. Give yourself an additional point if you have actually
taken your hands off the steering wheel while driving in order
to clap your hands or tap your feet to the clave. |
(1 point)
(+1) |
| 21. |
You plan
business trips and vacations so as to avoid missing your favorite
dance class or club night, i.e. leaving the morning after and/or
arriving the afternoon before. |
(1 point) |
| 22. |
You get
information about salsa clubs in the city of your vacation or
business trip, and pack dance clothing and shoes so you can dance
while you're there. |
(1 point) |
| 23. |
You plan
your holidays based on salsa conventions or places that have lots
of salsa clubs. |
(10 points) |
| Computers
/ Internet |
| 24. |
Your e-mail
address, password, or screen-saver is salsa-related! |
(1 point) |
| 26. |
You subscribe
to a salsa mailing list. |
(1 point) |
| 27. |
You have
e-mail relationships with other dancers in which you write about
dance-related activities |
(1 point) |
| 25. |
You surf
the net for salsa-related websites. Give yourself an extra
point if your home page is a salsa website. |
(1 point) |
| 28. |
You maintain
or write for a salsa-related website. |
(10 points) |
