This is honestly about how the dance goes. Depending on the mood I’m in, there may be less shaking on my part. And there’s always that chanting. Always.

NOTE: I HIGHLY recommend A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a memoir that recounts the journey that Dave Eggers took in the years after his parents’ deaths–becoming an adult while raising his kid brother. It is an honest, self-deprecating, and creatively unconventional memoir, but it’s not for those who prefer to distance themselves from profanity. There are passages that extensively use the F-word, although I believe its usage is appropriate in the sense that it best reflects the exterior (and interior) state of the writer.