what I learned while bellydancing

1. Water is your friend. Unless you are bellydancing.

2. It looks a LOT easier than it actually is.

3. There are several hundred different ways to shake your hips. Most of them are wrong.

4. One can have excellent rhythm in her feet, legs and arms, with hips, shoulders and a butt that have a different soundtrack all together.

5. It's incredibly easy to look like a jackass in a room full of strangers. (It would be a lot harder if I actually knew anyone in there.)

6. Did I mention the water thing?

7. Sultry French-looking girls are good at shaking their hips but not good at following directions.

8. A woman can be outrageously strong and fit, and still have a belly that flops over her pants.

9. "Banana feet" is an acceptable dance term.

10. I am a lot sexier than a lot of people.