“She Makes a Man Wants To Speak Spanish…”

Things I want to do before I die, item #001 :

Participate in a carnival. And by that, I mean the street processions in Brazil where the crowd don masks(?) or whatnot and just go crazy dancing and stuff

   I always pooh-poohed the music video back when it was popular (during the last World Cup), but I gotta say, Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie is really infectious. And something about the air of a carnival makes me feel so envious. The participants, they look like they’re having so much fun, gallivanting around in the celebration of being alive.

   This is so much different than a club scene, which by comparison looks so mechanical and decadent. So this is item #001 in my “Things To Do Before I Die” list; participate in a Brazilian carnival.

   (by the way, Shakira’s Spanish?)