Is salsa taking over our life? Have you heard whispers that you're becoming
addicted to salsa? Are you afraid that you or a loved one is becoming
a salsaholic? Take this simple test, or take it on behalf of someone
you care about. However painful it might be, it's time you faced the
truth.
Lifestyle
1.
More than
50% of the clothes in your wardrobe are dance-related.
2.
When buying a new clothes,
you ask yourself "Can I wear
this dancing?"
3.
You
own a pair of suede-soled dance shoes.
4.
You
have to explain at least once a week that you missed a TV program,
a business function or social event because it conflicted with
your salsa dancing.
5.
What you
eat for dinner depends on whether you're going dancing afterwards
(nothing too heavy, no garlic or onions).
6.
Even though
you are an advanced dancer, you drop in on the beginner/intermediate
class, to see just how far you have developed, and to improve/strengthen your basics.
7.
You
convince yourself you can get by on less than 6-8 hours of sleep
per night.
8.
You
take naps during lunch or breaks because you went dancing last
night.
9.
You don't
know the name of at least five dancers, but refer to them
descriptively instead as something like "You know the guy -- the
one with the big grin on his face whenever he dances" or "The
girl that always has long hair down to her waist and high heels"
10.
Your mobile ring tone is salsa music.
11.
When you were a beginner, and the advanced dancers were happy to dance with you, that you now pass on the same kindness by dancing with new beginners.
12.
You
vividly remember how you got addiced to salsa.
13.
You have
considered quitting your day job to have a full-time career related
to salsa.
Friends
14.
When you
come back from work or school you start making and receiving phone
calls regarding who's going to which club tonight.
15.
You go
to non-dance-related social functions with other dancers, but
you cannot carry on a conversation for longer than 15 minutes
without talking about salsa.
16.
Your salsa
friends out number your non-salsa friends 3 to 1.
17.
You mobile phone lists all your salsa friends with the same surname, either Salsa or Dance. dont know the real surname or at least 5 dancers, but do know other details such as their partner's or children's names, or their occupation.
Travel
18.
You have,
at least once in the past year, spent more time driving to a salsa
club than you knew you would actually spend dancing, i.e. one
hour each way commuting to dance less than two hours.
19.
You listen
to salsa at times when you cannot possibly dance - i.e. on your
car stereo, with headphones while taking public transportation,
on airplanes.
21.
You plan
business trips and vacations so as to avoid missing your favorite
dance class or club night, i.e. leaving the morning after and/or
arriving the afternoon before.
22.
You get
information about salsa clubs in the city of your vacation or
business trip, and pack dance clothing and shoes so you can dance
while you're there.
23.
You plan
your holidays based on salsa conventions or places that have lots
of salsa clubs.
(10 points)
Computers
/ Internet
24.
Your e-mail
address, password, or screen-saver is salsa-related!
26.
You subscribe
to a salsa e-mailing list.
27.
You have
e-mail relationships with other dancers in which you write about
dance-related activities
25.
You surf
the net for salsa-related websites.
28.
You maintain
or write for a salsa-related website.
(10 points)
Your Score:
Geelong & Ballarat, 
