They circle around you like a swarm of bees. Left, right, left right. No, they
aren't animals that are going to eat you. They're dancers!
Have you been noticing that a bunch of people are dancing, everywhere? I noticed that on
Wednesday and it's been happening even more lately. Today, I finally figured out
why!
(Yeah, it's pathetic. It took me four days to figure it out.)
I was at the Senate debate on Wednesday and I noticed something weird. Everyone,
and I repeat, everyone was dancing. I figured these were just a bunch of people
who enjoyed dancing. For the next few days, I began to see that it wasn't only
those folks that were dancing. It was everyone. It was an epidemic. Swirling
colors on my screen.... ohhh... I feel woozy... too much movement! Okay, I'm
better. But seriously, 3/4 of every room was filled with people dancing.
The next clue struck me when I went to my city records. It said I had a salary
of 88 clams. A few days before, it was 98. What was going on?
I checked my ledger and found I didn't have anything for dance. What? I had
had 10 clams for dances before this week. I had designed a bunch of dances...
that no one ever bought... but I still designed them! That gave me the final
clue I needed.
I headed right to the dance studio: It was open! Mimi's back! Yay!
I immediately made two dances. However, I discovered that the total procedure is
a little different. 1. You could only learn two dances, the Can Can and the
Shuffle. 2. Designing dances costs a lot more... or at least more than I
remember. 3. And, you can now design dances with more steps.
For all you citizens who are completely confused, let me explain. If you go to
the dance studio, you see a screen that shows "Learn How to Groove" and a
"Private Studio." In the "Learn to Groove," you can pay 20 clams to learn either
the Can Can or the Shuffle. You will go to a room where someone will be dancing.
Next, you click on 'add steps.' A screen will come up with an x- and a y-axis.
Hey, I'm learning about that in math! (We do a lot of review. I also learned it
in 5th and 6th grade too. LoL!)
For all of you who haven't learned about x- and y-axes, an axis is a line
associated with a figure or object. The X-axes are the horizontal lines. An easy
way to remember this is that EX-lax gives you the runs, so you GO BACK AND
FORTH. Well, that's what my crazy teacher says.
The lines going up and down are the Y-axes. An easy way to remember that is
you get UP in the morning, you Yawn. I have one strange math teacher!
Any point to the left of the y-axis on the x axes are considered negative.
Any to the right are positive. Any points above the x-axis on the y-axes are
considered positive. Any points below are negative.
To read the point's position you would say the x-axis number and then the
y-axis. This is called an ordered pair. For example, if the point is to the
right of the axis 4 and below it 5 it would be read (4, -5).
Ok, back to dancing. I'll use an example this time, the Can Can. You stare at
the screen and see a giant red triangle. Now what? If you look down, you see an
X and a Y by some zeros. If you look at the triangle, the first move is 10 to
the left. That means on the X-axis you need to go -10 spaces. You enter in each
step until you've finished all of them. Then, click save. Have fun trying the
dance out with your friends!
Bored with the Can-Can and the Shuffle? Go to the private studio. There you can
create your own dance. You can choose from 4 steps, 8 steps, 12 steps, 16 steps,
and 32 steps. It is five clams per step. A little hint: the 16 step is way too
many steps. I ran out of stuff to do with it!
After you've chosen your type, choose a name for your dance. Then, start
designing. It is the same concept as in the Learning area, but you don't have to
follow someone else's layout. Just put the steps wherever you want!
When you've used up all your steps, save the dance and try it out on your
friends. Just remember, you can't save more than one dance at a time.
And that is the story of how to dance, how I'm so stupid as not to notice dance
had returned, and how my wacky math teacher remembers axes (Don't worry, she's
just a little crazy, not a lot.)
Have fun dancing! Now I'm off to do the Coral. It originally was the orange
peel, but I didn't know you couldn't have more than one dance. Oh well. Cest la
Vie! (That's life.) Oh, and don't forget to ask Mimi how her vacation in France
was!
This is Hermionez, popping out to pop some bubble wrap. *Pop*
