It's Bloggering Time: Is it safe to dance?

Hello my little friends!

♪♫You can dance if you want to but don't leave your friends behind.
'Cause though they can't dance, you shouldn't take a chance
Of falling down and going blind.♪♫
- My rewrite of Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance" (Doroschuk, 1983)

Let's talk about safety while dancing.
I can't tell you how many times I've slipped or pulled a muscle while flailing on the dance-floor. You can also injure others: Once, at my step-brother's wedding, I came very close to running into my four-year-old niece while she and I were head-banging to a Ke$ha song.
Dancing can be dangerous.

Here are four tips to cut down on boogying-down-related injuries:

Pace yourself with your sick moves.
I know that I get crazy whenever "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by the Scissor Sisters come on, but if I use up all of my grooving moxie, I can't really give'r once the bridge starts playing.
Keep your eyes open except for when blinking.
I can't stress this one enough. You may be dancing like no one's watching, but you need to be watching while you're dancing or you might run into a four-year-old child or, if you're at an over-18 place; a small adult.
Be courteous of your fellow bunny hoppers. They don't want your hair in their faces while you whip your hair back and forth.
Keep fit and have fun, which brings me to the next section:

Dancing is hard if you're generally inactive.

Here's an interesting item:

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation (@TheHSF on Twitter,) a shocking 93 per cent of Canadian kids don't get enough physical activity and spend over eight hours a day in sedentary activities (like playing Sega Genesis or reading about sparkly, attractive vampires)!

This brings us to...

Reasons to dance (or participate in any kind of regular physical activity):

Cardio: this means you'll have a muscley, Arnold Schwarzeneggery heart.*
Romance: get the attention of that special guy/gal/your reflection
Triumphant joy - you'll be so happy all of the time that you will either attract people to you or scare them away. Both can be good depending on your life goals.

I think I've effectively exhausted this topic. Now, go get down with your bad selves.

Your blogger-friend in safety,

Steph