Entry 12 My Secret Diary, Oh My God! I was at work, about ten o’clock, last night. OK, it was boring I admit. Everything I had seen in movies about “strip clubs” was sooo not true. Most of the time at work is spent waiting, like at a bus station, only with better music, and I have to wear pretty skimpy outfits- even less than jazz dance. No wonder some of the dancers pass out in the chairs, or take drugs just to stay awake! There were 6 of us dancers, and only one customer- only had 3 in two hours! So,, when Diane walked in and sat at one of the small wooden tables down by the front of the runway, I really didn’t have a choice but to sit and talk to her. It was like, her or the coatroom, you know? Anyways, Shauna and Stace were sitting in the back, by the private dance rooms, and the hallway to the Green room (break room and changing room) and back door. Ok, so Shauna gets up to dance. She wears the black 2 piece shiny bikini Stace got her on the beach last week. It was sooo a “now that we’re a couple” gift. So, first song, she danced up by the customer on the right, and of course toward Stace. She’s really beautiful- I should get a photo and glue it in here. She isn’t tall, or leggy, or busty. She reminds me of the actress in Desperado with Antonio (ooh) Banderas. She’s a sexy half Cuban fireball! And she can get the dollars too. She has this way of dancing that makes men tip her- I sooo need to learn it. Second song, she has to take off the bottoms- see first you take off the top, second song has to be the bottoms, though you could do it at the end for just a second. I know I’m not explaining this well enough. I told Diane about my therapist and the free flow journal I keep, how I don’t erase and just write what I’m thinking, and she said that it can be more helpful than medication, and even said she’d help my writing it, in a non-judgmental way. She really does the counseling thing with the hospital and the care home, so maybe I will! Anyways, Shauna comes down front, by the red string lights, and the pole at the end. She sees Diane, and like totally loses her grip on the pole, and lands on her back, on the edge of the runway, with her feet doubled over her head! See, Diane and Shauna were together for over a year. Then they broke up. Shauna is now pretty tight with Stace, who even gives Meg rent because of how often she’s there. Stace is this little biker girl with black hair, and kinda boyish figure, but I saw her break up a fight with her boots and just tossing guys around, so she’s pretty tough for her size! And,, she has kind of a mouth on her. She sounds as tough as she looks, is what I mean. Stace doesn’t see her fall; she’s in a drape room with a private dance. Diane WAS talking to me about her stage show. She thought I did really well last Saturday so she wants me to be a regular. ME! I’m kinda blown away, and if you came from an upper middle family, and were raised as strictly as me (daddy the minister?), you would too. Plus when my Ex left, (See page one of this diary for my way-too-emotional outburst on why I’m now here in Florida, broke up and living with Meg and the others) his biggest point was how I’m not sexy, not sensual. I always thought I was, to be honest. Ballet is very sensual to me, but I guess it isn’t to others?. Anyways, Shauna splashing beside her didn’t hardly faze her. She’s so unshakable, calm, no wonder she’s such a good hypnotist. And being this wiccan priestess I am sure helps, but I don’t believe in that stuff. Shauna sits up, her legs on both sides of Diane. She’s totally out of breath, not focusing, clearly messed up. Diane says to me, “Just a moment darling.” Then she turns and stands between Shauna’s legs. OK, this is the weird part. The music gets quiet, and the lights slow up, cuz see they’re kinda automatic. Diane says “Are you OK baby?” Shauna says, “Goddamn (sorry swearing) it’s you! What are you”,,, and before she could finish her sentence, Diane said something like “Shauna baby sleep” and touched her forehead with her fingertips on her right hand. I just totally froze. All I could do was just watch my roommate and the stage hypnotist lady. I have only known both a week or so! Shauna’s such a ball of energy, and she was so worked up, like, the moment she touched her, Shauna’s eyes closed, and she just sat there while Diane ran her hands down Shauna’s thighs and was saying things to her. The music got loud so I couldn’t hear, but Shauna was swaying, left and right, while Diane used her hands lightly, on Shauna’s arms. Kinda like a doll, Diane would pull her forward, and lean her left and right, and she’d just sway around, her arms floating and head bobbing. Diane put her hand right between Shauna’s breasts, and her whole body jumped, and got like, really stiff! She