Thread: You know your a burlesque dancer when...

I pose whilst doing my housework! I have a special French Main uniform reserved for just this occasion.

Oops, that should be Maid, not Main.

Originally Posted by December Charm

...you go to bed and discover those crumbs are actually stray rhinestones.

(speaking from my experience making costumes)

Hahaha! I second that!

...your dog sulks when the feathers come out...

You leave a trail of feathers everywhere you go...your own burlesque breadcrumb trail

You would rescue your fans first if your house caught fire

You find yourself sashaying down tube/train platforms without realising it and automatically posing whilst standing up on trains

When out shopping you find yourself explaining to friends exactly why the tassels in Agent Provocateur/Ann Summers are not good value because of how they're made...even if they didn't ask

I love lists like these!

YKYABDW:

* You put a spider on your eye thinking it's a set of false eyelashes.
* You fall asleep with makeup on
* Your boyfriend sparkles - and he's never on stage
* You spend an entire afternoon going through MoB forums without realising it
* You'd rather burlesque dance than eat
* You have a one-week break between burlesque classes and you feel like you've lost your purpose in life
* You look through fashion mags to look for possible costumes (then get disappointed when nothing's really in style)
* Naked people don't faze you
* You go to strip clubs to research routines and songs
* You can make a routine out of pretty much everything
* Your desktop wallpaper is of a burlesque theme
* You're disappointed that you Google "your original country" + burlesque and can't really find anything...
**...then realise that they call burlesque "exotic dancing"
* You spend hours blogging, Twittering, Facebooking, etc-ing online about burlesque
* You are a minion to your burlesque teacher

Oh I have more!

* You use burlesque as the topic of all your assignments.
* You go to fitness/dance/etc classes and think about how you can incorporate the moves into your routines
* You only associate with people that are OK with your burlesque-ing
* Your library has a running list of burlesque books for you because you've got tons of holds on them
* You think of burlesque names for people you know
* Other people look at burlesque things and think of you

Originally Posted by The Merch Girl

Oh I have more!


* Your library has a running list of burlesque books for you because you've got tons of holds on them

I wish I had a decent library that stocked burlesque books. My local is a dingy little place stuffed with large print westerns and old men playing chess. *cries*

Mine does the mainstream ones (Art of the Teese, Happy Stripper). Yay city council libraries!

Your lounge looks like a chicken slaughter house!