left her hand there, and leaned over to Shauna’s right ear, and was whispering, while Shauna just trembled like she was orgasming or something! OK, I got up and went to the bar, which isn’t easy in these heels- I’m learning them though. I even asked Diane why men think they look sexy, and she’s the first person to ever explain it to me in a way I get. Check the way they contract the calves, raise the lowest point of the hamstrings-raising the butt and rounding it, and to walk without falling, the back rolls in this weird S curve, where the butt has to extend, and you have to roll the shoulders back or else fall forward. Just maintaining balance and crossing a room to the bar means I have to throw my chest out, stick my butt out, and all my large muscle groups are tighter and rounder! SO that I understand, but dancing as powerfully as I have been taught to do, in heels? Do they make the kind my Barbie had, where a pin stuck up through the foot to stay on her? (joke) I get to the bar, Carrie and Cocoa (she really is the exact color of cocoa, but smells like coconut totally) are laughing at me wobbling up, and we start yakking on anything to keep us awake. I look over about like ten minutes later, when Cocoa was getting up to dance, and in the shadow on the left, there’s Shauna, in one of the high back black booths, with her arms around Diane’s shoulders! Diary, she swears I’m wrong but I know her top was laying on the table, but she was pressed against Diane so I couldn’t see, not that I look that closely at women, you know? Ick. OK. Sounds on the floor- the runway. I look, and Stace is arguing that it’s her turn to dance, and Cocoa’s saying she was busy in a private dance so she missed her turn. But Cocoa is sooo giving, she just says like, to join her, and slides to her right (toward Shauna and Di) and Stace is on the dancer’s left side. Stace does a lot of pole work, and I’m going to ask her to show me some things, because she makes it more than swinging around, its almost a dance step, and I can see the erotic quality in it when she does it. Cocoa is all leg shaking and jug jiggling. I was kinda watching her, when I noticed Diane getting up. She just turned and walked all the way out without looking back, saying goodbye, nothing! Carrie said something so we yakked on, and next I know Shauna is beside me. She wraps her arms around my shoulders, and asks (loudly cuz Cocoa likes loud “booty bounce” music) where I went. I said something like “what are you smoking” and she puts my boobs in a total death grip! I yell Oh My God and grab her hands. She says, "I’m not letting go till you tell me why you left!” I’m totally flushed, getting dizzy, so I just say, “well you were busy making out with Diane, so I left!” Shauna says “Is Diane here?” I look over my shoulder, and she’s so serious! Doesn’t even remember making out. So I’m asking her if she remembers the booth, if she remembers what Diane said. We figure out that after the splashdown, she goes kind of blank, and next thing she knows she thinks she walked out of a drape room, when actually it was the booth next to them in back. Diary, after about ten minutes of talking to me about what she did and didn’t remember, she told me about her previous year with Diane, before the break up. They did a lot of hypnosis stuff, both on and off stage. I don’t normally drink but I had a Rum and Coke- that coconut rum is really good. They never stir drinks well enough so I splish ice everywhere when I stir. She went on about stuff over at Diane’s house, party antics, all that. God, I am going to be kind and not write any of it down, but later on I might! So, if I ever get invited to one of her parties, Scared as I would be I totally have to go see if it’s like Shauna says! OK, so Stace walked up then. There’s this really loud smack. Shauna jumps and grabs her butt and jumps around, up and down, almost to tears! Stace slapped her so hard on the butt that there was a print there when she was getting dressed to go home at about 3am! When she gets her breath she says, “Why did you do that you crazy bitch?” (Swearing sorry) Stace says “What were your hands doing you slut?” At which point 3 things happened, Diary. 1- Stace started laughing. She wasn’t really mad. 2- Shauna looks at her hands and then she laughs and hugs Stace an apology. 3- I realize- the whole time talking (like ten minutes?) she had her hands on and around my breasts. I turn a dark purple; nearly pass out from the embarrassment! It’s not a job I will ever brag about Diary, but compared to like, fast food and stuff, this is a very exciting place to work! Stay tuned,,,I promise to get better at describing and explaining. Maybe I can ask Diane to help me with memory and with describing when we stop by next week.